No talk radio.

That is the order from Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee, who has banned state officials from conducting interviews on talk radio, except in emergencies.

A spokesman for the Governor's office says the decision is not related to the Tucson shootings and was considered before the tragedy.

Some have blamed talk radio for the deadly shooting in Arizona, even though talk radio defenders say there is no evidence that it influenced the suspect at all, or even if Jared Loughner listened.

Chafee, a former Republican Senator who is now an Independent, barred state employees, including himself, from appearing on what he calls "for-profit entertainment" radio programs, saying they are more entertainment than journalism. He will go on NPR, public radio though.

The Governor's spokesman told us "This is a brand new administration facing a mammoth deficit. We are looking in every way to be efficient. We do not think it's appropriate to invest taxpayer resources... To support what we see as an entertainment format not a news format."

But during the snow storm yesterday, officials did go on talk radio to discuss their handling of it.

Some are slamming Chafee's policy, but his office says it is getting some praise.

One critic is former Providence Mayor turned radio talk show host Buddy Cianci, a Rhode Island legend. (read more)

The closest Congressional race in the nation could be decided by people who don't really live in the district, and a Fox News investigation has uncovered evidence of voter registration illegalities, including one voter who apparently voted twice.

The candidates, Long Island Democratic incumbent Congressman Tim Bishop and Republican challenger Randy Altschuler, have been as close as just 15 votes apart, out of roughly 180,000 cast in New York's 1st Congressional District. The latest count puts Democrat Bishop ahead by about 235 votes. But both sides are now challenging roughly 2,000 absentee ballots that will eventually determine if the seat stays Democratic or falls to the Republicans.

A Fox News Voter Fraud Unit review of approximately 438 of the absentee ballot voters, who also maintain mailing addresses in New York City, reveals that 48 have double registrations. They voted by absentee ballot in Suffolk County, but are also listed as current "active" voters on the New York City rolls. Being registered in two separate jurisdictions is illegal and is a felony in New York State.

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There are allegations of "widespread irregularities" and possible voter fraud in Connecticut, but not enough for Republican candidate Tom Foley to continue in the razor close Governor's race.

He has decided to concede to his Democratic opponent, Dan Malloy, who leads Foley but just over 5,600 votes.

Despite Foley's decision, the Connecticut Republican party is demanding a federal and state investigation into the allegations, and at his news conference Foley concurred.

Foley said there was no significant fraud, or voter fraud that would have changed the results." Although people reported voter fraud, he said "there was no credible evidence of fraudulent voting" that would have changed the outcome of the race.

Sources say that in Bridgeport, an overwhelmingly Democratic city where polls remained open for two extra hours, some of the alleged problems included: a bag of ballots that was left unattended by a pregnant poll worker who went home sick, ballots were copied without supervision...in one case, copied inside the Democratic mayor's office, vote sheets didn't add up, and union election workers allegedly left replica ballots, with the Democratic candidates' names marked off, in polling booths, which is an apparent election violation. (read more)

There are allegations of "widespread irregularities" and possible voter fraud in Connecticut.

Sources tell us that in Bridgeport, an overwhelmingly Democratic city where polls remained open for two extra hours, some of the alleged problems included: a bag of ballots that was left unattended by a pregnant poll worker who went home sick, ballots were copied without supervision...in one case, copied inside the Democratic mayor's office, vote sheets didn't add up, and union election workers allegedly left replica ballots, with the Democratic candidates' names marked off, in polling booths, which is an apparent election violation.

Those are just some of the allegations officials will now have to deal with when Republican candidate Tom Foley announces what his campaign has uncovered, and what they plan to do about it.

Foley trails Democratic candidate Dan Malloy by about 5,600 votes, but Foley could announce that his campaign is taking legal steps or demanding a hand recount.

Some voters say they waited in line for an hour, while some others just plain gave up.

Others tell us that their polling places were switched and that they are not sure if their votes were tallied. (read more)

On this election night, there is a stunning turn from ACORN.

It has filed for bankruptcy.

In an announcement on its website, Bertha Lewis, the CEO of the troubled activist group, says that ACORN has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, the reason stemming from the legal troubles surrounding numerous voter registration investigations across the country. The scandals led Congress to vote to cut off federal funding, and the group also lost some government support.

"The ongoing political onslaught caused irreparable harm," wrote Lewis, who blames "a right-wing media blitz." She says "allegations and reports will continue to try to undermine all that ACORN has done, "but says that "ACORN will live on in the hearts of the people it served, and as those of us who fight for justice know, ‘THE PEOPLE UNITED WILL NEVER BE DEFEATED'."

