In one of our ‘Featured’ articles CBS Evening News
has raised the “Red Flag On Purging Voter Rolls”. This
article reports on a just released report from the Brennan
Center for Justice at New York University School of Law on
voter roll purges. The report “provides troubling new
insight into the process. There are no national standards
and as a result, the cleaning up of voter rolls is not as
precise as it should be and eligible voters are often
wrongly removed.
”The Brennan report calls the
nationwide process "chaotic," "shrouded in secrecy",
"riddled with inaccuracies", "prone to error" and
"vulnerable to manipulation."”
Our second ‘Featured’
article is a report done by USPIRG (Public Interest Research
Group) in which they blow the whistle on nineteen states
that are violating federal law in their handling of voter
roll purges.
Neither of these articles should have been
necessary. State election officials should be carefully
following the law and carefully ensuring voter rolls are
properly purged and not in such a way as to deny legally
registered voters their right to vote. Any election official
who does not feel the need to ensure due diligence should be
replaced and, if they violated federal law, they should be
investigated for that violation. ...
Featured - National: Red Flag On Purging
Voter Rolls CBS Evening News Investigates Little-Known,
Problem-Ridden Process That Could Endanger Your Vote LINK
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Featured -
National: Washington, D.C.: Nineteen States Not Enforcing
Federal Laws on Voter Lists LINK
National: News
Release - The Secret World of Voter Purges LINK
National: Report
raises concerns of 'partisan manipulation' in voter purges
LINK
National: CBS
News: New Study Details Massive Voter Roll Purges Underway
in At Least 19 States LINK
National:
Partisan Contractors To Count Nov. Election Votes LINK
National:
Election officials are confused about who can vote LINK
National:
24-Step Checklist Offers Ballot Counting Standards LINK
National: Miss.,
Fla. election officials visit US troops LINK
National: Minds
made up, millions voting early LINK
National: US
Elections: Win, Lose or Steal? An organized assault on
the voting process has become an election day tradition
since 2000 LINK
National:
Foreclosures Lead to Allegations of Planned Voter
Suppression LINK
National: At the
polls: Observers will be deployed across the country LINK
Alabama: NAACP
challenges state prison ban on voter registration LINK
Arizona: Arizona
develops online ballots to give voters overseas a chance to
cast ballots via the Web LINK
California:
Bowen blasts Schwarzenegger from loooooong distance LINK
California: Lake
County - Registrar's Office gears up for election season
crunch time LINK
California:
Riverside County - Elections watchdogs skeptical of choice
for Riverside County vote system audit LINK
California:
Riverside County - Supervisors table elections review until
next week LINK
Colorado:
E-scanner will speed Morgan County voting results count LINK
Connecticut:
Bridgeport - Tally wrong for laid-off voting tech pay LINK
Florida:
Editorial - Florida still erecting roadblocks to voting LINK
Florida:
ID-match law stalls 5,000 voter applications LINK
Florida:
'No-match' law is fair to voters, Crist says Gov.
Charlie Crist rebuffed calls from voter groups to suspend
the controversial 'no-match' registration law, saying he has
confidence in it and Florida's election system. LINK
New York: Warn
Of ID Theft Scams By People Offering Voter Reg Help The
Consumer Protection Board urges consumers not to give out
their Social Security or other numbers to unsolicited
callers LINK
Ohio: GOP Loses
Challenge to Early Ohio Voting LINK
Ohio: Same Day
Early Voting and Voter Registration Goes Smoothly LINK
Ohio: Process
for early voting can be improved LINK
Ohio: Ohio 2008
opens with a subpoena, a surge and calls for election
protection LINK
Pennsylvania:
Secretary Cortes Encourages Troops to Vote Via Absentee
Ballot during Stops in Iraq, Kuwait LINK
Pennsylvania:
Bucks County - Bucks GOP leaders deny election official's
claims LINK
Virginia:
Advocacy group: Va. is a potential source of dispute LINK
Virginia:
Powhatan County - Voter turnout expected to soar LINK
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