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The Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Voters' rights groups say they are concerned that some Pennsylvanians will be unable to vote on Election Day if electronic voting machines break down.
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By Lydia Seabol Avant, Tuscaloosa News
NORTHPORT | A number of Northport voters were turned away from the polls because their names were left off the master lists at their polling places.
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By Adam Cohen, The New York Times
Everyone complains that young people don’t vote, but consider the experience of students at Kenyon College in Ohio in the 2004 election. More >>
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By Greg Gordon | McClatchy Newspapers
WASHINGTON — Disclosure of an election computer glitch that could drop ballot totals for entire precincts is stirring new worries that an unofficial laboratory testing system failed for years to detect an array of flaws in $1.5 billion worth of voting equipment sold nationwide since 2003.
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By Trip Jennings, The New Mexico Independent
County clerks say "disturbing' flaws in voting system threaten Election Day disaster More >>
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VOTING RIGHTS GROUPS CALL FOR EQUAL RIGHTS IN PA ELECTION ADMINISTRATION, UNIFORM STANDARDS FOR EMERGENCY PAPER BALLOTS
Press Statement | For Immediate Release
During the last five months, we, a coalition of voting rights groups in Pennsylvania, have been advocating that the Pennsylvania Department of State, and county Boards of Election, prepare and administer uniform policies for issuing and counting emergency ballots when voting machines malfunction on Election Day. As organizations dedicated to protecting the right to vote and the integrity of our elections, we are deeply concerned about the consequences of Pennsylvania lacking a uniform standard on citizens’ votes.
Given the unprecedented numbers of voters registering all over the state, and the high turnout expected in the November election, our coalition calls on the Pennsylvania Secretary of State to issue immediately a directive to all Pennsylvania counties establishing the following:
Emergency paper ballots must be offered to voters as soon as at least half of the voting machines in a precinct are not functioning;
Emergency paper ballots must be clearly distinguished from provisional and other ballots. Emergency ballot envelopes should be marked on the outside as “Emergency Ballot” and “Machines down” or other reason;
