Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
15 days until Election Day. Election officials in Jacksonville Florida must not have done the required Logic and Accuracy testing on all of their optical scan machines to be used in early voting. Nearly half of the optical scan machines in use in the city failed because they indicated the ballot was too long. This is clearly an error that should have been discovered in pre-election Logic and Accuracy testing. The problem is also being reported in other counties in the state and is being attributed to the machines purchased by the state.
Voters in Houston Texas were faced with long lines for the first day of early voting. Long-lines in some voting sites caused by failures of the computers used to check-in the voters. There were also some reports of voters who voted straight-party Democrat only to find that their Presidential selection was given to the Republican....
Featured - FL: Jacksonville - Early Voting off to Rough Start LINK
Featured - FL: Leon County - Ballots not being recorded at two Leon County polling places LINK
Featured - TX: Houston - Voters turn out in force for historic campaign LINK
Featured - WV: Ireland Says No Major Problems With Early Voting LINK
National: Snopes confirms danger of Straight Ticket Voting (STV) LINK
National: Are voting machines reliable? DVICE looks at every type -- in every state LINK
National: Obama Assembles U.S.'s 'Largest Law Firm' to Monitor Election LINK
National: Heavy Voter Turn Out Nationwide Could Cause Delays at Polls LINK
National: YouTube, PBS urge Americans to record voting problems LINK
National: Class voting hacks prompt call for better audits
University exercise illustrates the potential for electronic vote tampering LINK
National: Eight Years After Bush v. Gore, Why is There Still So Much Election Litigation and What Does This Mean for Voter Confidence in the Electoral Process? LINK
National: CountTheBallots (CTB) Calls for 'Citizen Audits' on Election Day - Warns of Widespread Fraud LINK
National: Protect Your Vote - Carry This Number LINK
AL: Bulging voter lists invite election fraud LINK
AZ: Arizona expects less wait at polls
Early balloting, more sites aim to reduce winding lines LINK
AZ: Pima County - Help AZ Candidate Restore US Election Integrity LINK
CA: County registrars are scrambling to keep up with new voter rolls
In some California counties, officials are doubling up on polling machines, ballots and workers, and even hiring people to direct traffic. LINK
CO: Colorado will be under watchful eyes of media, monitors on Election Day LINK
FL: Long lines, a few glitches mark start of early voting in South Florida LINK
FL: Duval County - Machine Problems Plague 1st Day Of Early Voting
Metro Counties See Brisk Turnout, No Problems LINK
FL: Miami-Dade County - Early voting draws lines at some Dade polling places LINK
FL: Past voting gaffes put Palm Beach County in spotlight LINK
FL: Pasco County - Early Voting Turnout Higher Than Expected LINK
GA: Ga. secretary of state faces slew of voter issues LINK
IL: Early voting in DuPage exceeds expectations LINK
MD: Md. US attorney creates election fraud task force LINK
NJ: NJ Judge Allows Release of Princeton Report Critical of Sequoia Voting Systems
Sequoia Counters With a Strongly Worded Response That Does Not Answer The Critical Question: Do Their Machines Count Votes Accurately? LINK
NJ: Editorial: Our election systems still beset by flaws LINK
NV: Washoe County - Early voters line up to cast their election ballots LINK
NY: State finds some county election boards unprepared
Schuyler among 18 county offices across state checked by officials LINK
NY: Ulster County - Kingston, Ulster towns get nailed in voting upgrade
County passes on cost of 2009 election LINK
PA: Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth Outraged at Partisan Lawsuit Attempting to Undermine Voter Confidence LINK
PA: Allegheny County says voting machines ready LINK
SC: League questions voting machines LINK
TX: Big Texas turnout on first day of early voting LINK
TX: Denton County voters urged to use paper ballots LINK
TX: Galveston - Voting Rights Watch: Post-Ike displacement could cause voting problems for Galveston LINK
UT: Study: Utah vote devices unreliable LINK
VA: Local precincts bracing for flood of voters
Registrar officials have had to get more voting equipment and poll workers to handle the crowds. LINK
WV: Paperless Electronic Voting Machines Flipping Votes from Obama to McCain in West Virginia LINK
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