3 days until Election Day. Amongst all of the stories of failures, lawsuits, voter purges and voter suppression there is an occasional story that begs to be read and passed on to others so they will read it. This morning's featured article is one of those. Imagine wanting to exercise your right to vote so strongly that you are willing to travel from Bangalore, India to New York City just to step into the voting booth and pull the lever. It's a story worth the read.
Featured - National: When Use It or Lose It Means Traveling 9,300 Miles to Vote http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/01/nyregion/01about.html?em National: Voting Shouldn't Be a Game of Chance http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/custom/2008/10/31/CU2008103103511.html National: Will This Election Be Stolen? Mark Crispin Miller http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122550597058490345.html?mod=todays_us_weekend_journal National: Will This Election Be Stolen? Hans A Spakovsky http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122550203122290071.html?mod=todays_us_weekend_journal CO: Voters line up now to avoid lines on Tuesday http://www.examiner.com/a-1667328~Voters_line_up_now_to_avoid_lines_on_Tuesday.html CO: Judge orders Colorado secretary of state to stop voter purge Colorado Secretary of State Mike Coffman must stop canceling voters from the state registration rolls http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20081031/NEWS/810319932/1062&title=Judge%20orders%20Colorado%20secretary%20of%20state%20to%20stop%20voter%20purge CO: Federal judge rails at Secretary of State Coffman to stop purges http://coloradoindependent.com/13576/federal-judge-rails-at CO: Colorado Judge Angered Over Secretary of State's Continued Purging of Voter Names http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/10/colorado-judge.html CO: Judge orders Coffman to stop continued voter purge http://www.denverpost.com/commented/ci_10866716?source=commented-news CO: Voter turnout already nears halfway point http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/nov/01/voter-turnout-already-nears-halfway-point/ CO: Moffat County - More than half of voter roll votes early http://www.craigdailypress.com/news/2008/nov/01/more_half_voter_roll_votes_early/ FL: Troops overseas miss out on voting http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/local_news/epaper/2008/10/31/a1a_ballots_1101.html FL: Palm Beach County - New Wrinkle.. That is, Crease.. in Tabulating Votes http://www.cbs12.com/news/ballot_4710488___article.html/vote_absentee.html GA: Counties report record turnout for early voting period http://www.macon.com/198/story/511072.html GA: GA Voting Problems http://www.wctv.tv/news/headlines/33618104.html GA: Federal Court Intervenes in Handel's Voter Purge http://www.atlantaprogressivenews.com/news/0395.html GA: Russell County - Voting machine lands in driveway http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/story/494575.html IL: Video: Oprah Sees Own Presidential Vote Dropped by Touch-Screen Voting Machine http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6603 IN: Marion County - Judge rules for GOP on absentee ballots http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081101/LOCAL18/811010463 MI: ACLU Stops Illegal Voter Purges in Michigan http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0811/S00007.htm MS: Voter Coalition Debut Massive Voter Watch; Criticizes Hosemann http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/comments/voter_coalition_debut_massive_voter_watch_criticizes_hosemann_103108/ NC: Craven County - Voter complains about refusal to allow use of paper ballot http://www.enctoday.com/news/paper_42755_nbsj__article.html/ballot_county.html NC: Guilford County - Today's voting could set a record http://hpe.southernheadlines.com/index.cfm?section=6&story=5745 NJ: How safe is your vote? http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/investigators&id=6464800 NJ: Will your vote count? http://www.northjersey.com/news/njpolitics/33681029.html PA: Some PA Counties May Ignore Paper Ballot Court Order http://www.alternet.org/democracy/105681/some_pa_counties_may_ignore_paper_ballot_court_order_/ PA: Plenty of paper ballots to be available just in case http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribunereview/news/westmoreland/s_596259.html PA: Paper ballots are prepared if needed, officials say http://www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1225495518228240.xml&coll=1 PA: Lancaster County - He's running an election marathon http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/229584 SC: Both parties gear up for potential legal challenges as voting begins http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/751006.html TX: Civil rights group expresses concerns that machines are 'flipping' votes from Obama to McCain http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_10866680?source=most_viewed VA: Civil rights group renews Va. election lawsuit http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gTdy6-2Gfd3EfLv9c0daJKhP3_rgD945QTQO0 VA: Va. voters wait in long lines; NAACP seeks injunction http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-10-31-0219.html VA: Cast your ballot for early and weekend voting http://hamptonroads.com/2008/10/cast-your-ballot-early-and-weekend-voting WA: King County - And the winner is ...? 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