7 days until Election Day.

Florida Governor Charlie Crist has declared an emergency in the state and has decreed that polling places are to stay open overtime. Polls will now be open for up to 12 hours a day across the state. Now we will wait to see if any county election officials decide to file a lawsuit against the Governor so the poll hours are not extended.

The Brennan Center and VerifiedVoting have sent a letter to 16 Secretaries of State warning them about vote flipping on their ES&S iVotronic DREs. We certainly hope the Secretaries pay attention and accept the suggestions in the letter....

• Featured - FL: Florida declares emergency, extends early voting hours
  http://www.miamiherald.c...ics/AP/story/745088.html
• Featured - National: Letter to Secretaries of State re: iVotronic “Vote Flipping”
  http://www.brennancenter...ivotronic_vote_flipping/
• National: A Vote for More Secure Elections
  http://advice.cio.com/se...or_more_secure_elections
• National: Editorial - HAVA, intended as reform, shows other consequences
  http://www.nilesstar.com...orials/ndeditorial01.txt
• National: Election-Day voter logjams feared
  http://www.swamppolitics..._day_logjams_feared.html
• National: Watchdog Groups Urge Voters to Reject Provisional Ballots
  Groups hope to settle challenges at polls; feds will monitor fraud claims
  http://www.wibc.com/News/Story.aspx?ID=101696
• National: Election Law Changes Likely to Increase Litigation
  http://www.cqpolitics.co...?docid=news-000002979862
• National: A Voting System That Keeps it Real
  http://www.huffingtonpos...-that-keep_b_138649.html
• CA: Voter Caging in Northern Cali?
  http://www.indybay.org/n.../2008/10/28/18547030.php
• FL: State of emergency: Crist orders longer voting hours
  http://www.palmbeachpost...ergency_crist_order.html
• FL: Miami-Dade County - Calls For Longer Voting Hours Continue Amid High Turnout
  http://www.local10.com/news/17822026/detail.html
• GA: Diebold's 'Express' Voter Registration Computers (Again) Lead to Long Waits in GA's Early Voting
  http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6581
• GA: Clayton County - Long lines, few machines hamper voting in Georgia county
  http://www.cnn.com/2008/...CS/10/28/georgia.voting/
• LA: Democratic Party questions voter cancellations
  http://www.cleveland.com...038;storylist=topstories
• MD: Md. ready for increased turnout at polls
  http://www.baltimoresun....nout1028,0,5923813.story
• MO: Carnahan predicts 76 percent voter turnout
  http://www.carthagepress...76-percent-voter-turnout
• NC: Voting irregularities past and present surface as election looms
  http://www.yesweekly.com...e-as-election-looms.html
• NC: Brunswick County - Machine error in Oak Island means no paper trail for some votes
  http://www.starnewsonlin...per_trail_for_some_votes
• NH: Sort and Stack Elections In New Hampshire
  http://www.opednews.com/...la-Parks-081028-309.html
• NJ: Hudson County - Election jitters?
  Academic report spurs concerns over electronic voting machines
  http://www.hudsonreporte...ept_id=532622&rfi=6
• OH: Judge rules on addresses for homeless voters
  http://www.usatoday.com/...28-homeless-voters_N.htm
• SC: SC Voting Machines Prone to Problems, Warns USC Computer Science Chairman
  http://www.wspa.com/spa/..._science_chairman/10365/
• VA: Kaine responds to election readiness claim
  http://www.dailypress.co...028oct28,0,6505597.story
• VA: Kaine Says State Prepared for Record Turnout
  http://www.washingtonpos.../28/AR2008102801788.html
• VA: Va. elections officials say they’re prepared to handle huge turnout
  http://www.newsadvance.c...andle_huge_turnout/9892/

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