{"id":6501,"date":"2008-10-11T16:38:26","date_gmt":"2008-10-11T23:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=6501"},"modified":"2008-10-11T17:11:58","modified_gmt":"2008-10-12T00:11:58","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-october-11-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=6501","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Daily Voting News&#8217; For October 11, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I want to thank all of those who commented on <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=6498\">my rant of yesterday<\/a>. Your kind comments are very much appreciated. One email I received was especially meaningful to me. The subject line was &#8220;In loving memory &#8211; Michael, James, Andrew&#8221;\u009d and after a short bit of encouraging text, and the posters signature line, were three names: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/spot\/bhmjustice4.html\">Michael Schwerner, James Chaney, and Andrew Goodman<\/a>. The names were then followed by a little historical reminder of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Freedom_Summer\">&#8220;Freedom Summer&#8221;\u009d<\/a> and the part those three heroes played in the Civil Rights Movement.<\/p>\n<p>I realized that we all, all of us, owe it to those three, and all like them, past and present, who have given so much for our democracy, to keep fighting the good fight&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>National: Voter fraud accusations mar presidential campaign<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/ap.google.com\/article\/ALeqM5hNf_-bBZls_mvLIRCFJtlkMM3mhAD93NTP380\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/ap.google.com\/article\/ALeqM5hNf_-bBZls_mvLIRCFJtlkMM3mhAD93NTP380<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>National: Without a Trace: The Smokeless Gun of Flagrant Election Fixing <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chris-floyd.com\/component\/content\/article\/3\/1625-without-a-trace-the-smokeless-gun-of-flagrant-election-fixing.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.chris-floyd.com\/component\/content\/article\/3\/1625-without-a-trace-the-smokeless-gun-of-flagrant-election-fixing.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>National: Our Hackable Democracy <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/home\/2008\/10\/09\/hacking-electronic-voting-tech-security_cx_ag_1010hack.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/home\/2008\/10\/09\/hacking-electronic-voting-tech-security_cx_ag_1010hack.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>National: LTTE &#8211; Helpful Hints For a Better Election Day<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/10\/10\/AR2008101002594.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/10\/10\/AR2008101002594.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>National: US elections: America might not know who is new president until 10 days after voting<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/newstopics\/uselection2008\/3178797\/US-elections-America-might-not-know-who-is-new-president-until-10-days-after-voting.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/newstopics\/uselection2008\/3178797\/US-elections-America-might-not-know-who-is-new-president-until-10-days-after-voting.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>National: NAACP watching, ready for voter problems <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chron.com\/disp\/story.mpl\/ap\/tx\/6053310.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.chron.com\/disp\/story.mpl\/ap\/tx\/6053310.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: California Issues Emergency Election Audit Regulations<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freedom-to-tinker.com\/blog\/joehall\/california-issues-emergency-election-audit-regulations\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.freedom-to-tinker.com\/blog\/joehall\/california-issues-emergency-election-audit-regulations<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CO: Moffat County &#8211; Public election test certifies voting machines<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.craigdailypress.com\/news\/2008\/oct\/11\/public_election_test_certifies_voting_machines\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.craigdailypress.com\/news\/2008\/oct\/11\/public_election_test_certifies_voting_machines\/<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CT: Official defends ACORN vote drive<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.connpost.com\/localnews\/ci_10691121\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.connpost.com\/localnews\/ci_10691121<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>GA: County election offices swamped as voters pour in<br \/>\nStaff working extreme hours to process registrations, oversee early voting, mail absentee ballots<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/metro\/content\/metro\/stories\/2008\/10\/11\/election_offices_swamped.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/metro\/content\/metro\/stories\/2008\/10\/11\/election_offices_swamped.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>GA: Judge Rules to Uphold on Electronic Voting, Appeal Expected<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atlantaprogressivenews.com\/news\/0386.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.atlantaprogressivenews.com\/news\/0386.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IA: Opinion &#8211; Guest column: Changes will make voting easier this year<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/article\/20081011\/OPINION03\/810110312\/1035\/Opinion\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/article\/20081011\/OPINION03\/810110312\/1035\/Opinion<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IN: &#8216;Inactives&#8217; push up voter registration figures<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indystar.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20081010\/NEWS0502\/810100535\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.indystar.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20081010\/NEWS0502\/810100535<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IN: Lake County &#8211; Ind. Decisions &#8211; Yet more on: Remote voting sites at issue in Lake County<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/indianalawblog.com\/archives\/2008\/10\/ind_decisions_y_19.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/indianalawblog.com\/archives\/2008\/10\/ind_decisions_y_19.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MN: Opinion &#8211; Talking Points &#8212; Tabulating the true cost of democracy<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.morrissuntribune.com\/articles\/index.cfm?id=15118&#038;section=opinion\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.morrissuntribune.com\/articles\/index.cfm?id=15118&#038;section=opinion<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MT: MT Dem Party drops suit<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kpax.com\/Global\/story.asp?S=9162120\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.kpax.com\/Global\/story.asp?S=9162120<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Cuyahoga County investigates fraudulent voter registrations linked to ACORN<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.cleveland.com\/metro\/2008\/10\/cuyahoga_county_investigates_f.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/blog.cleveland.com\/metro\/2008\/10\/cuyahoga_county_investigates_f.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Chads won&#8217;t hang in Huron County<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sanduskyregister.com\/articles\/2008\/10\/11\/features\/decision08\/huron_county\/930857.txt\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.sanduskyregister.com\/articles\/2008\/10\/11\/features\/decision08\/huron_county\/930857.txt<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>RI: RI courts moving away from automated elections<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newstimes.com\/ci_10697459\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.newstimes.com\/ci_10697459<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TX: Travis County &#8211; Travis officials brace for historic Election Day turnout<br \/>\nWith record registration, county clerk expects 440,000 to vote.<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.statesman.com\/news\/content\/news\/stories\/local\/10\/11\/1011vote.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.statesman.com\/news\/content\/news\/stories\/local\/10\/11\/1011vote.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>VT: To tabulate or not: Calais voters face switch to computerized ballot counter<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesargus.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20081011\/NEWS01\/810110340\/1002\/NEWS01\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.timesargus.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20081011\/NEWS01\/810110340\/1002\/NEWS01<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Washington DC: D.C. Report Finds E-Vote Company at Fault for Thousands of &#8216;Phantom Votes&#8217; Recorded in Last Month&#8217;s Primary<br \/>\nElection Board Finds Sequoia Voting Systems &#8216;Too Quick to Exonerate Self,&#8217; As Evidence Indicates Hardware and Software to Blame&#8230;<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=6497\" target=\"_blank\"><i>https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=6497<\/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>I want to thank all of those who commented on my rant of yesterday. Your kind comments are very much appreciated. One email I received was especially meaningful to me. The subject line was &#8220;In loving memory &#8211; Michael, James, Andrew&#8221;\u009d and after a short bit of encouraging text, and the posters signature line, were [&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-6501","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\/6501","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=6501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6501\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6501"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcoauthors&post=6501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}