'Daily Voting News' For October 20, 2008

 

15 days until Election Day. &&&  Election officials in Jacksonville Florida must not have done the required Logic and Accuracy testing on all of their optical scan machines to be used in early voting. Nearly half of the optical scan machines in use in the city failed because they indicated the ballot was too long. This is clearly an error that should have been discovered in pre-election Logic and Accuracy testing. The problem is also being reported in other counties in the state and is being attributed to the machines purchased by the state. &&& Voters in Houston Texas were faced with long lines for the first day of early voting. Long-lines in some voting sites caused by failures of the computers used to check-in the voters. There were also some reports of voters who voted straight-party Democrat only to find that their Presidential ion was given to the Republican.

 

Featured - FL: Jacksonville - Early Voting off to Rough Start

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/breaking/news-article.aspx?storyid=121489&catid=17

 

Featured - FL: Leon County - Ballots not being recorded at two Leon County polling places

http://www.tallahassee.com/article/20081020/BREAKINGNEWS/81020024

 

Featured - TX: Houston - Voters turn out in force for historic campaign

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/hotstories/6068201.html

 

Featured – WV: Ireland Says No Major Problems With Early Voting

http://www.wvmetronews.com/index.cfm?func=displayfullstory&storyid=26987

 

National: Snopes confirms danger of Straight Ticket Voting (STV)

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Snopes-warns-of-dangers-of-by-Joan-Brunwasser-081020-116.html

 

National: Are voting machines reliable? DVICE looks at every type in every state

http://dvice.com/archives/2008/10/are_voting_mach.php

 

National: Obama Assembles U.S.'s `Largest Law Firm' to Monitor Election

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=a.hk4HvCkpiE&refer=home

 

National: Heavy Voter Turn Out Nationwide Could Cause Delays at Polls

http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=5&docID=news-000002976666

 

National: YouTube, PBS urge Americans to record voting problems

http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/journal/article/453547

 

National: Class voting hacks prompt call for better audits

University exercise illustrates the potential for electronic vote tampering

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27205654/

 

National: Eight Years After Bush v. Gore, Why is There Still So Much Election Litigation and What Does This Mean for Voter Confidence in the Electoral Process?

http://writ.news.findlaw.com/commentary/20081020_hasen.html

 

National: CountTheBallots (CTB) Calls for 'Citizen Audits' on Election Day - Warns of Widespread Fraud

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/counttheballots-ctb-calls-citizen-audits/story.aspx?guid={6213A17F-0BA6-4A58-A3D1-A9573EAA1A47}&dist=hppr

 

National: Protect Your Vote - Carry This Number

http://sanfrancisco.about.com/b/2008/10/20/protect-your-vote-carry-this-number.htm

 

AL: Bulging voter lists invite election fraud

http://www.al.com/opinion/press-register/editorials.ssf?/base/opinion/1224494160274420.xml&coll=3

 

AZ: Arizona expects less wait at polls

Early balloting, more sites aim to reduce winding lines

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2008/10/20/20081020azvote1020.html

 

AZ: Pima County - Help AZ Candidate Restore US Election Integrity

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0810/S00288.htm

 

CA: County registrars are scrambling to keep up with new voter rolls

In some California counties, officials are doubling up on polling machines, ballots and workers, and even hiring people to direct traffic.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-vote20-2008oct20,0,7589384.story

 

CO: Colorado will be under watchful eyes of media, monitors on Election Day

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/oct/20/state-will-be-under-watchful-eyes-of-media/

 

FL: Long lines, a few glitches mark start of early voting in South Florida

http://www.miamiherald.com/979/story/733312.html

 

FL: Duval County - Machine Problems Plague 1st Day Of Early Voting

Metro Counties See Brisk Turnout, No Problems

http://www.news4jax.com/news/17760842/detail.html

 

FL: Miami-Dade County - Early voting draws lines at some Dade polling places

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/breaking-news/story/733312.html

 

FL: Past voting gaffes put Palm Beach County in spotlight

http://www.tampabay.com/news/article862247.ece

 

FL: Pasco County - Early Voting Turnout Higher Than Expected

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/oct/20/early-voting-turnout-higher-expected/

 

GA: Ga. secretary of state faces slew of voter issues

http://www.fortmilltimes.com/124/story/329984.html

 

IL: Early voting in DuPage exceeds expectations

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=244076

 

MD: Md. US attorney creates election fraud task force

http://www.mddailyrecord.com/article.cfm?id=8858&type=UTTM

 

NJ: NJ Judge Allows Release of Princeton Report Critical of Sequoia Voting Systems

Sequoia Counters With a Strongly Worded Response That Does Not Answer The Critical Question: Do Their Machines Count Votes Accurately?

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6527

 

NJ: Editorial: Our election systems still beset by flaws

http://packetonline.com/articles/2008/10/20/the_princeton_packet/opinions/doc48fd0157b6044428005400.txt

 

NV: Washoe County - Early voters line up to cast their election ballots

http://www.rgj.com/article/20081019/NEWS/810190350/1321/NEWS

 

NY: State finds some county election boards unprepared

Schuyler among 18 county offices across state checked by officials

http://www.stargazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081020/NEWS0110/810200301

 

NY: Ulster County - Kingston, Ulster towns get nailed in voting upgrade

County passes on cost of 2009 election

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081020/NEWS/810200315/-1/NEWS

 

PA: Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth Outraged at Partisan Lawsuit Attempting to Undermine Voter Confidence

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/pennsylvania-secretary-commonwealth-outraged-partisan/story.aspx?guid={AA1B4F2A-3174-4C4D-996D-CB0C444E55F6}&dist=hppr

 

PA: Allegheny County says voting machines ready

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/breaking/s_594256.html

 

SC: League questions voting machines

http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1954210/

 

TX: Big Texas turnout on first day of early voting

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D93UFFFG0.html

 

TX: Denton County voters urged to use paper ballots

http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa081020_wz_paperballots.12d6c23f6.html

 

TX: Galveston - Voting Rights Watch: Post-Ike displacement could cause voting problems for Galveston

http://southernstudies.org/facingsouth/2008/10/voting-rights-watch-post-ike.asp

 

UT: Study: Utah vote devices unreliable

http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_10765686

 

VA: Local precincts bracing for flood of voters

Registrar officials have had to get more voting equipment and poll workers to handle the crowds.

http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-local_registration_1020oct20,0,6267498.story

 

WV: Paperless Electronic Voting Machines Flipping Votes from Obama to McCain in West Virginia

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Paperless-Electronic-Votin-by-Kevin-Zeese-081020-346.html

 

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