Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

Early voting is taking place in Shelby Co, Tennessee but the Memphis mayor wants the voting to stop and he seems to have convinced the city attorney that he is correct. The issue is that the county’s Diebold TSx voting machines seem to be flipping votes and numerous calls from voters to the mayor (a candidate) have convinced him that there is a problem. The city attorney actually went to one of the early voting sites and verified that touching just inside the lines separating the candidates would cast a vote to the name just above or below the voter's selection of choice. Amazingly the Shelby County Election Board chair had this to say, “…..we're comfortable with the fact that we tested those machines and there is nothing wrong with the way the machines are recording the votes. Apparently it's an issue of public education. If people press in the wrong area they're going to get the wrong result.” She also said that voters have a chance to correct their vote on the screen before they submit it. That’s the screen with the small writing that you didn’t do any voter education about? Is it any wonder that today’s “Enemy of Democracy” award goes to Myra Stiles for blaming the voter instead of the machines for the machines failures.

Coverage of that story "Meltdown '07" story, and today's many other voting news articles, all linked below...

• NAtional: Restore Integrity to Federal Elections
  http://www.thenation.com/doc/20071001/norden
• NAtional: HR 811, Unfunded Mandates, and the Protection of Civil Rights
  http://www.votetrustusa....8;id=2586&Itemid=26
• NAtional: A Voting Test for the High Court
  http://www.washingtonpos.../18/AR2007091801572.html
• NAtional: Paper trail voting report hammers straw men, its own credibility
  http://arstechnica.com/n...its-own-credibility.html
• CA: Riverside County - Supervisors demand certified voting equipment for February primary
  http://www.pe.com/localn...l_D_votes19.3d1c4f0.html
• CA: Riverside County - County wants state approval of voting machines
  http://www.nctimes.com/a...rnian/4_03_219_18_07.txt
• CA: Riverside County - Riverside Co. Pulls Plug on Electronic Voting
  http://www.kesq.com/Glob...?S=7099281&nav=9qrx
• CA: San Francisco - SF election outcomes won't be known for weeks
  http://sfgate.com/cgi-bi...2007/09/19/BA2MS9DIE.DTL
• CA: San Francisco - Report: E-voting woes could stall S.F. election tally
  http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9781576-7.html
• CO: Montrose County - In-house ballots allow for savings
  http://www.montrosepress...f09033102a3781588925.txt
• CT: Voting Officials Report Smooth Introduction of New Machines
  http://www.zwire.com/sit...ept_id=157533&rfi=6
• GA: Georgia voter ID faces election test
  http://www.miamiherald.c...aign08/story/242181.html
• KY: Kentucky Attorney General Stumbo Issues Investigative Report on Kentucky’s Electronic Voting Systems
  http://www.allamericanpa...rt_kentucky_s_electronic
• KY: Voting machines could be at risk, Stumbo says
  http://www.kentucky.com/.../state/story/180488.html
• KY: Grayson, Stumbo differ on voting machines
  http://www.courier-journ...01/709190814/1008/NEWS01
• MS: Quitman County election panel claims voting fraud
  http://www.zwire.com/sit...ept_id=230617&rfi=6
• NC: Swain voter fraud investigation sent to feds
  http://www.smokymountain...9_07/fr_swain_voter.html
• NM: Opinion - Voting by mail gets my full support
  http://www.cnjonline.com...icle.html/mail_vote.html
• NY: Watchdogs Want to Block Touch-Screen Voting
  http://cityroom.blogs.ny...n-voting-a-touchy-issue/
• NY: Groups find fault with state's plan to comply with federal voting law
  http://www.pressconnects...0070919/NEWS01/709190379
• NY: Nassau County - Critics slam plan for disabled voting equipment
  http://www.newsday.com/n...122sep19,0,1652276.story
• OH: Cuyahoga County – Editorial - Cuyahoga County bought touch-screen machines; it has to make them work - an editorial
  http://www.cleveland.com...07212800.xml&coll=2
• OH: Liking County - More changes, decisions for election board
  Secretary of state visits local officials, discusses voting machines
  http://www.newarkadvocat...19/NEWS01/709190315/1002
• PA: Wayne County - Ballot hand-count to make for long night
  http://www.thetimes-trib...ept_id=416046&rfi=6
• TN: Shelby County - Mayor wants early voting stopped
  Calls for audit of machines he says may be faulty
  http://www.commercialapp...ts-early-voting-stopped/
• TN: Shelby County - Mayor Herenton Wants Early Voting Stopped
  http://www.myeyewitnessn...4-4ba3-9955-8101b55ea298
• TN: Shelby County - Mayor wants vote halted
  Herenton calls machines faulty; opponents say he's desperate
  http://www.commercialapp...mayor-wants-vote-halted/
• TN: Shelby County - Herenton, City Attorney Call to Halt Early Voting
  http://www.myfoxmemphis....e=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1
• TN: Shelby County - Mayor calls for suspension of early voting, wants federal monitors
  http://www.commercialapp...y-voting-wants-federal-/
• TN: Mayor's Request to Stop Early Voting: Special Meeting Called
  http://www.myeyewitnessn...9-49e3-96e8-a2e33a263481
• WV: Taylor County - Taylor County Rejects Electronic Voting
  http://www.wboy.com/stor...story&storyid=29061

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