12 days until Election Day.

There is just too much news to fit into one DVN today so there will be one edition this morning (Pac time) and one at the normal time. We will be doing that through the election as the amount of news grows.

So far today a federal lawsuit has been filed in Pennsylvania seeking an earlier use of emergency paper ballots than is presently the dictate of the Secretary of State. The SoS has dictated that emergency ballots can only be used when all of the machines at a poll site are shut-down for some reason. The lawsuit hopes to loosen up that dictate to when 50% of the machines are shut-down for some reason.

While the West Virginia SoS has dictated that all of the states ES&S iVotronic touch-screen machines must be recalibrated we are still getting reports of vote switching.

• National: Editorial - Sorry, I Can’t Find Your Name
  http://www.nytimes.com/2...ml?_r=1&oref=slogin
• National: Election officials try to ease long voting lines
  http://ap.google.com/art...gAAHfgp6kGEShvwD93VRFK80
• National: Errors, mischief could lead to long election night
  http://ap.google.com/art...K0RfS4kG9VYGacgD9402DIO0
• National: Mickey Mouse Operation
  Making sense of the confusing, contentious "problem" of voter fraud.
  http://www.tnr.com/polit...f-45b0-8bd7-bb0db7a12227
• National: Chocolate News on the proper care of our voting machines
  http://www.opednews.com/...-the-web-081023-809.html
• National: Here's an outstanding article on massive voter purges going on
  http://www.opednews.com/...e-Hickox-081023-562.html
• National: POLITICS-US: E-Voting Worries Focus on Swing States
  http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=44411
• National: Enough Voting Machine Problems, Let's Return to Traditional Ballot Box
  http://www.huffingtonpos...achine-pro_b_137141.html
• National: Stop, Drop, and Poll - What to Do if You Have Problems Voting
  http://www.opednews.com/...ry-Mancini-081023-1.html
• AZ: Pima County - Count the Votes
  What's a voter to do in Pima County--wear a foil hat and pray Attorney General Terry Goddard puts an end to the RTA election distrust?
  http://www.tucsonweekly....s/Content?oid=oid:117425
• CA: Los Angeles County - Voting Registrations Break Records, Early Voting Continues
  http://laist.com/2008/10...ations_break_records.php
• CO: Arapahoe County - Perlmutter waits for response after requesting monitors
  http://www.9news.com/new...id=102377&catid=188
• FL: No Confidence Vote
  http://blogs.cioinsight..../no_confidence_vote.html
• FL: Internet Voting in Florida Raises Security Concerns: Geek the Vote
  http://www.popularmechan...gy/industry/4288327.html
• FL: More Florida Counties Give Unverified Voters Leeway
  http://www2.tbo.com/cont...nverified-voters-leeway/
• FL: Lawyer: Voter matching can be done at polls
  http://www.abcactionnews...6-4c90-9f82-177b2ad81d6e
• FL: Students at FAMU, FSU and TCC playing larger role in presidential politics
  http://www.tallahassee.c...23/BREAKINGNEWS/81022005
• FL: Early voting wait times in Miami-Dade, Broward posted online
  http://www.miamiherald.c...g-news/story/737936.html
• FL: Palm Beach County - Vote tabulating machines pass test as absentee ballot count awaits
  http://www.palmbeachpost...10/22/a1b_vote_1023.html
• FL: Volusia County - Central Florida Foreclosures Could Lead To Challenges At The Polls
  http://www.wftv.com/news/17784210/detail.html
• GA: Fulton County - Glitch Keeps Fulton Voters Waiting For Hours
  Computers Lose Connection To State's Database
  http://www.cbs46.com/news/17785206/detail.html#-
• IL: Cook County - The Machine Vote
  Despite millions of dollars spent on new electronic election equipment in Illinois, many still wonder, "Will my vote count?"
