14 days until Election Day.

New York state officials have either purged or made inactive over 1.6 million voters. That is a huge number and with that large a number there will certainly be problems.

Georgia’s Secretary of State is doing all she can to suppress the vote. She is requiring a waiting period between voters registering and voting. She has also instituted checks on citizenship and ID at registration even though the Justice Department has warned her that she can’t do that without pre-clearance. The state is also woefully behind in processing new voter registrations.

We’ve also got more reports of vote swapping in West Virginia, Tennessee, and Texas, and long lines across the nation.

Straight-party voting in Texas continues to cause problems for voters. Voters need to be told not to vote straight-party. Vote for each race but vote the whole ballot....

• Featured - NY: Over 1,500,000 NYS Voters Purged
  http://www.nyvv.org/bobl...00000-nys-voters-purged/
• Featured - GA: Don’t do it, Karen!
  http://www.covnews.com/news/article/4037/
• National: Attention Voters: Here's What You Have to Do to Make Sure You Get to Vote
  http://www.alternet.org/...ke_sure_you_get_to_vote/
• National: Election Day Will Likely Test Voting System, Voter Patience
  http://www.politicsincol...stem-voter-patience.html
• National: Experts encourage early voting, fear voting system meltdown
  http://www.ethiopianreview.com/content/5551
• National: States Warned to Prep for Election Glitches
  http://www.infozine.com/...p/storiesView/sid/31365/
• National: Stumper's Handy Voting Problem Primer
  http://blog.newsweek.com...ting-problem-primer.aspx
• National: Report: Voting glitches could disrupt election
  http://www.stateline.org...s/story?contentId=349795
• National: Voting concerns surfacing in key states
  http://www.marshallnewsm...TING_PROBLEMS21_COX.html
• National: Voting Rights Watch: Report reveals a new generation of online voter suppression
  http://southernstudies.o...h-report-reveals-new.asp
• National: Early voting starts in 31 states; e-voting snag in W.Va. fixed
  Voters using e-voting machines urged to check printouts to verify their choices
  http://www.computerworld...#038;intsrc=news_ts_head
• National: Pew warns 'perfect storm' on election day could complicate vote count
  http://www.guardian.co.u...ections2008-barackobama4
• National: Early voting suggests 2008 may see record turnout, expert says
  http://www.cnn.com/2008/...TICS/10/21/early.voting/
• CA: L.A. County probes possible errors in absentee ballot mailing
  A Baldwin Hills man told officials he had been issued an incorrect ballot and used it to vote.
  http://www.latimes.com/n...008oct21,0,3817105.story
• CA: Orange County - SoCal voters cast ballots in drive-through style
  http://www.bakersfield.com/894/story/585682.html
• CO: Interest in voting-by-mail skyrockets in Colorado
  http://www.rockymountain...g-by-mail-skyrockets-in/
• CO: Denver - Early Voting Underway In Colorado
  Some Voters Complain About Ballot Shortages
  http://www.thedenverchan...ews/17767451/detail.html
• FL: Editorial - In swing states like Florida, voters need to know rights
  http://www.palmbeachpost...edit_elexfraud_1021.html
• FL: Florida hopes optical scan machines avoid recount repeat
  http://www.cnn.com/2008/...0/21/florida.vote.count/
• FL: Broward County - Early voting opens in Broward County with lines, three-hour waits
  http://www.sun-sentinel....1sboct21,0,3369048.story
• FL: Broward County - CNN reporter waits 3 hours on voting line in Florida
  http://rawstory.com/news...its_3_hours_to_1021.html
• FL: Duval County - Officials Discuss Early Voting Problems
  http://www.firstcoastnew...icle.aspx?storyid=121632
• FL: Duval County - Lines, Voting Problems Continue For 2nd Day
  Despite Delays, 11,970 In Duval Voted Monday
  http://www.news4jax.com/...ics/17770664/detail.html
• FL: Leon County overcomes voting snag
  http://www.tallahassee.c...0081021/NEWS01/810210359
• FL: Miami-Dade County - Congressman Meek seethes over long early-voting lines
  http://www.miamiherald.c...g-news/story/734292.html
• FL: Miami-Dade County - More machines added to handle early-voting crowds
  Voters came out in big numbers across South Florida the first day of early voting --- so much so that more machines are being added to handle crowds.
  http://www.miamiherald.c...lorida/story/734584.html
• GA: Three-judge panel to hear arguments in Georgia voter ID lawsuit
  http://www.times-herald....screening-lawsuit--57173
• IA: Some good, some bad in Iowa's use of ballots
  http://media.www.dailyio...Of.Ballots-3497242.shtml
• IL: DuPage County - Early voting in DuPage exceeds expectations
  http://www.dailyherald.c...ry/?id=244292&src=2
• IN: Lake County - Judge tours early voting sites, anticipates ruling today
