Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

Today is a bit of housekeeping chores so please bear with me. First, tomorrow is election day for state and local positions and issues across most of the nation. As is normal the news for the next few days will be filled with machine failures and election officials and vendors blaming those failures on the voters or poll workers. Of course they neglect to say that if they had didn't have the unreliable voting systems they have the voters and poll workers would not have problems. Also, I will be attending the "Claim Democracy" Conference in DC this coming weekend. I will do all I can to keep the flow of news going out to you but I may miss a day or two. I will do all I can to combine days or otherwise get the news out.

And with that, today's notable voting news stories are linked below as usual...

• NAtional: Editorial - Making every vote count
  Our position: Nelson's bill to require paper ballots in elections makes good sense.
  http://www.orlandosentin...207nov05,0,4204552.story
• NAtional: Editorial - In Defense of Voting Rights
  http://www.nytimes.com/2...ml?_r=1&oref=slogin
• NAtional: Futurist: A Vote for Better Design
  http://cqpolitics.com/wm...eeklyreport-000002621197
• NAtional: Risks of e-voting
  http://delivery.acm.org/...515&CFTOKEN=6184618
• NAtional: Political Scientists Examine Voter Confidence in Electoral Administration, Make Recommendations
  http://www.earthtimes.or...ess_release,215691.shtml
• AR: Clark County - County budget committee looks at election funding
  http://www.siftingsheral...007/11/05/news/news1.txt
• CT: Voters will test new optical-scan system
  http://www.nhregister.co...ept_id=590581&rfi=6
• CT: Many Voters Tuesday To Use Paper Ballots For First Time
  http://www.theday.com/re...a-4791-a3de-0e1737be3e61
• CT: Bridgeport Election Will Go Forward
  http://www.courant.com/n...lex-1105,0,4034797.story
• IL: East St. Louis Rehires Workers Convicted of Vote Fraud
  http://www.kmox.com/East...victed-of-Vote-F/1162689
• IN: Boone County - One more time
  County will squeeze another election out of VTI machines
  http://www.dailysun.org/...eID=875&TM=11287.62
• MS: Officials predict smooth sailing for election
  http://www.clarionledger...1105/SPECIAL02/711050346
• NC: Fair-election advocates battle for turf
  http://www.charlotte.com/204/story/349531.html
• OH: Editorial - Restore secrecy of the election ballot
  http://www.zwire.com/sit...ept_id=220548&rfi=6
• OH: Ohio Election Justice Campaign, Justified
  http://www.opednews.com/...ohio_election_justic.htm
• OH: Cuyahoga County Board of Elections to test new voting process to make voting move faster
  http://www.wkyc.com/news...7414&provider=gnews
• PA: Lackawanna County - Vote tally to run late
  http://www.thetimes-trib...ept_id=415898&rfi=8
• PA: Northampton County voters to pull levers again
  Officials switched back because new devices aren't fully tested.
  http://www.mcall.com/new...499nov05,0,6446642.story
• PA: York County - Write-in votes could delay naming winners in commissioners race
  http://www.yorkdispatch.com/local/ci_7375744
• WA: Kittitas County - No more going to the polls in Kittitas County
  http://www.kvnews.com/ar...2f74cd30043644247353.txt

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