'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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