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Daily Voting News For October 30, 2008

Friday, 31 October 2008, 9:22 am
Column: John Gideon

Daily Voting News For October 30, 2008

Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

5 days until Election Day.

A deal was struck last evening in Colorado with the Secretary of State. 20,000 voters who were illegally purged from the state’s voter rolls will now be allowed to vote using provisional ballots and those ballots will get priority handling and a presumption of validity by Colorado counties.

The Reform Institute, a non-partisan public policy organization, today released a checklist to assist voters in casting their ballots. The checklist provides helpful tips for voters, especially those going to the polls for the first time, to facilitate a voting process free of complications....

Featured - CO: Deal ensures 20,000 taken off rolls can to vote LINK

Featured - National: Guide for Navigating the Polls Released Checklist Helps Prepare and Inform Voters for Election Day LINK

National: Lab that Tests and Certifies Voting Machines Suspended LINK

National: Experts see potential problems on Election Day LINK

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National: Election officials brace for huge turnout LINK

National: Legal battles over balloting LINK

National: ACLU Launches Voter Empowerment Program LINK

National: Paper Ballot Has Md.'s, Va.'s Vote 2 States Plan to Ditch Electronic Machines, Part of a Rapid National Reversal LINK

National: Editorial - The Success of Early Voting LINK

National: Glitch reports mount for e-voting machines LINK

National: Telling No Lies and Still Not Telling the Truth LINK

National: BLACK LEGAL ISSUES: Does the 'Help America Vote Act of 2002' really guarantee your right to vote? LINK

National: Vote watchdogs warn of troubles on election day LINK

National: Have American Elections Really Been Stolen? LINK

National: Election officials brace for huge turnout LINK

Arizona: Pima County - Big turnout, long lines expected on Election Day Half of votes cast may be from early voting LINK

Colorado: Colorado Sued To Reverse Voter Purges LINK

Florida: Election revolt over provisional ballots LINK

Florida: Sarasota County - Feds move to suspend company that certified electronic voting machines that Sarasota County used in contested 2006 congressional election. LINK

Georgia: Georgia to 4,770: Your vote is ‘challenged’ LINK

Georgia: State to notify 4,770 their votes are ‘challenged’ LINK

Georgia: Editorial - Early-voting hours must be extended LINK

Georgia: Coweta County - 26 percent have voted in Coweta LINK

Illinois: Sangamon County returns to paper ballots LINK

Indiana: Voter registry concerns emerging LINK

Kentucky: State making progress on voting systems LINK

Massachusetts: Where voting machines reside LINK

Missouri: St. Louis voters will test election plans LINK

North Carolina: Guilford County - Officials: Voting machines fine LINK

North Carolina: Guilford County - Editorial: Make early voting easy LINK

New York: Voting machine approval hits delay Testing company loses federal certification; decision won't impact Tuesday's vote LINK

Ohio: ACLU Urges Rejection Of 200,00 Voter Challenges LINK

Ohio: Possible voter-fraud cases keep cropping up LINK

Ohio: In Ohio, Wary Eyes On Election Process Fears of Fraud and Blocked Votes LINK

Ohio: Ashland County - Voting lawsuit asks: Where should inmates register? LINK

Pennsylvania: Opinion - Having paper ballots on hand sensible as backup to machines LINK

Pennsylvania: Court Orders Pa. to Provide Paper Ballots LINK

Pennsylvania: Federal Judge Rules in Favor of Plaintiff Demand for Emergency Paper Ballots in PA (With Updates) LINK

Pennsylvania: Paper's ready if machines fail voters LINK

Pennsylvania: Will every vote count? LINK

Pennsylvania: Westmoreland County - County bans cameras from polls LINK

Texas: More Vote-Flipping In TX From Dems To Republicans LINK

Texas: Beaumont voter complaint makes CNN blog LINK

Texas: Galveston County - Blunder at polls casts doubt on school bond LINK

Texas: Webb County - Paper ballots Agreement states only the disabled will use voting machines LINK

West Virginia: Machine filmed flipping votes Group did not use part where it worked, Jackson clerk says LINK

West Virginia: Secretary of State Wants Voters to Stay Confident 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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