From John Gideon: Election day is tomorrow
Fulton and Clayton Counties, Georgia have decided that they will have enough time at the polls for all voters who want to vote to do that. They both decided not to ask the state, beforehand, to allow them to keep the polls open longer than normally allowed. Wouldn't it have been better to ask to keep them open longer and have no one waiting on line than to force people to wait on line so you can close at the normal time? Of course, both counties have said they can handle the crowds because they have enough machines. They ignore, again, that the bottle-neck has been and will be the voter check-in procedure and their overly slow computer system. In other states it may be the ballot-on-demand system for optical-scan ballots. In another great article from Kim Zetter and the WiredBlog, Threat Level, she reports on 'vote-flipping' and the ES&S voting machines. Also from Kim is the news that one Michigan election official warned the EAC over a week ago that ES&S M-100 optical-scan machines used in her county don't consistently tally ballots. These machines are used all across the country. Featured - National: Report: ES&S Voting Machines Can Be Maliciously Calibrated to Favor Specific Candidates http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/11/report-ess-voti.html Featured - MI: Michigan Election Official Reveals ES&S Machines Don't Tally Votes Consistently http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/11/michigan-electi.html National: On Eve of Election Day, Is the Nation's Voting System Ready? Reports of Irregularities Pour in from Across US in Record Early Voting http://www.democracynow.org/2008/11/3/on_eve_of_election_day_is National: The Pitfalls of Electronic Voting http://media.www.sbstatesman.com/media/storage/paper955/news/2008/11/03/News/The-Pitfalls.Of.Electronic.Voting-3519172.shtml National: Opinion - Will your vote count tomorrow? http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=328995&intsrc=hm_list National: My Take: E-Voting Not User-Friendly http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/11/03/tech-electronic-voting.html National: Would Congressional Democrats Cover Up Election Fraud? Part 2 in the "Democracy" in America Series - No Way, Right?!?! http://www.opednews.com/articles/Would-Congressional-Democr-by-Mark-Adams-081102-529.html National: Touchscreen Voting Machines Cause Long Lines and Disenfranchise Voters http://arxiv.org/abs/0810.5577 National: Impossibly Long Lines for Elderly, Other Voters in FL, GA, Elsewhere http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6611 National: Opinion - Short-Circuiting the Vote Tuesday's election will be the most technologically advanced in American history. But will it be the most reliable? http://www.newsweek.com/id/167189 National: Nov. 4, 2008: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/153234/nov_4_2008_what_could_possibly_go_wrong.html National: Expected High Voter Turnout Has Government Officials, Watchdog Groups on Alert http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/11/03/expected-high-voter-turnout-government-officials-watchdog-groups-alert/ National: How to Make Reliable Voting Machines http://media.www.csucauldron.com/media/storage/paper516/news/2008/11/03/TheMeltingPot/How-To.Make.Reliable.Voting.Machines-3521282.shtml National: Concerns continue to shadow e-voting http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/848 National: Could voting meltdown history repeat itself? http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iUSaUcmf0s5UYF8o0PW_B39XLCvQD947NS103 National: Combat Vote Suppression http://www.thenation.com/blogs/actnow/379600/combat_vote_suppression?rel=hpbox National: Oprah's Problem With Electronic Voting http://theboard.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/03/oprahs-problem-with-electronic-voting/ CO: Purged voters in the dark over Election Day status Thousands potentially could be denied right to cast ballots over bureaucratic snafus http://coloradoindependent.com/13668/purged-voters-in-the-dark-over-election-day-status FL: Florida tops states in concerns sent to pre-election hot line http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/03/voter.hotline/ GA: Fulton and Clayton won't extend voting hours http://www.ajc.com/traffic/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2008/11/03/fulton_voting_hours.html IN: Marion County - Appeals court likely to rule on challenged ballots http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081103/NEWS0502/81103032 LA: League of Women Voters of Louisiana (LWVLA) calls for the Governor and Secretary of State http://lwv-la.org/ MI: ES&S Op-Scans Giving 'Different Results Each Time Same Ballots Run Through Machines' in MI County http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6613 NJ: New voters could get ballot that's provisional It would not be counted Tuesday http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008811030316 OH: Ohio voting machines to be tested Tuesday http://www.bucyrustelegraphforum.com/article/20081103/UPDATES01/81103003 OH: Election Boards Ordered To Offer Paper Ballots http://www.bucyrusonline.com/articles/news/articles/000016/001615.htm OH: Franklin County - Absentee Voting Winds Down With Long Lines Secretary of State predicts 80% voter turnout. http://www.610wtvn.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=268656&article=4516570 PA: Committee of Seventy Fields Largest Ever Voter Assistance Program for Historic November 4th Election http://tinyurl.com/6jyt75 TX: Texas rights group cautions against voting straight ticket; El Paso County official says voting machines are fine http://www.newspapertree.com/news/3027-texas-rights-group-cautions-against-voting-straight-ticket-el-paso-county-official-says-voting-machines-are-fine VA: Federal hearing on election suit Monday http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/virginia/dp-va--electionsuit-virg1103nov03,0,331431.story VA: Federal Judge to Hear Va. Election Suit Today http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/03/AR2008110301184.html VA: Judge rejects NAACP request for paper ballots, extended voting hours; McCain sues Va. electoral board over military ballots http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-11-03-0218.html VA: Judge Refuses to Order Longer Voting Hours in Va. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/03/AR2008110302058.html VA: Voting Groups Target Virginia http://washingtonindependent.com/16606/voting-groups-target-virginia VA: McCain lawsuit asks federal court to order Va. to count late overseas military ballots http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/president/33789249.html?elr=KArks8c7PaP3E77K_3c::D3aDhUMEaPc:E7_ec7PaP3iUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU VA: McCain sues to force Va. to count military ballots http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/03/AR2008110302347.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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