The Voting News Daily: ES&S: “All Your Votes R Belong to US”- NOW, Tenn voter purge? Procrastinate by mail voting
The big news is that ES&S bought Diebold’s election division, creating a virtual monopoly for ES&S. “It’s a massive consolidation of voting-system vendors,” – Candice Hoke, election law prof. at Cleveland State U. “The move, if allowed to go forward, is sure to raise further concerns among the U.S. Election Integrity community who have, for years, been alarmed by the private take-over of public elections by unaccountable corporations, and the increasing use of secret software used to both cast and tally votes.” -Brad Friedman of Bradblog. Anti trust complaints expected to be filed. Wired news has a Diebold map up.
The rest of the news: Fire fighters in LA area get extra time to vote.
In Yuma Co CA,procrastinate-by-mail voters delay results. Aspen Co wants independent attorney to address challenges related to ballot secrecy and transparency in the May IRV election. Shelby Co TN Election Commission purges 60,000 voters. **Just a reminder to readers – its municipal election time, don’t forget to vote.
CA. Station fire delays ballot counting
Emergency workers get extra time to vote in L.A.-area Assembly race and Bay Area congressional contest.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-assembly2-2009sep02,0,1915505.story
CA. Inconsiderate to delay count of mail ballots
September 02, 2009 Less than 8,000 voters chose to participate in the primary election for Yuma City Council and mayor,.many ballots – more than 1,600 of them – remained to be counted Wednesday…There is no reason this needed to happen. It is the fault of inconsiderate voters.
They received their mail ballots weeks ago but failed to turn them in early enough so they could be verified and counted in time to release the results Tuesday night
http://www.yumasun.com/opinion/ballots-52546-voters-mail.html
CO. Aspen’s May election faces more challenges
City commission wants outside attorney to deal with myriad issues
ASPEN — Aspen’s election commission plans to ask for an outside attorney to determine its authority on whether it can rule on a citizen’s claim that his voting rights were violated in the May election, as well as another resident’s request to release all the ballots so they can be reviewed independently.
http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20090903/NEWS/909029971/1001/NONE&parentprofile=1058
CO. Election commission unsure of powers
September 3, 2009 The city of Aspen Election Commission, a body that the City Charter calls for to weigh in “when election procedures are in doubt,” met for the first time in decades Thursday and promptly called for an independent attorney to be appointed to advise it on its jurisdiction.
http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/136399
NC. OpEd. Voter registration reforms can aid turnout, lower costs
New bipartisan panel’s work could be a win for all of us.
Thursday, Sep. 03, 2009 …You can register and vote on the same day in this state on early voting days, and many residents did so during last year’s elections.
But voting on Election Day still requires registration in advance. And nationwide, voter registration remains tedious and costly, and is often plagued by inefficiencies and inaccuracies….the N.C. Coalition for Verified Voting has pointed to continuing weaknesses, particularly in voter registration lists. Officials say lack of standards for voter databases, problems in moving voter registration and lack of voter education were among the problems.