We’ve been telling you that voter registration issues are going to be important this year. Even voters who have been registered for years and who have voted in recent elections may find out, when they go to the polls in Nov., that they are not eligible to cast ballots. In our “Featured” article Kim Zetter of Wired News has done a great job in gathering information on voter registration data bases and presenting that information. It’s a scary story. Everyone needs to check to ensure they are still registered to vote and that the registration is correct. Do it now while there is still time to make corrections...

• Featured - National: Voter Database Glitches Could Disenfranchise Thousands
  http://www.wired.com/pol...08/09/voter_registration
• National: Can New Media's Obsessiveness Redeem the Vote?
  http://www.huffingtonpos...ocd-redeem_b_126942.html
• National: As Key Voting Deadlines Approach, Major Nonpartisan Voter Protection Coalition Launches 2008 General Election Efforts
  http://www.earthtimes.or...es-approach,544932.shtml
• National: EAC Chair: Contingency Planning More Important than Ever this Year
  Expect the Unexpected and Plan Accordingly
  http://www.eac.gov/News/...ever-this-year/base_view
• National: Report Shows Voting Problems in 10 Swing States
  http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0809/S00309.htm
• National: Congress Urged to Pass Fast-Track "PAPER BALLOT" Legislation
  http://newsblaze.com/sto...240zzzz.nb/topstory.html
• AZ: Voter-ID ruling appealed by civil-rights group
  Proof of citizenship rule also questioned
  http://www.azcentral.com...20080917voterID0917.html
• CA: Riverside County - Supervisors agree to audit Registrar of Voters Office
  http://www.signonsandieg...0916-1418-voteaudit.html
• CA: Riverside County - Vote process may receive second look
  http://www.mydesert.com/...01/809170318/1026/news12
• CA: After complaints, Riverside County agrees to audit of electoral process
  http://www.pe.com/localn...al_S_vote17.419332e.html
• CO: Dept. of State signed contract knowing of conflict
  Contractor owns condo where ex-elections director sleeps
  http://coloradostatesman...ontract-knowing-conflict
• CO: Ritter advocates mail, early voting to speed up Colorado's election results
  http://www.rockymountain...-voting-speed-colorados/
• FL: Watchdog says Fla. not ready for Nov. 4
  http://www.palmbeachpost.../a4a_coxvoting_0917.html
• FL: Broward County - Operation Big Vote rallies troops to get all eligible voters registered as major election draws near
  http://www.thewestsidega...;sID=4&ItemSource=L
• FL: Palm Beach County - New recount set for PBC judges race
  http://www.wptv.com/news...6-4923-9c72-f2bafaf66c58
• GA: Vote early, nervous election officials urge Georgians
  Anticipated turnout may overwhelm polls on Nov. 4
  http://www.ajc.com/news/...6/voter_turnout_nov.html
• GA: Georgia Gets Poor Marks In Election Study
  http://www.insideradvant...ection_Study91719642.php
• MI: Democrats Sue Michigan G.O.P. on Voter Issue
  http://thecaucus.blogs.n...s-in-michigan/#more-6307
• MO: E-Vote: Missouri Increases Security Checks on Voting Equipment
  http://www.govtech.com/gt/412367?topic=117671
• MS: Mississippi Ballot Will Disenfranchise Hundreds
  http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0809/S00336.htm
• MS: Ballot dispute argued in Miss. Supreme Court
  http://www.sunherald.com/218/story/823474.html
• NY: Voting machine upgrades add up
  Cost of changes locally to surpass $3.6 million
  http://www.poughkeepsiej...17/NEWS01/809170318/1006
• NY: Some voters turned away from special voting machines
  http://polhudson.lohudbl...special-voting-machines/
• NY: Madison County - Few vote on ballot but many curious
  Election inspectors' jitters in using disabled accessible machines prove groundless.
  http://www.syracuse.com/...92763970.xml&coll=1
• OH: Secretary of state touts optical scan ballots during Akron talk
  http://www.auroraadvocat...com/news/article/4402172
• OH: Why hurricane Ike demands paper ballots on November 4
  http://www.freepress.org...nts/display/19/2008/3204
• OH: Butler County - Ohioans foresee fair election this Nov.
  Poll finds Republicans a bit more confident than Democrats
  http://news.cincinnati.c...80917/NEWS0106/809170313
• OH: Columbiana County - Security added to election materials
  http://www.vindy.com/new...d-to-election-materials/
• OH: Columbiana County - Elections board tightens vote equipment security
  http://www.salemnews.net.../id/505219.html?nav=5007
• PA: Luzerne County - Piazza: $21K needed for election computer burner
  Election bureau director says old burners don’t always work and may be a “fire hazard.”
  http://www.timesleader.c...r_burner_09-17-2008.html
• TX: Bob Barr Busts Ballot
  http://trailblazersblog....b-barr-busts-ballot.html
• VA: Charlottesville Council Approves Voting Machines Purchase
  http://www.nbc29.com/Glo...81464&nav=menu496_7
• WI: Democrats challenge Van Hollen's voter registration lawsuit
  Appleton clerk concerned about registration rules
  http://www.postcrescent....101/809170549/1003/APC01
• WI: Editorial - Quest for zero voter fraud threatens legitimate ballots
  http://www.tomahjournal....6/opinion/01edvoting.txt
• WI: Board: AG has conflict in Wis. voting lawsuit
  http://www.legalnewsline...t-in-wis.-voting-lawsuit

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