{"id":6492,"date":"2008-10-09T16:23:11","date_gmt":"2008-10-09T23:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=6492"},"modified":"2008-10-10T05:44:04","modified_gmt":"2008-10-10T12:44:04","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-october-09-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=6492","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Daily Voting News&#8217; For October 09, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;When I finally saw the results of our [EVEREST] tests, I thought I was going to throw up. I didn&#8217;t think it would be that bad. And it was &#8220;\u201d it was awful. I looked at it on a Saturday morning, and that night I went to bed and woke up [just before 4:00 on] Sunday morning going, &#8220;Oh my God.&#8221;\u009d I never wake up on the weekends &#8220;\u201d trust me.&#8221;\u009d<br \/>\nJennifer Brunner, Ohio&#8217;s Secretary of State, when asked in <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=6483\">a recent interview<\/a> about the state&#8217;s EVEREST evaluation of the voting machines used in Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>The group of potential voters that has participated the least in past years has probably been students. From all reports students seem to be engaged in this year&#8217;s election and will be turning out in large numbers. That can only be a good thing. However, it seems that some are doing all they can to keep the students away from the polls. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marshallnewsmessenger.com\/hp\/content\/shared\/news\/stories\/2008\/10\/VOTING_COLLEGE05_1STLD_COX.html\">Our second &#8220;Featured&#8221;\u009d article<\/a> discusses the actions being taken to disenfranchise student voters and the counter-actions to enfranchise them.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Featured &#8211; OH: Exclusive: OH&#8217;s SoS Brunner Looks Beyond Todays E-Voting Nightmares<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"sjhdAhSg4k\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=6483\">Exclusive: OH&#8217;s SoS Brunner Looks Beyond Today&#8217;s E-Voting Nightmares<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Exclusive: OH&#8217;s SoS Brunner Looks Beyond Today&#8217;s E-Voting Nightmares&#8221; &#8212; The BRAD BLOG\" src=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=6483&#038;embed=true#?secret=q8x622zyra#?secret=sjhdAhSg4k\" data-secret=\"sjhdAhSg4k\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Featured &#8211; National: College students facing barriers to voting<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.marshallnewsmessenger.com\/hp\/content\/shared\/news\/stories\/2008\/10\/VOTING_COLLEGE05_1STLD_COX.html<\/p>\n<p>National: States&#8217; Purges of Voter Rolls Appear Illegal<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/10\/09\/us\/politics\/09voting.html?_r=1&#038;ref=politics&#038;oref=slogin<\/p>\n<p>National: NYTimes: Thousand of Eligible Voters Illegally Removed From Voter Rolls<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"xST8cuFRP2\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=6490\">NYTIMES: THOUSANDS OF ELIGIBLE VOTERS ILLEGALLY REMOVED FROM VOTER ROLLS<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;NYTIMES: THOUSANDS OF ELIGIBLE VOTERS ILLEGALLY REMOVED FROM VOTER ROLLS&#8221; &#8212; The BRAD BLOG\" src=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=6490&#038;embed=true#?secret=QUK3OA28SA#?secret=xST8cuFRP2\" data-secret=\"xST8cuFRP2\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>National: Are States Illegally Removing Voters From the Rolls?<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.prospect.org\/csnc\/blogs\/tapped_archive?month=10&#038;year=2008&#038;base_name=are_states_illegally_removing<\/p>\n<p>National: Purges &#038; Provisional Ballots<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/moritzlaw.osu.edu\/electionlaw\/freefair\/articles.php?ID=2461<\/p>\n<p>National: Think Again: The Uses and Abuses of &#8220;Voter Fraud&#8221;\u009d<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.americanprogress.org\/issues\/2008\/10\/voter_fraud.html<\/p>\n<p>National: Polling places lack resources, civil rights group says<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/news\/politics\/election2008\/2008-10-08-racevote_N.htm<\/p>\n<p>National: U.S. polling places said to lack resources<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.timesoftheinternet.com\/9743.html<\/p>\n<p>National: Election Protection Wiki  Registration Concludes in Many States<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.accuracy.org\/newsrelease.php?articleId=1835<\/p>\n<p>National: Elections officials deny illegally purging voters<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/ap.google.com\/article\/ALeqM5jEO59UYwxH2aOTkJJiWyLf7P0slQD93N69C02<\/p>\n<p>National: Democrats Fight Back: Taking On GOP Voter Suppression<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/christine-pelosi\/democrats-fight-back-taki_b_133358.html<\/p>\n<p>National: Voters Want Choices. And They Want to Be Heard<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s why Ranked Choice Voting makes so much sense.