Provisional
ballot usage has become a big issue this election. Many
voters don’t want to use them and who can blame them? Many
voters need to use them as the only way they can vote. Part
of the problem is that they are misused by election
officials.
Voter suppression schemes are being used
around the country. Someone hacked into the George Mason
University intranet and sent an email to staff and students,
via the Provost’s email, that election day had been moved
to Wed. The Provost, on discovering this, sent an email to
tell recipients this was a hoax. Robocalls have been placed
to voters telling them the same thing. However, with all of
these schemes, and more, the turnout will probably set a
record at the polls.
A judge has ordered a restraining
order at the request of the McCain campaign to require the
state to extend the date for adding votes from military
voters to the totals to Nov 14 from close of polls today.
This means the election may not be certified until after Nov
14.
Also going to court is a group representing the
voters of Philadelphia who are asking a judge to tell the
county to follow a previous ruling and to count emergency
paper ballots tonight and not later in the week as they
want.
And the Ohio GOP has filed asked a federal court
to rule that provisional ballots be verified and counted the
same way statewide....
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National:
Voting Machine Wins the Presidential Race LINK
Michigan:
Electronic Voting Machine Maker Responds LINK
Minnesota: Voters
Report Broken Machines in Buffalo, Brooklyn Center Overall,
few voting problems on Election Day in Minnesota LINK
Missouri:
Hundreds wait in line to vote in Cape Girardeau LINK
Mississippi:
Voting machine complaints reported LINK
Mississippi:
Voting snafus addressed in South Mississippi LINK
New Jersey: High
turnout, voter problems reported around NJ LINK
New Jersey:
Thousands of new N.J. voters forced to use paper ballots LINK
New Jersey:
Morris County - Registration mix-ups send Morris voters to
court LINK
New York: One
Sequoia machine faulty; no other major hiccups in Tompkins
County LINK
New York: Tim
Robbins Faces Mix-Up at Polling Place LINK
Ohio: Ohio GOP
files complaint over provisional ballots LINK
Ohio: Fairfield
County - Fairfield corrects provisional ballot snafu LINK
Ohio: Franklin
County - Concerns about provisional ballots surfacing LINK
Ohio: Stark
County voters bemoan machine troubles LINK
Pennsylvania:
Officials: Potential problem in voting straight party LINK
Pennsylvania:
Centre County - PSU students reportedly facing voting
hurdles LINK
Pennsylvania:
Philadelphia County - Philadelphia County Election
Officials Fail To Meet Secretary of State’s Orders to
Count Emergency Paper Ballots on Election Night - County
Claims It Will Count Such Ballots on Friday LINK
Pennsylvania:
Philadelphia County - NAACP files suit over emergency
ballots LINK
Pennsylvania:
Wayne County - Tunkhannock poll worker dismissed after
allegations of impropriety LINK
Tennessee: Shelby
County - Dozens in Bartlett unable to vote in city's
election LINK
Virginia: Voting
Rights Watch: More details emerge on widespread Va. voting
problems LINK
Virginia: Judge
Issues Restraining Order in Virginia Vote LINK
Virginia: Voting
Rights Watch: Many of Va.'s election day problems could
have been avoided by honoring request for paper ballots LINK
Virginia: Voting
Rights Watch: Improperly distributed provisional ballots
jeopardize Virginians' voting rights LINK
Virginia:
Election Watchers Report Problems Across Virginia LINK
Virginia: Voting
Rights Watch: Voting problems continue to plague Virginia
LINK
Virginia:
Pittsylvania County - Voters Asked to Return to Polls LINK
West Virginia:
Ohio County - Voters Have Trouble At the Polls LINK
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