Provisional ballot usage has become a big issue this election. Many voters don’t want to use them and who can blame them? Many voters need to use them as the only way they can vote. Part of the problem is that they are misused by election officials.
Voter suppression schemes are being used around the country. Someone hacked into the George Mason University intranet and sent an email to staff and students, via the Provost’s email, that election day had been moved to Wed. The Provost, on discovering this, sent an email to tell recipients this was a hoax. Robocalls have been placed to voters telling them the same thing. However, with all of these schemes, and more, the turnout will probably set a record at the polls.
A judge has ordered a restraining order at the request of the McCain campaign to require the state to extend the date for adding votes from military voters to the totals to Nov 14 from close of polls today. This means the election may not be certified until after Nov 14.
Also going to court is a group representing the voters of Philadelphia who are asking a judge to tell the county to follow a previous ruling and to count emergency paper ballots tonight and not later in the week as they want.
And the Ohio GOP has filed asked a federal court to rule that provisional ballots be verified and counted the same way statewide….
- National: Voting Machine Wins the Presidential Race
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/11/voting-machine.html - National: E-Voting Put to the Ultimate Test
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/realitybase/2008/11/04/e-voting-put-to-the-ultimate-test/ - National: Optical Scanners Winning War of Voting Machines
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Optical-Scanners-Winning-War-of-Voting-Machines/ - National: Voting machine insecurity
Technical glitches and security incidents from the past still cast a long shadow over the electronic voting.
http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/47494-1.html - National: Op-Scan Machines Have Trouble Reading Ballots
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/11/op-scan-machine.html - National: Machine Problem Reports Increasing in VA, PA, FL…
https://bradblog.com/?p=6619 - National: Voting technology: Arrows vs. ovals for optical scan ballots
http://blogs.computerworld.com/voting_technology_arrows_vs_ovals_for_optical_scan_ballots - National: Scattered problems reported in historic U.S. vote
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/04/voting.problems/?imw=Y&iref=mpstoryemail - National: Election Problems Around the Country
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/11/election-prob-1.html - National: E-voting glitches hamper elections in seven states
Hanging Chad, make room for Folded Crease
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/04/election_day_evoting_glitches/ - National: Voting Problems Reports Slowly Coming In
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/washingtonpostinvestigations/2008/11/voting_problems_reports_coming.html - National: Glitches, machine breakdowns hamper voting in five states
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/55259.html - National: E-Voting Machines in Two-Dozen States Incorrectly Count Votes
http://www.pubrecord.org/nationworld/454-voting-machines-in-two-dozen-states-incorrectly-count-votes.html - National: ELECTION PROTECTION 2008: Proskauer Partner Says Provisional Ballots a Concern
http://amlawdaily.typepad.com/amlawdaily/2008/11/election-2008-p.html - National: E-voting ’08: Problems, yes, but it could have been worse
Scattered malfunctions caused delays but didn’t appear to be widespread
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9119071&intsrc=news_ts_head - National: Republican National Committee Prepares for Computerized Voting Fraud Legal Battle
http://tinyurl.com/5hptsr - AR: Technical Glitch Affects Machines in Clay County
http://www.kait8.com/Global/story.asp?S=9291876&nav=menu67_2 - AZ: AZ election results to start at 8 p.m. – except Pima
http://www.azcapitoltimes.com/story.cfm?id=9744 - AZ: Pima County – County challenged over vote-counting for disabled
http://www.fox11az.com/news/topstories/stories/kmsb20081104jc-county-challenged-vote-counting-dis.17d305e6f.html - CA: Los Angeles County – SoCal Voting Problems
http://www.knx1070.com/Voting-Problems-in-the-Valley/3254548 - CA: Los Angeles County – Four L.A. polling places struggle with power outages
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-pollproblems5-2008nov05,0,2915947.story - CO: Colorado Voters Cast Ballots
http://cbs4denver.com/politics/denver.voters.ballots.2.856047.html - CT: Memory card problem will not affect Torrington polls
http://www.registercitizen.com/articles/2008/11/04/news/doc4910802049d17446977746.txt - FL: In Florida, Glitches Leave Thousands of Unscanned Ballots Piling Up, Warns Watchdog
http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/campaign-2008/2008/11/04/in-florida-glitches-leave-thousands-of-unscanned-ballots-piling-up-warns-watchdog.html - FL: Voting Rights Watch: Pollsite sabatoge foiled in Florida
http://southernstudies.org/facingsouth/2008/11/voting-rights-watch-pollsite-sabatoge.asp - FL: Voting Rights Watch: Across Florida optical scanner failures are a widespread issue
http://southernstudies.org/facingsouth/2008/11/voting-rights-watch-across-florida.asp - FL: Florida Ballots Go Into Duffle Bags
http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_plank/archive/2008/11/04/florida-ballots-go-into-duffle-bags.aspx - FL: Palm Beach County – Palm Beach County precinct problems
http://www.wptv.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=0443f586-cec6-4dfc-8eb1-2b54b388b00f - FL: Palm Beach County – Elections officials: Glitches abound, but election is going smoothly
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2008/11/04/1104elexdelays.html - GA: Clayton sends up helicopter to check lines
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/clayton/stories/2008/11/04/clayton_election.html?cxntlid=brkng_nws_bnr - IA: Grinnell College students’ ballots challenged
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20081104/NEWS/81104012&theme=CAMPAIGN_2008 - KY: Kenton County – Malfunctioning machines pulled in N. Ky.