<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.seattleweekly.com\/2008-06-11\/news\/voters-want-choices-and-they-want-to-be-heard\/<\/p>\n<p>National: Protecting the Vote<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/egpnews.com\/?p=2379<\/p>\n<p>National: Voting concerns persist in Florida and around the country<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.wmnf.org\/news_stories\/6224<\/p>\n<p>AZ: Many Arizona election results could be delayed<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.azstarnet.com\/sn\/hourlyupdate\/261506.php<\/p>\n<p>AZ: Early ballots may stall vote results<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/arizonarepublic\/local\/articles\/2008\/10\/09\/20081009earlyvoting1009.html<\/p>\n<p>CA: Los Angeles County &#8211; Surge in voter registration highlights electoral fraud<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.malibutimes.com\/articles\/2008\/10\/09\/news\/news6.txt<\/p>\n<p>CO: Coffman to address NYT voter purge story<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/dnc\/ci_10678855<\/p>\n<p>CO: Coffman says report wrong on voter purging<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.rockymountainnews.com\/news\/2008\/oct\/09\/democratic-official-questions-report-voter-purges\/?partner=RSS<\/p>\n<p>CO: Ritter scolds Coffman over voter error<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.rockymountainnews.com\/news\/2008\/oct\/09\/ritter-scolds-coffman-over-voter-error\/<\/p>\n<p>CO: Ritter Responds<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.csindy.com\/gyrobase\/Content?oid=oid%3A31158<\/p>\n<p>CO: Denver &#8211; Voter registration forms scrutinized<br \/>\nElection workers find thousands of errors on records<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.rockymountainnews.com\/news\/2008\/oct\/09\/voter-registration-forms-scrutinized\/<\/p>\n<p>CO: El Paso County &#8211; Lawmaker calls out El Paso Clerk Balink for &#8217;12-point strategy&#8217; on voter suppression<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/coloradoindependent.com\/10844\/lawmaker-calls-out-el-paso-clerk-balink-for-12-point-strategy-on-voter-suppression<\/p>\n<p>CO: El Paso County &#8211; Springs editor beseeches Gov. Ritter to intervene in election &#8216;crisis&#8217;<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/coloradoindependent.com\/10914\/springs-editor-beseeches-gov-ritter-to-intervene-in-election-crisis<\/p>\n<p>FL: Few reliable voting machines in Florida<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.heise-online.co.uk\/news\/Few-reliable-voting-machines-in-Florida&#8211;\/111696<\/p>\n<p>IA: Plymouth County &#8211; Voters back to pen and paper at the polls<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.lemarssentinel.com\/story\/1468392.html<\/p>\n<p>KY: Voters&#8217; fears about tricks understandable<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.kentucky.com\/139\/story\/550030.html<\/p>\n<p>LA: Iberia Parish &#8211; Electronic voting glitch reported in Delcambre race<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.iberianet.com\/articles\/2008\/10\/09\/news\/doc48ee56fed1702965734605.txt<\/p>\n<p>LA: Orleans Parish &#8211; State official suggests shakeup at polls<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.nola.com\/news\/index.ssf\/2008\/10\/state_official_suggests_shakeu.html<\/p>\n<p>MI: Thousands of voters removed or blocked from registering<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/abclocal.go.com\/wjrt\/story?section=news\/local&#038;id=6440949<\/p>\n<p>MO: Voter registration fraud investigated<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.krcg.com\/news\/news_story.aspx?id=204257<\/p>\n<p>MT: Molloy calls GOP voter challenges &#8216;political chicanery&#8217;<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.missoulian.com\/articles\/2008\/10\/08\/news\/local\/news01a.txt<\/p>\n<p>MT: Judge blasts GOP voter registration challenges<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.missoulian.com\/articles\/2008\/10\/09\/news\/local\/news03.txt<\/p>\n<p>MT: Montana GOP Spanked by Judge for Bogus, Illegal Voter Challenges<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"4KW220xqR7\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=6489\">Montana GOP Spanked by Judge for Bogus, Illegal