19 days until Election Day.

In a small but notable victory Vermonters for Voting Integrity were able to prove to the voters in Calais Vermont that it was a good thing to stand-up against the Secretary of State’s office and vote down the use of Diebold voting machines for their elections. The town will continue to hand-count their ballots. Congratulations and good work to VVI and the voters of Calais.

The Brennan Center, Common Cause and Verified Voting Foundation report today on what states they believe will be the most likely to be trouble spots on election day. The report evaluates each state by four criteria: procedures for issuing emergency paper ballots, reconciling ballot tallies, providing paper records of votes cast, and post-election audits....

• Featured - VT: Vermont Town Says "NO" To Diebold Voting Machines
  http://vtvoters.org/articles/081016.calais.shtml
• Featured - National: Ready or Not: Report Predicts Voting Glitches
  http://blogs.wsj.com/was...redicts-voting-glitches/
• National: Editorial - Voting irregularities
  http://www.impre.com/lao...egularities-87449-1.html
• National: Strengthening Democracy Through Election Integrity
  http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0810/S00324.htm
• National: Voter fraud called a minor issue for November
  http://www.sfgate.com/cg...008/10/15/MNHN13HGJL.DTL
• National: Beware of Accidental Disenfranchisement
  Voting Rules Have Changed
  http://news.newamericame...f15bed1f41704cb836ceb3d4
• National: YouTube: An Invitation To Video Your Vote
  http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0810/S00252.htm
• National: Editorial - No place for sophomoric electioneering this year
  http://www.onlineathens....1608/opi_344497747.shtml
• National: No Voter Meltdown on Election Day
  http://www.blackvoicenew...om/content/view/42720/4/
• National: FindLaw Offers Special Edition: Elections 2008
  http://www.earthtimes.or...ctions-2008,582420.shtml
• National: The Problem Of Databases
  http://www.prospect.org/...the_problem_of_databases
• National: Call Out For Election Protection Wiki Help
  http://www.seeingthefore...8/10/call_out_for_el.htm
• National: Election Basics: The Voting Booth
  http://www.findingdulcin...er/The-Voting-Booth.html
• National: Voting Rights Watch: Report finds many Southern states unprepared for voting system failures
  http://southernstudies.o...ch-report-finds-many.asp
• National: Voter Watchdog Groups Write Public Officials: Promises to Monitor and Report on Denial of Voting Rights
  http://truevote.us/nucleus/index.php?itemid=265
• National: E-voting report: Several states still vulnerable
  http://www.networkworld....everal-states-still.html
• AL: Contests filed in Evergreen, Monroeville elections
  Candidates claim declared winners had illegal votes
  http://www.al.com/news/p...55935910.xml&coll=3
• CA: Despite lawsuit, state OKs Merced County's voting machines
  California elections officials previously said machines weren't tested
  http://www.mercedsunstar...om/167/story/500791.html
• CA: San Bernardino County - Electronic voting machines lie dormant
  http://www.vvdailypress....l/bernardino_voting.html
• CA: San Diego County - Elections Expert Sal Magallanez Speaks at Activist San Diego
  http://www.indybay.org/n.../2008/10/15/18544764.php
• CO: Report says Colorado poorly prepared for electronic voting machine problems
  http://www.rockymountain...-prepared-electronic-vo/
• CO: Rise in Voting by Mail Transforms Race in Colorado
  http://www.nytimes.com/2...itics/17colorado.html?hp
• CO: Report: CO among least-prepared to handle vote problems
  http://www.denverpost.com/politics/ci_10736646
• CO: Registration errors may thwart thousands of new voters from casting mail-in ballots
  http://coloradoindepende...-casting-mail-in-ballots
• CO: Boulder County - Man vs machine: Boulder County ballot testing
  http://denver.yourhub.co...eneral/Story~535283.aspx
• CO: El Paso County - Quirks at the clerk's
  Voters fret about errors, glitches and strange alliances
  http://www.csindy.com/gy.../Content?oid=oid%3A31350
• FL: Broward County Absentee Ballots Carry Party Affiliation
  Critics fear labeling on return envelopes could lead to ballots getting intentionally lost