  http://abclocal.go.com/w...ws/iteam&id=6465381
• KS: Sedgwick County - First day of advance voting sees big crowd
  http://www.kansas.com/news/story/570193.html
• MD: Poll location vital for vote to count
  http://www.baltimoresun....s23oct23,0,2710359.story
• MN: Election Day hash
  http://minnesota.publicr...n_day_hash.shtml?refid=0
• NJ: NJ Elections Board Says This Election Is Too Important To Allow Outside Observers
  http://www.opednews.com/...-the-web-081022-343.html
• NM: ACLU Calls for Criminal Investigation of Bernalillo County Clerk's Office, GOP
  http://www.aclu.org/voti...en/37304prs20081022.html
• NV: Nevada Secretary of State Rebuffs Latest GOP Effort To Suppress Vote
  http://tpmmuckraker.talk...retary_of_state_rebu.php
• NY: Thousands dropped from local voter rolls
  http://www.pressrepublic...cal_story_297095908.html
• NY: Monroe County - Homeless Face Challenges in Voting
  http://www.publicbroadca...1396393&sectionID=1
• OH: Brunner disallows mismatch challenges
  Directive to counties' elections officials comes after victories in court
  http://www.columbusdispa..._B1_E3BM90B.html?sid=101
• OH: Ashland County - Ashland professor challenges voting rights / Filing claims juvenile inmates at Mohican facility shouldn't be allowed to vote in Ashland County
  http://www.times-gazette...com/news/article/4450751
• OH: Ross County - Official to board of elections: Focus on local voters
  Secretary of state visits office in Ross County
  http://www.chillicothega...0081023/NEWS03/810230303
• PA: Press Release - Coalition of Voters and Civil Rights Groups File Federal Lawsuit in Pennsylvania Seeking Emergency Paper Ballots
  http://tinyurl.com/5qadup
• PA: Lawsuit: Paper ballots should be on hand in Pa.
  http://www.ldnews.com/news/ci_10794336
• PA: Lawsuit: Paper ballots should be on hand in Pa.
  http://www.centredaily.c...litics/story/919372.html
• PA: Pennsylvania Department of State Debunks Myths Associated With Election, Voting
  http://tinyurl.com/6sxeq3
• SC: Beaufort County - County election officials assert that votes have been correctly tabulated
  http://www.beaufortgazet.../local/story/593539.html
• SC: Beaufort County - Election officials: Voting machine, paper ballot problems resolved
  http://www.islandpacket..../local/story/646485.html
• TX: Travis County fights misleading voting advice
  http://www.kxan.com/Glob...70&nav=menu73_6_1_3
• TX: Travis County - Ignore straight-ticket voting rumors, clerk says
  Voting straight party and also for individual candidate, will cancel vote on electronic ballot, DeBeauvoir says.
  http://www.statesman.com...10/23/1023voterscam.html
• TX: Lubbock County - Disabled Lubbock Citizens Have More Voting Options Than Ever
  http://www.kcbd.com/Glob...3438&nav=menu69_2_9
• WI: Voter fraud, suppression battle to intensify as election approaches
  http://www.jsonline.com/...ory/index.aspx?id=809369
• WV: Subject: Take Action to Stop Vote Flipping in West Virginia
  http://www.opednews.com/...in-Zeese-081022-581.html
• WV: W.Va. official stands by touch-screen voting
  http://ap.google.com/art...ug7MrGES692oirwD93VRK3O0
• WV: Ireland says WV voting machines O.K.
  http://www.wvpubcast.org...newsarticle.aspx?id=5598
• WV: West Virginia reassures voters about e-voting machines
  http://blogs.computerworld.com/west_virginia
• WV: Berkeley County - More voting problems reported
  Martinsburg man says machine switched Democratic vote to Republican 5 times
  http://sundaygazettemail.com/News/200810220659
• WV: Wyoming County - Voting errors
  Perhaps Wyoming County’s antiquated’ ballots aren’t so bad
  http://www.register-hera...17.html?keyword=topstory

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