Election day is tomorrow
Fulton and Clayton Counties, Georgia have decided that they will have enough time at the polls for all voters who want to vote to do that. They both decided not to ask the state, before-hand, to allow them to keep the polls open longer than normally allowed. Wouldn’t it have been better to ask to keep them open longer and have no one waiting on line than to force people to wait on line so you can close at the normal time? Of course, both counties have said they can handle the crowds because they have enough machines. They ignore, again, that the bottle-neck has been and will be the voter check-in procedure and their overly slow computer system. In other states it may be the ballot-on-demand system for optical-scan ballots.
In another great article from Kim Zetter and the WiredBlog, Threat Level, she reports on ‘vote-flipping’ and the ES&S voting machines.
Also from Kim is the news that one Michigan election official warned the EAC over a week ago that ES&S M-100 optical-scan machines used in her county don’t consistently tally ballots. These machines are used all across the country….
- Featured – National: Report: ES&S Voting Machines Can Be Maliciously Calibrated to Favor Specific Candidates
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/11/report-ess-voti.html - Featured ““ MI: Michigan Election Official Reveals ES&S Machines Don’t Tally Votes Consistently
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/11/michigan-electi.html - National: On Eve of Election Day, Is the Nation’s Voting System Ready? Reports of Irregularities Pour in from Across US in Record Early Voting
http://www.democracynow.org/2008/11/3/on_eve_of_election_day_is - National: The Pitfalls of Electronic Voting
http://media.www.sbstatesman.com/media/storage/paper955/news/2008/11/03/News/The-Pitfalls.Of.Electronic.Voting-3519172.shtml - National: Opinion – Will your vote count tomorrow?
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=328995&intsrc=hm_list - National: My Take: E-Voting Not User-Friendly
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/11/03/tech-electronic-voting.html - National: Would Congressional Democrats Cover Up Election Fraud? Part 2 in the “Democracy” in America Series ““ No Way, Right?!?!
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Would-Congressional-Democr-by-Mark-Adams-081102-529.html - National: Touchscreen Voting Machines Cause Long Lines and Disenfranchise Voters
http://arxiv.org/abs/0810.5577 - National: Impossibly Long Lines for Elderly, Other Voters in FL, GA, Elsewhere
https://bradblog.com/?p=6611 - National: Opinion – Short-Circuiting the Vote
Tuesday’s election will be the most technologically advanced in American history. But will it be the most reliable?
http://www.newsweek.com/id/167189 - National: Nov. 4, 2008: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/153234/nov_4_2008_what_could_possibly_go_wrong.html - National: Expected High Voter Turnout Has Government Officials, Watchdog Groups on Alert
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/11/03/expected-high-voter-turnout-government-officials-watchdog-groups-alert/ - National: How to Make Reliable Voting Machines
http://media.www.csucauldron.com/media/storage/paper516/news/2008/11/03/TheMeltingPot/How-To.Make.Reliable.Voting.Machines-3521282.shtml - National: Concerns continue to shadow e-voting
http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/848 - National: Could voting meltdown history repeat itself?
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iUSaUcmf0s5UYF8o0PW_B39XLCvQD947NS103 - National: Combat Vote Suppression
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/actnow/379600/combat_vote_suppression?rel=hpbox - National: Oprah’s Problem With Electronic Voting
http://theboard.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/03/oprahs-problem-with-electronic-voting/ - CO: Purged voters in the dark over Election Day status
Thousands potentially could be denied right to cast ballots over bureaucratic snafus
http://coloradoindependent.com/13668/purged-voters-in-the-dark-over-election-day-status - FL: Florida tops states in concerns sent to pre-election hot line
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/03/voter.hotline/ - GA: Fulton and Clayton won’t extend voting hours
http://www.ajc.com/traffic/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2008/11/03/fulton_voting_hours.html - IN: Marion County – Appeals court likely to rule on challenged ballots
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081103/NEWS0502/81103032 - LA: League of Women Voters of Louisiana (LWVLA) calls for the Governor and Secretary of State
http://lwv-la.org/ - MI: ES&S Op-Scans Giving ‘Different Results Each Time Same Ballots Run Through Machines’ in MI County
https://bradblog.com/?p=6613 - NJ: New voters could get ballot that’s provisional
It would not be counted Tuesday
http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008811030316 - OH: Ohio voting machines to be tested Tuesday
http://www.bucyrustelegraphforum.com/article/20081103/UPDATES01/81103003 - OH: Election Boards Ordered To Offer Paper Ballots
http://www.bucyrusonline.com/articles/news/articles/000016/001615.htm - OH: Franklin County – Absentee Voting Winds Down With Long Lines
Secretary of State predicts 80% voter turnout.
http://www.610wtvn.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=268656&article=4516570 - PA: Committee of Seventy Fields Largest Ever Voter Assistance Program for Historic November 4th Election
http://tinyurl.com/6jyt75 - TX: Texas rights group cautions against voting straight ticket; El Paso County official says voting machines are fine
http://www.newspapertree.com/news/3027-texas-rights-group-cautions-against-voting-straight-ticket-el-paso-county-official-says-voting-machines-are-fine - VA: Federal hearing on election suit Monday
http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/virginia/dp-va–electionsuit-virg1103nov03,0,331431.story - VA: Federal Judge to Hear Va. Election Suit Today
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/03/AR2008110301184.html - VA: Judge rejects NAACP request for paper ballots, extended voting hours; McCain sues Va. electoral board over military ballots
http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-11-03-0218.html - VA: Judge Refuses to Order Longer Voting Hours in Va.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/03/AR2008110302058.html - VA: Voting Groups Target Virginia
http://washingtonindependent.com/16606/voting-groups-target-virginia - VA: McCain lawsuit asks federal court to order Va. to count late overseas military ballots
http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/president/33789249.html?elr=KArks8c7PaP3E77K_3c::D3aDhUMEaPc:E7_ec7PaP3iUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU - VA: McCain sues to force Va. to count military ballots
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/03/AR2008110302347.html
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