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/articles/More-Election-Stories-Dou-by-Joan-Brunwasser-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.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/11/is_voting_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/a-1686989~Panel_to_look_at_paper_ballots__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/opinion/content/opinion/tucker/stories/2008/11/12/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.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/11/georgia_military_vet_american.php - GA: Georgia’s “Non-Citizen” Voting Controversy: A Recap
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/11/georgias_non-citizen_voting_co.php - KS: Crawford County – Election results counted again, but race remains unresolved
http://www.joplinglobe.com/local/local_story_316225001.html - KS: Crawford County – 1 recount down, another possible
http://www.morningsun.net/news/x1720650036/1-recount-down-another-possible - MI: Clerks report few voting glitches
http://www.spinalcolumnonline.com/Articles-i-2008-11-12-56482.113117_Clerks_report_few_voting_glitches.html - MN: A pre-count for the Coleman-Franken recount
http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/34242129.html?elr=KArks8c7PaP3E77K_3c::D3aDhUec7PaP3E77K_0c::D3aDhUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU - MN: What’s happening in Minnesota? part 6
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/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.com/politics/bellwether-states/24312/show-me-the-votes-the-ongoing-presidential-election-tally-in-missouri/ - OH: Study Voting System in Ohio
http://www.theintelligencer.net/page/content.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/disp/story.mpl/front/6107626.html - TX: Harris County – Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Over Provisional Ballots
http://www.click2houston.com/news/17965176/detail.html - TX: Harris County – Leftover ballots could switch 2 county judicial races
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6108869.html - VA: Pittsylvania County – Voting machine mistake mars treasurer’s election
http://www.wpcva.com/articles/2008/11/11/chatham/news/news38.txt - Washington DC: More DC Voting Problems
http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=78192&catid=158 - Washington DC: Cheh Presses Sequoia on Voting Machines
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dc/2008/11/election_software_is_a_big.html
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