'Daily Voting News' For October 23, 2008 – Evening Edition

 

12 days until Election Day.

 

This morning there were two press releases from Pennsylvania. The links were broken so I have re-posted those articles to the top and added ‘tinyurls’.

 

Hispanic voters in Nevada are getting calls to tell them they can vote over the phone. The callers, Spanish speakers, claim they are from one party yet the information they are passing on is clearly false and meant to disenfranchise the unwary voter.

 

Sequoia Voting Systems appears to be in the middle of another huge problem in Washington DC. They printed and mailed the Districts absentee ballots. It seems that either ballots were misprinted and races were left off or the wrong ballots were sent to voters in the right wards.

 

PA: Press Release - Coalition of Voters and Civil Rights Groups File Federal Lawsuit in Pennsylvania Seeking Emergency Paper Ballots

http://tinyurl.com/5qadup

 

PA: Pennsylvania Department of State Debunks Myths Associated With Election, Voting

http://tinyurl.com/6sxeq3

 

National: ELECTION 2008: Recount Veteran Muses on Florida Legal Battles

http://amlawdaily.typepad.com/amlawdaily/2008/10/election-2008-r.html

 

National: Errors, mischief could lead to long election night

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gGnXAe9LtYL6kK0RfS4kG9VYGacgD94034C00

 

National: Opinion - Resources So All Can Vote

http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/opinion.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-10-23-0028.html

 

National: Election Day Could Become 'Nightmare'

http://news.aol.com/elections/article/election-day-could-become-nightmare/223321

 

National: How you can conduct a voter-verifiable election online, right now

http://machinist.salon.com/blog/2008/10/23/crypto_voting/

 

National: Big Setbacks for GOP Voter Suppression Efforts in Swing States

http://www.alternet.org/election08/104322/big_setbacks_for_gop_voter_suppression_efforts_in_swing_states/

 

National: How can we fight voter suppression?

http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977486860

 

AR: St. Francis County - Poll workers, voters discuss early-voting process in SFC

http://www.thnews.com/article.php?id=6743

 

AZ: Out-of-state, Out of Luck?

http://media.www.ecollegetimes.com/media/storage/paper991/news/2008/10/23/News/OutOfState.Out.Of.Luck-3500408.shtml

 

CA: Orange County - Wells Fargo will use employees as poll workers in 'corporate sponsorship' deal with Orange County

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-ocvote23-2008oct23,0,6436513.story

 

CO: El Paso County - No margin for errors

More near-misses and mistakes highlight election-related pressures

http://www.csindy.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A31653

 

DE: Opinion - Rumor about election malfunctions sparks extra inspections

http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20081023/OPINION11/810230320/1004/OPINION

 

FL: Voting Rights Watch: Controversy intensifies over Florida voter ID requirements

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

 

FL: Polk and Sarasota Counties - Some voters are mailed incomplete ballots

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20081023/ARTICLE/810230299?Title=Some_voeters_are_mailed_incomplete_ballots

 

GA: Can’t ‘Video Your Vote’ in Ga.

http://www.ajc.com/services/content/printedition/2008/10/23/videovote.html

 

MD: Election officials brace for historic turn-out

http://www.baltimoreexaminer.com/local/32444914.html

 

NJ: E-Vote: Clash Over New Jersey Voting Machine Reliability

http://www.govtech.com/gt/articles/424063

 

NV: Voting controversy surfaces

Issue concerns those who registered with missing, incorrect information

http://www.lvrj.com/news/32204254.html

 

NY: Voter Groups Issue Election Report Card

http://en.epochtimes.com/n2/united-states/voter-groups-issue-election-report-card-6063.html

 

PA:Federal Lawsuit Finally Filed Against PA to Demand Emergency Paper Ballots for Voters

NAACP, Voting Rights Coalition Demand Paper Ballots If 'Majority' of Voting Machines Fail

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6551

 

PA: Turnout may be both blessing and curse

Valley officials gird for record numbers and maybe gridlock at local polls.

http://www.mcall.com/news/elections/local/all-a1_5turnout.6637097oct23,0,2162817.story

 

PA: State fights two lawsuits over voting rights

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08297/922298-100.stm

 

PA: Cortes Responds to Voter Fraud Suit Allegations

http://tinyurl.com/69jsye

 

PA: Lawsuit: Paper ballots should be on hand in Pa.

http://www.timesleader.com/news/ap?articleID=970799

 

PA: Wayne County - County sells electronic voting machines

http://www.wayneindependent.com/news/x1261536543/County-sells-electronic-voting-machines

 

TN: ES&S Voting Machines in Tennessee Flip Votes

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/10/ess-voting-mach.html

 

TX: Harris County - For more, a vote along party line is just the ticket

Lengthy ballot here is cited as one impetus for straight voting

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6073645.html

 

WV: Who's to blame for jumping votes on WV touchscreen machines?

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081023-whos-to-blame-for-jumping-votes-on-wv-touchscreen-machines.html

 

WV: Voters allege e-voting machines switching votes

http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/internet/applications/news/index.cfm?newsid=11611

 

WV: Vote Flips 5 Times From Dem to Rep for Voter in Yet Another WV County

Epidemic of ES&S iVotronic Touch-Screen Voting Machine Failures - Now in At Least Two States - Continues to Grow...

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6550

 

Washington DC: Ballot snafu could affect D.C. absentee voters

http://www.wtop.com/?nid=25&sid=1503154

 

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