  http://www.browardpalmbe...carry-party-affiliation/
• FL: Palm Beach County - How votes could go missing
  http://www.palmbeachpost..._engelhardtcol_1016.html
• FL: Sarasota County - Elections supervisor bars party observers
  http://www.pelicanpress.org/content/411_1.php
• GA: Diebold Vote Company Whistleblower and GOP Cyber Security Expert Both State That Chambliss Senate Race Was Rigged
  http://newsblaze.com/sto...400005.pnw/topstory.html
• GA: State responds to voter ID challenge
  http://www.ajc.com/servi...t/2008/10/15/voters.html
• HI: Hawaii needs an easy vote-by-mail system
  http://www.starbulletin....vote-by-mail_system.html
• IL: DuPage County - DuPage Dems: GOP bias taints vote panel
  http://www.suburbanchica...1_NA16_DUPAGE_S1.article
• IL: DuPage County – Opinion - What is being done to assure accuracy of election results?
  http://www.suburbanchica...16_MEGOCOLUMN_S1.article
• IL: DuPage County - DuPage election machines pass 'key' test
  http://www.dailyherald.c...ry/?id=243091&src=2
• IN: Report finds mixed results for Ind. vote readiness
  http://www.chicagotribun...machines,0,6114559.story
• IN: Lake County - Ind. GOP warns disputed early votes may be tossed
  http://www.chicagotribun...disputes,0,1895312.story
• KS: Shawnee County - This could be the year for voting machine problems
  http://www.ktka.com/news...voting_machine_problems/
• MA: Salem State panel tackles media and election questions
  http://www.wickedlocal.c...a-and-election-questions
• MD: Hordes Make Voter Registration Deadline
  http://www.washingtonpos.../15/AR2008101500020.html
• MN: As the election nears, nonprofits seek voter outreach, civic engagement
  http://www.minnpost.com/...utreach_civic_engagement
• MO: Mo. election officials prepare for heavy turnout
  http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/505866.html
• MS: Officials working to alleviate Election Day problems
  http://www.clarionledger...WS04/810160371/1001/news
• MS: Lawmakers say Miss. needs early voting on machines
  http://www.fortmilltimes...om/124/story/325121.html
• NJ: Monmouth County - Concerns Raised About New Voting Machines Now in Use
  http://thecoaster.net/wo...ing-machines-now-in-use/
• OH: Some Ohio counties still looking for poll workers
  http://www.ohio.com/news...rticleID=935809&c=y
• OH: Court Ruling May Impede Thousands of Ohio Voters
  http://www.nytimes.com/2...;ref=us&oref=slogin
• OH: Will Ohio GOP Block Voters at Polls in 2008?
  http://www.alternet.org/...voters_at_polls_in_2008/
• OH: Ohio Files Appeal to Supreme Court on Voter Registration Data
  http://www.washingtonpos.../16/AR2008101600702.html
• OH: Ohio Elections Head Appeals to US Supreme Court in Registration Case
  http://www.findingdulcin...n-Registration-Case.html
• OH: Report: Ohio elections in good shape
  http://news.cincinnati.c...81016/NEWS0108/310160116
• PA: Bucks County - Bucks renting 80 voting machines
  http://www.phillyburbs.c...11-10162008-1606305.html
• SC: Mass e-mails wrong about election rules
  Straight-party voting problem fixed, director says
  http://www.goupstate.com...ong_about_election_rules
• SC: Election Commission Clarifies Confusion About Voting Procedures
  http://www.wspa.com/spa/..._voting_procedures/9922/
• TN: Editorial - Making Every Vote Count
  http://www.tricities.com..._every_vote_count/15101/
• TN: Early voters cast ballots
  Pre-Election Day voting leaves some concerned
  http://www.jacksonsun.co...16/NEWS01/810160310/1002
• TN: Murfreesboro - Voters line up at the polls
  http://www.murfreesborop...news.php?viewStory=13500
• TX: Some still skeptical of electronic voting machines
  http://www.kvue.com/news...orries-cb.11764f9db.html
• TX: Travis County - Mega voting centers to open for Travis County elections
  http://www.news8austin.c.../default.asp?ArID=222153
• VA: Voter registration record: Expect long lines on Election Day
  http://www.dailyprogress...s_on_election_day/29533/
• WA: Snohomish County - Ballots go in mail today; GOP prepares for post-election fight
  http://heraldnet.com/art...0081016/NEWS01/710169849
• WI: Wisconsin Republicans accused of voter intimidation plot
  http://www.suntimes.com/...republican101508.article

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