Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
21 days until Election Day. Officials in West Virginia have just identified a ballot programming error that will affect straight-party voting. How counties got through their "Logic and Accuracy" testing without discovering this error should give everyone a hint as to why it is important to do testing that is thorough and robust. As to responsibility for the error; all evidence points right back to ES&S, of course. This is more evidence that straight-party voting is not wise. Voters should skip the straight-part option completely and vote each race; but they need to vote each race.
Today the NJ judge involved in the Sequoia voting machine problems has ordered the state to tighten up security around the voting machines. She wants everyone back in court on Friday to discuss what actions are being taken to secure the machines. It is also expected that she will finally rule on releasing the Princeton University report on the Sequoia machines....
Featured - WV: Programming glitch affects ballots statewide
Mistake made by vendor, commissioner says LINK
Featured - NJ: Judge seeks tighter security around N.J. voting machines LINK
National: College Students Still Face Voting Stumbling Blocks LINK
National: Voting Rights Watch: Students still face many hurdles in voting in this year's election LINK
National: Students may face challenge at voting booth LINK
National: Opinion - Phantom Voters LINK
National: This Election Labyrinth
It is the voters' turn to speak for the disenfranchised LINK
National: Election deja vu, all over again LINK
National: OpEd: Stolen Votes and Stolen Elections LINK
National: Watchdogs Ask: Is America Ready to Vote? LINK
CO: Box Not Checked On Thousands Of Registration Forms LINK
CO: Denver - Denver Doubling Number of Voting Booths LINK
CO: Ouray County - Paper Ballot or e-Vote? County Offers Both LINK
CT: Coalition Releases Audit Report on August Primary:
Raises concerns with audit credibility and potential problems for November post-election audit LINK
CT: Security of elections focus of speaker, films LINK
FL: Shadow of 2000 election lives on in Sunshine state LINK
FL: Orange County - Orange blames computer glich for erroneous voter letters LINK
FL: Palm Beach County election officials prepare for worst LINK
GA: Opinion - Don't do it, Karen! LINK
IL: Cook County - Eager voters flock to polls
Record number of voters visit Orland Park Village Hall for first day of early balloting LINK
KY: Voting Goes Digital In Ky. LINK
MI: Judge Orders Michigan To Stop Purging Voters LINK
MI: Berrien County Clerk corrects misinformation LINK
NC: Craven County - Voter rolls have grown at least 10 percent this year LINK
OH: Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner on Voter Rights, Faulty Electronic Voting Machines, Voter Fraud and GOP Voter Challenges LINK
OH: Ohio voter fraud rare
Safeguards prevent 'Mickey Mouse' ballots LINK
OH: What Happened to Ohio? (And Will It Happen Again?) LINK
OH: Lucas County - Voting rights group warns of Nov. 4 problems LINK
OH: Putnam County - State official: Election computers not compromised LINK
NJ: Judge seeks tighter security around N.J. voting machines LINK
PA: Presidential ballot will be biggest test yet for new voting machines LINK
PA: Editorial - Require notice of voter 'purges' LINK
TX: Travis County seeking 300 additional poll workers for election LINK
UT: Study: Poll workers can boost or kill voter trust LINK
VA: Study: Virginia Might Not Be Ready for Election Day LINK
VA: Columnist - Will Virginia Polling Places Be Overwhelmed? LINK
VA: Voter Registration Up in Rural Areas LINK
WV: Voter registration winding down; early voting about to begin LINK
WV: Day before early voting, glitch found with machines LINK
WV: WV Finds Programming Error on Day Before Early Voting Begins LINK
Scotland: Electronic vote count to return after 'lessons learned' from 2007 fiasco LINK
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