http://www.ballot-access.org/2010/10/20/pennsylvania-minor-parties-file-brief-in-3rd-circuit/ On October 20, the Constitution, Green and Libertarian Parties of Pennsylvania filed this 39-page brief in the Third Circuit...The issues are the Pennsylvania challenge system that subjects minor parties and independent candidates to the risk of paying up to $100,000 if they submit a petition that is insufficient;
TN: KETRON: Military voting act working
http://www.tennessean.com/article/D4/20101022/NEWS01/101022001/KETRON++Military+voting+act+working
Tennessee's new law authorizes county election commissions to e-mail ballots to members of the armed forces and other citizens temporarily living outside the United States who are entitled to vote and who have submitted valid applications for ballots.
Internet Voting Watch
Internet Voting -- A Real Possibility? (Podcast)
Speaker: Jeremy Epstein, Senior Computer Scientist, SRI International
http://sri.com/news/podcasts/podcast_Epstein.html What is Internet voting - and where has it been successfully used? And if we can bank and shop online, why isn't it as easy to vote online? In this podcast, hear about important issues relating to online voting
http://www.stateline.org/live/details/story?contentId=522635
the state of Arizona and eight counties in West Virginia aren't giving up plans to go ahead with their own online voting experiments on November 2.
National
Comprehensive Map of US Voting Equipment Released
http://blog.verifiedvoting.org/2010/10/20/1145
Voter-marked paper ballots dominate among U.S. voting methods, but one fourth of voters still depend on unverifiable equipment
Volunteer Discusses the High School Voter Registration Project
http://www.projectvote.org/component/content/article/598-volunteer-discusses-the-high-school-voter-registration-project.html
"Not many other people are talking to young adults about voting and what it means to them and their country," says LWV volunteer Raymundo Estrada in the video. "It feels good to be that person in their lives."
The Bottom Line: Absentee Voting
http://www.dodlive.mil/index.php/2010/10/the-bottom-line-absentee-voting/
Now the Department of Defense's Federal Voting Assistance Program is making it easier by providing an online absentee voting wizard.
Where's My Ballot? There's Still Time for Overseas Voters in 2010
http://www.banderasnews.com/1010/nw-ovf19.htm
You requested your ballot but didn't receive it yet? Or maybe you just procrastinated? Fortunately, you still have time to vote in 2010 if you remember one little acronym: FWAB
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The OVF online tools make using the FWAB easy. Enter your voting address and the FWAB wizard will automatically list the candidates running in your Congressional district. Want to know more about a particular candidate? Look up his or her bio in the OVF Candidate Finder which is powered by Project Vote Smart, a nonpartisan resource for information about candidates.
Midterm Worries: Election Laws Good and Bad
http://www.ideasactionblog.org/2010/10/midterm-worries-election-laws-good-and.html
Report Voter Fraud: There's an App for that
http://pawatercooler.com/?p=21124
Election 2010: Facebook friends show off their ballots
http://www.dailycamera.com/cu-news/ci_16400875
International
Canada: Lack of ballots leaves some Calgary voters disappointed
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Lack+ballots+leaves+voters+disappointed/3698347/story.html Ward 14 station ran out hour before polls closed
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