19 days until Election Day.
In a small but notable victory Vermonters for Voting Integrity were able to prove to the voters in Calais Vermont that it was a good thing to stand-up against the Secretary of State’s office and vote down the use of Diebold voting machines for their elections. The town will continue to hand-count their ballots. Congratulations and good work to VVI and the voters of Calais.
The Brennan Center, Common Cause and Verified Voting Foundation report today on what states they believe will be the most likely to be trouble spots on election day. The report evaluates each state by four criteria: procedures for issuing emergency paper ballots, reconciling ballot tallies, providing paper records of votes cast, and post-election audits….
- Featured – VT: Vermont Town Says “NO” To Diebold Voting Machines
http://vtvoters.org/articles/081016.calais.shtml - Featured – National: Ready or Not: Report Predicts Voting Glitches
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/10/16/ready-or-not-report-predicts-voting-glitches/ - National: Editorial – Voting irregularities
http://www.impre.com/laopinion/opinion/editorial/2008/10/16/voting-irregularities-87449-1.html - National: Strengthening Democracy Through Election Integrity
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0810/S00324.htm - National: Voter fraud called a minor issue for November
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/15/MNHN13HGJL.DTL - National: Beware of Accidental Disenfranchisement
Voting Rules Have Changed
http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=7e2f980bf15bed1f41704cb836ceb3d4 - National: YouTube: An Invitation To Video Your Vote
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0810/S00252.htm - National: Editorial – No place for sophomoric electioneering this year
http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/101608/opi_344497747.shtml - National: No Voter Meltdown on Election Day
http://www.blackvoicenews.com/content/view/42720/4/ - National: FindLaw Offers Special Edition: Elections 2008
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/findlaw-offers-special-edition-elections-2008,582420.shtml - National: The Problem Of Databases
http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/tapped_archive?month=10&year=2008&base_name=the_problem_of_databases - National: Call Out For Election Protection Wiki Help
http://www.seeingtheforest.com/archives/2008/10/call_out_for_el.htm - National: Election Basics: The Voting Booth
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/features/feature-articles/2008/october/The-Voting-Booth.html - National: Voting Rights Watch: Report finds many Southern states unprepared for voting system failures
http://southernstudies.org/facingsouth/2008/10/voting-rights-watch-report-finds-many.asp - National: Voter Watchdog Groups Write Public Officials: Promises to Monitor and Report on Denial of Voting Rights
http://truevote.us/nucleus/index.php?itemid=265 - National: E-voting report: Several states still vulnerable
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/101608-e-voting-report-several-states-still.html - AL: Contests filed in Evergreen, Monroeville elections
Candidates claim declared winners had illegal votes
http://www.al.com/news/press-register/metro.ssf?/base/news/122414855935910.xml&coll=3 - CA: Despite lawsuit, state OKs Merced County’s voting machines
California elections officials previously said machines weren’t tested
http://www.mercedsunstar.com/167/story/500791.html - CA: San Bernardino County – Electronic voting machines lie dormant
http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/san_9032___article.html/bernardino_voting.html - CA: San Diego County – Elections Expert Sal Magallanez Speaks at Activist San Diego
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/10/15/18544764.php - CO: Report says Colorado poorly prepared for electronic voting machine problems
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/oct/16/report-says-colorado-poorly-prepared-electronic-vo/ - CO: Rise in Voting by Mail Transforms Race in Colorado
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/17/us/politics/17colorado.html?hp - CO: Report: CO among least-prepared to handle vote problems
http://www.denverpost.com/politics/ci_10736646 - CO: Registration errors may thwart thousands of new voters from casting mail-in ballots
http://coloradoindependent.com/11549/registration-errors-may-thwart-thousands-new-voters-from-casting-mail-in-ballots - CO: Boulder County – Man vs machine: Boulder County ballot testing
http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Stories/Elections/General/Story~535283.aspx - CO: El Paso County – Quirks at the clerk’s
Voters fret about errors, glitches and strange alliances
http://www.csindy.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A31350 - FL: Broward County Absentee Ballots Carry Party Affiliation
Critics fear labeling on return envelopes could lead to ballots getting intentionally lost
http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/2008-10-16/news/broward-county-absentee-ballots-carry-party-affiliation/ - FL: Palm Beach County – How votes could go missing
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion/content/opinion/epaper/2008/10/16/a14a_engelhardtcol_1016.html - FL: Sarasota County – Elections supervisor bars party observers
http://www.pelicanpress.org/content/411_1.php - GA: Diebold Vote Company Whistleblower and GOP Cyber Security Expert Both State That Chambliss Senate Race Was Rigged
http://newsblaze.com/story/2008101605031400005.pnw/topstory.html - GA: State responds to voter ID challenge
http://www.ajc.com/services/content/2008/10/15/voters.html - HI: Hawaii needs an easy vote-by-mail system
http://www.starbulletin.com/editorials/guesteditorials/20081016_Hawaii_needs_an_easy_vote-by-mail_system.html - IL: DuPage County – DuPage Dems: GOP bias taints vote panel
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/1224581,6_1_NA16_DUPAGE_S1.article - IL: DuPage County ““ Opinion – What is being done to assure accuracy of election results?
