"Daily Voting News" for 10/14/08 From John Gideon:
21 days until Election Day. Officials in West Virginia have just identified a ballot programming error that will affect straight-party voting. How counties got through their "Logic and Accuracy" testing without discovering this error should give everyone a hint as to why it is important to do testing that is thorough and robust. As to responsibility for the error; all evidence points right back to ES&S, of course. This is more evidence that straight-party voting is not wise. Voters should skip the straight-part option completely and vote each race; but they need to vote each race. Today the NJ judge involved in the Sequoia voting machine problems has ordered the state to tighten up security around the voting machines. She wants everyone back in court on Friday to discuss what actions are being taken to secure the machines. It is also expected that she will finally rule on releasing the Princeton University report on the Sequoia machines. Featured - WV: Programming glitch affects ballots statewide Mistake made by vendor, commissioner says http://wvgazette.com/News/200810140330 Featured - NJ: Judge seeks tighter security around N.J. voting machines http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/10/judge_orders_tighter_security.html National: College Students Still Face Voting Stumbling Blocks http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1849906,00.html National: Voting Rights Watch: Students still face many hurdles in voting in this year's election http://southernstudies.org/facingsouth/2008/10/voting-rights-watch-students-still-face.asp National: Students may face challenge at voting booth http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=9177365&nav=menu188_2 National: Opinion - Phantom Voters http://weblogs.newsday.com/news/opinion/viewsday/2008/10/phantom_voters.html National: This Election Labyrinth It is the voters' turn to speak for the disenfranchised http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=524592 National: Election deja vu, all over again http://www.opednews.com/articles/Election-deja-vu-all-over-by-Michael-McCoy-081014-814.html National: OpEd: Stolen Votes and Stolen Elections http://www.opednews.com/articles/OpEd-Stolen-Votes-and-Sto-by-Mark-E-Smith-081014-17.html National: Watchdogs Ask: Is America Ready to Vote? http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/watchdogs-ask-america-ready-vote/story.aspx?guid={2FCB89B3-B535-4F7C-A5B2-9C8E6C822320}&dist=hppr CO: Box Not Checked On Thousands Of Registration Forms http://cbs4denver.com/politics/registration.forms.colorado.2.839548.html CO: Denver - Denver Doubling Number of Voting Booths http://www.myfoxcolorado.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7644568&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1 CO: Ouray County - Paper Ballot or e-Vote? County Offers Both http://www.telluridewatch.com/pages/full_story?article-Paper-Ballot-or-e-Vote-County-Offers-Both%20=&page_label=news&id=310328-Paper-Ballot-or-e-Vote-County-Offers-Both&widget=push&instance=secondary_stories_left_column&open=&; CT: Coalition Releases Audit Report on August Primary: Raises concerns with audit credibility and potential problems for November post-election audit http://www.ctelectionaudit.org/PressReleaseD.htm CT: Security of elections focus of speaker, films http://www.stamfordplus.com/stm/information/nws1/publish/News_1/Security-of-elections-focus-of-speaker-films3645.shtml FL: Shadow of 2000 election lives on in Sunshine state http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gJP3PH0Ry7xADq2qIksNFpF181Lw FL: Orange County - Orange blames computer glich for erroneous voter letters http://www.orlandosentinel.com/orl-orange-county-voter-letters-101308,0,2674512.story FL: Palm Beach County election officials prepare for worst http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-flpcounty1014pnoct14,0,4990272.story GA: Opinion - Don't do it, Karen! http://www.charltoncountyherald.com/articles/2008/10/14/opinion/editorials/doc48f4988970771555850250.txt IL: Cook County - Eager voters flock to polls Record number of voters visit Orland Park Village Hall for first day of early balloting http://www.southtownstar.com/news/1219422,101408voting.article KY: Voting Goes Digital In Ky. http://www.kypost.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=ad71282a-a4c6-4582-802a-e570345558cd MI: Judge Orders Michigan To Stop Purging Voters http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0810/S00281.htm MI: Berrien County Clerk corrects misinformation http://www.nilesstar.com/articles/2008/10/13/news/ndnews3.txt NC: Craven County - Voter rolls have grown at least 10 percent this year http://www.newbernsj.com/news/county_42551___article.html/voting_percent.html OH: Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner on Voter Rights, Faulty Electronic Voting Machines, Voter Fraud and GOP Voter Challenges http://i2.democracynow.org/2008/10/9/ohio_secretary_of_state_jennifer_brunner OH: Ohio voter fraud rare Safeguards prevent 'Mickey Mouse' ballots http://www.coshoctontribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081014/UPDATES01/81014004 OH: What Happened to Ohio? (And Will It Happen Again?) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pia-sawhney/what-happened-to-ohio-and_b_134496.html OH: Lucas County - Voting rights group warns of Nov. 4 problems http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081014/NEWS09/810140356/-1/NEWS OH: Putnam County - State official: Election computers not compromised http://www.limaohio.com/news/state_29393___article.html/county_compromised.html NJ: Judge seeks tighter security around N.J. voting machines http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/10/judge_orders_tighter_security.html PA: Presidential ballot will be biggest test yet for new voting machines http://www.yourmonroeville.com/timesexpress/article/presidential-ballot-will-be-biggest-test-yet-new-voting-machines PA: Editorial - Require notice of voter 'purges' http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/articles/2008/10/14/editorial/sc_times_trib.20081014.a.pg12.tt14edit2_s1.2012551_edi.txt TX: Travis County seeking 300 additional poll workers for election http://www.keyetv.com/mostpopular/story.aspx?content_id=3843e307-c8d2-4c3b-aa88-9e71b6ad8649 UT: Study: Poll workers can boost or kill voter trust http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2008/10/13/3700130.htm VA: Study: Virginia Might Not Be Ready for Election Day http://www.myfoxdc.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7637357&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1 VA: Columnist - Will Virginia Polling Places Be Overwhelmed? http://voices.washingtonpost.com/rawfisher/2008/10/will_virginia_polling_places_b.html?hpid=sec-metro VA: Voter Registration Up in Rural Areas http://www.nbc29.com/Global/story.asp?S=9170853&nav=menu496_12_22_1 WV: Voter registration winding down; early voting about to begin http://www.dailymail.com/News/election08/200810130162 WV: Day before early voting, glitch found with machines http://www.dailymail.com/News/election08/200810140217 WV: WV Finds Programming Error on Day Before Early Voting Begins http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6510 Scotland: Electronic vote count to return after 'lessons learned' from 2007 fiasco http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Electronic-vote-count-to-return.4588298.jp **Articles and commentary included in "Daily Voting News" may not all reflect the opinions of VotersUnite.Org or its allied organizations. 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