Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
13 days until Election Day. Today we have more vote switching reports from Tennessee. There are also reports that the "Ballot-On-Demand" printer may be the root of the problems in some Florida counties. It seems that if the blank paper is not put into the printer just exactly right the printer prints the ballot skewed and the OSX tabulator will not read that ballot.
Voters on Hilton Head Island South Carolina were surprised when they reviewed their ES&S iVotronic ballots to find that some races were not shown on the review screen at all. They voted those races but nothing was shown on the review screen. South Carolina seems to have a real problem with doing any pre-election testing to ensure the ballot programming works the way it is supposed to work and when you have ES&S as a vendor that testing is even more important.
69 voters in Sarasota Co Florida received their absentee ballots only to find that the State Senate District 23 race was left off. Supervisor of Elections Kathy Dent, whose name appears 8 times on sample ballots, knew about this problem 11 days ago and claims she told members of the elections board about it but they deny knowing any specifics....
National: Voter Registration Databases and Purges -- Part I LINK
National: Early voting suggests 2008 may see record turnout, expert says LINK
National: Personal About Politics: Voter Fraud - Where and By Whom? LINK
National: Block The Vote LINK
National: Editorial - National standard for counting dead votes needed LINK
National: Long Lines, Machine Failures Greet Early Voters, CNN Reporter, in Florida LINK
National: Early voting starts in 31 states; e-voting snag in W.Va. fixed LINK
National: Early Voting Sees Reports of Voter Intimidation, Machine Malfunctions LINK
National: Voting Machines Must be Nationalized LINK
National: Voting Rights Watch: Report underscores Election Day will be a major test for the U.S. voting system LINK
National: Green Party Becomes First Political Party to Endorse Election Integrity Pledge LINK
National: New Voting Systems Could Cause Problems in Swing States
Analysts are concerned about some of the new systems being implemented in key states LINK
National: Election officials try to ease long voting lines LINK
CO: Perlmutter wants election monitor in Arapahoe County LINK
CO: Dems' ballot requests surge in Colorado LINK
FL: Election Supervisors Association Attorney Advises Okay to Take Voter ID at the Polls LINK
FL: Scanner Snafu Prompts Machines Removal LINK
FL: Editorial - Ballot machines a problem LINK
FL: Is the Legislature to blame for long early voting lines?
A 2005 bill passed by Florida legislators that caps the number of hours polls are open each day may be partly responsible for South Florida's long early voting lines this week. LINK
FL: Broward County - Privacy Schmivacy
Tell the world how you vote! LINK
FL: Duval County - Lines, Voting Problems Continue On 2nd Day LINK
FL: Duval County - Jacksonville's black voters skeptical about ballot LINK
FL: Duval County officials locate polling problems
Human and mechanical errors are blamed for early voting woes. LINK
FL: Flagler County - Problems force Flagler to switch to old voting machines LINK
FL: Leon County - Problems at the polls slow vote casting LINK
FL: Palm Beach County - Yes, Abramson is the winner LINK
FL: Another Sarasota County Election Blunder LINK
GA: Democrats fight Karen Handel to stay on ballot LINK
GA: Cobb County - Voting lines get longer in metro Atlanta
More polling places to open next week LINK
HI: Voting System Needs Changing LINK
IL: DuPage Democrats urge election attorney's ouster LINK
KS: Election Office 'under control' LINK
KY: Whitley citizens express voting concerns LINK
MD: High Turnout = More Voting Machines LINK
MI: State to appeal fed order in voter file purge case LINK
MO: St. Louis County sees record number of registered voters LINK
NM: Being served?
Advocates question election-night process LINK
NV: Nev. GOP complains of voter registration policy LINK
NY: Onondaga County facing lever machine shortage LINK
OH: Ohio GOP halts voter registration challenges, seeks to negotiate solution
Attorney general to meet with party lawyers today LINK
OH: Press Release - Voting Rights Groups Warn Prosecutors About Investigating Ohio Voters LINK
OH: Top Ohio court throws out voter registration claim LINK
OH: Licking County - Big vote means beefed-up security, extra machines LINK
OH: Licking County - Election board preparing for Nov. 4 turnout
Greeters needed to help voters; transportation arranged for machines LINK
PA: Voting controversies revisited LINK
PA: PA Voting Officials Expect Increase in Military, Overseas Ballots LINK
PA: Allegheny County - Voting machine audit falls short, group says LINK
SC: Beaufort County - Machine ballots omit candidates' names LINK
SC: Beaufort County - ES&S Touch-Screens in SC Omit Candidates, Races on Final Voter Review Screen LINK
TN: Votes Reportedly Flipping from Repub to Dem in TN!
So NOW Can We Impound These Machines, Take Them Out of Service and Give Every Voter a PAPER BALLOT, Please?! LINK
TN: Decatur County - Machine Problems Frustrate Early Voters LINK
TN: Knox County - Voting machine issue confusing to some LINK
TN: Early voting strong in Shelby County LINK
TX: Texas: Straight Party Voting Leads To Lost Votes LINK
TX: Midland County Voter Mystery LINK
UT: Washington Co. vote underway LINK
VA: State investigates complaint regarding absentee ballots LINK
VA: Fairfax County - Massive E-Mail Campaign Freezes Absentee Ballots LINK
WV: Editorial - Guard Against Voting Problems LINK
WV: WV voters say machines are switching Dem votes to GOP LINK
WV: E-voting machines good to go, Ireland says
Voting irregularities have been reported in Putnam, Jackson LINK
WV: Voters allege e-voting machines switching votes LINK
WV: Ohio County Editorial - Ensure Voting Machines Work LINK
WV: Putnam County - Putnam offers exit survey for early voters LINK
WV: Putnam commissioner worried about early-voting problems LINK
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