Article: 'Daily Voting News' For October 10, 2008

Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org I'm 61 years old. I've been doing this work full-time for nearly the last five years. I long for the days, before I learned so much, when I was ignorant about dirty tricks, phony voter fraud accusations, voter list purges, voter suppression, poorly designed and inaccurate voting machines, absentee paper ballots that have the voters political party on the mail-in envelope (Yes, Broward Co Florida does that and strips privacy away from the voters and state law allows them to do it), long lines at the polls, and every other attempt to keep voters from voting and votes from being counted accurately, if at all. It was kinda nice not knowing about all of those issues. Oh, maybe someone would bring up the old story about ballot boxes floating in the bay. What bay was that? San Francisco? Lake Michigan off of Chicago? The Hudson River? The location seems to have changed with the person telling the story. It was nice thinking our democracy actually worked the way our founding fathers envisioned it would. It was nice thinking that, no matter for whom I voted, the majority voice was heard. Now, it just feels dirty and somewhat depressing. I know way too much. It was nice being ignorant....

National: US Election: Malfunctioning voting machines LINK

National: Update from Black Box Voting: Trouble with straight party voting and how you can help on Election Day LINK

National: Investors agree to sell Hart InterCivic to management team LINK

National: ACLU: Justice Department Should Enforce Voting Law LINK

National: College students face barriers to voting Registration problems, ID requirements, long lines at polls cited as discouraging factors. LINK

National: Clearing Up The Issue Of Provisional Ballots LINK

National: Voter Purges Could Cause Florida-like Presidential Recounts LINK

National: Election 08: The Difficulty Stealing It This Time LINK

National: Professor examines voting misconceptions LINK

National: Our Hackable Democracy LINK

National: Report: Voter Purging Process Is Shrouded in Secrecy, Prone to Error and Vulnerable to Manipulation LINK

National: Voter Fraud, Voter Suppression LINK

National: Questions and Challenges Surround Voter Registration Process LINK

National: Briefing: Bracing for another Election Day mess LINK

National: Opinion - Who's the Fraud? LINK

National: Voter Registrations Spark Testy Exchange LINK

AZ: Pima County - Pima officials: More than 350 residents tried to vote twice in primary LINK

CA: Los Angeles County - Surge in voter registration highlights electoral fraud LINK

CA: San Joaquin, Sacramento counties expect record voter turnout LINK

CO: State disputes voter purge LINK

CO: Colorado to Review How It Purges Voters' Names LINK

CO: Coffman disputes voter-purge report LINK

CO: No vote for you: Coffman responds to NYT voter purge story LINK

CO: Clerks to voters: Bring a sack lunch to the polls LINK

CO: El Paso County - State Senator Accuses Clerk of Suppressing Votes LINK

CO: Moffat County - Test election extended to today Public participants not worried about errors LINK

FL: Few reliable voting machines in Florida LINK

FL: Lee County - Florida unprepared for Election Day? LINK

FL: Palm Beach County - Wennet won't challenge voting machines LINK

FL: Palm Beach County - Training intensifies for 8,000 poll workers LINK

GA: Lawsuit: Georgia Illegally Purges Votes Complaint Claims Voters Being Dropped From Registration Rolls Because Of Challenges To Citizenship LINK

GA: Fulton County judge denies voter ID challenge LINK

HI: Maui County - Rise of the machines As election technology blazes ahead, will voters get left behind? LINK

IL: With Misleading Report On ACORN, CNN Misses The Real Story In Lake Co. LINK

IN: Opinion - Home foreclosures shouldn't keep registered voters from polls WE SAY Blocking those caught by economic distress would be a blatant act of voter suppression against the poor LINK

IN: As voter registration rises, so do fears of fraud Claims include potential for ineligible voters, disenfranchisement LINK

MO: Are we ready for Nov. 4? LINK

MT: GOP voter challenges got our attention LINK

MT: Montana Democrats to drop voter challenge lawsuit LINK

NC: Times story on voter databases called 'very misleading' LINK

NC: State defends database use for IDs LINK

NC: N.C. to change the way it vets its new voters LINK

NH: Dual check-in system draws complaint LINK

NY: Making Our Votes Really Count LINK

NY: Barack 'Osama' on Rensselaer County ballots LINK

OH: The Right Stuff: Brunner enables, rather than investigates fraud LINK

OH: Mahoning County - County forestalls ballot tampering LINK

SC: Beaufort County - Voter office performance must be better for Nov. 4 LINK

TX: The hurricane vote For storm-dispersed residents of the Texas coast, voting early makes good sense. LINK

TX: Waller County - Texas County Agrees to Stop Vote Suppression Efforts Against Black University Students LINK

VA: Is Va. ready for heavy turnout? Rights group says state is ill-prepared to handle voters LINK

VA: Arlington County, Va. Ramps up for Election Day LINK

WI: GOP asks judge to make some show ID at polls LINK

Washington DC: E-Voting Machine Produces Out-Of-Whack Result. D'oh!!! LINK

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