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
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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:
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
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:
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
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