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-party option completely and vote in each race; but they need to vote in 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/i...rs_tighter_security.html
• National: College Students Still Face Voting Stumbling Blocks
  http://www.time.com/time...e/0,8599,1849906,00.html
• National: Voting Rights Watch: Students still face many hurdles in voting in this year’s election
  http://southernstudies.o...-students-still-face.asp
• National: Students may face challenge at voting booth
  http://www.wthr.com/Glob...77365&nav=menu188_2
• National: Opinion – Phantom Voters
  http://weblogs.newsday.c...8/10/phantom_voters.html
• National: This Election Labyrinth
  It is the voters’ turn to speak for the disenfranchised
  http://www.thecrimson.co.../article.aspx?ref=524592
• National: Election deja vu, all over again
  http://www.opednews.com/...el-McCoy-081014-814.html
• National: OpEd: Stolen Votes and Stolen Elections
  http://www.opednews.com/...k-E-Smith-081014-17.html
• National: Watchdogs Ask: Is America Ready to Vote?
  http://www.marketwatch.c...dy-vote/story.aspx?guid={2FCB89B3-B535-4F7C-A5B2-9C8E6C822320}&dist=hppr
• CO: Box Not Checked On Thousands Of Registration Forms
  http://cbs4denver.com/po...s.colorado.2.839548.html
• CO: Denver - Denver Doubling Number of Voting Booths
  http://www.myfoxcolorado...e=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1
• CO: Ouray County - Paper Ballot or e-Vote? County Offers Both
  http://www.telluridewatc..._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....-speaker-films3645.shtml
• FL: Shadow of 2000 election lives on in Sunshine state
  http://afp.google.com/ar...PH0Ry7xADq2qIksNFpF181Lw
• FL: Orange County - Orange blames computer glich for erroneous voter letters
  http://www.orlandosentin...s-101308,0,2674512.story
• FL: Palm Beach County election officials prepare for worst
  http://www.sun-sentinel....4pnoct14,0,4990272.story
• GA: Opinion - Don't do it, Karen!
  http://www.charltoncount...f4988970771555850250.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...422,101408voting.article
• KY: Voting Goes Digital In Ky.
  http://www.kypost.com/ne...6-4582-802a-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...8/10/13/news/ndnews3.txt
• NC: Craven County - Voter rolls have grown at least 10 percent this year
  http://www.newbernsj.com...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.o...f_state_jennifer_brunner
• OH: Ohio voter fraud rare
  Safeguards prevent 'Mickey Mouse' ballots
  http://www.coshoctontrib...81014/UPDATES01/81014004
• OH: What Happened to Ohio? (And Will It Happen Again?)
  http://www.huffingtonpos...o-ohio-and_b_134496.html
• OH: Lucas County - Voting rights group warns of Nov. 4 problems
  http://toledoblade.com/a...NEWS09/810140356/-1/NEWS
• OH: Putnam County - State official: Election computers not compromised
  http://www.limaohio.com/.../county_compromised.html
• NJ: Judge seeks tighter security around N.J. voting machines
  http://www.nj.com/news/i...rs_tighter_security.html
• PA: Presidential ballot will be biggest test yet for new voting machines
  http://www.yourmonroevil...-yet-new-voting-machines
• PA: Editorial - Require notice of voter ‘purges’
  http://www.thetimes-trib...edit2_s1.2012551_edi.txt
• TX: Travis County seeking 300 additional poll workers for election
  http://www.keyetv.com/mo...2-4c3b-aa88-9e71b6ad8649
• UT: Study: Poll workers can boost or kill voter trust
  http://www.tmcnet.com/us...t/2008/10/13/3700130.htm
• VA: Study: Virginia Might Not Be Ready for Election Day
  http://www.myfoxdc.com/m...e=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1
• VA: Columnist - Will Virginia Polling Places Be Overwhelmed?
  http://voices.washington...es_b.html?hpid=sec-metro
• VA: Voter Registration Up in Rural Areas
  http://www.nbc29.com/Glo...#038;nav=menu496_12_22_1
• WV: Voter registration winding down; early voting about to begin
  http://www.dailymail.com.../election08/200810130162
• WV: Day before early voting, glitch found with machines
  http://www.dailymail.com.../election08/200810140217
• WV: WV Finds Programming Error on Day Before Early Voting Begins
  https://bradblog.com/?p=6510
• Scotland: Electronic vote count to return after 'lessons learned' from 2007 fiasco
  http://news.scotsman.com...unt-to-return.4588298.jp

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