As you will notice the amount of news has been growing as we get closer to November. The media are beginning to look at election-related issues; voting systems, voter registrations, vote caging, and other schemes aimed at disenfranchising voters. Our phones have been busy with calls from reporters seeking information. Today’s list of important articles has more than could be “featured,” so all I can ask is that you take the time to read them and understand what is happening. There are a lot of National stories as well as stories from Colorado, where people are beginning to give their Secretary of State a vote of NO confidence; and Florida, where there are clear cases of vote caging; and Washington DC, where the city supervisors are investigating to find why their voting machines made by Sequoia failed in the recent primary; and Wisconsin, where the state’s Attorney General is doing all he can to get people removed from the voter rolls. It is important to ensure your voter registration is up-to-date and then it is important that you exercise your right to vote in November. …
- National: Announcing The Launch Of The Voter Suppression Wiki — Learn, Report, Act
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/baratunde-thurston/announcing-the-launch-of_b_127495.html - National: Tally an issue, but vote anyway
Election expert Jones offers speech at library
http://www.themercury.com/News/article.aspx?articleId=041984799d8e416a9410dbe61803116b - National: Voter Registration and Voter Purges
http://www.asianweek.com/2008/09/17/voter-registration-and-voter-purges/ - National: Are You Registered to Vote? …Are You Sure?
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Are-You-Registered-to-Vote-by-Mick-Youther-080917-385.html - National: House Passes Veteran Voter Drive Bill
http://www.alternet.org/democracy/99273/house_passes_veteran_voter_drive_bil - National: Election Protection Launches Site To Help Voters
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0809/S00355.htm - National: High Turnout, New Procedures May Mean an Election Day Mess
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/09/17/ST2008091703731.html - National: Experts Predict Election Day Mess
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/washingtonpostinvestigations/2008/09/experts_predict_election_day_m.html - National: Report: Voting problems in several swing states
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/18/voting.problems/ - National: 2008 Election “Up a Creek?”
http://themoderatevoice.com/at-tmv/newsweek-blogitics/22758/2008-election-up-a-creek/ - CA: New SF Voting Machines Still Not Cleared For Election Use
http://www.ktvu.com/news/17501603/detail.html - CO: Ritter: Cast ballots early or vote by mail
Guv doesn’t want Colorado to delay tally for president
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/sep/18/ritter-cast-ballots-early-or-vote-by-mail/ - CO: No vote of confidence in Coffman
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_10492707 - FL: Democrats, Florida elections officials criticize GOP mailing
http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/state/article814237.ece#email - FL: McCain/GOP ‘Voter Caging’ Apparently Underway in Florida
https://bradblog.com/?p=6403 - FL: Voting Rights Watch: Why ID-match rules like Florida’s could disenfranchise thousands of voters
http://southernstudies.org/facingsouth/2008/09/voting-rights-watch-why-floridas-new.asp - FL: Crist defends “no match, no vote law”, voters leader disagrees
http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080918/NEWS01/80918052/1075 - GA: Report: Georgia election preparation lacking
http://www.macon.com/206/story/467071.html - IL: Opinion – DuPage election panel doesn’t answer concerns on machines
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/mego/1170655,6_4_NA18_MEGOCOLUMN_S1.article - MS: Election Officials: Clock Ticking
Supreme Court hears ballot dispute; absentee voting may be delayed by fight
http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080918/NEWS/809180377/1001/news - NC: There’s a history written on paper ballots
http://www.news-record.com/content/2008/09/17/article/there_s_a_history_written_on_paper_ballots - NJ: Malone Says Public Advocate Is To Blame For Voter Registration Debacle
http://www.politickernj.com/bguhl/23649/malone-says-public-advocate-blame-voter-registration-debacle - NM: Cibola County – Ballot investigation in final stages
http://www.gallupindependent.com/2008/09september/091808ballot.html - OH: 2 voters sue Ohio elections chief
http://www.cleveland.com/newsflash/cleveland/index.ssf?/base/politics-3/1221683680129620.xml&storylist=cleveland - OH: Record Number Of Absentee Ballots Requested
Over 117,000 Franklin County voters have registered to vote absentee.
http://www.610wtvn.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=268656&article=4263142 - OH: Miami County – County OKs paper ballots for early voting
http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/09/18/ddn091808miamivoteweb.html - PA: Lawsuit seeks to stop voters from wearing partisan apparel
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2008/09/lawsuit_seeks_to_stop_wearing.html - PA: Bucks County – Creekside polling place rally draws 100
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/111-09182008-1592586.html - PA: Centre County – Centre voters to use new machines
http://www.theprogressnews.com/default.asp?read=14260 - PA: Montgomery County – Commissioners expected to OK extra voting machines
http://www.timesherald.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20126504&BRD=1672&PAG=461&dept_id=33380&rfi=6 - SC: Groups help the hearing, visually impaired vote
http://www.goupstate.com/article/20080918/NEWS/809180346/1083/news03&title=Groups_help_the_hearing__visually_impaired_vote - SC: Spartanburg County – Test Run Makes Voting Easier For Those With Disabilities
Deaf, Blind People Line Up To Practice Voting
http://www.wyff4.com/politics/17501188/detail.html#- - Washington DC: D.C. City Council investigates voting malfunction in primary
http://media.www.gwhatchet.com/media/storage/paper332/news/2008/09/18/News/D.c-City.Council.Investigates.Voting.Malfunction.In.Primary-3438526.shtml - WI: Nonpartisan task force will investigate voter fraud allegations
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=796218 - WI: Wis. election policies commended in study
http://www.dailycardinal.com/article/20480 - WI: Election Commission Searching For Cause of Primary Tally Glitch
http://milwaukee.wispolitics.com/index.iml?mdl=printerfriendly.mdl&article_id=9963&Issue_ID=3405 - WI: Opinion – Rule would disenfranchise voters, cause election chaos
http://www.madison.com/tct/opinion/column/305383 - Canada: iVote: Can electronic voting save democracy?
http://www.thecoast.ca/Articles-i-2008-09-18-152599.113118_iVote_Can_electronic_voting_save_democracy.html
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