November 3, 2008
By JGideon
a collection of local, state, national and international articles on electronic voting and election issues
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Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org Election day is tomorrow
Well, here we are. Tomorrow is the day we have been building toward. Today much of the news is articles of reassurance from election officials across the nation. They say they are ready. Tomorrow we will see just how ready they are. Our main reporting tomorrow will be on voting machine problems and long lines due to voting machine and voter registration data base problems. No matter how much officials assure their voters that they are ready machines still fail to work, polls open late, votes are flipped, polls run out of paper ballots, e-poll books fail, machines are allotted unfairly, and lines will be long. Wednesday and the rest of the week we will hear about the tabulation and reporting problems. Lost votes from tabulators that were not designed or built to handle the number of votes they are expected to count; ballot printing and programming errors that result in hundreds of lost votes. These and more have been the stories of the past. Can we expect any better for the rest of this week? I hope so but I'm not holding my breath....
National: Tales from the trenches – More election stories LINK National: Why touchscreen voting machines suck LINK National: Voting Rights Watch: FL and GA leading states nationally for voter complaints LINK National: Researcher teases out truth of election ballots LINK National: Opinion - Will your vote count tomorrow? LINK National: E-Voting's Biggest Test The 2008 presidential election could be shaken by flawed electronic voting technology. LINK National: Fears of US ballot-box overload trigger citizens' army LINK National: Voter Integrity Group Urges Preservation of Unadjusted National Exit Poll LINK National: E-voting Groups Are Watching a Handful of States LINK National: Ed Felten on E-voting: What Can Go Wrong LINK National: A Brief History of Ballots In America LINK National: Editorial - Pitfalls at the polls Congress and the president need to create uniform, national standards for voting procedures and ballots. LINK National: Hacking the vote LINK National: Make your vote count It might not, if you're not careful; here's how to avoid many common mistakes on Election Day LINK National: E-voting worries linger as Election Day nears LINK National: High Turnout May Add to Problems at Polling Places LINK National: Protect Your Vote - Avoid Election Machine Errors LINK National: Escape from voting machine Hell LINK National: The State Of The Ballot Fight In Battleground States LINK AZ: Poll monitors set to play vital role LINK CA: UCSB Put Finishing Touch on State's Touch-Screen Voting Machine Ban LINK CA: Alameda County - RFID enabling California county to get the vote in quicker LINK CA: Los Angeles County - Advocates demand ballots for all LINK CO: Adams County - Colorado Voting Machine Removed, Quarantined, After Vote Flips Multiple Times to McCain LINK CO: Arapahoe agrees to have paper ballots close by LINK CT: Voter Registration Sets Record; Record Balloting Predicted LINK FL: Early voting crushes records LINK FL: Florida Democrats file lawsuit against GOP LINK FL: Can Florida Avoid Election Chaos? LINK FL: Hundreds of poll watchers to fan out at voting sites LINK GA: Lawyers across state plan to keep their eyes on voting procedures U.S. attorney, FBI will be on lookout for fraud, abuses LINK MA: Some towns still swear by hand-counting the ballots LINK MN: What happens when your vote is challenged in Minnesota? LINK NC: In N. Carolina, 41 percent of voters have already cast ballots LINK NE: New ballots aim to avoid butterfly effect LINK OH: Officials confident Ohio voters won't see goofs like in '04 LINK OH: Summit pleased as punch Election officials finally say goodbye to all-nighters, unveil high-tech ballots counted by computers in 1976 LINK OH: Editorial - Voting Challenges LINK OH: Ohio: Suit Filed for Election Observers, "Dial Up" Provisional Ballots, and a Comment LINK OH: A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall How is Jennifer Brunner, Ohio's embattled Secretary of State, holding up as the election (and the likely accusations of impropriety) approach? LINK PA: Penn students help protect the vote LINK PA: Voting disputes can be immediately challenged LINK TX: Counties dispute bad election rating LINK VA: Federal judge to hear NAACP election lawsuit today LINK WV: Carper calls for re-evaluation of voting system Several voters say machines switched their selections LINK **"Daily Voting News" is meant as a comprehensive listing of reports each day concerning issues related to election and voting news around the country regardless of quality or political slant. Therefore, items listed in "Daily Voting News" may not reflect the opinions of VotersUnite.Org or OpEdNews.Com**
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Authors Bio:John is the Executive Director of VotersUnite.Org