From John Gideon: 9 days until Election Day.
In a stunning admission Sequoia Voting Systems has admitted to not printing and mailing over 11,000 absentee ballots to Denver, Colorado voters. Their spokeswoman claimed they "made an unfortunate mistake". In fact, the company had failed to notify the city of this "mistake" and when originally asked they lied and told the city they had delivered all 21,450 ballots they were supposed to print and deliver to the post office on Oct. 16. Sequoia claims they will have ballots printed and delivered to the post office by tomorrow, Monday. Voters have until election day to get those ballots marked and either back in the mail or delivered to any early polling site. Not mentioned by anyone is if any overseas voters or military are affected by this failure. In Jefferson Co Arkansas voters will vote on ballots that don't have some alderman races on them. The county discovered their error too late and they have now fixed it but all early voting has been done without those races being voted on by the voters. The county will just forget all of those voters and hope that none of the races are close which would open them up for potential lawsuits. National: How to Stop Election Theft and How Not to Stop Election Theft? http://www.opednews.com/articles/How-to-Stop-Election-Theft-by-Mark-Adams-081023-879.html National: Antidote to Election Theft: "Steal Back Your Vote" http://www.opednews.com/articles/Antidote-to-Election-Theft-by-Joan-Brunwasser-081026-908.html National: This Election Will Not Be Stolen http://www.opednews.com/articles/This-Election-Will-Not-Be-by-Jennifer-Hathaway-081024-520.html National: Opinion - Groups work to fend off Nov. 4 poll problems http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081026/COLUMNIST0107/810260401/1008/OPINION01 National: Casting its lot with e-voting Despite critics, Hart Intercivic has made its choice http://www.statesman.com/business/content/business/stories/technology/10/27/1027hart.html National: Obama could still lose election to McCain from GOP voter suppression or vote fraud http://www.examiner.com/x-775-Political-Issues-Examiner~y2008m10d26-Obama-McCain-election-GOP-voter-suppression-vote-fraud National: Democrats Describe Efforts to Limit Voting Machines Problems http://www.alternet.org/democracy/104635/democrats_describe_efforts_to_limit_voting_machines_problems/ AR: Error On Redfield, Altheimer Ballots Addressed At Emergency Meet http://www.pbcommercial.com/articles/2008/10/26/news/news4.txt AR: Candidate Reacts to Ballot Error That May Have Cost Votes http://www.pbcommercial.com/articles/2008/10/26/news/news5.txt CA: Your vote faces challenges like never before http://www.times-standard.com/othervoices/ci_10820484 CA: Polling places are in the mail http://www.fresnobee.com/local/story/963364.html CA: Riverside County registrar braces for record voter turnout http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_W_vote26.47447f2.html CA: Riverside County - JACOBS: Why act like there's something to hide? http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2008/10/26/opinion/jacobs/zdc14582f5b12f5ab882574eb006141ee.txt CA: San Diego County - Steps taken for smooth Election Day http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20081026-9999-1m26vote.html CO: Coffman sued over voter purge http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_10815894 CO: Boulder County - Greenlee: Will our votes count? http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2008/oct/26/will-our-votes-count/ CO: 'Missing' Denver mail ballots were never sent by vendor http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/oct/24/denver-looking-11000-missing-mail-ballots/?partner=RSS CO: Denver - Missing ballots weren't prepared A vendor didn't mail half the 21,450 needed, but that's been fixed. http://www.denverpost.com/election/ci_10817170 FL: Both parties to guard polls on Election Day Legal teams for the Barack Obama and John McCain campaigns will deploy thousands of poll watchers to Florida voting sites to keep an eye out for possible irregularities in the presidential election. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/741885.html FL: Florida counties split over voter verification http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/741884.html GA: Gwinnett County - Officials 'confident' in absentee solution http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/main.asp?SectionID=6&SubSectionID=6&ArticleID=52061&TM=338.932 IN: Parties await judge's ruling on Lake County early voting http://www.chestertontribune.com/Politics%20and%20Elections/parties_await_judges_ruling_on_l.htm MD: Decision Time for Early Voting in Md. Issue Has Long Divided Lawmakers http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/25/AR2008102501864.html?sub=AR NY: BlackBoxVoting.org Speaks Out for Election Transparency http://e-voter.blogspot.com/2008/10/ny-blackboxvotingorg-speaks-out-for.html NY: Does the US electoral system HAVA brain? http://www.opednews.com/articles/Does-the-US-electoral-syst-by-Rady-Ananda-081025-859.html OH: White House Asks for Scrutiny http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/24/AR2008102403659.html OH: Lawmakers Urge DOJ Not to Intervene in Ohio Voter Dispute http://www.pubrecord.org/nationworld/428-lawmakers-urge-doj-not-to-intervene-in-ohio-voter-dispute.html OH: Is Ohio doomed to ballot battles? Some laud litigation; others see need for nonpartisan system http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/10/26/copy/why_elections_explode.ART_ART_10-26-08_A1_8SBMPRH.html?adsec=politics&sid=101 PA: Counties add voting machines, poll workers in anticipation of record turnout http://www.eveningsun.com/ci_10817459 PA: Bradford County - Editoral - Integrity of voter lists needs protection http://www.thedailyreview.com/articles/2008/10/26/editorial/tw_review.20081026.a.pg4.tw26edit_s2.2040293_edi.txt TN: Davidson County - Problems Plague Early Voting System Elections Commission Says Blames Calibration http://www.wsmv.com/politics/17803172/detail.html TN: Knox County - Voters confused about presidential vote on TN county's machines http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/26/voters-confused-about-presidential-vote-on-tn-countys-machines/ TX: Brazoria County - Clerk says to double-check electronic ballots http://thefacts.com/story.lasso?ewcd=1e459a0a06766e36 WV: ES&S official left company in May Ireland gave man an award Thursday for voting innovation http://sundaygazettemail.com/News/200810250560?page=1&build=cache Overseas Voting: My Voting Experience From Afghanistan http://blog.pennlive.com/blog-runner/2008/10/my_voting_experience_from_afgh.html **Articles and commentary included in "Daily Voting News" may not all reflect the opinions of VotersUnite.Org or its allied organizations. 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