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Obama Camp Sends ‘Urgent Request for Assistance’ to Louisiana SoS as Voters Find Party Registration Switched

Cites 'Widespread Reports' of Problems During Today's Primary, as Registration Issues in State After State Begin to Emerge

New Statewide Computerized Voter Roll Systems, Mandated by Help America Vote Act, Privatized by Voting Machine Companies Criticized by Experts...

Privatization of New Mexico Voting Rolls May Have Played Major Role in Super Tuesday’s Democratic Caucus Mess

Contracts with Unaccountable Private Vendors Like ES&S in NM and Elsewhere, Continue Taking Costly Toll on American Democracy...

Pittsburgh Evening News: Hackable Allegheny County Voting Systems Left Unguarded, Memory Cartridges Gone, Felons Working as Election Judges

<strike>Conspiracy Theories</strike> Well-Researched and Responsible Investigative MSM Report Actually Informs Viewers About Usually-Unreported Yet Very Well-Documented Dangers of Touch-Screen Voting, Horrendous Administrative Oversight Prior to Upcoming Presidential Primary...

Fox ‘News’ Labels McCain a Democrat

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Filling in the Ovals on LA County’s Super Tuesday ‘Double Bubble’ Debacle

Confusion Reigns, Legal Challenges Loom as Hundreds of Thousands Votes May Not be Counted Due to Maddeningly Confusing Ballot Design, Procedures

UPDATED: Registar's Office Say They Plan to Examine Non-Partisan Ballots, Will 'Seek Legal Authority to Count Those Votes'...

Say What? – Party Official Kept Uncounted Ballox Boxes at Home Overnight as 200 Vote Margin Currently Seen in New Mexico’s Democratic Caucus

17,000 Voters Forced to Vote on Provisional Ballots After Being Dropped from Registration Rolls 'Maintained' by SoS and Voting Machine Company, ES&S

Few Explanations Available Yet for Any of It, Governor Richardson 'Deeply Disturbed' by Reports...

Other Than That, Mrs. Lincoln, How Was the Play? – LA Times Reports ‘Few Election Glitches, Except for Independents’

ALSO: Video Indicates Los Angeles Registration Problems for Republicans as well...

Super Wednesday – Election Report Triage Open Thread

Your Election <strike>Glitches, Hiccups, Snags and Snafus</strike> Failure Headquarters...

More Details on ‘Double Bubble Trouble’ in Los Angeles County

Hundreds of Thousands of Non-Partisan Voter Ballots May Not be Counted in California's Open Democratic Primary Election

City Attorney Calls for Review by CA SoS, County Registrar of Voters...

Problems (and Confusion) at L.A. County Polls Today

Independent Voters Have Trouble Voting, and Having Their Vote Counted, in the Open Democratic Primary

A Legal Battle Could Be on the Horizon Over 'California's Butterfly Ballot' if Results are Close...

Voters Face Long Lines in Georgia as Photo ID Laws and Diebold’s Crashing E-Pollbook System Slow Process

Wait Times Up to Two and a Half or More in Metro Atlanta, While New E-Registration Computers Cause Delays

Officials Fall Back to Old Fashioned Paper Check-In, as Two and a Half Hour Delays Seen at 'Welcome All Park'...

DRUDGE DISINFO ALERT: Rightwing Propaganda Site Wrong Again on Polling Place ‘Problems’ in L.A.

Incorrectly Reports Voting Machines Undelivered 'ALL OVER LOS ANGELES'

NJ Governor Delayed Casting Vote as Voting Machines Inoperable in Hoboken

One Unverifiable Touch-Screen Machine Finally Fixed, No Provisional Ballots Available at Polling Place, Voters Turned Away

UPDATE: Right on Schedule, Officials Blame Pollworkers for Error | <b>FURTHER UPDATE:</b> Vote Flips from Obama to Clinton Reported in NJ as Well...

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A Sober Discussion on Vote Counting Between Brad Friedman and Vocalo's Tom Herman...

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