From Barbra

Protect Your Vote

Since voter fraud and voter suppression is still very much an issue in the upcoming election, I wanted to post a section on some of the best articles written by experts on this complex issue and provide information on who to contact if you experience voting problems. It’s so important that Americans are aware and educated so they can insure that their votes are properly counted.

VIDEO: “Protecting Your Vote” Mark Crispin Miller on Bill Moyers
http://www.pbs.org/

Transcript of Mark Crispin’s interview with Bill Moyers.
http://www.pbs.org/moyers

Thousands Face Mix-Ups In Voter Registrations In New Databases, Many
Are Wrongly Flagged as Ineligible
http://www.washingtonpost.com

Block the Vote - Will the GOP's campaign to deter new voters and
discard Democratic ballots determine the next president?
http://www.rollingstone.com/

USA Today cited "accusations of voter fraud and voter suppression" but
omitted examples of voter suppression
http://mediamatters.org/

States' Attempts to Clean up Voting Lists Result in Unlawful Voter
Purging and Suppression
http://www.civilrights.org/

Treasure Coast officials calling residents on 'no match, no vote' list
http://www.tcpalm.com/

Judge Rules Michigan Voter Purging Program Illegal
http://www.ombwatch.org/

Ohio GOP loses fight to contest new voters, The Supreme Court on
Friday threw out a lawsuit brought by the Ohio Republican Party that
could have made it easier to challenge tens of...
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/

The Real Issue Isn't Voter Fraud, Its Vote Suppression (Joe
Rothstein's Commentary)
http://uspolitics.einnews.com/

Here are some articles on voting machine glitches and the wise move away from electronic-ballot voting systems that are discernibly switching votes in West Virginia in early voting

Did Washington waste millions on faulty voting machines?
http://www.bnd.com/

Some early W.Va. voters angry over switched votes
Jackson County touch-screens switched votes, 3 residents say
http://wvgazette.com/

While flagging illegal practices, don't overlook machine error
http://www.pennlive.com/

Day before early voting, glitch found with machines
http://www.dailymail.com

Vote Count Error Caught in New Mexico Machines
By Kim Zetter EmailOctober 07, 2008
http://blog.wired.com/

Officials find, fix glitch in New Mexico voting machine
http://www.rep-am.com

Places to Report Any Voting Problems You Experience

Unfortunately most states do *not* yet require that local election
officials record or make public voting problems that occur and could
be used to evaluate and improve election systems

YouTube Asks Voters to Record Poll Problems
http://newteevee.com

Problems Voting in the General Election? Report Your Issue Here
http://popmartian.com

1-866-OUR-VOTE; 1-866-MY-VOTE1

GoVote.org Launches: Next Generation in Voter Support
http://www.marketwatch.com/