Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Many pundits and talking heads of all stripes are summing up this past election as if it was all over. Depending on who their audience is they are claiming that it was all a success and that there were no long lines or they are telling us that there were problems but they were wide-spread. Those who deny the lines only need to look at the pictures and read some of the first-hand accounts of voters standing on line for hours and hours just to vote. There are still tens of thousands of votes being counted nationally. I’m going to hold my opinion on the failures of vote counting, provisional ballot usage, and voter registration data-bases and e-poll books until after all of the votes are counted. ...
- National: Editorial - A Better Vote
This election was relatively smooth, but it also showed how the system could be further improved.
http://www.washingtonpos.../08/AR2008110801990.html - National: Voting In 2008: Lessons Learned
http://takingnote.tcf.or...8/11/voting-in-2008.html - National: Election Reform Can't Wait
Obama's Margin Of Victory Obscures Voting Problems, But His Administration Should Address Them
http://www.nationaljourn...nline/rulesofthegame.php - National: Voter registration process is under scrutiny
http://www.latimes.com/n...008nov10,0,3206878.story - National: U.S. Elections --- It Takes a Village
http://blog.wired.com/27.../11/democracys-volu.html - AK: Number of outstanding ballots grows to 81,000
U.S. Senate and other races yet to be decided
http://www.juneauempire....0908/loc_354024709.shtml - AK: Alaska Stinks & Minnesota's on Edge, So Here's What Parties and Citizens Can Do to Try and Ensure Election Results with Integrity There and Elsewhere
https://bradblog.com/?p=6653 - AK: Alaska Race May Not Be Called for 2 Weeks
http://www.rollcall.com/...55/politics/30008-1.html - CA: Brown, McClintock hire lawyers for 4th District ballot counting
http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/1383995.html - CA: L.A. County election czar's to-do list includes reforms
http://www.latimes.com/n...008nov10,0,5961423.story - CA: San Francisco County - Ranked Choice Voting Didn’t Change Results
http://www.beyondchron.o...ws/index.php?itemid=6280 - CO: Better voting is aim of Colorado election panel
http://www.rockymountain...colorado-election-panel/ - FL: The election struggle
The process worked, but there's plenty of room for improvement
http://www.heraldtribune...le=The_election_struggle - GA: After Citizenship Challenges, Ballots Thrown Out in Georgia
http://tpmmuckraker.talk...zenship_challenges_b.php - IA: Buchanan County - Absentee ballots a headache for election officials
http://communitynewspape...18b374507bb998967883.txt - KS: Johnson County - JoCo election workers now counting provisional ballots. Drum roll please ....
http://primebuzz.kcstar.com/?q=node/15599 - KS: Johnson County is counting provisional ballots; results due Tuesday
http://www.kansascity.co...g_news/story/883659.html - MN: Ballot by ballot, victor to emerge
http://www.startribune.c...Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUX - MN: Counting Controversy: Time To Trust The ES&S M100 And Diebold AccuVote?
http://www.politicsinmin...100-and-diebold-accuvote - MN: Minnesota Ripe for Election Fraud
http://www.foxnews.com/s...ry/0,2933,449334,00.html - MO: Monday editorial: Polling place postmortem for St. Louis region
http://www.stltoday.com/...tem-for-st-louis-region/ - OH: Election disputes offer new niche for lawyers
Politicized system, vague election reform motivating groups to fight it out in court
http://www.dispatchpolit...ec=politics&sid=101 - OK: Election system change eyed
http://www.normantranscr...14.html?keyword=topstory - PA: Editorial - Bring early voting to Pennsylvania
http://readingeagle.com/...y-voting-to-Pennsylvania - SC: Spartanburg County - Officials to look at voting issues
Long lines at some precincts a concern
http://www.goupstate.com...to_look_at_voting_issues - TX: Hundreds Of New Ballots Added To Harris County Vote
http://www.click2houston...ews/17945090/detail.html - TX: Hidalgo County - New elections administrator's first big night goes off without a hitch
http://www.themonitor.co...l/administrator_new.html - VT: Essex County - New Voting Machines Falter, Could Cost Big Bucks
http://www.wptz.com/news/17949935/detail.html - WA: Why voting in Seattle was nothing like voting in New York
http://www.examiner.com/...-like-voting-in-New-York - Washington DC: RICHIE/SANTUCCI: How D.C. votes
http://washingtontimes.c...008/nov/10/how-dc-votes/
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