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'Daily Voting News' For November 01, 2008 – Morning Edition

3 days until Election Day.

Amongst all of the stories of failures, lawsuits, voter purges and voter suppression there is an occasional story that begs to be read and passed on to others so they will read it. This morning’s featured article is one of those. Imagine wanting to exercise your right to vote so strongly that you are willing to travel from Bangalore, India to New York City just to step into the voting booth and pull the lever. It’s a story worth the read.

Featured - National: When Use It or Lose It Means Traveling 9,300 Miles to Vote

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/01/nyregion/01about.html?em

National: Voting Shouldn't Be a Game of Chance

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/custom/2008/10/31/CU2008103103511.html

National: Will This Election Be Stolen? Mark Crispin Miller

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122550597058490345.html?mod=todays_us_weekend_journal

National: Will This Election Be Stolen? Hans A Spakovsky

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122550203122290071.html?mod=todays_us_weekend_journal

CO: Voters line up now to avoid lines on Tuesday

http://www.examiner.com/a-1667328~Voters_line_up_now_to_avoid_lines_on_Tuesday.html

CO: Judge orders Colorado secretary of state to stop voter purge

Colorado Secretary of State Mike Coffman must stop canceling voters from the state registration rolls

http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20081031/NEWS/810319932/1062&title=Judge%20orders%20Colorado%20secretary%20of%20state%20to%20stop%20voter%20purge

CO: Federal judge rails at Secretary of State Coffman to stop purges

http://coloradoindependent.com/13576/federal-judge-rails-at

CO: Colorado Judge Angered Over Secretary of State's Continued Purging of Voter Names

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/10/colorado-judge.html

CO: Judge orders Coffman to stop continued voter purge

http://www.denverpost.com/commented/ci_10866716?source=commented-news

CO: Voter turnout already nears halfway point

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/nov/01/voter-turnout-already-nears-halfway-point/

CO: Moffat County - More than half of voter roll votes early

http://www.craigdailypress.com/news/2008/nov/01/more_half_voter_roll_votes_early/

FL: Troops overseas miss out on voting

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/local_news/epaper/2008/10/31/a1a_ballots_1101.html

FL: Palm Beach County - New Wrinkle.. That is, Crease.. in Tabulating Votes

http://www.cbs12.com/news/ballot_4710488___article.html/vote_absentee.html

GA: Counties report record turnout for early voting period

http://www.macon.com/198/story/511072.html

GA: GA Voting Problems

http://www.wctv.tv/news/headlines/33618104.html

GA: Federal Court Intervenes in Handel's Voter Purge

http://www.atlantaprogressivenews.com/news/0395.html

GA: Russell County - Voting machine lands in driveway

http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/story/494575.html

IL: Video: Oprah Sees Own Presidential Vote Dropped by Touch-Screen Voting Machine

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6603

IN: Marion County - Judge rules for GOP on absentee ballots

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081101/LOCAL18/811010463

MI: ACLU Stops Illegal Voter Purges in Michigan

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0811/S00007.htm

MS: Voter Coalition Debut Massive Voter Watch; Criticizes Hosemann

http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/comments/voter_coalition_debut_massive_voter_watch_criticizes_hosemann_103108/

NC: Craven County - Voter complains about refusal to allow use of paper ballot

http://www.enctoday.com/news/paper_42755_nbsj__article.html/ballot_county.html

NC: Guilford County - Today's voting could set a record

http://hpe.southernheadlines.com/index.cfm?section=6&story=5745

NJ: How safe is your vote?

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/investigators&id=6464800

NJ: Will your vote count?

http://www.northjersey.com/news/njpolitics/33681029.html

PA: Some PA Counties May Ignore Paper Ballot Court Order

http://www.alternet.org/democracy/105681/some_pa_counties_may_ignore_paper_ballot_court_order_/

PA: Plenty of paper ballots to be available just in case

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribunereview/news/westmoreland/s_596259.html

PA: Paper ballots are prepared if needed, officials say

http://www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1225495518228240.xml&coll=1

PA: Lancaster County - He's running an election marathon

http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/229584

SC: Both parties gear up for potential legal challenges as voting begins

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/751006.html

TX: Civil rights group expresses concerns that machines are 'flipping' votes from Obama to McCain

http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_10866680?source=most_viewed

VA: Civil rights group renews Va. election lawsuit

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gTdy6-2Gfd3EfLv9c0daJKhP3_rgD945QTQO0

VA: Va. voters wait in long lines; NAACP seeks injunction

http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-10-31-0219.html

VA: Cast your ballot for early and weekend voting

http://hamptonroads.com/2008/10/cast-your-ballot-early-and-weekend-voting

WA: King County - And the winner is ...?

State rules on mailed ballots could delay results for days

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/386011_election01.html

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