The Voting News Daily: 8/18 Plaudits for Audits, MN’s IRV test, NY’s candidate whack-a-mole, Biometrics in Voter ID
The economy continues to impact election administration. Shrinking voter rolls for Annapolis Maryland. Plaudits for (Post-Election) Audits (video) :} The push for voter id in Mississippi continues. In Minnesota, instant runoff voting tested. In New York, one out of every five would-be candidates for local office gets knocked off the ballot. Meanwhile, the PA Supreme Court upheld the practice of charging candidates for the costs of removing them from the ballot. 2 accused of double voting in Arizona. King County has joined most Washington state in all-mail voting, Bolivia will use biometric voter ID. Japan’s Twitter-Free Election Campaign.
AZ. 2 in court accused of double voting
If they did, it was error, lawyer says
08.14.2009 The attorney for a Green Valley couple accused of voting twice in the 2008general election says if his clients did so, it was an innocent mistake rather than a malicious act…The Marshalls are accused of voting in the general election in both Kansas — where they lived until relocating to Green Valley last year — and Arizona, court records show
http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/304900
GA. First Brief Filed in Georgia Ballot Access Case
August 18th, 2009 On August 17, Faye Coffield filed her first brief in the 11th circuit, in Coffield v Handel, 09-13277, the case challenging the 5% (of the number of registered voters) petition requirement for minor party and independent candidates for U.S. House. As the brief makes abundantly clear, no one has completed this petition since 1964,
http://www.ballot-access.org/2009/08/18/first-brief-filed-in-georgia-ballot-access-case/
IL. Without GOP Support, Quinn Signs Voter Registration Extension
August 18, 2009 …HB 267 (now Public Act 96-0441), sponsored by Rep. Will Davis and Sen. James Meeks, extends that grace period one additional week, leaving only seven days between the final deadline and the opening of the polls.
http://progressillinois.com/2009/8/17/without-gop-quinn-registration
IN. Election costs and police pay wipe out most of county’s new money as budget hearings hit crunch time
http://www.chestertontribune.com/PorterCounty/81891%20election_costs_and_police_pay_wi.htm
IN. Knox mayor says he’ll testify before grand jury
Aug 17, 2009 at 4:54 KNOX — Mayor Rick Chambers has been issued a subpoena to appear before a grand jury Wednesday to testify into alleged voter fraud and perjury, he said Monday in a news release.
http://www.wsbt.com/news/local/53494297.html
KY. Bullitt Fiscal Court to discuss voting machines
August 17, 2009 Bullitt County Fiscal Court will hear an update on buying new voting machines at Tuesday’s meeting…Mooney’s office is working to redraw precinct boundaries and add new ones, which could require 24 to 30 new machines,
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090817/ZONE10/908170346/1008/NEWS01
MD. Annapolis voter rolls downsized
Democrats outnumber Republicans 2-to-1 now
08/17/09 Registered voters in Annapolis are doing two things: turning bluer and disappearing
http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/2009/08/17-30/Annapolis-voter-rolls-downsized.html
MN. Residents try hand at new voting system
Instant-runoff voting is easier to cast than count, judging by our informal test run that sampled people ranging from our office to a senior citizen residence.
http://www.startribune.com/local/53359392.html?page=1&c=y
MS. Rosamond seeks judicial review of Canton Ward 1 election
August 17, 2009 … Though Brown has been carrying out alderman duties since his swearing-in in July, Rosamond wants the election results thrown out because of alleged fraud and illegal voting in the May 19 runoff between he and Brown.