7 days until Election Day.
Florida Governor Charlie Crist has declared an emergency in the state and has decreed that polling places are to stay open overtime. Polls will now be open for up to 12 hours a day across the state. Now we will wait to see if any county election officials decide to file a lawsuit against the Governor so the poll hours are not extended.
The Brennan Center and VerifiedVoting have sent a letter to 16 Secretaries of State warning them about vote flipping on their ES&S iVotronic DREs. We certainly hope the Secretaries pay attention and accept the suggestions in the letter….
- Featured – FL: Florida declares emergency, extends early voting hours
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/745088.html - Featured – National: Letter to Secretaries of State re: iVotronic “Vote Flippingâ€
http://www.brennancenter.org/content/resource/letter_to_secretaries_of_state_re_ivotronic_vote_flipping/ - National: A Vote for More Secure Elections
http://advice.cio.com/seisenstadt/a_vote_for_more_secure_elections - National: Editorial – HAVA, intended as reform, shows other consequences
http://www.nilesstar.com/articles/2008/10/28/editorials/ndeditorial01.txt - National: Election-Day voter logjams feared
http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/10/election_day_logjams_feared.html - National: Watchdog Groups Urge Voters to Reject Provisional Ballots
Groups hope to settle challenges at polls; feds will monitor fraud claims
http://www.wibc.com/News/Story.aspx?ID=101696 - National: Election Law Changes Likely to Increase Litigation
http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docid=news-000002979862 - National: A Voting System That Keeps it Real
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charles-d-ellison/a-voting-system-that-keep_b_138649.html - CA: Voter Caging in Northern Cali?
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/10/28/18547030.php - FL: State of emergency: Crist orders longer voting hours
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/floridapolitics/entries/2008/10/28/state_of_emergency_crist_order.html - FL: Miami-Dade County – Calls For Longer Voting Hours Continue Amid High Turnout
http://www.local10.com/news/17822026/detail.html - GA: Diebold’s ‘Express’ Voter Registration Computers (Again) Lead to Long Waits in GA’s Early Voting
https://bradblog.com/?p=6581 - GA: Clayton County – Long lines, few machines hamper voting in Georgia county
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/28/georgia.voting/ - LA: Democratic Party questions voter cancellations
http://www.cleveland.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/base/politics-0/122523145756690.xml&storylist=topstories - MD: Md. ready for increased turnout at polls
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation/politics/bal-turnout1028,0,5923813.story - MO: Carnahan predicts 76 percent voter turnout
http://www.carthagepress.com/news/x635415321/Carnahan-predicts-76-percent-voter-turnout - NC: Voting irregularities past and present surface as election looms
http://www.yesweekly.com/article-951-breaking-voting-irregularities-past-and-present-surface-as-election-looms.html - NC: Brunswick County – Machine error in Oak Island means no paper trail for some votes
http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20081028/ARTICLES/810280275/-1/sports06?Title=Machine_error_in_Oak_Island_means_no_paper_trail_for_some_votes - NH: Sort and Stack Elections In New Hampshire
http://www.opednews.com/articles/SORT-AND-STACK-ELECTIONS-I-by-Sheila-Parks-081028-309.html - NJ: Hudson County – Election jitters?
Academic report spurs concerns over electronic voting machines
http://www.hudsonreporter.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20180339&BRD=1291&PAG=461&dept_id=532622&rfi=6 - OH: Judge rules on addresses for homeless voters
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-10-28-homeless-voters_N.htm - SC: SC Voting Machines Prone to Problems, Warns USC Computer Science Chairman
http://www.wspa.com/spa/news/local/article/sc_voting_machines_prone_to_problems_warns_usc_computer_science_chairman/10365/ - VA: Kaine responds to election readiness claim
http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/virginia/dp-va–electionsuit-kain1028oct28,0,6505597.story - VA: Kaine Says State Prepared for Record Turnout
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/28/AR2008102801788.html - VA: Va. elections officials say they’re prepared to handle huge turnout
http://www.newsadvance.com/lna/news/state_regional/article/va_elections_officials_say_theyre_prepared_to_handle_huge_turnout/9892/
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