{"id":6624,"date":"2008-11-04T16:10:45","date_gmt":"2008-11-05T00:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=6624"},"modified":"2008-11-04T16:10:45","modified_gmt":"2008-11-05T00:10:45","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-november-04-2008-%e2%80%93-evening-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=6624","title":{"rendered":"‘Daily Voting News’ For November 04, 2008 “\u201c Evening Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Provisional ballot usage has become a big issue this election. Many voters don’t want to use them and who can blame them? Many voters need to use them as the only way they can vote. Part of the problem is that they are misused by election officials. <\/p>\n

Voter suppression schemes are being used around the country. Someone hacked into the George Mason University intranet and sent an email to staff and students, via the Provost’s email, that election day had been moved to Wed. The Provost, on discovering this, sent an email to tell recipients this was a hoax. Robocalls have been placed to voters telling them the same thing. However, with all of these schemes, and more, the turnout will probably set a record at the polls. <\/p>\n

A judge has ordered a restraining order at the request of the McCain campaign to require the state to extend the date for adding votes from military voters to the totals to Nov 14 from close of polls today. This means the election may not be certified until after Nov 14. <\/p>\n

Also going to court is a group representing the voters of Philadelphia who are asking a judge to tell the county to follow a previous ruling and to count emergency paper ballots tonight and not later in the week as they want. <\/p>\n

And the Ohio GOP has filed asked a federal court to rule that provisional ballots be verified and counted the same way statewide….<\/p>\n

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