Daily Voting News For October 1, 2008
Thursday, 2 October 2008, 3:44 pm
Column: John Gideon
Daily Voting News For October 1,
2008
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
In one of our ‘Featured’ articles CBS Evening News
has raised the “Red Flag On Purging Voter Rolls”. This
article reports on a just released report from the Brennan
Center for Justice at New York University School of Law on
voter roll purges. The report “provides troubling new
insight into the process. There are no national standards
and as a result, the cleaning up of voter rolls is not as
precise as it should be and eligible voters are often
wrongly removed.
”The Brennan report calls the
nationwide process "chaotic," "shrouded in secrecy",
"riddled with inaccuracies", "prone to error" and
"vulnerable to manipulation."”
Our second ‘Featured’
article is a report done by USPIRG (Public Interest Research
Group) in which they blow the whistle on nineteen states
that are violating federal law in their handling of voter
roll purges.
Neither of these articles should have been
necessary. State election officials should be carefully
following the law and carefully ensuring voter rolls are
properly purged and not in such a way as to deny legally
registered voters their right to vote. Any election official
who does not feel the need to ensure due diligence should be
replaced and, if they violated federal law, they should be
investigated for that violation. ...
Featured - National: Red Flag On Purging
Voter Rolls
CBS Evening News Investigates Little-Known,
Problem-Ridden Process That Could Endanger Your Vote LINK
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An organized assault on
the voting process has become an election day tradition
since 2000 LINK National:
Foreclosures Lead to Allegations of Planned Voter
Suppression LINK National: At the
polls: Observers will be deployed across the country LINK Alabama: NAACP
challenges state prison ban on voter registration LINK Arizona: Arizona
develops online ballots to give voters overseas a chance to
cast ballots via the Web LINK California:
Bowen blasts Schwarzenegger from loooooong distance LINK California: Lake
County - Registrar's Office gears up for election season
crunch time LINK California:
Riverside County - Elections watchdogs skeptical of choice
for Riverside County vote system audit LINK California:
Riverside County - Supervisors table elections review until
next week LINK Colorado:
E-scanner will speed Morgan County voting results count LINK Connecticut:
Bridgeport - Tally wrong for laid-off voting tech pay LINK Florida:
Editorial - Florida still erecting roadblocks to voting LINK Florida:
ID-match law stalls 5,000 voter applications LINK Florida:
'No-match' law is fair to voters, Crist says
Gov.
Charlie Crist rebuffed calls from voter groups to suspend
the controversial 'no-match' registration law, saying he has
confidence in it and Florida's election system. LINK Florida: Outcry
raised over voter ID law LINK Florida: ACORN
challenges Crist on "no match" law LINK Florida: Two
Palm Beach County voting scanners to be tested for accuracy
LINK Georgia:
Muscogee County - New Report Says Muscogee County Board Of
Elections Dropped LINK Illinois: Clerk
says provisional ballots offer last resort LINK Kentucky:
E-Vote: Kentucky Counties Move to Digital Scan Voting
Equipment LINK Louisiana:
Better Business Bureau: BBB warns of voter registration
fraud LINK Michigan: Lose
Your House, Lose Your Vote LINK Minnesota:
Students urged to vote LINK Mississippi: On
Mideast visit, Hosemann outlines military voting LINK Nevada: Voter
Challenges LINK New York: Warn
Of ID Theft Scams By People Offering Voter Reg Help
The
Consumer Protection Board urges consumers not to give out
their Social Security or other numbers to unsolicited
callers LINK Ohio: GOP Loses
Challenge to Early Ohio Voting LINK Ohio: Ohio moves
to curb voter caging LINK Ohio: Same Day
Early Voting and Voter Registration Goes Smoothly LINK Ohio: Process
for early voting can be improved LINK Ohio: Ohio 2008
opens with a subpoena, a surge and calls for election
protection LINK Pennsylvania:
Secretary Cortes Encourages Troops to Vote Via Absentee
Ballot during Stops in Iraq, Kuwait LINK Pennsylvania:
Bucks County - Bucks GOP leaders deny election official's
claims LINK Virginia:
Advocacy group: Va. is a potential source of dispute LINK Virginia:
Powhatan County - Voter turnout expected to soar 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 Scoop.**
*************--
John Gideon
Co-Executive Director
VotersUnite.Org
www.votersunite.org
"To encourage
citizen ownership of transparent, participatory
democracy." The Creekside Declaration March 22,
2008
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