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NC: Judge orders that voters be warned about voting machine issues
http://www.newbernsj.com/news/machines-91889-voting-warned.html
...Judge Malcolm Howard also required in his temporary order that records from the iVotronic Voting Machines be preserved..

NC: Local Race To Use Instant Runoff Voting Method (video available)
http://www.wsoctv.com/politics/25597600/detail.html "It's our responsibility to make sure, as legislators, that the ballot remains simple and easy for the voter to better comprehend," Rucho said, adding that many voters have complained to him about the complexity of IRV.

NC: Taylor: Election workers threatened
http://www.heraldsun.com/view/full_story/10102134/article-Taylor--Election-workers-threatened?instance=homefourthleft Roy Taylor, the GOP candidate for Durham County sheriff, claimed that a captain in the Durham County Sheriff's Office harassed and threatened three teen election workers campaigning for him outside the Board of Elections office Friday afternoon.

NH: READER OPINION: Voting machines cause of concern, by Deborah Sumner
http://sentinelsource.com/articles/2010/11/01/opinion/letters_editor/free/id_415868.txt
On Nov. 2, Jaffrey will conduct a public hand count of the U.S. Senate or Representative race after the polls close.

NM: Voter registration form tampering reported
http://www.lcsun-news.com/ci_16465298 LAS CRUCES - Unauthorized changes to at least seven voter registration forms have been reported to the Do-a Ana County Clerk's Office, and the Las Cruces Police Department has begun investigating.

NY: In Case of 'Screw-Up,' Tweet or Call
Bloomberg Urges Voters to Report Any Repeat of Primary's Problems at the Polls
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704477904575586511891067010.html
Mayor Michael Bloomberg, worried there could be a repeat of what he branded the "royal screw-up" of last month's primary election, urged New Yorkers on Sunday to report any problems at polling sites Tuesday by calling 311 or posting messages online.

NY: Matt Damon: Be careful with those bubbles tomorrow
http://polhudson.lohudblogs.com/2010/11/01/matt-damon-be-careful-with-those-bubbles-tomorrow/ "Hey, Matt Damon here again with an important warning. New York has a crazy new voting system this year and if you're not careful, your vote's not going to be counted correctly," he said in the 45-second video.

NY: Matt Damon Makes You Tube, Explaining New York Ballot Problem for Voters who Want to Support Working Families Party http://www.ballot-access.org/2010/11/01/matt-damon-makes-you-tube-explaining-new-york-ballot-problem-for-voters-who-want-to-support-working-families-party/ therefore, the Working Families Party, the Independence Party, and the Conservative Party, are all alarmed that many voters are likely to vote twice for one office, for the same candidate. When that happens, the vote-counting machines will count those votes as valid for the party that appears first.

NV: Scrutiny will be intense at Nevada's polls
http://www.rgj.com/article/20101101/NEWS19/11010324/1232/news19/Scrutiny-will-be-intense-at-Nevada-s-polls

OH: Election Day Polling Mix-Up Could Cause Confusion*(OH DEM postcard wrong)
http://www.wkbn.com/mostpopular/story/Election-Day-Polling-Mix-Up-Could-Cause-Confusion/lyi1_Q_9aESujpB0edP_mg.cspx "What are the democrats doing?" asked Mahoning County Republican Chairman Mark Munroe. "They are sending postcards out to people telling them to vote at the wrong polling locations."

The Democratic Party in Ohio sent out postcards across the state reminding voters to hit the polls on Tuesday. On the back it it gives the address of where you're polling station is. The only problem? Many of the polling places are wrong.

OH: Voting-machine-allocation method could reduce voters' wait time by 36 percent
http://www.physorg.com/news/2010-11-voting-machine-allocation-method-voters-percent.html
Nevertheless, Yang has been excited to see officials take his work seriously. "The local board of elections was really happy that we could provide them with a new easy-to-use tool that didn't ask them to buy more machines,"

TN: Shelby County voters set to head back to polls, with Aug. 5 election dispute barely settledhttp://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/nov/01/shelby-county-voters-set-head-back-polls-aug-5-ele/

TX: Feds on the lookout for voter abuse in Lubbock, other cities
http://www.kcbd.com/Global/story.asp?S=13419815 The Justice Department will have "Designated Election Officers" in several Texas cities including Lubbock.

WA: Ballot Problems Concern Voters in Clallam County
http://www.citizenreviewonline.org/2010/Oct/clallam_ballots.html
As November 2nd approaches, many local people have not yet received their ballots. The ballots were mailed a week ago.

According to elected Clallam County Auditor Patty Rosand, there are 759 "undeliverable" ballots. She said 158 ballots were temporarily waived, at the post office, on Monday, October 25th.

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