NEW ORLEANS:
There have been over 80 complaints of voting problems in New Orleans so far (9 AM).
There have been machine malfunctions with no backup ballots available.
Election Protection says that New Orleans is one of the top sites of voting irregularities nationwide.

NEW YORK CITY:
Disgruntled Voter writes: “I went to vote today in Manhattan and poll workers were not properly trained on writing-in candidates, disadvantaging candidates like David Cobb. The head poll worker in my precint tried to make me fill out a provisional ballot used for unregistered voters if i wanted to write in a candidate. On top of this, the 1-800-VOTE-NYC number tells you no one is available and hangs up on you. Shame on the Board of Elections.”

ST. PETERSBURG:
A voter registered in St. Petersburg in Pinellas County, FL reported to the League of Pissed Off Voters that he had been told he was not registered to vote (10:45AM). He registered in and received voting information from Pinellas County, and then moved to Hillsborough. When he went to vote this morning at the Robinson Recreation Center at 1248 50th St. in Precinct 166 of Pinellas, he was told that he was not registered to vote there and was directed instead to the Hillsborough County Center at 601 East Kennedy St. In Hillsborough he was told that he was not registered there either and that a provisional ballot would not count.

TOLEDO:
Polls opened one half-hour late today at Glenwood Elementary in Toledo, OH, because the ballot boxes were locked in the principal’s office and no one had the key. During the wait from 6:30 to 7AM, people left the polls without having voted. An hour and a half after the polling site opened, they ran out of pencils, bringing voting to a halt. Voting could not continue until 11AM, by which time 50 to 100 more people had walked away.

COLUMBUS:
The polling site at Sathwick-Good Funeral Home, 3100 North High St. in Precinct 19H in Columbus, OH has announced that a funeral is happening from 10AM to 1PM. During these hours, they said, no groups may distribute literature or talk to voters outside.

BELOIT:
This morning in Beloit, WI a lawyer for the Republicans was challenging Beloit college students saying that they could not register same day with their Beloit student ID’s. In response, the Beloit college president came down to the polls with a notorized list of the students and lawyers to fight for the students’ right to vote. Now students are witnessing registrations, the lines are out the door as they have been since 8 am this morning, and the majority of those in line are college students.

MILWAUKEE:
In wards 72, 314, and 297 in Milwaukee, voting machines are broken. All three wards are predominantly African-American. Luckily, in some of the target wards in Milwuakee, voting turnout has already reached 50% of registered voters at 1PM.

LOS ANGELES:
citizen x went to the local polling place..spirits were high..smiles all around..very helpful officials
and then.. as i stood in the already long line..i overheard the senior poll official tell a young volunteer
that the ballot jackets would be summarily removed before the ballots were processed out..
citing “they are only for privacy”..at this point the x chimed in..”are’nt write-ins marked on the sleeve?”
smiles disappeared and questioning glances shot around the room..the tension was physical..
the uncomfortable official then announced that “they would NOT remove the ballot jackets”
and that he was calling the Board of Elections to “clarify proceedures”..disturbing..very disturbing.
REPORT IRREGULARITIES..SPEAK UP IF YOU ARE SUSPICIOUS!