Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Today we have two "Featured" articles. The Connecticut Office of Veterans Affairs, under threat of a lawsuit, has allowed Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz to enter the Veterans Hospital in West Haven to register voters and to do voter education. Let's hope this is a small hole that will finally cause the wall between the DVA and veteran's rights to vote to crumble into dust. More good news from the US Election Assistance Commission where computer scientist and election integrity advocate Dr Barbara Simons has been selected to fill a seat on the EAC Board of Advisors. This is a good addition as Dr. Simons will add a voice of reason to combat the voices of the vendor's surrogates who are on that committee....
Featured - National: Patients at West Haven Veterans' Hospital registered to vote LINK
Featured - National: ACM Electronic Voting Expert Named to Key Federal Advisory Committee; Dr. Barbara Simons Fills Position for Technology Professionals LINK
National: "Democracy Victory" At VA LINK
National: The Youth Vote: A Matter of Access, Not Apathy LINK
National: Who Here Thinks We Have the Right to Vote?
Think Again. Jesse Jackson, Jr. Continues His Fight for a Constitutional Amendment... LINK
National: Experts Say Expected Surge in US Voters May Strain Polls LINK
KS: Shawnee County - Vote count - oops
4,446 went untallied, but winners remain same LINK
MD: Electing to Prepare for a Record
Voting Officials Boost Purchases LINK
MO: Missouri Voter Refuses Illegal Demand to Show Photo ID at Poll, Gets Thrown in Jail LINK
MO: Cole County - Wrong ballots may prompt revote in Cole County's Eastern District LINK
MO: Last votes being tallied in St. Louis County LINK
NC: Catawba County - Editorial - $3 billion solution: Paper ballots LINK
NY: Editorial - Safe ballots LINK
OH: Missing votes spark lawsuit
Brunner: Touch-screen machines defective, company should pay LINK
OH: Local counties join vote machine suit LINK
OH: Ashland County - County board says state's mandate 'seems excessive' LINK
SC: Greenville County - Gibson complains about voting machines LINK
VA: Stopping Voter Suppression: The Press Gets It Right in Virginia LINK
WI: Human error mars Allendale vote totals, officials say LINK
WI: Milwaukee - Fake names get voter registration workers investigated LINK
WV: Belmont County - Paper Ballots Getting the Vote LINK
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