http://www.nola.com/elections/index.ssf/2008/11/malfunctioning_machines_pulled.html - MD: Montgomery County – Broken poll book doubles the wait in Takoma Park
http://www.mddailyrecord.com/article.cfm?id=8989&type=UTTM - MI: Machine malfunctions, voter intimidation reported
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081104/POLITICS01/811040396/&imw=Y - MI: Voting machine incorrectly counts votes, Oakland Co. clerk says
http://www.freep.com/article/20081104/NEWS15/81104053 - MI: Electronic Voting Machine Maker Responds
http://www.propublica.org/article/electronic-voting-machine-maker-responds-1104/ - MN: Voters Report Broken Machines in Buffalo, Brooklyn Center
Overall, few voting problems on Election Day in Minnesota
http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7788175&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1 - MO: Hundreds wait in line to vote in Cape Girardeau
http://www.semissourian.com/article/20081104/NEWS01/711055095 - MS: Voting machine complaints reported
http://www.sunherald.com/185/story/930164.html - MS: Voting snafus addressed in South Mississippi
http://www.sunherald.com/pageone/story/930309.html - NJ: High turnout, voter problems reported around NJ
http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/state/new_jersey/20081104_ap_highturnoutvoterproblemsreportedaroundnj.html - NJ: Thousands of new N.J. voters forced to use paper ballots
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/11/thousands_of_new_nj_voters_for.html - NJ: Morris County – Registration mix-ups send Morris voters to court
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/11/registration_mixups_send_morri.html - NY: One Sequoia machine faulty; no other major hiccups in Tompkins County
http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20081104/NEWS03/81104021 - NY: Tim Robbins Faces Mix-Up at Polling Place
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/04/tim-robbins-encounters-confusion-at-the-polls/?ei=5070&emc=eta1 - OH: Ohio GOP files complaint over provisional ballots
http://news.bostonherald.com/news/politics/2008/view/2008_11_04_Ohio_GOP_files_complaint_over_provisional_ballots/srvc=home&position=recent - OH: Fairfield County – Fairfield corrects provisional ballot snafu
http://blog.dispatch.com/vote08/2008/11/ready_for_prime_time.shtml - OH: Franklin County – Concerns about provisional ballots surfacing
http://blog.dispatch.com/vote08/2008/11/concerns_about_provisional_bal_1.shtml - OH: Stark County voters bemoan machine troubles
http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?Category=9&ID=439655&subCategoryID=31 - PA: Officials: Potential problem in voting straight party
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20081104_Even_before_polling_stations_opened_at_7_00_this_morning__NO_HEAD_SPECIFIED.html - PA: Centre County – PSU students reportedly facing voting hurdles
http://www.timesleader.com/news/ap?articleID=1030548 - PA: Philadelphia County – Philadelphia County Election Officials Fail To Meet Secretary of State’s Orders to Count Emergency Paper Ballots on Election Night – County Claims It Will Count Such Ballots on Friday
http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2989&Itemid=113 - PA: Philadelphia County – NAACP files suit over emergency ballots
http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2008/11/03/daily17.html - PA: Wayne County – Tunkhannock poll worker dismissed after allegations of impropriety
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081104/NEWS/81104023 - TN: Shelby County – Dozens in Bartlett unable to vote in city’s election
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2008/nov/04/dozens-bartlett-unable-vote-citys-election/ - VA: Voting Rights Watch: More details emerge on widespread Va. voting problems
http://southernstudies.org/facingsouth/2008/11/voting-rights-watch-more-details-emerge.asp - VA: Judge Issues Restraining Order in Virginia Vote
http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/11/04/judge-issues-restraining-order-in-virginia-vote - VA: Voting Rights Watch: Many of Va.’s election day problems could have been avoided by honoring request for paper ballots
http://southernstudies.org/facingsouth/2008/11/voting-rights-watch-many-of-vas.asp - VA: Voting Rights Watch: Improperly distributed provisional ballots jeopardize Virginians’ voting rights
http://southernstudies.org/facingsouth/2008/11/voting-rights-watch-improperly.asp - VA: Election Watchers Report Problems Across Virginia
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/virginiapolitics/2008/11/the_election_protection_coalit.html - VA: Virginia: The New Florida?
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20081117/gumbel - VA: Hacker sends bogus e-mail from George Mason University official’s account
http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2008/11/03/daily37.html - VA: Voting Machine Problems in Hampton
http://www.wtkr.com/Global/story.asp?S=9290967&nav=ZolHbyvj - VA: Hampton Roads Voting Problems
http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-135518 - VA: Voting Rights Watch: Voting problems continue to plague Virginia
http://southernstudies.org/facingsouth/2008/11/voting-rights-watch-voting-problems.asp - VA: Pittsylvania County – Voters Asked to Return to Polls
http://www.wset.com/news/stories/1108/567001.html - WV: Ohio County – Voters Have Trouble At the Polls
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