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.firstcoastnew...yid=121489&catid=17
• Featured - FL: Leon County - Ballots not being recorded at two Leon County polling places
  http://www.tallahassee.c...20/BREAKINGNEWS/81020024
• Featured - TX: Houston - Voters turn out in force for historic campaign
  http://www.chron.com/dis.../hotstories/6068201.html
• Featured – WV: Ireland Says No Major Problems With Early Voting
  http://www.wvmetronews.c...story&storyid=26987
• National: Snopes confirms danger of Straight Ticket Voting (STV)
  http://www.opednews.com/...unwasser-081020-116.html
• National: Are voting machines reliable? DVICE looks at every type --- in every state
  http://dvice.com/archive...8/10/are_voting_mach.php
• National: Obama Assembles U.S.'s 'Largest Law Firm' to Monitor Election
  http://www.bloomberg.com...4HvCkpiE&refer=home
• National: Heavy Voter Turn Out Nationwide Could Cause Delays at Polls
  http://www.cqpolitics.co...;docID=news-000002976666
• National: YouTube, PBS urge Americans to record voting problems
  http://nbbusinessjournal...m/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...tary/20081020_hasen.html
• National: CountTheBallots (CTB) Calls for 'Citizen Audits' on Election Day - Warns of Widespread Fraud
  http://www.marketwatch.c...-audits/story.aspx?guid={6213A17F-0BA6-4A58-A3D1-A9573EAA1A47}&dist=hppr
• National: Protect Your Vote - Carry This Number
  http://sanfrancisco.abou...te-carry-this-number.htm
• AL: Bulging voter lists invite election fraud
  http://www.al.com/opinio...60274420.xml&coll=3
• AZ: Arizona expects less wait at polls
  Early balloting, more sites aim to reduce winding lines
  http://www.azcentral.com.../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/n...008oct20,0,7589384.story
• CO: Colorado will be under watchful eyes of media, monitors on Election Day
  http://www.rockymountain...-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/...ews/17760842/detail.html
• FL: Miami-Dade County - Early voting draws lines at some Dade polling places
  http://www.miamiherald.c...g-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/cont...turnout-higher-expected/
• GA: Ga. secretary of state faces slew of voter issues
  http://www.fortmilltimes...om/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...m?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?
  https://bradblog.com/?p=6527
• NJ: Editorial: Our election systems still beset by flaws
  http://packetonline.com/...fd0157b6044428005400.txt
• NV: Washoe County - Early voters line up to cast their election ballots
  http://www.rgj.com/artic...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.c...81020/NEWS0110/810200301
• NY: Ulster County - Kingston, Ulster towns get nailed in voting upgrade
  County passes on cost of 2009 election
  http://www.recordonline....0/NEWS/810200315/-1/NEWS
• PA: Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth Outraged at Partisan Lawsuit Attempting to Undermine Voter Confidence
  http://www.marketwatch.c...artisan/story.aspx?guid={AA1B4F2A-3174-4C4D-996D-CB0C444E55F6}&dist=hppr
• PA: Allegheny County says voting machines ready
  http://www.pittsburghliv...s/breaking/s_594256.html
• SC: League questions voting machines
  http://www.tradingmarket...ws/Stock%20News/1954210/
• TX: Big Texas turnout on first day of early voting
  http://www.dallasnews.co...s/stories/D93UFFFG0.html
• TX: Denton County voters urged to use paper ballots
  http://www.wfaa.com/shar...erballots.12d6c23f6.html
• TX: Galveston - Voting Rights Watch: Post-Ike displacement could cause voting problems for Galveston
  http://southernstudies.o...ights-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.co...020oct20,0,6267498.story
• WV: Paperless Electronic Voting Machines Flipping Votes from Obama to McCain in West Virginia
  http://www.opednews.com/...in-Zeese-081020-346.html

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