From John Gideon: 15 days until Election Day.
Election officials in Jacksonville Florida must not have done the required Logic and Accuracy testing on all of their optical scan machines to be used in early voting. Nearly half of the optical scan machines in use in the city failed because they indicated the ballot was too long. This is clearly an error that should have been discovered in pre-election Logic and Accuracy testing. The problem is also being reported in other counties in the state and is being attributed to the machines purchased by the state. Voters in Houston Texas were faced with long lines for the first day of early voting. Long-lines in some voting sites caused by failures of the computers used to check-in the voters. There were also some reports of voters who voted straight-party Democrat only to find that their Presidential selection was given to the Republican. Featured - FL: Jacksonville - Early Voting off to Rough Start http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/breaking/news-article.aspx?storyid=121489&catid=17 Featured - FL: Leon County - Ballots not being recorded at two Leon County polling places http://www.tallahassee.com/article/20081020/BREAKINGNEWS/81020024 Featured - TX: Houston - Voters turn out in force for historic campaign http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/hotstories/6068201.html Featured - WV: Ireland Says No Major Problems With Early Voting http://www.wvmetronews.com/index.cfm?func=displayfullstory&storyid=26987 National: Snopes confirms danger of Straight Ticket Voting (STV) http://www.opednews.com/articles/Snopes-warns-of-dangers-of-by-Joan-Brunwasser-081020-116.html National: Are voting machines reliable? DVICE looks at every type -- in every state http://dvice.com/archives/2008/10/are_voting_mach.php National: Obama Assembles U.S.'s `Largest Law Firm' to Monitor Election http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=a.hk4HvCkpiE&refer=home National: Heavy Voter Turn Out Nationwide Could Cause Delays at Polls http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=5&docID=news-000002976666 National: YouTube, PBS urge Americans to record voting problems http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/journal/article/453547 National: Class voting hacks prompt call for better audits University exercise illustrates the potential for electronic vote tampering http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27205654/ National: Eight Years After Bush v. Gore, Why is There Still So Much Election Litigation and What Does This Mean for Voter Confidence in the Electoral Process? http://writ.news.findlaw.com/commentary/20081020_hasen.html National: CountTheBallots (CTB) Calls for 'Citizen Audits' on Election Day - Warns of Widespread Fraud http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/counttheballots-ctb-calls-citizen-audits/story.aspx?guid={6213A17F-0BA6-4A58-A3D1-A9573EAA1A47}&dist=hppr National: Protect Your Vote - Carry This Number http://sanfrancisco.about.com/b/2008/10/20/protect-your-vote-carry-this-number.htm AL: Bulging voter lists invite election fraud http://www.al.com/opinion/press-register/editorials.ssf?/base/opinion/1224494160274420.xml&coll=3 AZ: Arizona expects less wait at polls Early balloting, more sites aim to reduce winding lines http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2008/10/20/20081020azvote1020.html AZ: Pima County - Help AZ Candidate Restore US Election Integrity http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0810/S00288.htm CA: County registrars are scrambling to keep up with new voter rolls In some California counties, officials are doubling up on polling machines, ballots and workers, and even hiring people to direct traffic. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-vote20-2008oct20,0,7589384.story CO: Colorado will be under watchful eyes of media, monitors on Election Day http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/oct/20/state-will-be-under-watchful-eyes-of-media/ FL: Long lines, a few glitches mark start of early voting in South Florida http://www.miamiherald.com/979/story/733312.html FL: Duval County - Machine Problems Plague 1st Day Of Early Voting Metro Counties See Brisk Turnout, No Problems http://www.news4jax.com/news/17760842/detail.html FL: Miami-Dade County - Early voting draws lines at some Dade polling places http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/breaking-news/story/733312.html FL: Past voting gaffes put Palm Beach County in spotlight http://www.tampabay.com/news/article862247.ece FL: Pasco County - Early Voting Turnout Higher Than Expected http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/oct/20/early-voting-turnout-higher-expected/ GA: Ga. secretary of state faces slew of voter issues http://www.fortmilltimes.com/124/story/329984.html IL: Early voting in DuPage exceeds expectations http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=244076 MD: Md. US attorney creates election fraud task force http://www.mddailyrecord.com/article.cfm?id=8858&type=UTTM NJ: NJ Judge Allows Release of Princeton Report Critical of Sequoia Voting Systems Sequoia Counters With a Strongly Worded Response That Does Not Answer The Critical Question: Do Their Machines Count Votes Accurately? http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6527 NJ: Editorial: Our election systems still beset by flaws http://packetonline.com/articles/2008/10/20/the_princeton_packet/opinions/doc48fd0157b6044428005400.txt NV: Washoe County - Early voters line up to cast their election ballots http://www.rgj.com/article/20081019/NEWS/810190350/1321/NEWS NY: State finds some county election boards unprepared Schuyler among 18 county offices across state checked by officials http://www.stargazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081020/NEWS0110/810200301 NY: Ulster County - Kingston, Ulster towns get nailed in voting upgrade County passes on cost of 2009 election http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081020/NEWS/810200315/-1/NEWS PA: Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth Outraged at Partisan Lawsuit Attempting to Undermine Voter Confidence http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/pennsylvania-secretary-commonwealth-outraged-partisan/story.aspx?guid={AA1B4F2A-3174-4C4D-996D-CB0C444E55F6}&dist=hppr PA: Allegheny County says voting machines ready http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/breaking/s_594256.html SC: League questions voting machines http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1954210/ TX: Big Texas turnout on first day of early voting http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D93UFFFG0.html TX: Denton County voters urged to use paper ballots http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa081020_wz_paperballots.12d6c23f6.html TX: Galveston - Voting Rights Watch: Post-Ike displacement could cause voting problems for Galveston http://southernstudies.org/facingsouth/2008/10/voting-rights-watch-post-ike.asp UT: Study: Utah vote devices unreliable http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_10765686 VA: Local precincts bracing for flood of voters Registrar officials have had to get more voting equipment and poll workers to handle the crowds. http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-local_registration_1020oct20,0,6267498.story WV: Paperless Electronic Voting Machines Flipping Votes from Obama to McCain in West Virginia http://www.opednews.com/articles/Paperless-Electronic-Votin-by-Kevin-Zeese-081020-346.html **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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