  http://www.post-trib.com...e/1232730,lcvote.article
• IN: Tippecanoe County - More machines coming for Purdue's early voting
  http://www.jconline.com/...20081020/NEWS09/81020023
• MI: MI Dems, GOP Settle Suit Over Use of Foreclosure to Challenge Voters — But Fight Goes On
  http://washingtonindepen...he-fight-may-not-be-over
• MI: Voter suit settlement reached
  Both Dems, GOP agree foreclosure lists won't be used in poll challenges, but plan's existence still disputed.
  http://www.detnews.com/a...S01/810210367/1409/METRO
• MO: Greene County - Getting your vote costs taxing districts plenty
  http://www.ky3.com/news/...ocalissues/31613424.html
• NJ: Report finds New Jersey voting machines flawed
  http://www.dailyprinceto...an.com/2008/10/21/21867/
• NJ: Reports warn of tampering risks in New Jersey's electronic voting
  http://www.packetonline....fd0591550a3866494428.txt
• NJ: Union County Clerk says voting machines are unreliable; encourages voting by mail
  http://www.politickernj....e-encourages-voting-mail
• NV: Republican Party challenging some voters
  http://www.lvrj.com/news...aking_news/31770009.html
• NY: Voter rolls drop 1.6 million names
  http://www.timesunion.co...410&category=REGION
• OH: Voter-registration lawsuit against Brunner is dropped
  http://columbusdispatch....1/dismissed.html?sid=101
• OH: Death Threats, Hack Attempts Beseige OH Sec. of State's Office
  Website Set to 'Static Mode' After 'Security Breaches', Threatening Packages, Messages Received Following Brunner's Legal Tussles With State Republicans
  https://bradblog.com/?p=6539
• OH: Ohio Secretary of State Site Hacked
  http://blog.wired.com/27...8/10/ohio-secretary.html
• OH: Breach cripples Ohio Secretary of State's site
  It's the latest incident targeting Jennifer Brunner, who has criticized e-voting
  http://www.computerworld...Id=69&intsrc=kc_top
• OH: Ohio searches for state-site attacker
  http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/842
• OH: Republicans press voter registration challenges; Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland calls for stop
  http://www.cleveland.com...83160430.xml&coll=2
• PA: Allegheny Co. First In Nation To Test Voting Machine Software
  http://www.wpxi.com/news/17770056/detail.html#-
• PA: VoteAllegheny accepts audit of Allegheny County voting machines
  http://www.post-gazette..../pg/08295/921571-100.stm
• PA: VotePA Statement On Allegheny County Software Verification Testing
  http://votepa.us/newsarc...otePAAllegCo10-21-08.pdf
• PA: Centre County - Optical scan voting machines to expedite voting
  New optical scan machines purchased by Centre County should help the upcoming presidential voting process run more smoothly.
  http://www.collegian.psu...n_voting_machines_t.aspx
• SC: South Carolina among 10 least ready for voting glitches
  http://chronicle.augusta.../102108/met_480256.shtml
• TN: Davidson County - Vote Flipping in Davidson County, Tennessee
  http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0810/S00304.htm
• TN: Davidson County - Election Integrity Filmmaker Sees Own Vote Flipped on ESS Touch-Screens in TN
  https://bradblog.com/?p=6540
• TX: Dallas County - Early Voting Can Be Fun! And Crowded! And Confusing! Also, Troubling!
  http://blogs.dallasobser...fun_and_confusing_al.php
• TX: First day of voting sees thousands flock to Travis County polling sites
  http://www.keyetv.com/co...5-43f1-84a2-b66198b98d91
• TX: Travis County - Dispelling electronic voting myths
  http://www.keyetv.com/co...b-4318-87f1-2daba8cb5345
• TX: Webb County - Voting machines absent on first day of early voting
  http://www.pro8news.com/news/local/31328619.html
• TX: Webb County - Officials subpoenaed for hearing
  http://www.lmtonline.com...fd76eac1f73364689884.txt
• TX: Williamson County - Problems at polls
  http://www.taylordailypr...08/10/21/news/news03.txt
• UT: Early voting begins today in Utah
  http://deseretnews.com/a...1,5143,705256829,00.html
• UT: Washington County - Card glitch snarls early voting
  http://www.thespectrum.c...20081021/NEWS01/81021005
• WV: West Virginia sets state voter registration record
  http://www.usatoday.com/...0-21-west-virginia_N.htm
• WV: Voters in W.Va. Say Electronic Voting Machines Switched their Obama Votes to McCain
  http://www.huffingtonpos...ay-electro_b_136332.html
• WV: Voting Machines Switch Votes; Officials Blame Voters
  http://blog.wired.com/27...8/10/voting-machine.html
• WV: Ohio County - Voting Is a Touchy Business
  Some machines showing wrong choices in W.Va.
  http://www.news-register...nt.detail/id/515728.html
• WV: Putnam County - Early-voting problems in Putnam
  Touch-screen votes switched, then corrected
  http://sundaygazettemail.com/News/200810200711

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