{"id":6470,"date":"2008-10-05T16:41:35","date_gmt":"2008-10-05T23:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=6470"},"modified":"2008-10-05T16:41:35","modified_gmt":"2008-10-05T23:41:35","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-october-05-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=6470","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Daily Voting News&#8217; For October 05, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we have four &#8220;Featured&#8221;\u009d articles. These four were selected together because they were all in the &#8220;Tennessean&#8221;\u009d newspaper; one of the largest newspapers in the state of Tennessee. These four articles are all found in the &#8216;Opinion&#8217; pages and were written by the state&#8217;s coordinator of elections, a member of the advocacy community, the mayor of Shelby Co Tennessee, and the newspapers editorial staff. These pieces cover a gamut of issues from voting machines to voter intimidation and suppression. It&#8217;s encouraging to have a newspaper feature these pieces and do it in this way. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Featured &#8211; TN: Opinion &#8211; Trust in voting systems shaky, so vigilance remains important<br \/>\nVoters seek ballot security<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20081005\/OPINION01\/810050416\/1008\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20081005\/OPINION01\/810050416\/1008<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Featured &#8211; TN: Opinion &#8211; Grants for machines will help this election<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20081005\/OPINION01\/810050419\/1008\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20081005\/OPINION01\/810050419\/1008<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Featured &#8211; TN: Opinion &#8220;\u201c Potential for error must be unacceptable<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20081005\/OPINION01\/810050418\/1008\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20081005\/OPINION01\/810050418\/1008<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Featured &#8211; TN: Opinion &#8211; Americans have learned why voting procedures matter<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20081005\/OPINION01\/810050417\/1008\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20081005\/OPINION01\/810050417\/1008<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>National: Exclusive Interview With Former Diebold Contractor<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scoop.co.nz\/stories\/HL0810\/S00012.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.scoop.co.nz\/stories\/HL0810\/S00012.htm<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>National: Ballot fiasco: the sequel<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/News\/USElection\/article\/511926\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/News\/USElection\/article\/511926<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>AZ: Maricopa County &#8211; Firm makes early ballots for general election<br \/>\nCompany in Tempe handles county order<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/arizonarepublic\/local\/articles\/2008\/10\/05\/20081005earlyvote1005.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/arizonarepublic\/local\/articles\/2008\/10\/05\/20081005earlyvote1005.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Contra Costa County &#8211; Foreclosure victims may lose voting rights if they don&#8217;t re-register<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidebayarea.com\/oaklandtribune\/localnews\/ci_10639287\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.insidebayarea.com\/oaklandtribune\/localnews\/ci_10639287<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Santa Cruz County &#8211; 2,300 voters without polling places <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/pressbanner.com\/content\/view\/1880\/42\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/pressbanner.com\/content\/view\/1880\/42\/<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: New voting system not quite goof-proof<br \/>\nOptical scanners and paper ballots, while upgrades to Florida&#8217;s previous voting systems, come with a new set of challenges for voters and poll workers. The first big test will come Nov. 4.<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/politics\/campaign-2008\/story\/713614.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/politics\/campaign-2008\/story\/713614.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Election Myth Buster in Pinellas County<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abcactionnews.com\/news\/local\/story.aspx?content_id=81a2cccb-6959-4514-9412-72648352fc5e\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.abcactionnews.com\/news\/local\/story.aspx?content_id=81a2cccb-6959-4514-9412-72648352fc5e<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>GA: ID rules for voter registration may cause confusion<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/metro\/content\/metro\/stories\/2008\/10\/06\/voters_1006.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/metro\/content\/metro\/stories\/2008\/10\/06\/voters_1006.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>LA: New Orleans &#8211; Provisional ballots delivered late to NO polls<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nola.com\/elections\/index.ssf\/2008\/10\/provisional_ballots_delivered.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.nola.com\/elections\/index.ssf\/2008\/10\/provisional_ballots_delivered.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>LA: New Orleans &#8211; Mix-up leaves some voters in limbo<br \/>\nProvisional ballots missing from polls<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nola.com\/timespic\/stories\/index.ssf?\/base\/\/library-156\/122318700811550.xml&#038;coll=1\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.nola.com\/timespic\/stories\/index.ssf?\/base\/\/library-156\/122318700811550.xml&#038;coll=1<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>LA: New Orleans &#8211; Some residents blocked from voting<br \/>\nIndependents briefly locked out of primary<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nola.com\/timespic\/stories\/index.ssf?\/base\/\/library-156\/122318704911550.xml&#038;coll=1\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.nola.com\/timespic\/stories\/index.ssf?\/base\/\/library-156\/122318704911550.xml&#038;coll=1<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MT: Republican lawmaker warns GOP voter challenge may backfire<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatfallstribune.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20081005\/NEWS01\/810050310\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.greatfallstribune.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20081005\/NEWS01\/810050310<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: 20 percent of provisional ballots rejected <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ohio.com\/news\/ap?articleID=882409&#038;c=y\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.ohio.com\/news\/ap?articleID=882409&#038;c=y<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Wary eye cast on &#8216;sign up &#038; vote&#8217;<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/news.cincinnati.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20081005\/NEWS0106\/810050321\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/news.cincinnati.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20081005\/NEWS0106\/810050321<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Many Ohio provisional ballots rejected; more help from poll workers could cut disqualifications<br \/>\nMany ballots can end up not being tallied<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/news\/plaindealer\/index.ssf?\/base\/cuyahoga\/1223195559320250.xml&#038;coll=2\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/news\/plaindealer\/index.ssf?\/base\/cuyahoga\/1223195559320250.xml&#038;coll=2<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Lawrence County &#8211; County could see 75 percent turnout<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.irontontribune.com\/news\/2008\/oct\/04\/county-could-see-75-percent\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.irontontribune.com\/news\/2008\/oct\/04\/county-could-see-75-percent\/<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TX: Milam County &#8220;\u201c Opinion &#8211; Time to check your voter registration<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cameronherald.com\/articles\/2008\/10\/05\/news\/opinion\/column01.txt\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.cameronherald.com\/articles\/2008\/10\/05\/news\/opinion\/column01.txt<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>VA: Columnist &#8211; Touch-screen generates more doubts <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/hamptonroads.com\/2008\/10\/touchscreen-generates-more-doubts\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/hamptonroads.com\/2008\/10\/touchscreen-generates-more-doubts<\/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>Today we have four &#8220;Featured&#8221;\u009d articles. These four were selected together because they were all in the &#8220;Tennessean&#8221;\u009d newspaper; one of the largest newspapers in the state of Tennessee. These four articles are all found in the &#8216;Opinion&#8217; pages and were written by the state&#8217;s coordinator of elections, a member of the advocacy community, the [&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-6470","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\/6470","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=6470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6470\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6470"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcoauthors&post=6470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}