In the last three years, dozens of ACORN workers were accused of, and numerous pleaded guilty to, voter fraud related charges. The investigations began in 2007, when King County prosecutors charged 7 ACORN workers with felony counts for allegedly submitting 1,800 phony voter registration forms. One ACORN worker admitted to prosecutors that it was "hard work making up all those cards," and another would sit at home filling out the bogus forms, while smoking marijuana. (read more)

We are getting slammed with emails detailing voter complaints.  Issues are flooding into our website and are being reported to election officials and election watchdogs across the country.

In Nevada, the Democratic Secretary of State, Ross Miller, says he is getting more angry complaints than the 2008 presidential election.

Many voters have contacted us saying the touch screen voting machines showed Harry Reid's name when they tried to cast a ballot.

This e-mail from Kevin in Las Vegas is typical: "My vote was moved seven times...Could this have been an error? I do better than this at the poker machines."
 
Officials say the machines cannot be preprogrammed for a candidate, and that investigations have shown no problems with the voting machines themselves. They blame "operator error," and what they call "uncoordinated machine screen malfunctions."

But that voter, Kevin, calls it "nonsense," insisting he did encounter a machine problem. (read more)

There are multiple watchdogs groups ready to try and prevent voter fraud on Election Day.

The U.S. Department of Justice says it will deploy more than 400 election monitors to 18 states to keep tabs on the electoral process. Their mission is to prevent fraud, intimidation, or voter suppression.

Several states have established their own hotlines, and in New York City voters can even tweet in reports of problems.

Some citizens' groups, like Election Integrity Watch in Minneapolis, plan to deploy their own poll watchers.

"Our mission is to ensure fair and honest elections," said Jeff Davis, a founder of Election Integrity Watch and President of the conservative advocacy group, Minnesota Majority. "Over the course of the last elections here in Minnesota, we have discovered numerous problems, and government officials were reluctant to acknowledge those problems or investigate. We've concluded that it is up to us, we the people, to ensure the integrity of elections."

Just last week authorities in Minnesota charged 47 people with voter fraud from the 2008 election, and Davis believes the actual number is higher this year. They even held a news conference with Ian Hodge, who received an election postal verification card saying he is registered to vote, and listing his polling place. The only problem is that Mr. Hodge is not an American citizen. He's British. (read more)

Imagine touching the screen, thinking you are voting for your candidate, but the opposing candidate pops up as your choice!

That's what some voters claim has been happening in North Carolina, and now the North Carolina Republican party is suing the State Board of Elections.

According to the complaint filed by the state party, when people cast straight line votes for Republicans, the computer screens show votes for... Democrats.

"Their votes were not being properly counted," says Republican state party chairman Tom Fetzer. He says they've gotten complaints from voters in several counties and charges voters are not being protected. (read more)

California is the latest state warning of suspected absentee ballot fraud.

In Bakersfield, Kern County election officials caution voters not to give their absentee ballots to a third party. Officials say they should be mailed in, returned to the Elections Department in person, or turned in at any polling place on Election Day.

A Democratic voter says two young men, maybe teenagers, knocked on her door with what appeared to be a bagful of absentee ballots that hadn't been turned in yet and forcefully requested she turn hers over.

The woman refused, and Chief Deputy Registrar Karen Rhea tells Fox News it is illegal in California for anybody other than a voter to send in an absentee ballot. The case is in the hands of prosecutors now. Officials do not know for whom the canvassers worked, or for which party.

While local election officials, the F.B.I., and the U.S. Attorneys will be on the look-out for possible voter fraud, citizens groups are also active.

In Minnesota, where Democratic Senator Al Franken's controversial 312 vote victory over Republican Norm Coleman in 2008 still echoes with allegations that felons illegally voted, one group is taking voter fraud head on. (read more)

There have been two arrests in Florida related to voter fraud.

And they have to do with absentee ballots.

We've been investigating absentee ballot vote fraud allegations across the country, and now a public official is accused of using them illegally to win an election.

Daytona Beach City Commissioner Derrick Henry and his campaign manager Genesis Robinson face dozens of felony charges involving alleged absentee ballot fraud from Henry's re-election campaign two months ago.

Authorities say they illegally obtained 92 absentee ballots to boost Henry's re-election chances. Some voters said they never requested absentee ballots that were in their names, which is a common complaint we have been hearing from across the country, and it echoes a new potentially explosive case.

In Pennsylvania, in the Eighth Congressional District of Bucks County, authorities tell us more than 500 absentee ballot applications are allegedly fraudulent.

Voters in sworn statements say someone made up excuses for why they needed absentee ballots, and they claim they never signed for them. Some, they say, include fabricated excuses for why they supposedly needed absentee ballots, such as citing "travel," when the voter had no plans to go anywhere.  (read more)