{"id":6437,"date":"2008-09-27T16:19:59","date_gmt":"2008-09-27T23:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=6437"},"modified":"2008-09-27T16:19:59","modified_gmt":"2008-09-27T23:19:59","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-september-27-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=6437","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Daily Voting News&#8217; For September 27, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over 25 years ago one well-known political hack said this about voting, &#8220;I don&#8217;t want everybody to vote. Elections are not won by a majority of people, they never have been from the beginning of our country and they are not now. As a matter of fact, our leverage in the elections quite candidly goes up as the voting populace goes down.&#8221; Democracy is only effective when everyone participates. Please don&#8217;t be left out on election day. Make sure you are registered to vote now and ensure all of your information is correct and up-to-date and then exercise your right to that vote on election day. Forty-one states have a registration deadline between Oct 6 and Oct 20. Find out where to go to get information from your state <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votersunite.org\/info\/RegInfo.asp\">HERE<\/a>:  &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>National: &#8216;Murder, Spies &#038; Voting Lies: The Clint Curtis Story&#8217; Premieres on DVD and LinkTV!<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=6435\" target=\"_blank\"><i>https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=6435<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>National: Farewell, Election Day<br \/>\nWhat kind of people will not vote if doing so requires them to get off their couches and visit neighborhood polling places?<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/id\/161202\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/id\/161202<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>National: Editorial &#8211; Certified but Not Guaranteed <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/09\/28\/opinion\/28sun3.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/09\/28\/opinion\/28sun3.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CO: Don&#8217;t wait in 08 in Douglas County<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/denver.yourhub.com\/Roxborough\/Stories\/News\/Politics\/Story~526263.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/denver.yourhub.com\/Roxborough\/Stories\/News\/Politics\/Story~526263.aspx<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Law puts thousands of Florida voter IDs in question<br \/>\nFlorida&#8217;s controversial &#8216;no-match&#8217; law has already called into question thousands of new voter registrations.<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/politics\/florida\/story\/703761.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/politics\/florida\/story\/703761.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Broward County election activist wants to oversee elections<br \/>\nActivist is seeking to become Broward&#8217;s elections supervisor<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sun-sentinel.com\/news\/local\/broward\/sfl-flbsupervisor0927sbsep27,0,6866734.story\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.sun-sentinel.com\/news\/local\/broward\/sfl-flbsupervisor0927sbsep27,0,6866734.story<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Hillsborough County &#8211; Voting System Spots Really Campaign Ads, Critics Say<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.tbo.com\/content\/2008\/sep\/27\/me-design-of-vote-system-ads-questioned\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www2.tbo.com\/content\/2008\/sep\/27\/me-design-of-vote-system-ads-questioned\/<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Palm Beach County &#8220;\u201c Opinion &#8211; Papering over ballot confusion<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.palmbeachpost.com\/opinion\/content\/opinion\/epaper\/2008\/09\/27\/a10a_versteegcol_0927.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.palmbeachpost.com\/opinion\/content\/opinion\/epaper\/2008\/09\/27\/a10a_versteegcol_0927.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MA: Missing ballots delaying recount in Wilkerson\/Chang-Diaz primary<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bostonherald.com\/news\/regional\/politics\/view\/2008_09_27_Missing_ballots_delaying_recount_in_Wilkerson_Chang-Diaz_primary\/srvc=home&#038;position=recent\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/news.bostonherald.com\/news\/regional\/politics\/view\/2008_09_27_Missing_ballots_delaying_recount_in_Wilkerson_Chang-Diaz_primary\/srvc=home&#038;position=recent<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NJ: New Jerseyans take advantage of early voting<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycentraljersey.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20080927\/NEWS\/809270344\/-1\/newsfront\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.mycentraljersey.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20080927\/NEWS\/809270344\/-1\/newsfront<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Improve Early Voting in Ohio<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theintelligencer.net\/page\/content.detail\/id\/514703.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.theintelligencer.net\/page\/content.detail\/id\/514703.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Voting, Disputes Get Off to an Early Start in Ohio <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB122246960452480659.html?mod=googlenews_wsj\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB122246960452480659.html?mod=googlenews_wsj<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Fairfield County &#8211; Board scrambles to fix logistics on voting machines<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lancastereaglegazette.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20080927\/NEWS01\/809270301\/1002\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.lancastereaglegazette.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20080927\/NEWS01\/809270301\/1002<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TX: Ike spurs calls to extend voter registration<br \/>\nAdvocates for storm&#8217;s victims want Perry to move deadline.<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marshallnewsmessenger.com\/news\/content\/region\/legislature\/stories\/09\/27\/0927ikevoters.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.marshallnewsmessenger.com\/news\/content\/region\/legislature\/stories\/09\/27\/0927ikevoters.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TX: Groups ask Perry to extend voter deadline for Ike victims<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chron.com\/disp\/story.mpl\/headline\/metro\/6024898.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.chron.com\/disp\/story.mpl\/headline\/metro\/6024898.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>VA: ACLU warns voter pamphlet misleading<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.progress-index.com\/articles\/2008\/09\/27\/news\/pi_progindex.20080927.a.pg1.pi0927aclu_s1.1974480_top2.txt\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.progress-index.com\/articles\/2008\/09\/27\/news\/pi_progindex.20080927.a.pg1.pi0927aclu_s1.1974480_top2.txt<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>**&#8221;Daily Voting News&#8221; is meant as a comprehensive listing of reports each day concerning issues related to election and voting news around the country regardless of quality or political slant. Therefore, items listed in &#8220;Daily Voting News&#8221; may not reflect the opinions of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.VotersUnite.org\">VotersUnite.Org<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.BradBlog.com\">BradBlog.Com<\/a>**<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 25 years ago one well-known political hack said this about voting, &#8220;I don&#8217;t want everybody to vote. Elections are not won by a majority of people, they never have been from the beginning of our country and they are not now. As a matter of fact, our leverage in the elections quite candidly goes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-6437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-voting-news","bb-type-bradblog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6437\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6437"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcoauthors&post=6437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}