We have two important recommendations. Please pass this email on to your distribution lists.

Check your voter registration. For months, we have been recommending that everyone check to make sure they are registered to vote. It has recently come to light that 19 states are not following federal law; they are purging voters close to the election.

These states are: Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Delware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Masachusetts, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Texas and Washington.

But even if you live in some other state, please check your registration status right now – if you can. Otherwise, check on Monday. We have created a page to assist you. It’s HERE

If you have been wrongly purged from the voter rolls, don’t simply register again. Call your county election official to say you were wrongly purged and should be placed back on the rolls. If you do not get satisfaction, contact your state election officials. If you still have problems, let us know.

Don’t vote straight-party. Problems abound with straight-party voting – on electronic voting machines and on paper ballots. We highly recommend that, if you want to vote for the same party across all races, vote for each individual person separately, and don’t mark any “straight-party” choice at all. See today’s “Featured” article for a good reason why straight-party voting is not a good idea....

• Featured - NM: Santa Fe County - Big Presidential Vote Count Error Found and Fixed in New Mexico
  http://www.alternet.org/story/101567/
• National: Opinion - Foreclosures and the Right to Vote
  http://www.nytimes.com/2...ml?_r=1&oref=slogin
• National: Will Dress Code Affect Your Right To Vote?
  Battles Over Voter Signups, Residency And Polling Place Etiquette May Block Your Ballot
  http://www.cbsnews.com/s...litics/main4501531.shtml
• AZ: Pima County - County hopes changes will ease vote count
  http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/260781
• AZ: Pima County – Opinion - County audit of primary vote is reassuring
  Our VIEW: Many problems are identified; officials come up with possible solutions
  http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/260668
• CA: Early voting in Inland area returns
  http://www.pe.com/localn...l_S_early04.16172da.html
• FL: Hillsborough County - Voters Register Confusion Over Elections Mailer
  http://www2.tbo.com/cont...n-over-elections-mailer/
• FL: Palm Beach County - County asks company to check voting machines
  http://www.palmbeachpost...03/a1a_recount_1004.html
• FL: Palm Beach County voting machines pass another test in disputed election
  http://www.sun-sentinel....4pnoct04,0,7574949.story
• FL: State upset over Pinellas 'no match, no vote' plan
  http://www.tampabay.com/.../state/article838335.ece
• IL: Voters To Receive Notice About Misleading Con-Con Ballot Question
  http://progressillinois....04/con-con-notice-ruling
• IN: Hamilton County - County leasing extra voting machines for Election Day
  Extra machines will be provided; absentee voting encouraged
  http://www.indystar.com/...1/810040326/1015/LOCAL01
• IN: Johnson County - County election officials expect to get even busier
  http://www.indystar.com/...3/810040363/1023/LOCAL04
• MT: Montana GOP promises more voter challenges
  http://www.jacksonholest...c5bf872574d8000a5019.txt
• MT: What to do with challenge letter
  http://www.helenair.com/...5st_081004_voterside.txt
• OH: Elections officials tallying up costs
  Expected turnout, state mandates will likely cost local governments $1M.
  http://www.daytondailyne...100408electioncosts.html
• OH: Brunner's office trying to make voting easier
  Residents facing foreclosure might be able to still cast ballot
  http://www.lancastereagl...04/NEWS01/810040312/1002
• PA: Allegheny County - County says it can't audit voting machines
  http://www.post-gazette..../pg/08278/917409-455.stm
• PA: Philadelphia - False Flier Warns of Election Day Arrests in PA African-American Neighborhoods
  https://bradblog.com/?p=6465
• PA: Philadelphia - Vote-scam fliers target black neighborhoods
  http://www.philly.com/ph...black_neighborhoods.html
• TX: Lubbock County - Highly Anticipated Election Fuels Record Number of Voters To Register
  http://www.kcbd.com/Glob...115962&nav=menu69_2
• Washington DC: Council Grills Elections Board
  Panel Says It Aims to Provide Glitch-Free General Election
  http://www.washingtonpos.../03/AR2008100303336.html

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