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'Daily Voting News' For October 15, 2008

 

20 days until Election Day.

 

“Experts” are all speaking out and warning of voting meltdowns across the country. Where were these “experts” six months ago? Where have they been since the last national election? Why have they not spoken out against these same voting systems that they are concerned about now? Of course it wasn’t political for them to take a position against the use of these machines until now.

 

1-866-OUR-VOTE; 1-866-MY-VOTE1 and now YouTube and WiredNews all want voters to report when they have problems voting. And what will happen with the data collected by these groups? Will any of it be compiled and released after the election? Probably not a lot of it is my guess.

 

National: Experts warn of Nov. 4 voting meltdowns

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14580.html

 

National: Fortify Software Releases Voting Guide in Time for November Elections

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/10-15-2008/0004904378&EDATE=

 

National: Professor's Book Examines Nationwide Variations in Voting

http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmpr/?Page=News&storyID=12886

 

National: ACM Experts See Opportunities and Risks for E-Voting; Technology Leaders Stress Need to Build Trust in Computer-Based Voting Systems

http://newswire.ascribe.org/cgi-bin/behold.pl?ascribeid=20081015.063815.2&time=09%2052%20PDT&year=2008&public=0

 

National: YouTube Asks Voters to Record Poll Problems

http://newteevee.com/2008/10/15/youtube-asks-voters-to-record-poll-problems/

 

National: Legislation introduced to revamp FVAP

http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/47353-1.html

 

National: The Real Issue Isn't Voter Fraud, Its Vote Suppression (Joe Rothstein's Commentary)

http://uspolitics.einnews.com/article.php?nid=561852

 

National: Problems Voting in the General Election? Report Your Issue Here

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/10/had-problems-vo.html

 

National: GoVote.org Launches: Next Generation in Voter Support

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/govoteorg-launches-next-generation-voter/story.aspx?guid={59B1BC9A-316E-4791-A565-784340380E1A}&dist=hppr

 

CA: Sacramento County - Weighty ballot takes an extra stamp

http://www.sacbee.com/389/story/1314558.html

 

CA: San Francisco - Let there be election results

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=55&entry_id=31507

 

CA: Tulare County - County leaders fight state-mandated manual re-count of 10 percent of ballots

http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/article/20081015/NEWS01/810150320

 

CO: Denver - Denver doubling number of voting booths

http://www.examiner.com/a-1638147~Denver_doubling_number_of_voting_booths.html

 

FL: Florida AG: "No excuse" not to purge voter rolls of felons

http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/oct/14/florida-ag-no-excuse-not-purge-voter-rolls-felons/

 

FL: Florida Dems Told to Vote by Phone

http://www.opednews.com/articles/BREAKING-Florida-Dems-Tol-by-Rady-Ananda-081014-352.html

 

FL: Palm Beach County - Early returns justify hope for a glitch-free election

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion/content/opinion/epaper/2008/10/15/a12a_leadedit_elections_1015.html

 

IL: Sangamon County - Many Sangamon voters hit polls early

http://www.sj-r.com/homepage/x1261523871/Hundreds-of-Sangamon-voters-hit-polls-early

 

IN: Lake County - Early voting begins late but enthusiastically

http://www.thetimesonline.com/articles/2008/10/15/news/top_news/doc8890a652bea72f4a862574e300085712.txt

 

IN: Lake County - Judge opens early voting sites in Lake County

http://www.post-trib.com/news/1221804,nulcvote.article

 

KS: Error found in voting machines

http://www.ktka.com/news/2008/oct/15/error_found_voting_machines/

 

KY: 34 Kentucky Counties To Use New Voting Machines

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0810/S00308.htm

 

MI: Mich. clerks deal with duplicate voter forms

http://www.woodtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=9178309&nav=0RcdbB6n

 

MN: Commentary Instant Runoff Voting: Neither complex nor expensive election choice

http://www.morrissuntribune.com/articles/index.cfm?id=15154&section=Opinion

 

MO: Technology helps troops overseas cast their ballots

http://www.joplinglobe.com/Campaigns_and_Politics/local_story_288223523.html?keyword=topstory

 

MO: St. Louis - An election experiment

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/news/editorialcommentary/story/03131d5df6f6cc5e862574e2007ece64?OpenDocument

 

MT: Voter Challenges: The Montana Example

http://www.accuracy.org/newsrelease.php?articleId=1833

 

NV: Activists didn’t research assertion of Douglas voters’ rights violation

http://www.recordcourier.com/article/20081014/NEWS/810149987/1062&ParentProfile=1049&title=Activists%20didn%E2%80%99t%20research%20assertion%20of%20Douglas%20voters%E2%80%99%20rights%20violation

 

NV: Presidential campaigns will deploy armies of poll watchers

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/oct/15/presidential-campaigns-will-deploy-armies-poll-wat/

 

NY: Mission: Possible Fight NOW to Retain New York's Lever Voting System!

http://re-mediaetc.blogspot.com/2008/10/mission-possible-fight-now-to-retain.html

 

NY: Ulster County - Woodstock protests county elections bill

http://www.dailyfreeman.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20164539&BRD=1769&PAG=461&dept_id=74958&rfi=6

 

OH: Brunner: I'll obey court order, but thousands could lose their right to vote

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/10/jennifer_brunner_says_courts_d.html

 

OH: Cuyahoga County - Ohio voters pick nominee for late lawmaker's term

http://www.ohio.com/news/ap?articleID=926549&c=y

 

OH: Cuyahoga County - Workers Get 'Error Message' After Elections

http://www.newsnet5.com/politics/17721517/detail.html

 

OH: Cuyahoga County - BOE Director Gives 'B' To First Test Of Voting System

http://www.newsnet5.com/news/17724314/detail.html

 

PA: While flagging illegal practices, don't overlook machine error

http://www.pennlive.com/editorials/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/opinion/1224017708102750.xml&coll=1

 

PA: Union County - Polling site switched to Bucknell campus

Lewisburg's 3rd Ward has more than 1,000 new voters

http://www.dailyitem.com/0100_news/local_story_289000051.html

 

TN: Shelby County - Jump seen as early voting in presidential race begins

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2008/oct/15/jump-seen-as-early-voting-begins/

 

TX: Democrats cry foul over suspicious e-mail

http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_10726527

 

TX: Denton County - Paper pushed on voters

Local party leaders urge use of printed ballots

http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/dws/drc/localnews/stories/DRC_Paper_Ballots_1015.11397d91e.html

 

WV: Programming glitch affects state ballots

Corrected memory cards just in time for early voting

http://wvgazette.com/News/politics/200810140750

 

WV: Campaigns optimistic about W.Va. early voting

http://www.dailymail.com/News/statenews/200810150413

 

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