Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

Today seems to be a typical odd-year election day so far. Problems are reported throughout the nation. Of course no reasons are given for problems except in a few occasions the errors are “human error”; they are never the machines' fault or the vendors' fault. Marion Co Indiana has been the “poster child” for failed elections and it seems that this election is no different. Also today the DoJ has stepped in and suggested to the courts that New York needs to have help in selecting a new voting system and they need to have that system by next year’s elections. ...

• NAtional: Voter Intimidation May Plague Election Day 2007
  http://www.alternet.org/story/67036/
• NAtional: New Film "Uncounted" Reveals How Elections Are Stolen
  http://www.opednews.com/...film__22uncounted_22.htm
• NAtional: Duncan Hunter Calls for Paper Ballots in Response to Why Tuesday's 'Candidate Challenge'
  http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5249
• NAtional: Bill to Oulaw 'Voter Caging' Introduced in U.S. Senate
  http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5248
• NAtional: Department of Justice investigates attorney in Boston voting lawsuit
  Allegedly got paid for stay at Cape
  http://www.boston.com/ne...n_boston_voting_lawsuit/
• NAtional: RVers Are Blocked From Voting
  http://www.breitbart.com...NA00&show_article=1
• CA: San Bernardino County voters to face paper ballots; in Riverside, they're electronic
  http://www.pe.com/localn...al_S_vote06.3d95782.html
• CA: San Francisco - Final results of S.F. election could take two weeks
  http://www.sfgate.com/cg...MNJ2T6OCK.DTL&tsp=1
• CO: Weld County - Voting machine problem stalls Weld voting
  http://www.greeleytrib.c...e/20071106/NEWS/71106007
• CT: It's a new day for voting machine mechanics
  http://www.stamfordadvoc...tam-news-local-headlines
• FL: U.S. questions new Florida voting laws
  http://www.miamiherald.c...g_news/story/297741.html
• FL: Palm Beach County - PBC voters could see more changes in voting machines
  http://www.palmbeachpost...07/11/06/1106voting.html
• FL: Sarasota County - New machines, new voting problems
  http://www.myfoxtampabay...e=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1
• GA: Bulloch County - GSU Students Fighting to Vote
  http://www.wtoctv.com/Gl...?S=7316800&nav=0qq6
• GA: Fulton County - New City Hits Snag in Tuesday Voting
  http://www.11alive.com/n...news.aspx?storyid=105970
• GA: Fulton County - Among municipal elections, Chattahoochee Hills slowed by glitch
  http://www.ajc.com/news/.../06/voteglitch_1107.html
• IA: Iowa's Residual Votes Offer a Lesson: Choose Paper for Voting
  http://www.votetrustusa....;id=2628&Itemid=113
• IN: Few problems reported early in elections statewide
  http://www.pal-item.com/...20071106/NEWS01/71106014
• IN: Madison County - NAACP will take Election Day complaints
  http://www.theheraldbull...cal_story_309201634.html
• IN: Marion County - Few problems reported early on Election Day
  http://www.wlfi.com/Global/story.asp?S=7317826
• IN: Marion County - Voters in 14 precincts affected by glitch in voter rolls
  http://www.indystar.com/.../711060501/0/LOCAL180401
• IN: Marion County - Voters report scattered problems at the polls
  http://www.indystar.com/...0501/71106035/-1/LOCAL17
• IN: Marion County - White: Some voting machine problems persist
  http://www.indystar.com/...L190501/71106035/0/LOCAL
• MD: Md. Budget Cuts Put New Voting System In Question
  Legislators Consider Cutting $3.3M From Elections Board
  http://www.nbc4.com/news/14524966/detail.html
• MD: Montgomery County - Errors Reported at the Rockville Polls
  http://www.washingtonpos.../06/AR2007110601023.html
• MI: Voter complaints over new ID requirement hit NAACP
  http://www.freep.com/app...NEWS05/71106034/0/NEWS01
• NC: Vote-counting done correctly is her goal
  http://www.journalnow.co...ews&s=1037645509099
• NY: Feds Ask Court to Order New Voting Machines for New York by 2008
  http://www.publicbroadca...1178646&sectionID=1
• OH: VIDEO: With Election Day Here, Concerns of Diebold Failures Rankle Cuyahoga County, OH (Again)
  http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5254
• OH: Cuyahoga County - Two plead no contest in recount rigging
  http://www.ohio.com/news...rticleID=192771&c=y
• PA: Beaver County - E-voting to end election delays?
  http://www.timesonline.c...ept_id=478569&rfi=6
• PA: Bedford County - Early problems in Bedford, Cambria reports strong early turnout
  http://www.altoonamirror...l/id/501647.html?nav=742
• PA: Lackawanna and Wayne Counties - Primary could feature paper
  http://www.thetimes-trib...ept_id=415898&rfi=6
• UT: Few Utahns take advantage of early voting
  About 4% of those registered in S.L. County cast ballots before early voting ended
  http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_7381806
• VA: Craig County - Some voters turned away in Craig County this morning
  http://www.wdbj7.com/Glo...?S=7318942&nav=S6aK
• WA: King County - Absentee voting steals charm from Election Day
  http://seattlepi.nwsourc...338477_pollworker06.html
• United Kingdom: London mayor vote uses 'fiasco' e-system
  http://new.edp24.co.uk/c...007%2018%3A43%3A37%3A253

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