Voter Challenges<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Montana GOP Spanked by Judge for Bogus, Illegal Voter Challenges&#8221; &#8212; The BRAD BLOG\" src=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=6489&#038;embed=true#?secret=cY4C6Ul9Y6#?secret=4KW220xqR7\" data-secret=\"4KW220xqR7\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>NV: Lomax, Miller say NYT got it wrong<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.lasvegassun.com\/blogs\/ralstons-flash\/2008\/oct\/09\/lomax-miller-say-nyt-got-it-wrong\/<\/p>\n<p>NV: Washoe County Registrar: Voter fraud attempts will be &#8220;unsuccessful&#8221;<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.krnv.com\/Global\/story.asp?S=9148702&#038;nav=menu113_1_3<\/p>\n<p>OH: E-voting system evaluator: &#8220;I thought I was going to throw up&#8221;\u009d<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/2008\/10\/08\/e-voting-system-evaluator-i-thought-i-was-going-to-throw-up\/<\/p>\n<p>OH: Courts Allow Same-Day Vote Window to Go Forward in Ohio<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/voices.washingtonpost.com\/the-trail\/2008\/09\/29\/courts_allow_same-day_vote_win.html<\/p>\n<p>OH: GOP, Brunner spar over verifying voter registrations<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/dispatch.com\/live\/content\/local_news\/stories\/2008\/10\/08\/toolittle.html?sid=101<\/p>\n<p>OH: Editorial &#8211; That&#8217;s a Pretty Big Glitch<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/10\/09\/opinion\/09thu2.html?ei=5070&#038;emc=eta1<\/p>\n<p>OH: Dispatch propaganda campaign to cover-up e-voting flaws reaches new low<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.freepress.org\/columns\/display\/3\/2008\/1684<\/p>\n<p>OH: Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner on Voter Rights, Faulty Electronic Voting Machines, Voter Fraud and GOP Voter Challenges<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.democracynow.org\/2008\/10\/9\/ohio_secretary_of_state_jennifer_brunner<\/p>\n<p>OH: Franklin County &#8211; Voters who goof can get new ballot<br \/>\nPaper option may lead to more errors<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.dispatchpolitics.com\/live\/content\/local_news\/stories\/2008\/10\/09\/copy\/spoiledballot.ART_ART_10-09-08_B1_38BI868.html?adsec=politics&#038;sid=101<\/p>\n<p>PA: Group says many Pa. voters may face lines at polls<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.philly.com\/philly\/wires\/ap\/news\/state\/pennsylvania\/20081009_ap_groupsaysmanypavotersmayfacelinesatpolls.html<\/p>\n<p>PA: Philadelphia &#8220;\u201c &#8216;Tis the Season of Election Dirty Tricks: Scaring Student Voters<br \/>\nFlyer Warns of Undercover Police Presence at Polls on Election Day<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/print?id=5963751<\/p>\n<p>SC: Beaufort County &#8211; County voting machines up and running<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.beaufortgazette.com\/local\/story\/579726.html<\/p>\n<p>TN: Sullivan County &#8211; Sullivan election commissioner wants extra set of GOP eyes at the polls<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.timesnews.net\/article.php?id=9008486<\/p>\n<p>VA: Virginia not ready for Election Day surge, voters group says<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/hamptonroads.com\/2008\/10\/virginia-not-prepared-surge-voters-charges-advancement-project<\/p>\n<p>VA: Voter group says Va. not ready to handle huge voter turnout<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.inrich.com\/cva\/ric\/news.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-10-09-0184.html<\/p>\n<p>VA: Loudon County &#8211; Registered and Ready to Vote<br \/>\nThousands Beat Deadline For November Election<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/10\/08\/AR2008100800034.html<\/p>\n<p>WI: Our View: Voter ID suit all politics, no substance<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.wausaudailyherald.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20081009\/WDH06\/810090334<\/p>\n<p>WI: Politicians disrespect voting rights<br \/>\nVoting system needs to see improvements<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/media.www.spectatornews.com\/media\/storage\/paper218\/news\/2008\/10\/09\/Editorialopinion\/Politicians.Disrespect.Voting.Rights-3478223.shtml<\/p>\n<p>Washington DC &#8211; Firm, Elections Board Faulted in Voting Mishap<br \/>\nPanel Cites Poor Equipment, Communication<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/10\/08\/AR2008100803542.html<\/p>\n<p>**Articles and commentary included in &#8220;Daily Voting News&#8221;\u009d may not all reflect the opinions of VotersUnite.Org or its allied organizations. 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