'Daily Voting News' For October 14, 2008

 

21 days until Election Day. 

 

Officials in West Virginia have just identified a ballot programming error that will affect straight-party voting. How counties got through their “Logic and Accuracy” testing without discovering this error should give everyone a hint as to why it is important to do testing that is thorough and robust. As to responsibility for the error; all evidence points right back to ES&S, of course. This is more evidence that straight-party voting is not wise. Voters should skip the straight-part option completely and vote each race; but they need to vote each race.

 

Today the NJ judge involved in the Sequoia voting machine problems has ordered the state to tighten up security around the voting machines. She wants everyone back in court on Friday to discuss what actions are being taken to secure the machines. It is also expected that she will finally rule on releasing the Princeton University report on the Sequoia machines.

 

Featured - WV: Programming glitch affects ballots statewide

Mistake made by vendor, commissioner says

http://wvgazette.com/News/200810140330

 

Featured - NJ: Judge seeks tighter security around N.J. voting machines

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/10/judge_orders_tighter_security.html

 

National: College Students Still Face Voting Stumbling Blocks

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1849906,00.html

 

National: Voting Rights Watch: Students still face many hurdles in voting in this year’s election

http://southernstudies.org/facingsouth/2008/10/voting-rights-watch-students-still-face.asp

 

National: Students may face challenge at voting booth

http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=9177365&nav=menu188_2

 

National: Opinion – Phantom Voters

http://weblogs.newsday.com/news/opinion/viewsday/2008/10/phantom_voters.html

 

National: This Election Labyrinth

It is the voters’ turn to speak for the disenfranchised

http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=524592

 

National: Election deja vu, all over again

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Election-deja-vu-all-over-by-Michael-McCoy-081014-814.html

 

National: OpEd: Stolen Votes and Stolen Elections

http://www.opednews.com/articles/OpEd-Stolen-Votes-and-Sto-by-Mark-E-Smith-081014-17.html

 

National: Watchdogs Ask: Is America Ready to Vote?

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/watchdogs-ask-america-ready-vote/story.aspx?guid={2FCB89B3-B535-4F7C-A5B2-9C8E6C822320}&dist=hppr

 

CO: Box Not Checked On Thousands Of Registration Forms

http://cbs4denver.com/politics/registration.forms.colorado.2.839548.html

 

CO: Denver - Denver Doubling Number of Voting Booths

http://www.myfoxcolorado.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7644568&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1

 

CO: Ouray County - Paper Ballot or e-Vote? County Offers Both

http://www.telluridewatch.com/pages/full_story?article-Paper-Ballot-or-e-Vote-County-Offers-Both%20=&page_label=news&id=310328-Paper-Ballot-or-e-Vote-County-Offers-Both&widget=push&instance=secondary_stories_left_column&open=&

 

CT: Coalition Releases Audit Report on August Primary:

Raises concerns with audit credibility and potential problems for November post-election audit

http://www.ctelectionaudit.org/PressReleaseD.htm

 

CT: Security of elections focus of speaker, films

http://www.stamfordplus.com/stm/information/nws1/publish/News_1/Security-of-elections-focus-of-speaker-films3645.shtml

 

FL: Shadow of 2000 election lives on in Sunshine state

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gJP3PH0Ry7xADq2qIksNFpF181Lw

 

FL: Orange County - Orange blames computer glich for erroneous voter letters

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/orl-orange-county-voter-letters-101308,0,2674512.story

 

FL: Palm Beach County election officials prepare for worst

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-flpcounty1014pnoct14,0,4990272.story

 

GA: Opinion - Don't do it, Karen!

http://www.charltoncountyherald.com/articles/2008/10/14/opinion/editorials/doc48f4988970771555850250.txt

 

IL: Cook County - Eager voters flock to polls

Record number of voters visit Orland Park Village Hall for first day of early balloting

http://www.southtownstar.com/news/1219422,101408voting.article

 

KY: Voting Goes Digital In Ky.

http://www.kypost.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=ad71282a-a4c6-4582-802a-e570345558cd

 

MI: Judge Orders Michigan To Stop Purging Voters

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0810/S00281.htm

 

MI: Berrien County Clerk corrects misinformation

http://www.nilesstar.com/articles/2008/10/13/news/ndnews3.txt

 

NC: Craven County - Voter rolls have grown at least 10 percent this year

http://www.newbernsj.com/news/county_42551___article.html/voting_percent.html

 

OH: Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner on Voter Rights, Faulty Electronic Voting Machines, Voter Fraud and GOP Voter Challenges

http://i2.democracynow.org/2008/10/9/ohio_secretary_of_state_jennifer_brunner

 

OH: Ohio voter fraud rare

Safeguards prevent 'Mickey Mouse' ballots

http://www.coshoctontribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081014/UPDATES01/81014004

 

OH: What Happened to Ohio? (And Will It Happen Again?)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pia-sawhney/what-happened-to-ohio-and_b_134496.html

 

OH: Lucas County - Voting rights group warns of Nov. 4 problems

http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081014/NEWS09/810140356/-1/NEWS

 

OH: Putnam County - State official: Election computers not compromised

http://www.limaohio.com/news/state_29393___article.html/county_compromised.html

 

NJ: Judge seeks tighter security around N.J. voting machines

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/10/judge_orders_tighter_security.html

 

PA: Presidential ballot will be biggest test yet for new voting machines

http://www.yourmonroeville.com/timesexpress/article/presidential-ballot-will-be-biggest-test-yet-new-voting-machines

 

PA: Editorial - Require notice of voter ‘purges’

http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/articles/2008/10/14/editorial/sc_times_trib.20081014.a.pg12.tt14edit2_s1.2012551_edi.txt

 

TX: Travis County seeking 300 additional poll workers for election

http://www.keyetv.com/mostpopular/story.aspx?content_id=3843e307-c8d2-4c3b-aa88-9e71b6ad8649

 

UT: Study: Poll workers can boost or kill voter trust

http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2008/10/13/3700130.htm

 

VA: Study: Virginia Might Not Be Ready for Election Day

http://www.myfoxdc.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7637357&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1

 

VA: Columnist - Will Virginia Polling Places Be Overwhelmed?

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/rawfisher/2008/10/will_virginia_polling_places_b.html?hpid=sec-metro

 

VA: Voter Registration Up in Rural Areas

http://www.nbc29.com/Global/story.asp?S=9170853&nav=menu496_12_22_1

 

WV: Voter registration winding down; early voting about to begin

http://www.dailymail.com/News/election08/200810130162

 

WV: Day before early voting, glitch found with machines

http://www.dailymail.com/News/election08/200810140217

 

WV: WV Finds Programming Error on Day Before Early Voting Begins

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6510

 

Scotland: Electronic vote count to return after 'lessons learned' from 2007 fiasco

http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Electronic-vote-count-to-return.4588298.jp

 

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