http://www.wreg.com/news/wreg-election-consultants-release-findings,0,4133902.story
TX: Travis County voters might face longer lines on Election Day
http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/politics/entries/2010/09/15/travis_county_voters_might_fac_1.html
That's because Travis County is loaning some voting machines to Harris County, which had its election equipment destroyed in an Aug. 27 fire. (early voting urged)
WI: Voters complain they can't cross parties on ballots
http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/102866574.html
Several voters have called Milwaukee officials to complain because they're allowed to only pick candidates in one political party during the voting in Tuesday's primary election.
Susan Edman, executive director of the city's Election Commission, said she told those callers that they had to share those complaints with lawmakers in Madison.
http://www.fox6now.com/news/witi-100915-coggs-inspector,0,4108130.story
Poll worker says Coggs and the inspector were engaged in an argument (video)
Internet Voting Watch
NJ: Approve Internet voting legislation (opinion)
http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20100913/OPINION/9130305/1046/opinion
Let New Jersey men and women deployed overseas vote in local elections online.
NJ: Milam, Albano Want Overseas Military to Vote Online (The bill, A-2846)
http://www.capemaycountyherald.com/article/government/court+house/66134-milam+albano+want+overseas+military+vote+online
India: Special programme to train Surat voters in e-voting
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_special-programme-to-train-surat-voters-in-e-voting_1437249 The state election commission (SEC)'s much-hyped e-voting facility has received less than favourable response in Surat, with only 161 voters in the city registering themselves for it.
National
Election Protection will again be putting together a comprehensive nationwide voter protection program for November 2 2010. (Tell a Friend)
http://signup.lawyerscommittee.org/p/salsa/web/tellafriend/public/?tell_a_friend_KEY=3461
The 1-866-OUR-VOTE hotline - a nationwide toll-free hotline for voters to ask questions and report problems, http://www.866OurVote.org - an online clearinghouse for national and state election rules, regulations and breaking news; and...comprehensive Election Day program in up to 30 states on November 2.
Brennan Center Report: Voting System Failures: A Database Solution
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/09/voting-machine-database/
When it comes to system failures, however, voting machines are different from automobiles and airplanes, and other products, in at least one important respect: for the vast majority of voting systems in use today, (1) manufacturers are not required to report malfunctions to any government agency, and (2) there is no agency that either investigates such alleged failures or alerts election officials and the general public to possible problems (let alone requires voting system manufacturers to fix such problems).
International
Afghanistan: Fake voter cards seized ahead of key Afghan vote
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11304269 More than 2,000 candidates are vying for 249 seats in parliament. Thousands of fake voter registration cards have been seized ahead of Saturday's parliamentary elections in Afghanistan, election officials say.
Guinea: Doubts growing about Sunday election in Guinea
http://www.thestate.com/2010/09/14/1464771/doubts-growing-about-sunday-election.html
Any delay is sure to escalate tension in this mineral-rich country that has only known authoritarian rule since winning independence from France more than half a century ago. Over the weekend, street fighting between supporters of rival political parties left one person dead and 54 others wounded.
India: Pune engineer held, cops say gave EVM to researcher
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Pune-engineer-held--cops-say--gave-EVM-to-researcher/681607 ...Mukund Lagoo, 48, is accused of handing over the voting machine to Prasad in Hyderabad.
The Mumbai police aren't clear, however, about how Lagoo, a civil engineer and activist, got the EVM from the Collector's office.
India: Why other countries have scrapped electronic voting
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/Why-other-countries-have-scrapped-electronic-voting/articleshow/6556878.cms
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