One of the benefits of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 is supposed to be that voters with disabilities can now vote without assistance and in private. It is supposed to be that way but, in truth, it is not. Many federal, state and county election officials don't seem to care that special voting machines don't comply with federal law, that they are not set-up on election day, or that they just don't work and poll workers have no idea how to make them work. It is as if those machines are a hindrance that some federal law requires be at the polls. Our featured article tells the stories of a couple voters with disabilities and their travails at the polls last week....

• Featured - National: More Election Stories: Double Trouble
  http://www.opednews.com/...runwasser-081112-49.html
• National: A Preliminary Analysis of OVL Voting Equipment Reports
  http://blog.ourvotelive.org/?p=422
• National: Is Voting Reform On The Horizon?
  http://tpmmuckraker.talk...reform_on_the_horizo.php
• AK: Candidates await today's vote count
  30 PERCENT: Stevens' fate rests in thousands of uncounted ballots.
  http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/586095.html
• AZ: Pima County - The County's Response to Our Election-Integrity Coverage"“and a Response to That
  http://blog.tucsonweekly.com/?p=1691
• CO: Changes in elections sought
  A state panel will start looking today at how to improve the system.
  http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_10960593
• CO: Panel to look at paper ballots, all-mail voting
  http://www.examiner.com/...ts__all_mail_voting.html
• CT: Secretary Of The State, Town Clerks Open To Explore Early Voting
  http://www.ctvoterscount.org/?p=990
• GA: GOP wants to protect right to vote "” for right people
  http://www.ajc.com/opini...8/11/12/tucked_1112.html
• GA: Trust but verify
  http://www.covnews.com/news/article/4472/
• GA: Georgia Military Vet, American Born, Was Flagged As Non-Citizen
  http://tpmmuckraker.talk...ilitary_vet_american.php
• GA: Georgia's "Non-Citizen" Voting Controversy: A Recap
  http://tpmmuckraker.talk...on-citizen_voting_co.php
• KS: Crawford County - Election results counted again, but race remains unresolved
  http://www.joplinglobe.c...cal_story_316225001.html
• KS: Crawford County - 1 recount down, another possible
  http://www.morningsun.ne...nt-down-another-possible
• MI: Clerks report few voting glitches
  http://www.spinalcolumno...few_voting_glitches.html
• MN: A pre-count for the Coleman-Franken recount
  http://www.startribune.c...c::D3aDhUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU
• MN: What's happening in Minnesota? part 6
  http://www.powerlineblog...hives/2008/11/022055.php
• MN: National Republican Party Creates Conspiracy Site, Claims 'Stolen Election' in MN's U.S. Senate Race
  https://bradblog.com/?p=6660
• MO: Show Me the Votes: The Ongoing Presidential Election Tally in Missouri
  http://themoderatevoice....ction-tally-in-missouri/
• OH: Study Voting System in Ohio
  http://www.theintelligen...nt.detail/id/516888.html
• TX: Harris County - Dems sue registrar over votes for judges
  Bettencourt gets flak for uncounted provisional ballots
  http://www.chron.com/dis...y.mpl/front/6107626.html
• TX: Harris County - Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Over Provisional Ballots
  http://www.click2houston...ews/17965176/detail.html
• TX: Harris County - Leftover ballots could switch 2 county judicial races
  http://www.chron.com/dis...y.mpl/front/6108869.html
• VA: Pittsylvania County - Voting machine mistake mars treasurer's election
  http://www.wpcva.com/art.../chatham/news/news38.txt
• Washington DC: More DC Voting Problems
  http://www.wusa9.com/new...yid=78192&catid=158
• Washington DC: Cheh Presses Sequoia on Voting Machines
  http://voices.washington...n_software_is_a_big.html

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