6 days until Election Day.

Today a federal judge found in favor of the voters of Pennsylvania and ordered the state to require every polling place to be prepared to hand out paper ballots to voters any time 50% or more of the polling places voting machines go down for any reason.

The Election Assistance Commission announced today that they were intending to suspend SysTest Labs accreditation to test voting systems. This action follows the suspension of the lab by the National Voting Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The suspension was for SysTest’s lack of properly documented and validated test methods, testing conducted by unqualified or untrained personnel, and improper assurances made to manufacturers regarding testing outcomes. This loss of accreditation will probably affect SysTest’s ability to complete testing for the state of New York. It also brings into question all recent testing done for the state of Colorado and Ohio and all previous testing of voting systems under the previous NASED system. ...

• Featured – PA: Federal Judge Rules That More Emergency Paper Ballots Be Made Available in Pennsylvania When Voters Face Voting Machine Breakdowns
  http://tinyurl.com/5a9ssd
• Featured - National: EAC Announces Intention to Suspend SysTest Labs
  Follows Action Taken by National Institute of Standards and Technology
  http://www.eac.gov/News/...d-systest-labs/base_view
• National: Lab may lose accreditation to test voting machines
  http://www.examiner.com/...est_voting_machines.html
• National: Lab may lose accreditation to test voting machines
  http://www.examiner.com/...est_voting_machines.html
• National: We Do Not Consent - Open Letter To The Media
  http://www.mediachannel....pen-letter-to-the-media/
• National: The Vote Grab: Voting machines are unreliable and inaccurate
  http://blogs.independent.../10/the-vote-grab-1.html
• National: Guy Who Insists E-Voting Machines Work Fine... Demonstrates They Don't
  http://www.techdirt.com/...0081029/0131342676.shtml
• National: Watch this controversial W.V. e-voting video
  http://blogs.computerwor...bling_w_v_e_voting_video
• National: Opinion - The Boogeyman in the E-Voting Machine
  http://www.csoonline.com..._in_the_E_Voting_Machine
• National: Experts Identify Persistent Problems with U.S. Ballot and Voting System Usability
  http://www.ergoweb.com/news/detail.cfm?id=2281
• National: Have American Elections Really Been Stolen? Part 1 in the "Democracy" in America Series – The Proof
  http://www.opednews.com/...ark-Adams-081029-64.html
• National: Is Open Source the Answer to Voting Woes?
  http://www.itbusinessedge.com/blogs/osb/?p=474
• National: Be Prepared for Long Lines, Snafus on Election Day
  http://blog.aflcio.org/2...s-snafus-on-election-day
• National: How Long Do You Have to Stand In Line to Vote Before Your Civil Rights Are Violated?
  http://www.huffingtonpos...-have-to-s_b_139019.html
• National: What You Need to Know About Voting Machines
  http://www.popsci.com/sc...ut-voting-machines?page=
• CA: Millions of Calif. absentee ballots may delay election night results
  http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/37526
• CA: California counties brace for flood of voters
  http://www.montereyherald.com/state/ci_10847971
• CO: More than 3,000 registered Coloradans barred from voting
  http://coloradoindepende...00-registered-coloradans
• CO: Adams County pulls plug on faulty voting machine
  http://www.aurorasentine...07ee63d0553766738959.txt
• CO: Adams County ‘quarantines’ machine that switched candidate’s vote
  http://coloradoindepende...switched-candidates-vote
• FL: Hillsborough County - 90% of Hillsborough absentee ballots rejected so far
  http://www.abcactionnews...8-4f47-a084-fb6140f2ebbe
• FL: Miami-Dade Might Be Asking for Lawsuit over Poll-Watcher Rules
  Ion Sancho, Florida's patron saint of fair voting, is on the case.
  http://www.miaminewtimes...over-poll-watcher-rules/
• GA: Thousands Continue to Vote Early as Time Closes in on Election Day
  http://www.myfoxatlanta....e=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1
• IN: Internet, phone disruptions in area; no early voting at Evansville libraries today
  http://www.courierpress....area-no-early-voting-li/
• MD: Busy, busy, busy time at election headquarters
  http://tinyurl.com/63j2kb
• MD: Diebold warns of voting machine problems
  http://www.abc2news.com/...7-49d0-b705-04c729b034dc
• MD: eCRASH: Elections Web site goes down on absentee ballot deadline
  http://www.delmarvanow.c...029/NEWS01/81029043/1002
• NV: Report shows no election fraud
  http://www.mercurynews.c..._10846263?nclick_check=1
• NV: Clark County - Voting Lines Get Longer
  http://www.ktnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=9256270
• NY: Bloomberg’s ‘Outrage’ at Elections Board
  http://cityroom.blogs.ny...elections-board/?apage=1
• NY: EAC Suspends SysTest
  New York State Could Halt Voting Machine Testing - Again
  http://www.nyvv.org/bobl...29/eac-suspends-systest/
• NY: BREAKING: Deja Vu (all over again) --- Feds Pull NY's Testing Lab's Accreditation
  http://e-voter.blogspot....ys-testing-labs-eac.html
• PA: Excerpts from US judge's Pa. paper ballot ruling
  http://www.ldnews.com/news/ci_10847686
• PA: PA Secretary Cortes Responds to Court Decision
  http://tinyurl.com/5dhrq5
• PA: U.S. judge orders backup paper ballots in Pa.
  http://blogs.usatoday.co.../10/us-judge-orders.html
• PA: BREAKING: Federal Judge Rules in Favor of Plaintiff Demand for Emergency Paper Ballots in PA
  https://bradblog.com/?p=6588
• TN: Davidson County - Extra Voting Machines Could Ease Tuesday's Lines
  http://www.wsmv.com/poli...s/17841367/detail.html#-
• TX: More Vote-Flipping in TX by Machines Other Than Those Made by ES&S
  Direct Recording Electronic Voting Systems Made by Hart InterCivic and Diebold Also Reportedly Now Flipping Votes From Democratic to Republican in TX...
  https://bradblog.com/?p=6584
• TX: Texas Voters Say Straight-Party Voting Flipped Votes; Activists Urge Voters to Avoid Straight-Party Voting
  http://blog.wired.com/27...8/10/straight-party.html
• VA: ACLU to join suit against political-apparel ban at polls
  http://hamptonroads.com/...liticalapparel-ban-polls
• VA: Wilder Asks Kaine to Extend Polling Hours
  http://voices.washington..._kaine_to_extend_po.html
• VA: Wilder requests extended polling hours
  http://www.fredericksbur...b/2008/102008/1029wilder
• WV: Online video of purported W.V. e-voting 'flip' is disputed
  The video clip to be reposted in its entirety
  http://www.computerworld...#038;intsrc=news_ts_head
• WV: After primary problems. Mercer County ready for general
  http://www.wvpubcast.org...newsarticle.aspx?id=5742

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