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'Daily Voting News' For October 11, 2008

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Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org I want to thank all of those who commented on my rant of yesterday. Your kind comments are very much appreciated. One email I received was especially meaningful to me. The subject line was "In loving memory - Michael, James, Andrew" and after a short bit of encouraging text, and the posters signature line, were three names: Michael Schwerner, James Chaney, and Andrew Goodman. The names were then followed by a little historical reminder of "Freedom Summer" and the part those three heroes played in the Civil Rights Movement.

I realized that we all, all of us, owe it to those three, and all like them past and present who have given so much for our democracy, to keep fighting the good fight. ...

  • National: Voter fraud accusations mar presidential campaign LINK
  • National: Without a Trace: The Smokeless Gun of Flagrant Election Fixing LINK
  • National: Our Hackable Democracy LINK
  • National: LTTE - Helpful Hints For a Better Election Day LINK
  • National: US elections: America might not know who is new president until 10 days after voting LINK
  • National: NAACP watching, ready for voter problems LINK
  • CA: California Issues Emergency Election Audit Regulations LINK
  • CO: Moffat County - Public election test certifies voting machines LINK
  • CT: Official defends ACORN vote drive LINK
  • GA: County election offices swamped as voters pour in Staff working extreme hours to process registrations, oversee early voting, mail absentee ballots LINK
  • GA: Judge Rules to Uphold on Electronic Voting, Appeal Expected LINK
  • IA: Opinion - Guest column: Changes will make voting easier this year LINK
  • IN: 'Inactives' push up voter registration figures LINK
  • IN: Lake County - Ind. Decisions - Yet more on: Remote voting sites at issue in Lake County LINK
  • MN: Opinion - Talking Points -- Tabulating the true cost of democracy LINK
  • MT: MT Dem Party drops suit LINK
  • OH: Cuyahoga County investigates fraudulent voter registrations linked to ACORN LINK
  • OH: Chads won't hang in Huron County LINK
  • RI: RI courts moving away from automated elections LINK
  • TX: Travis County - Travis officials brace for historic Election Day turnout With record registration, county clerk expects 440,000 to vote. LINK
  • VT: To tabulate or not: Calais voters face switch to computerized ballot counter LINK
  • Washington DC: D.C. Report Finds E-Vote Company at Fault for Thousands of 'Phantom Votes' Recorded in Last Month's Primary Election Board Finds Sequoia Voting Systems 'Too Quick to Exonerate Self,' As Evidence Indicates Hardware and Software to Blame... LINK
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