Daily Voting News For October 23, 2008

There is just too much news to fit into one email today so there will be one edition this morning (Pac time) and one at the normal time. We will be doing that through the election as the amount of news grows.

So far today a federal lawsuit has been filed in Pennsylvania seeking an earlier use of emergency paper ballots than is presently the dictate of the Secretary of State. The SoS has dictated that emergency ballots can only be used when all of the machines at a poll site are shut-down for some reason. The lawsuit hopes to loosen up that dictate to when 50% of the machines are shut-down for some reason.

While the West Virginia SoS has dictated that all of the states ES&S iVotronic touch-screen machines must be recalibrated we are still getting reports of vote switching. ...

National: Editorial - Sorry, I Can’t Find Your Name LINK

National: Election officials try to ease long voting lines LINK

National: Errors, mischief could lead to long election night LINK

National: Mickey Mouse Operation
Making sense of the confusing, contentious "problem" of voter fraud. LINK

National: Chocolate News on the proper care of our voting machines LINK

National: Here's an outstanding article on massive voter purges going on LINK

National: POLITICS-US: E-Voting Worries Focus on Swing States LINK

National: Enough Voting Machine Problems, Let's Return to Traditional Ballot Box LINK

National: Stop, Drop, and Poll - What to Do if You Have Problems Voting LINK

Arizona: Pima County - Count the Votes
What's a voter to do in Pima County--wear a foil hat and pray Attorney General Terry Goddard puts an end to the RTA election distrust? LINK

California: Los Angeles County - Voting Registrations Break Records, Early Voting Continues LINK

Colorado: Arapahoe County - Perlmutter waits for response after requesting monitors LINK

Florida: No Confidence Vote LINK

Florida: Internet Voting in Florida Raises Security Concerns: Geek the Vote LINK

Florida: More Florida Counties Give Unverified Voters Leeway LINK

Florida: Lawyer: Voter matching can be done at polls LINK

Florida: Students at FAMU, FSU and TCC playing larger role in presidential politics LINK

Florida: Early voting wait times in Miami-Dade, Broward posted online LINK

Florida: Palm Beach County - Vote tabulating machines pass test as absentee ballot count awaits LINK

Florida: Volusia County - Central Florida Foreclosures Could Lead To Challenges At The Polls LINK

Georgia: Fulton County - Glitch Keeps Fulton Voters Waiting For Hours
Computers Lose Connection To State's Database LINK

Illinois: Cook County - The Machine Vote
Despite millions of dollars spent on new electronic election equipment in Illinois, many still wonder, "Will my vote count?" LINK

Kansas: Sedgwick County - First day of advance voting sees big crowd LINK

Maryland: Poll location vital for vote to count LINK

Minnesota: Election Day hash LINK

New Jersey: NJ Elections Board Says This Election Is Too Important To Allow Outside Observers LINK

New Mexico: ACLU Calls for Criminal Investigation of Bernalillo County Clerk's Office, GOP LINK

Nevada: Nevada Secretary of State Rebuffs Latest GOP Effort To Suppress Vote LINK

New York: Thousands dropped from local voter rolls LINK

New York: Monroe County - Homeless Face Challenges in Voting LINK

Ohio: Brunner disallows mismatch challenges
Directive to counties' elections officials comes after victories in court LINK

Ohio: Ashland County - Ashland professor challenges voting rights / Filing claims juvenile inmates at Mohican facility shouldn't be allowed to vote in Ashland County LINK

Ohio: Ross County - Official to board of elections: Focus on local voters
Secretary of state visits office in Ross County LINK

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

Pennsylvania: Lawsuit: Paper ballots should be on hand in Pa. LINK

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

South Carolina: Beaufort County - County election officials assert that votes have been correctly tabulated LINK

South Carolina: Beaufort County - Election officials: Voting machine, paper ballot problems resolved LINK

Texas: Travis County fights misleading voting advice LINK

Texas: Travis County - Ignore straight-ticket voting rumors, clerk says
Voting straight party and also for individual candidate, will cancel vote on electronic ballot, DeBeauvoir says. LINK

Texas: Lubbock County - Disabled Lubbock Citizens Have More Voting Options Than Ever LINK

Wisconsin: Voter fraud, suppression battle to intensify as election approaches LINK

West Virginia: Subject: Take Action to Stop Vote Flipping in West Virginia LINK

West Virginia: W.Va. official stands by touch-screen voting LINK

West Virginia: Ireland says WV voting machines O.K. LINK

West Virginia: West Virginia reassures voters about e-voting machines LINK

West Virginia: Berkeley County - More voting problems reported
Martinsburg man says machine switched Democratic vote to Republican 5 times LINK

West Virginia: Wyoming County - Voting errors
Perhaps Wyoming County’s antiquated’ ballots aren’t so bad LINK

**"Daily Voting News" is meant as a comprehensive listing of reports each day concerning issues related to election and voting news around the country regardless of quality or political slant. Therefore, items listed in "Daily Voting News" may not reflect the opinions of VotersUnite.Org or Scoop.**

Daily Voting News For October 23, 2008

Daily Voting News For October 23, 2008 – Morning Edition