In our featured article today we again get information
about the shut-down of the Social Security
Administration’s databases for maintenance. As related in
the article by Wendy Weiser of the Brennan Center for
Justice this shut-down is important because “A 2002
federal law, the Help America Vote Act, requires all states
to "coordinate" their voter registration databases with the
Social Security database (and state motor vehicle databases)
for the purpose of processing new voter registration forms.
For the millions of voters who do not have current driver's
licenses and register using the last four digits of their
Social Security numbers, state election officials are
required to try to match their voter registration
information against Social Security records. But if the
Social Security database is down—as it will be for four
days—they won't be able to do that. Across the country,
the processing of these voter registration forms will grind
to a halt for four days”. Why has the SSA scheduled this
shut-down within three weeks of the Nov. election? Now Sen.
Diane Feinstein has asked the same question. That letter can
be found with the featured article....
Featured - National: Voter Registration
Shut Down? LINK
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National: What
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National: The
most important open source system: Voting LINK
Georgia:
Election workers reassure security of votes LINK
Iowa: Warren
County’s new voting machines to leave paper trail LINK
Ohio: Ohio gets
jump on voting 150,000 regional voters expected to beat
lines, decide now LINK
Pennsylvania:
Pennsylvania vows to avoid messes Fla., Ohio stepped in LINK
Pennsylvania:
Area counties brace for record turnout LINK
Pennsylvania:
Montgomery County - Director says Election Night will be a
late one LINK
Pennsylvania:
Union County - Dems lead area battle to register new voters
LINK
Pennsylvania:
York County - County ditches dress code at polls LINK
Tennessee:
Opinion - Suggestions to make voting in presidential
election simpler LINK
Utah: Salt Lake
County - County clerk works to make voting easier LINK
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