'Daily Voting News' For October 28, 2008 – Evening Edition

 

7 days until Election Day.

 

Florida Governor Charlie Crist has declared an emergency in the state and has decreed that polling places are to stay open overtime. Polls will now be open for up to 12 hours a day across the state. Now we will wait to see if any county election officials decide to file a lawsuit against the Governor so the poll hours are not extended.

 

The Brennan Center and VerifiedVoting have sent a letter to 16 Secretaries of State warning them about vote flipping on their ES&S iVotronic DREs. We certainly hope the Secretaries pay attention and accept the suggestions in the letter.

 

Featured - FL: Florida declares emergency, extends early voting hours

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/745088.html

 

Featured - National: Letter to Secretaries of State re: iVotronic “Vote Flipping”

http://www.brennancenter.org/content/resource/letter_to_secretaries_of_state_re_ivotronic_vote_flipping/

 

National: A Vote for More Secure Elections

http://advice.cio.com/seisenstadt/a_vote_for_more_secure_elections

 

National: Editorial - HAVA, intended as reform, shows other consequences

http://www.nilesstar.com/articles/2008/10/28/editorials/ndeditorial01.txt

 

National: Election-Day voter logjams feared

http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/10/election_day_logjams_feared.html

 

National: Watchdog Groups Urge Voters to Reject Provisional Ballots

Groups hope to settle challenges at polls; feds will monitor fraud claims

http://www.wibc.com/News/Story.aspx?ID=101696

 

National: Election Law Changes Likely to Increase Litigation

http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docid=news-000002979862

 

National: A Voting System That Keeps it Real

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charles-d-ellison/a-voting-system-that-keep_b_138649.html

 

CA: Voter Caging in Northern Cali?

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/10/28/18547030.php

 

FL: State of emergency: Crist orders longer voting hours

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/floridapolitics/entries/2008/10/28/state_of_emergency_crist_order.html

 

FL: Miami-Dade County - Calls For Longer Voting Hours Continue Amid High Turnout

http://www.local10.com/news/17822026/detail.html

 

GA: Diebold's 'Express' Voter Registration Computers (Again) Lead to Long Waits in GA's Early Voting

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6581

 

GA: Clayton County - Long lines, few machines hamper voting in Georgia county

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/28/georgia.voting/

 

LA: Democratic Party questions voter cancellations

http://www.cleveland.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/base/politics-0/122523145756690.xml&storylist=topstories

 

MD: Md. ready for increased turnout at polls

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation/politics/bal-turnout1028,0,5923813.story

 

MO: Carnahan predicts 76 percent voter turnout

http://www.carthagepress.com/news/x635415321/Carnahan-predicts-76-percent-voter-turnout

 

NC: Voting irregularities past and present surface as election looms

http://www.yesweekly.com/article-951-breaking-voting-irregularities-past-and-present-surface-as-election-looms.html

 

NC: Brunswick County - Machine error in Oak Island means no paper trail for some votes

http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20081028/ARTICLES/810280275/-1/sports06?Title=Machine_error_in_Oak_Island_means_no_paper_trail_for_some_votes

 

NH: Sort and Stack Elections In New Hampshire

http://www.opednews.com/articles/SORT-AND-STACK-ELECTIONS-I-by-Sheila-Parks-081028-309.html

 

NJ: Hudson County - Election jitters?

Academic report spurs concerns over electronic voting machines

http://www.hudsonreporter.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20180339&BRD=1291&PAG=461&dept_id=532622&rfi=6

 

OH: Judge rules on addresses for homeless voters

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-10-28-homeless-voters_N.htm

 

SC: SC Voting Machines Prone to Problems, Warns USC Computer Science Chairman

http://www.wspa.com/spa/news/local/article/sc_voting_machines_prone_to_problems_warns_usc_computer_science_chairman/10365/

 

VA: Kaine responds to election readiness claim

http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/virginia/dp-vaelectionsuit-kain1028oct28,0,6505597.story

 

VA: Kaine Says State Prepared for Record Turnout

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/28/AR2008102801788.html

 

VA: Va. elections officials say they’re prepared to handle huge turnout

http://www.newsadvance.com/lna/news/state_regional/article/va_elections_officials_say_theyre_prepared_to_handle_huge_turnout/9892/

 

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