{"id":6596,"date":"2008-10-31T08:56:28","date_gmt":"2008-10-31T15:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=6596"},"modified":"2008-10-31T11:18:44","modified_gmt":"2008-10-31T18:18:44","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-october-31-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=6596","title":{"rendered":"‘Daily Voting News’ For October 31, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"

4 days until Election Day. <\/p>\n

Georgia has, again, had problems with their voter registration database. This time there were between 500 and 1000 voters, depending on reports, who were left standing in line for two hours while they waited for Fulton Co. officials to reestablish connection with the state’s computer system. This will be a huge problem on election day and may cause thousands of voters to give-up and go home. Let’s hope not. <\/p>\n

I never imagined that I would find myself agreeing with anything that John Fund had to say but in our ‘Featured’ article Fund wrote one graf that gives me hope for the guy. He said, “Independent, nonpartisan groups, as well as candidates and parties, should be authorized to appoint poll watchers to observe the election and the vote tabulation. All vendors who supply voting machines and computer software should be required to undergo investigation for financial security and integrity. Clear rules for identifying what constitutes a vote and procedures for contesting an election result must be developed by each state”\u009d….<\/p>\n

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