5 days until Election Day.

A deal was struck last evening in Colorado with the Secretary of State. 20,000 voters who were illegally purged from the state’s voter rolls will now be allowed to vote using provisional ballots and those ballots will get priority handling and a presumption of validity by Colorado counties.

The Reform Institute, a non-partisan public policy organization, today released a checklist to assist voters in casting their ballots. The checklist provides helpful tips for voters, especially those going to the polls for the first time, to facilitate a voting process free of complications....

• Featured - CO: Deal ensures 20,000 taken off rolls can to vote
  http://www.rockymountain...n-off-rolls-can-to-vote/
• Featured - National: Guide for Navigating the Polls Released
  Checklist Helps Prepare and Inform Voters for Election Day
  http://www.reforminstitu...aspx?nid=1426&cid=7
• National: Lab that Tests and Certifies Voting Machines Suspended
  http://blog.wired.com/27...8/10/lab-that-tests.html
• National: Experts see potential problems on Election Day
  http://www.sfgate.com/cg...E.DTL&type=politics
• National: Election officials brace for huge turnout
  http://www.sfgate.com/cg...N4N13PJCE.DTL&tsp=1
• National: Legal battles over balloting
  http://www.latimes.com/n...008oct30,0,1927132.story
• National: ACLU Launches Voter Empowerment Program
  http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0810/S00587.htm
• National: Paper Ballot Has Md.'s, Va.'s Vote
  2 States Plan to Ditch Electronic Machines, Part of a Rapid National Reversal
  http://www.washingtonpos...id%3Dtopnews&sub=AR
• National: Editorial - The Success of Early Voting
  http://www.nytimes.com/2...=slogin&oref=slogin
• National: Glitch reports mount for e-voting machines
  http://www.betanews.com/...ting_machines/1225325421
• National: Telling No Lies and Still Not Telling the Truth
  http://www.opednews.com/...e-Berman-081030-580.html
• National: BLACK LEGAL ISSUES: Does the 'Help America Vote Act of 2002' really guarantee your right to vote?
  http://eurweb.com/story/eur48246.cfm
• National: Vote watchdogs warn of troubles on election day
  http://www.latimes.com/n...008oct30,0,3851838.story
• National: Have American Elections Really Been Stolen?
  http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0810/S00428.htm
• National: Election officials brace for huge turnout
  http://www.sfgate.com/cg...008/10/30/MN4N13PJCE.DTL
• AZ: Pima County - Big turnout, long lines expected on Election Day
  Half of votes cast may be from early voting
  http://www.tucsoncitizen.../fromcomments/101132.php
• CO: Colorado Sued To Reverse Voter Purges
  http://www.alternet.org/...to_reverse_voter_purges/
• FL: Election revolt over provisional ballots
  http://www.tampabay.com/.../state/article881423.ece
• FL: Sarasota County - Feds move to suspend company that certified electronic voting machines that Sarasota County used in contested 2006 congressional election.
  http://www.bradenton.com/198/story/993098.html
• GA: Georgia to 4,770: Your vote is ‘challenged’
  http://www.ajc.com/news/...ia_votes_challenged.html
• GA: State to notify 4,770 their votes are ‘challenged’
  http://www.ajc.com/servi.../2008/10/30/citizen.html
• GA: Editorial - Early-voting hours must be extended
  http://www.ajc.com/opini...8/10/30/voteed_1030.html
• GA: Coweta County - 26 percent have voted in Coweta
  http://www.times-herald....e-voted-in-Coweta-578122
• IL: Sangamon County returns to paper ballots
  http://www.sj-r.com/home...returns-to-paper-ballots
• IN: Voter registry concerns emerging
  http://www.courierpress....istry-concerns-emerging/
• KY: State making progress on voting systems
  http://www.kentucky.com/589/story/573636.html
• MA: Where voting machines reside
  http://www.wickedlocal.c...e-voting-machines-reside
• MO: St. Louis voters will test election plans
  http://www.stltoday.com/...4F200125EDF?OpenDocument
• NC: Guilford County - Officials: Voting machines fine
  http://hpe.southernheadl...ection=6&story=5628
• NC: Guilford County - Editorial: Make early voting easy
  http://www.news-record.c...l_make_early_voting_easy
• NY: Voting machine approval hits delay
  Testing company loses federal certification; decision won't impact Tuesday's vote
  http://www.timesunion.co...443&category=REGION
• OH: ACLU Urges Rejection Of 200,00 Voter Challenges
  http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0810/S00588.htm
• OH: Possible voter-fraud cases keep cropping up
  http://www.columbusdispa.../29/fraud30.html?sid=101
• OH: In Ohio, Wary Eyes On Election Process
  Fears of Fraud and Blocked Votes
  http://www.washingtonpos.../29/AR2008102904545.html
• OH: Ashland County - Voting lawsuit asks: Where should inmates register?
  http://blog.cleveland.co..._lawsuit_after_inca.html
• PA: Opinion - Having paper ballots on hand sensible as backup to machines
  http://www.pennlive.com/...28255050.xml&coll=1
• PA: Court Orders Pa. to Provide Paper Ballots
  http://voices.washington...s_pa_to_provide_pap.html
• PA: Federal Judge Rules in Favor of Plaintiff Demand for Emergency Paper Ballots in PA (With Updates)
  https://bradblog.com/?p=6588
• PA: Paper's ready if machines fail voters
  http://www.philly.com/da...achines_fail_voters.html
• PA: Will every vote count?
  http://www.philly.com/da...l_every_vote_count_.html
• PA: Westmoreland County - County bans cameras from polls
  http://www.pittsburghliv...stmoreland/s_595844.html
• TX: More Vote-Flipping In TX From Dems To Republicans
  http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0810/S00421.htm
• TX: Beaumont voter complaint makes CNN blog
  http://www.beaumontenter...cnn_blog_10-29-2008.html
• TX: Galveston County - Blunder at polls casts doubt on school bond
  http://www.galvnews.com/...46A71926001221rjU42E7A38
• TX: Webb County - Paper ballots
  Agreement states only the disabled will use voting machines
  http://www.lmtonline.com...06bbd568cb1287938360.txt
• WV: Machine filmed flipping votes
  Group did not use part where it worked, Jackson clerk says
  http://sundaygazettemail.com/News/200810290855
• WV: Secretary of State Wants Voters to Stay Confident
  http://www.statejournal....story&storyid=46201

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