The Voting News Daily: Court may loosen campaign spending, Afghanistan to have recounts, audits. ACORN turns in Fl workers.
Arguments on Citizens United vs FEC were heard by US Supreme Court today:
“The Supreme Court signaled Wednesday it may let businesses and unions spend freely to help their favored candidates in time for next year’s elections.” ~ AP.
ACORN turns in Fla. workers on voter fraud charges. (Remember, ACORN & other agencies – do not register voters, they work to get voter registration applications, these are then turned over to election officials who run checks on these forms before any voters are registered.)
The economy vs elections: “Our office has been underfunded and we can no longer afford to run the elections office like it’s going out of business,” ~Flagler Co FL Elections Supervisor Kimberle Weeks.
A federal judge has ruled that a lawsuit can continue against Volusia County over the lack of a Spanish-language ballot during the 2008 election. Many New York voters will vote with optical scanners for the first time. Trumbull County BoE will not close 65-80 of the county’s 250 voting precincts for the Nov election after all but will consider consolidation at a later date. The Massachusetts State Auditor estimates $7.2 million for spec election to fill Sen Kennedy’s seat. Lots of “voter fraud” stories in the news.
Bedford Co TN to consider res. asking state to delay implementing the Voter Confidence Act. Attention Utah Voters: bring id to the polls when voting.
Song: They lost my vote.
Smartmatic and NEC Argentina to develop biometric voter reg for Bolivia.
An idea that might catch on? Recounts and audits ordered for Afghanistan election.
AL. Calera City Council calls for a new municipal election
September 09, 2009 The Calera City Council passed a resolution Tuesday night calling for a new municipal election on Nov. 10.
The move is contingent on approval from U.S. Justice Department officials, who declared the results of the 2008 municipal election invalid. The Justice Department did not approve the city’s new voting lines used in the 2008 election because Calera’s only district made up mainly of minorities was eliminated.
http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/metro.ssf?/base/news/1252484220208220.xml&coll=2
CA. City councilor pushes for ranked-choice voting in ’10
09/08/2009 …In March 2008, Santa Fe voters passed two election-related amendments to the city charter. One mandates that the Santa Fe City Council put in place public campaign financing, and the other requires that the city implement ranked-choice voting as soon as municipally possible…. Although the charter amendment specifies that March 2010 should be the goal for a ranked-choice election, technological shortcomings are proving the greatest hurdle. While the voting machines available to the city can accept information from ranked-choice ballots, the machines can’t tally the results without major and costly software, if not hardware, upgrades.
http://sfreporter.com/stories/chooser_illusion/5009/
FL. ACORN turns in Fla. workers on voter fraud charges
9/9/2009. MIAMI — Armed with a tip from the grassroots group ACORN about its own workers, authorities on Wednesday began arresting 11 people suspected of falsifying hundreds of voter applications during a registration drive last year…Miami-Dade prosecutors gave credit to the group for coming forward and ACORN officials said they felt vindicated…ACORN officials said the group regularly reports suspected fraud to authorities nationwide but the Miami prosecution marks one of the few times the complaints were taken seriously.