The Voting News Daily: Internet Voting Pilot in Washington, More HAVA audit shocks, Tennessee nears paper ballot finish line
Larimer County Colorado voting by mail in Nov…Colorado allows all mail elections in odd years…Fulton County GA Elections backroom debacle –
“There is no practical way to know how many Fulton County voters,who requested absentee ballots, ultimately did not vote,” Attorney Norman Underwood …
Audit questions thousands spent by the Palm Beach County elections office…Lawsuit filed for Aspen Colorado’s May ballots…5,000 absentee ballot applications rejected in Cuyahoga Co Ohio…Tennessee officials preparing for voting machine transition!…Internet voting pilot in Franklin Co Washington:
“Lenhart hopes the project will show lawmakers that online voting is the wave of the future, and that they’ll change the law that requires paper ballots.”
A Call to Protect Indian Voting Rights…How the Afghan Election Was Rigged…Big thanks to readers who sent in news clippings…
All this and more below…
CO. Aspen’s Marks sues for release of city’s May ballots
…Marks filed a lawsuit Thursday, against Aspen City Clerk Kathryn Koch, asking a judge to order the city show cause for its reason to withhold photographic ballot images from the election. If the city can’t show cause, Marks’ complaint demands that she be allowed to inspect the ballot images.
also seeks a temporary restraining order and injunctive relief to stop the city from destroying records from the election. Her suit claims the city plans to destroy the records no later than Nov. 5 — exactly six months after the May 5 contest.
http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20091010/NEWS/910109997/1077&ParentProfile=1058
CO. Referendum 2A — Aspen Instant Runoff Voting
Aspen voters will vote this fall on how they’d like to vote in the future.
…the Aspen City Council this past summer agreed to put an advisory question on the November ballot that asks residents whether IRV should be scrapped or kept in place.
http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20091011/ASPENWEEKLY/910099985/1077&ParentProfile=1058
CO. Ballots to hit mail this week
Larimer County. CO mail-in election
Doyle said voters should be careful to sign the backs of their ballot envelopes before returning them. They also should make sure to put the proper amount of postage on the return envelope.
“Elections by mail also have proved to be a boon for the U.S. Postal Service, spokesman Al DeSarro said.”
http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20091012/LOVELAND01/91012005
CO. Weld County, CO moves to all mail-in election (first time since early 90s) For the first time since the early 1990s, Weld County will conduct an election exclusively by mail beginning when ballots are sent out this week.
State law allows counties to conduct odd-year elections exclusively through the mail, Weld County Clerk and Recorder Steve Moreno said…
“All eligible voters in the database will receive a ballot,”
http://www.greeleytribune.com/article/20091012/NEWS/910089980/1008/NONE&parentprofile=1001
CT. Connecticut Legislative Hearing on Changes to Public Funding Law
October 12th, 2009. On October 22, Thursday, the Connecticut legislature will hold an informational hearing on to discuss whether the public funding law should be amended, to eliminate or reduce the parts of the law that discriminate against minor party and independent candidates.
http://www.ballot-access.org/2009/10/12/connecticut-legislative-hearing-on-changes-to-public-funding-law/
FL. Audit questions thousands spent by the Palm Beach County elections office in ’07-’08. * October 10, 2009. WEST PALM BEACH — As Palm Beach County’s top elections official, Arthur Anderson spent big: $40,450 for children’s books, $10,000 for a Haitian cultural festival, $3,697 for jar openers bearing his name and thousands more for computer equipment that has never been found.