Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
12 days until Election Day. National: Editorial - Sorry, I Can't Find Your Name LINK
National: Election officials try to ease long voting lines LINK
National: Errors, mischief could lead to long election night LINK
National: Mickey Mouse Operation
Making sense of the confusing, contentious "problem" of voter fraud. LINK
National: Chocolate News on the proper care of our voting machines LINK
National: Here's an outstanding article on massive voter purges going on LINK
National: POLITICS-US: E-Voting Worries Focus on Swing States LINK
National: Enough Voting Machine Problems, Let's Return to Traditional Ballot Box LINK
National: Stop, Drop, and Poll - What to Do if You Have Problems Voting LINK
AZ: Pima County - Count the Votes
What's a voter to do in Pima County--wear a foil hat and pray Attorney General Terry Goddard puts an end to the RTA election distrust? LINK
CA: Los Angeles County - Voting Registrations Break Records, Early Voting Continues LINK
CO: Arapahoe County - Perlmutter waits for response after requesting monitors LINK
FL: No Confidence Vote LINK
FL: Internet Voting in Florida Raises Security Concerns: Geek the Vote LINK
FL: More Florida Counties Give Unverified Voters Leeway LINK
FL: Lawyer: Voter matching can be done at polls LINK
FL: Students at FAMU, FSU and TCC playing larger role in presidential politics LINK
FL: Early voting wait times in Miami-Dade, Broward posted online LINK
FL: Palm Beach County - Vote tabulating machines pass test as absentee ballot count awaits LINK
FL: Volusia County - Central Florida Foreclosures Could Lead To Challenges At The Polls LINK
GA: Fulton County - Glitch Keeps Fulton Voters Waiting For Hours
Computers Lose Connection To State's Database LINK
IL: Cook County - The Machine Vote
Despite millions of dollars spent on new electronic election equipment in Illinois, many still wonder, "Will my vote count?" LINK
KS: Sedgwick County - First day of advance voting sees big crowd LINK
MD: Poll location vital for vote to count LINK
MN: Election Day hash LINK
NJ: NJ Elections Board Says This Election Is Too Important To Allow Outside Observers LINK
NM: ACLU Calls for Criminal Investigation of Bernalillo County Clerk's Office, GOP LINK
NV: Nevada Secretary of State Rebuffs Latest GOP Effort To Suppress Vote LINK
NY: Thousands dropped from local voter rolls LINK
NY: Monroe County - Homeless Face Challenges in Voting LINK
OH: Brunner disallows mismatch challenges
Directive to counties' elections officials comes after victories in court LINK
OH: Ashland County - Ashland professor challenges voting rights / Filing claims juvenile inmates at Mohican facility shouldn't be allowed to vote in Ashland County LINK
OH: Ross County - Official to board of elections: Focus on local voters
Secretary of state visits office in Ross County LINK
PA: Press Release - Coalition of Voters and Civil Rights Groups File Federal Lawsuit in Pennsylvania Seeking Emergency Paper Ballots LINK
PA: Lawsuit: Paper ballots should be on hand in Pa. LINK
PA: Lawsuit: Paper ballots should be on hand in Pa. LINK
PA: Pennsylvania Department of State Debunks Myths Associated With Election, Voting LINK
SC: Beaufort County - County election officials assert that votes have been correctly tabulated LINK
SC: Beaufort County - Election officials: Voting machine, paper ballot problems resolved LINK
TX: Travis County fights misleading voting advice LINK
TX: Travis County - Ignore straight-ticket voting rumors, clerk says
Voting straight party and also for individual candidate, will cancel vote on electronic ballot, DeBeauvoir says. LINK
TX: Lubbock County - Disabled Lubbock Citizens Have More Voting Options Than Ever LINK
WI: Voter fraud, suppression battle to intensify as election approaches LINK
WV: Subject: Take Action to Stop Vote Flipping in West Virginia LINK
WV: W.Va. official stands by touch-screen voting LINK
WV: Ireland says WV voting machines O.K. LINK
WV: West Virginia reassures voters about e-voting machines LINK
WV: Berkeley County - More voting problems reported
Martinsburg man says machine switched Democratic vote to Republican 5 times LINK
WV: Wyoming County - Voting errors
Perhaps Wyoming County's antiquated' ballots aren't so bad LINK
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There is just too much news to fit into one email today so there will be one edition this morning (Pac time) and one at the normal time. We will be doing that through the election as the amount of news grows.
So far today a federal lawsuit has been filed in Pennsylvania seeking an earlier use of emergency paper ballots than is presently the dictate of the Secretary of State. The SoS has dictated that emergency ballots can only be used when all of the machines at a poll site are shut-down for some reason. The lawsuit hopes to loosen up that dictate to when 50% of the machines are shut-down for some reason.
While the West Virginia SoS has dictated that all of the states ES&S iVotronic touch-screen machines must be recalibrated we are still getting reports of vote switching. ...
