'Daily Voting News' For November 03, 2008 – Evening Edition

 

Election day is tomorrow

 

Fulton and Clayton Counties, Georgia have decided that they will have enough time at the polls for all voters who want to vote to do that. They both decided not to ask the state, before-hand, to allow them to keep the polls open longer than normally allowed. Wouldn’t it have been better to ask to keep them open longer and have no one waiting on line than to force people to wait on line so you can close at the normal time? Of course, both counties have said they can handle the crowds because they have enough machines. They ignore, again, that the bottle-neck has been and will be the voter check-in procedure and their overly slow computer system. In other states it may be the ballot-on-demand system for optical-scan ballots.

 

In another great article from Kim Zetter and the WiredBlog, Threat Level, she reports on ‘vote-flipping’ and the ES&S voting machines.

 

Also from Kim is the news that one Michigan election official warned the EAC over a week ago that ES&S M-100 optical-scan machines used in her county don’t consistently tally ballots. These machines are used all across the country.

 

Featured - National: Report: ES&S Voting Machines Can Be Maliciously Calibrated to Favor Specific Candidates

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/11/report-ess-voti.html

 

Featured – MI: Michigan Election Official Reveals ES&S Machines Don't Tally Votes Consistently

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/11/michigan-electi.html

 

National: On Eve of Election Day, Is the Nation’s Voting System Ready? Reports of Irregularities Pour in from Across US in Record Early Voting

http://www.democracynow.org/2008/11/3/on_eve_of_election_day_is

 

National: The Pitfalls of Electronic Voting

http://media.www.sbstatesman.com/media/storage/paper955/news/2008/11/03/News/The-Pitfalls.Of.Electronic.Voting-3519172.shtml

 

National: Opinion - Will your vote count tomorrow?

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=328995&intsrc=hm_list

 

National: My Take: E-Voting Not User-Friendly

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/11/03/tech-electronic-voting.html

 

National: Would Congressional Democrats Cover Up Election Fraud? Part 2 in the "Democracy" in America Series – No Way, Right?!?!

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Would-Congressional-Democr-by-Mark-Adams-081102-529.html

 

National: Touchscreen Voting Machines Cause Long Lines and Disenfranchise Voters

http://arxiv.org/abs/0810.5577

 

National: Impossibly Long Lines for Elderly, Other Voters in FL, GA, Elsewhere

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6611

 

National: Opinion - Short-Circuiting the Vote

Tuesday's election will be the most technologically advanced in American history. But will it be the most reliable?

http://www.newsweek.com/id/167189

 

National: Nov. 4, 2008: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/153234/nov_4_2008_what_could_possibly_go_wrong.html

 

National: Expected High Voter Turnout Has Government Officials, Watchdog Groups on Alert

http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/11/03/expected-high-voter-turnout-government-officials-watchdog-groups-alert/

 

National: How to Make Reliable Voting Machines

http://media.www.csucauldron.com/media/storage/paper516/news/2008/11/03/TheMeltingPot/How-To.Make.Reliable.Voting.Machines-3521282.shtml

 

National: Concerns continue to shadow e-voting

http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/848

 

National: Could voting meltdown history repeat itself?

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iUSaUcmf0s5UYF8o0PW_B39XLCvQD947NS103

 

National: Combat Vote Suppression

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/actnow/379600/combat_vote_suppression?rel=hpbox

 

National: Oprah’s Problem With Electronic Voting

http://theboard.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/03/oprahs-problem-with-electronic-voting/

 

CO: Purged voters in the dark over Election Day status

Thousands potentially could be denied right to cast ballots over bureaucratic snafus

http://coloradoindependent.com/13668/purged-voters-in-the-dark-over-election-day-status

 

FL: Florida tops states in concerns sent to pre-election hot line

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/03/voter.hotline/

 

GA: Fulton and Clayton won’t extend voting hours

http://www.ajc.com/traffic/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2008/11/03/fulton_voting_hours.html

 

IN: Marion County - Appeals court likely to rule on challenged ballots

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081103/NEWS0502/81103032

 

LA: League of Women Voters of Louisiana (LWVLA) calls for the Governor and Secretary of State

http://lwv-la.org/

 

MI: ES&S Op-Scans Giving 'Different Results Each Time Same Ballots Run Through Machines' in MI County

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6613

 

NJ: New voters could get ballot that's provisional

It would not be counted Tuesday

http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008811030316

 

OH: Ohio voting machines to be tested Tuesday

http://www.bucyrustelegraphforum.com/article/20081103/UPDATES01/81103003

 

OH: Election Boards Ordered To Offer Paper Ballots

http://www.bucyrusonline.com/articles/news/articles/000016/001615.htm

 

OH: Franklin County - Absentee Voting Winds Down With Long Lines

Secretary of State predicts 80% voter turnout.

http://www.610wtvn.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=268656&article=4516570

 

PA: Committee of Seventy Fields Largest Ever Voter Assistance Program for Historic November 4th Election

http://tinyurl.com/6jyt75

 

TX: Texas rights group cautions against voting straight ticket; El Paso County official says voting machines are fine

http://www.newspapertree.com/news/3027-texas-rights-group-cautions-against-voting-straight-ticket-el-paso-county-official-says-voting-machines-are-fine

 

VA: Federal hearing on election suit Monday

http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/virginia/dp-vaelectionsuit-virg1103nov03,0,331431.story

 

VA: Federal Judge to Hear Va. Election Suit Today

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/03/AR2008110301184.html

 

VA: Judge rejects NAACP request for paper ballots, extended voting hours; McCain sues Va. electoral board over military ballots

http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-11-03-0218.html

 

VA: Judge Refuses to Order Longer Voting Hours in Va.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/03/AR2008110302058.html

 

VA: Voting Groups Target Virginia

http://washingtonindependent.com/16606/voting-groups-target-virginia

 

VA: McCain lawsuit asks federal court to order Va. to count late overseas military ballots

http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/president/33789249.html?elr=KArks8c7PaP3E77K_3c::D3aDhUMEaPc:E7_ec7PaP3iUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU

 

VA: McCain sues to force Va. to count military ballots

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/03/AR2008110302347.html

 

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