'Daily Voting News' For October 02, 2008

 

The latest testing results from Palm Beach Co Florida seem to clearly point to problems with the voting machines. It wasn’t the only problem the county had in the primary but it seems to have been a large part of it.

 

Tomorrow (Friday) there will be a hearing in Washington DC to discuss and take testimony about the failures in their primary election. How did one precinct have over a thousand more votes than they had voters? Again this seems to clearly be a machine issue.

 

The tie that binds Palm Beach Co and Washington DC together is that their voting machines were all supplied by Sequoia Voting Systems.

 

National: States ready e-voting systems as Election Day approaches

Many states switch to paper ballots in continuing migration from touch-screen e-voting machines

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9116014

 

National: News Release - The Rights of Students to Register and to Vote

http://www.accuracy.org/newsrelease.php?articleId=1827

 

National: Voting groups release guidelines for e-voting checks

http://www.intergovworld.com/article/bdc62ad8c0a8000601e2d159aadf0a0f/pg1.htm

 

National: Getting out the voter suppression

Heading Into November with New Worries About Anti-Vote Tactics

http://www.philly.com/dailynews/opinion/20081002_GETTING_OUT_THE_VOTER_SUPPRESSION.html

 

National: Voting goes to court

Registration lawsuits could shape election

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-voter-registrationoct02,0,1278791.story

 

National: Voters beware: Identity thieves using voting system to steal voters' personal information

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20143912&BRD=1659&PAG=461&dept_id=8103&rfi=6

 

National: Reports Show Widespread Confusion About The Voting Rights Of People With Criminal Records

http://www.aclu.org/votingrights/exoffenders/37003prs20081001.html

 

National: Victory rests on using infantry, lawyers

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14178.html

 

National: Electronic Voting Puts Votes at Risk

http://www.dailynexus.com/article.php?a=17251

 

National: Making Every Ballot Count: U.Va. Professor Reviews History of Voting Machines

http://media-newswire.com/release_1075036.html

 

National: Richard Hayes Phillips on VoteRescue Radio Friday, October 3, 6-8PM CST

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Richard-Hayes-Phillips-on-by-Vickie-Karp-and-Ka-081002-130.html

 

CA: Nevada County - County has biggest percentage of mail-in voters in state

http://www.theunion.com/article/20081001/NEWS/110019982/-1/politics&parentprofile=-1&title=County%20has%20biggest%20percentage%20of%20mail-in%20voters%20in%20state

 

FL: Voters to Florida Secretary of State Browning: No Match - No Vote is Bad Enough, Don’t Make It Worse

http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2962&Itemid=113

 

FL: General election registration deadline Monday

http://www.dailycommercial.com/10-2-08-register

 

FL: Palm Beach County - Partial recount yields same vote totals

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2008/10/02/1002recount.html

 

FL: Palm Beach County's ballot-counting machines off by dozens in tests

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-flptabulation1002pnoct02,0,6616047.story

 

FL: Lawyer says Palm Beach County voting machines need repair

http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/palm/blog/2008/10/_attorney_gerald_richman_said.html

 

GA: Lincoln County - Electors urged to check voter registration status

http://www.lincolnjournalonline.com/news/2008/1002/front_page/003.html

 

IL: Judge orders state to scrap ballot wording month before vote

http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=99605

 

IL: Judge: Constitutional convention must be remedied before election

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=239714&src=109

 

IL: Judge Orders Stop On Absentee Ballot Mailing

http://www.wbbm780.com/Judge-Orders-Stop-On-Absentee-Ballot-Mailing-AUDIO/3070493

 

IN: Hamilton County - County leasing extra voting machines for Election Day

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081002/LOCAL01/810020531/1015/LOCAL01

 

MN: Minneapolis OK for '09 instant-runoff , official says

But implementing the system, which lets voters rank first and second choices, may require hand-counting and may delay results.

http://www.startribune.com/politics/local/30071784.html?elr=KArksD:aDyaEP:kD:aU2EkP7K_t:aDyaEP:kD:aUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU

 

MN: Ritchie speaks on voting

http://media.www.universitychronicle.com/media/storage/paper231/news/2008/10/02/News/Ritchie.Speaks.On.Voting-3466250.shtml

 

MT: Missoula voters my receive letter to re-register

http://www.montanasnewsstation.com/Global/story.asp?S=9109176&nav=menu227_8

 

MT: State GOP challenges eligibility of voters

http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2008/10/02/news/local/news03.txt

 

MT: State GOP challenges eligibility of 6,000 voters

http://www.kxmc.com/News/281545.asp

 

NJ: Judge Suppresses Report on Voting Machine Security

http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/appel/judge-suppresses-report-voting-machine-security

 

NV: Miller warns of voter 'confusion'

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/10/01/state/n190019D30.DTL&type=politics

 

NY: Beware I.D. theft scam on false voter signup

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20147742&BRD=2731&PAG=461&dept_id=575596&rfi=6

 

OH: Lawsuit over Ohio Republican absentee-ballot applications thrown out

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/122293623090590.xml&coll=2

 

OH: Editorial - Election Day starts early

http://www.milforddailynews.com/opinion/editorials/x1150628887/Editorial-Election-Day-starts-early

 

OH: Cuyahoga County - Cuyahoga voters still can repair outdated addresses on registrations

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/122293623490590.xml&coll=2

 

PA: Monroe County - NAACP plans lawsuit against elections board over polling site

http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081002/NEWS/810020340

 

VA: On voter registration, an uneasy consensus

http://www.collegiatetimes.com/stories/2008/10/01/on_voter_registration__an_uneasy_consensus

 

VA: Secretary of State issues voter fraud advisory

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/x1917544909/Secretary-of-State-issues-voter-fraud-advisory

 

VA: Voters To Use Optical Scanners

Fairfax Machines Have Paper Trail

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/01/AR2008100101037.html

 

VA: Prince William County - Local Voter Registration Jumps Ahead Of Deadline

County Getting 500 Applications a Day

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/01/AR2008100100083.html

 

WI: J.B. Van Hollen's own voter registration may violate standard he's suing to enforce

http://www.isthmus.com/isthmus/article.php?article=23903

 

WV: Tennant, Minimah call for review of electronic voting booths

http://www.dailymail.com/News/election08/200810020249

 

Overseas Voters: Overseas Vote Foundation Predicts Unprecedented

Overseas and Military Voter Participation - Presidential Campaigns Join Overseas and Military Voter Outreach Effort

https://www.overseasvotefoundation.org/2008-Media-Releases

 

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