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/mego/1224568,6_4_NA16_MEGOCOLUMN_S1.article - IL: DuPage County – DuPage election machines pass ‘key’ test
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=243091&src=2 - IN: Report finds mixed results for Ind. vote readiness
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-in-votingmachines,0,6114559.story - IN: Lake County – Ind. GOP warns disputed early votes may be tossed
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/wire/chi-ap-in-votingdisputes,0,1895312.story - KS: Shawnee County – This could be the year for voting machine problems
http://www.ktka.com/news/2008/oct/15/could_be_year_voting_machine_problems/ - MA: Salem State panel tackles media and election questions
http://www.wickedlocal.com/georgetown/news/x502303409/Salem-State-panel-tackles-media-and-election-questions - MD: Hordes Make Voter Registration Deadline
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/15/AR2008101500020.html - MN: As the election nears, nonprofits seek voter outreach, civic engagement
http://www.minnpost.com/scottrussell/2008/10/16/3895/as_the_election_nears_nonprofits_seek_voter_outreach_civic_engagement - MO: Mo. election officials prepare for heavy turnout
http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/505866.html - MS: Officials working to alleviate Election Day problems
http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20081016/NEWS04/810160371/1001/news - MS: Lawmakers say Miss. needs early voting on machines
http://www.fortmilltimes.com/124/story/325121.html - NJ: Monmouth County – Concerns Raised About New Voting Machines Now in Use
http://thecoaster.net/wordpress/2008/10/16/concerns-raised-about-new-voting-machines-now-in-use/ - OH: Some Ohio counties still looking for poll workers
http://www.ohio.com/news/ap?articleID=935809&c=y - OH: Court Ruling May Impede Thousands of Ohio Voters
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/16/us/16vote.html?_r=1&ref=us&oref=slogin - OH: Will Ohio GOP Block Voters at Polls in 2008?
http://www.alternet.org/democracy/103202/will_ohio_gop_block_voters_at_polls_in_2008/ - OH: Ohio Files Appeal to Supreme Court on Voter Registration Data
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/16/AR2008101600702.html - OH: Ohio Elections Head Appeals to US Supreme Court in Registration Case
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/politics/September-October-08/Ohio-Elections-Head-Appeals-To-U–S–Supreme-Court-in-Registration-Case.html - OH: Report: Ohio elections in good shape
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20081016/NEWS0108/310160116 - PA: Bucks County – Bucks renting 80 voting machines
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/111-10162008-1606305.html - SC: Mass e-mails wrong about election rules
Straight-party voting problem fixed, director says
http://www.goupstate.com/article/20081016/NEWS/810160344/1083/NEWS01?Title=Mass_e_mails_wrong_about_election_rules - SC: Election Commission Clarifies Confusion About Voting Procedures
http://www.wspa.com/spa/news/politics/article/election_commission_clarifies_confusion_about_voting_procedures/9922/ - TN: Editorial – Making Every Vote Count
http://www.tricities.com/tri/news/opinion/editorials/article/making_every_vote_count/15101/ - TN: Early voters cast ballots
Pre-Election Day voting leaves some concerned
http://www.jacksonsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081016/NEWS01/810160310/1002 - TN: Murfreesboro – Voters line up at the polls
http://www.murfreesboropost.com/news.php?viewStory=13500 - TX: Some still skeptical of electronic voting machines
http://www.kvue.com/news/hu/stories/101508kvue_evoting_worries-cb.11764f9db.html - TX: Travis County – Mega voting centers to open for Travis County elections
http://www.news8austin.com/content/your_news/default.asp?ArID=222153 - VA: Voter registration record: Expect long lines on Election Day
http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/local/local_govtpolitics/article/voter_registration_record_expect_long_lines_on_election_day/29533/ - WA: Snohomish County – Ballots go in mail today; GOP prepares for post-election fight
http://heraldnet.com/article/20081016/NEWS01/710169849 - WI: Wisconsin Republicans accused of voter intimidation plot
http://www.suntimes.com/news/elections/1223599,wisconsin-republican101508.article
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