20 days until Election Day.
“Experts” are all speaking out and warning of voting meltdowns across the country. Where were these “experts” six months ago? Where have they been since the last national election? Why have they not spoken out against these same voting systems that they are concerned about now? Of course it wasn’t political for them to take a position against the use of these machines until now.
1-866-OUR-VOTE; 1-866-MY-VOTE1 and now YouTube and WiredNews all want voters to report when they have problems voting. And what will happen with the data collected by these groups? Will any of it be compiled and released after the election? Probably not a lot of it is my guess….
- National: Experts warn of Nov. 4 voting meltdowns
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14580.html - National: Fortify Software Releases Voting Guide in Time for November Elections
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/10-15-2008/0004904378&EDATE= - National: Professor’s Book Examines Nationwide Variations in Voting
http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmpr/?Page=News&storyID=12886 - National: ACM Experts See Opportunities and Risks for E-Voting; Technology Leaders Stress Need to Build Trust in Computer-Based Voting Systems
http://newswire.ascribe.org/cgi-bin/behold.pl?ascribeid=20081015.063815.2&time=09%2052%20PDT&year=2008&public=0 - National: YouTube Asks Voters to Record Poll Problems
http://newteevee.com/2008/10/15/youtube-asks-voters-to-record-poll-problems/ - National: Legislation introduced to revamp FVAP
http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/47353-1.html - National: The Real Issue Isn’t Voter Fraud, Its Vote Suppression (Joe Rothstein’s Commentary)
http://uspolitics.einnews.com/article.php?nid=561852 - National: Problems Voting in the General Election? Report Your Issue Here
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/10/had-problems-vo.html - National: GoVote.org Launches: Next Generation in Voter Support
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/govoteorg-launches-next-generation-voter/story.aspx?guid={59B1BC9A-316E-4791-A565-784340380E1A}&dist=hppr - CA: Sacramento County – Weighty ballot takes an extra stamp
http://www.sacbee.com/389/story/1314558.html - CA: San Francisco – Let there be election results
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=55&entry_id=31507 - CA: Tulare County – County leaders fight state-mandated manual re-count of 10 percent of ballots
http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/article/20081015/NEWS01/810150320 - CO: Denver – Denver doubling number of voting booths
http://www.examiner.com/a-1638147~Denver_doubling_number_of_voting_booths.html - FL: Florida AG: “No excuse” not to purge voter rolls of felons
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/oct/14/florida-ag-no-excuse-not-purge-voter-rolls-felons/ - FL: Florida Dems Told to Vote by Phone
http://www.opednews.com/articles/BREAKING-Florida-Dems-Tol-by-Rady-Ananda-081014-352.html - FL: Palm Beach County – Early returns justify hope for a glitch-free election
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion/content/opinion/epaper/2008/10/15/a12a_leadedit_elections_1015.html - IL: Sangamon County – Many Sangamon voters hit polls early
http://www.sj-r.com/homepage/x1261523871/Hundreds-of-Sangamon-voters-hit-polls-early - IN: Lake County – Early voting begins late but enthusiastically
http://www.thetimesonline.com/articles/2008/10/15/news/top_news/doc8890a652bea72f4a862574e300085712.txt - IN: Lake County – Judge opens early voting sites in Lake County
http://www.post-trib.com/news/1221804,nulcvote.article - KS: Error found in voting machines
http://www.ktka.com/news/2008/oct/15/error_found_voting_machines/ - KY: 34 Kentucky Counties To Use New Voting Machines
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0810/S00308.htm - MI: Mich. clerks deal with duplicate voter forms
http://www.woodtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=9178309&nav=0RcdbB6n - MN: Commentary — Instant Runoff Voting: Neither complex nor expensive election choice
http://www.morrissuntribune.com/articles/index.cfm?id=15154§ion=Opinion - MO: Technology helps troops overseas cast their ballots
http://www.joplinglobe.com/Campaigns_and_Politics/local_story_288223523.html?keyword=topstory - MO: St. Louis – An election experiment
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/news/editorialcommentary/story/03131d5df6f6cc5e862574e2007ece64?OpenDocument - MT: Voter Challenges: The Montana Example
http://www.accuracy.org/newsrelease.php?articleId=1833 - NV: Activists didn’t research assertion of Douglas voters’ rights violation
http://www.recordcourier.com/article/20081014/NEWS/810149987/1062&ParentProfile=1049&title=Activists%20didn%E2%80%99t%20research%20assertion%20of%20Douglas%20voters%E2%80%99%20rights%20violation - NV: Presidential campaigns will deploy armies of poll watchers
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/oct/15/presidential-campaigns-will-deploy-armies-poll-wat/ - NY: Mission: Possible — Fight NOW to Retain New York’s Lever Voting System!
http://re-mediaetc.blogspot.com/2008/10/mission-possible-fight-now-to-retain.html - NY: Ulster County – Woodstock protests county elections bill
http://www.dailyfreeman.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20164539&BRD=1769&PAG=461&dept_id=74958&rfi=6 - OH: Brunner: I’ll obey court order, but thousands could lose their right to vote
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/10/jennifer_brunner_says_courts_d.html - OH: Cuyahoga County – Ohio voters pick nominee for late lawmaker’s term
http://www.ohio.com/news/ap?articleID=926549&c=y - OH: Cuyahoga County – Workers Get ‘Error Message’ After Elections
http://www.newsnet5.com/politics/17721517/detail.html - OH: Cuyahoga County – BOE Director Gives ‘B’ To First Test Of Voting System
http://www.newsnet5.com/news/17724314/detail.html - PA: While flagging illegal practices, don’t overlook machine error
http://www.pennlive.com/editorials/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/opinion/1224017708102750.xml&coll=1 - PA: Union County – Polling site switched to Bucknell campus
Lewisburg’s 3rd Ward has more than 1,000 new voters
http://www.dailyitem.com/0100_news/local_story_289000051.html - TN: Shelby County – Jump seen as early voting in presidential race begins
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2008/oct/15/jump-seen-as-early-voting-begins/ - TX: Democrats cry foul over suspicious e-mail
http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_10726527 - TX: Denton County – Paper pushed on voters
Local party leaders urge use of printed ballots
http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/dws/drc/localnews/stories/DRC_Paper_Ballots_1015.11397d91e.html - WV: Programming glitch affects state ballots
Corrected memory cards just in time for early voting
http://wvgazette.com/News/politics/200810140750 - WV: Campaigns optimistic about W.Va. early voting
http://www.dailymail.com/News/statenews/200810150413
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Funny thing the GOP now is suddenly aware of possible voter fraud. I guess they are all Rip Van Winkles. What about Ohio in 2004?