In one of our ‘Featured’ articles CBS Evening News has raised the “Red Flag On Purging Voter Rollsâ€. 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
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/30/eveningnews/main4490682.shtml - Featured – National: Washington, D.C.: Nineteen States Not Enforcing Federal Laws on Voter Lists
http://www.uspirg.org/newsroom/voting/voting-news/washington-d.c.-nineteen-states-not-enforcing-federal-laws-on-voter-lists - National: News Release – The Secret World of Voter Purges
http://www.accuracy.org/newsrelease.php?articleId=1825 - National: Report raises concerns of ‘partisan manipulation’ in voter purges
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Report_cites_partisan_manipulation_in_voter_1001.html - National: CBS News: New Study Details Massive Voter Roll Purges Underway in At Least 19 States
https://bradblog.com/?p=6453 - National: Partisan Contractors To Count Nov. Election Votes
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0810/S00009.htm - National: Election officials are confused about who can vote
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/709559.html - National: 24-Step Checklist Offers Ballot Counting Standards
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0810/S00012.htm - National: Miss., Fla. election officials visit US troops
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MS_MILITARY_VOTING_FLOL-?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=STATE&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-09-30-19-07-30 - National: Minds made up, millions voting early
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/09/30/minds_made_up_millions_voting_early/ - National: US Elections: Win, Lose or Steal?
An organized assault on the voting process has become an election day tradition since 2000
http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?article_class=3&no=383791&rel_no=1 - National: Foreclosures Lead to Allegations of Planned Voter Suppression
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/politics/September-October-08/Foreclosures-Lead-to-Allegations-of-Planned-Voter-Suppression.html - National: At the polls: Observers will be deployed across the country
http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/article/20081001/NEWS01/310010025 - AL: NAACP challenges state prison ban on voter registration
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2008/09/naacp_challenges_state_prison.html - AZ: Arizona develops online ballots to give voters overseas a chance to cast ballots via the Web
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/politics/wire/sns-ap-military-voting,0,5684907.story - CA: Bowen blasts Schwarzenegger from loooooong distance
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=14&entry_id=30969 - CA: Lake County – Registrar’s Office gears up for election season crunch time
http://lakeconews.com/content/view/5785/764/ - CA: Riverside County – Elections watchdogs skeptical of choice for Riverside County vote system audit
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_supes01.20f7f0f.html - CA: Riverside County – Supervisors table elections review until next week
http://www.mydesert.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080930/NEWS01/80930019/1006/news01 - CO: E-scanner will speed Morgan County voting results count
http://www.fortmorgantimes.com/news/2008/oct/01/e-scanner-will-speed-morgan-county-voting-results-/ - CT: Bridgeport – Tally wrong for laid-off voting tech pay
http://www.connpost.com/breakingnews/ci_10608127 - FL: Editorial – Florida still erecting roadblocks to voting
http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/editorials/article833512.ece - FL: ID-match law stalls 5,000 voter applications
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/state/orl-novote0108oct01,0,6794080.story - FL: ‘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.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/708276.html - FL: Outcry raised over voter ID law
http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/elections/article833727.ece - FL: ACORN challenges Crist on “no match” law
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_politics/2008/10/acorn-challenge.html - FL: Two Palm Beach County voting scanners to be tested for accuracy
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-flpmachine1001pnoct01,0,4019843.story - GA: Muscogee County – New Report Says Muscogee County Board Of Elections Dropped
http://www.wrbl.com/index.php/news/article/new-report-says-muscogee-county-board-of-elections-dropped-voters-by-mistak/39089/ - IL: Clerk says provisional ballots offer last resort
http://media.www.siude.com/media/storage/paper1096/news/2008/10/01/News/Clerk.Says.Provisional.Ballots.Offer.Last.Resort-3461485.shtml - KY: E-Vote: Kentucky Counties Move to Digital Scan Voting Equipment
http://www.govtech.com/gt/articles/418780 - LA: Better Business Bureau: BBB warns of voter registration fraud
http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081001/BUSINESS/810010303 - MI: Lose Your House, Lose Your Vote
http://www.coastalpost.com/08/10/02.html - MN: Students urged to vote
http://www.sctimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081001/NEWS01/109300061/1009 - MS: On Mideast visit, Hosemann outlines military voting
http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081001/NEWS/810010367/1001/news - NV: Voter Challenges
http://www.kolotv.com/home/headlines/29915644.html - NY: 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
http://www.qgazette.com/news/2008/1001/features/012.html - OH: GOP Loses Challenge to Early Ohio Voting
http://washingtonindependent.com/9532/gop-loses-challenge-to-early-voting-in-ohio - OH: Ohio moves to curb voter caging
http://www.collegiatetimes.com/stories/2008/09/30/ohio_moves_to_curb_voter_caging - OH: Same Day Early Voting and Voter Registration Goes Smoothly
http://www.wcpn.org/index.php/WCPN/news/14607/ - OH: Process for early voting can be improved
http://www.advertiser-tribune.com/page/content.detail/id/509300.html - OH: Ohio 2008 opens with a subpoena, a surge and calls for election protection
http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2008/3214 - PA: Secretary Cortes Encourages Troops to Vote Via Absentee Ballot during Stops in Iraq, Kuwait
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/secretary-cortes-encourages-troops-vote/story.aspx?guid={6B5CA547-EADF-4C40-A432-F4AAB6BDA21F}&dist=hppr - PA: Bucks County – Bucks GOP leaders deny election official’s claims
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20081001_Bucks_GOP_leaders_deny_election_official_s_claims.html - VA: Advocacy group: Va. is a potential source of dispute
http://www.newsadvance.com/lna/news/local/article/advocacy_group_va_is_a_potential_source_of_dispute/8928/ - VA: Powhatan County – Voter turnout expected to soar
http://www.powhatantoday.com/index.php/news/article/voter-turnout-expected-to-soar/16995/
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