The Voting News Daily: Florida hogs HAVA $ that counties need, Virginia violated overseas voters rights, Aghanistan runoff?
Interview with Dr. Ulrich Wiesner who won Germany lawsuit claiming E-Voting unconstitutional…Colorado mail elections raise issue of electioneering at the post office…Show us the money, SOS Browning: Florida State earns interest on $67 million in HAVA funds while counties like Bradford and Miami Dade can’t afford new paper ballot systems…Judge Says Virginia Violated Rights of Overseas Voters…Afghans Await Election Fraud Report and there may be a runoff election…Are you checking twitter for election news?…Voting news is light today…Remember you can visit Voting News on the web…Did we miss something? Send to us at ncvoter (at) gmail.com
All of that and more in today’s Voting News below…
CA: (Tweet) smcvote San Mateo County on Twitter: Hopefully you’ve already started following the Elections Office on Twitter at @smcvote.. http://bit.ly/35284A
CO: Mail-in vote blurs the lines
Steamboat Springs, Routt County. Postal Service spokesman: Campaigning at post office illegal Routt County’s first mail-only election is forcing elections and Postal Service officials to take a closer look at election law and oversight
http://www.steamboatpilot.com/news/2009/oct/16/mail_vote_blurs_lines/
CT: Volunteer 1 Day For Democracy: Sign-Up for the November Post-Election Audits Now!
http://www.ctvoterscount.org/?p=2460
FL: Supervisors want extension on new voting machine purchases
October 16, 2009. Bradford Supervisor of Elections Terry Vaughan is joining other elections supervisors in the state by calling for an extension of the deadline to have new voting equipment in place for the disabled.
The requirement grew out of the move to make all ballots paper ballots, which is in itself an outgrowth of the mistrust many have of all-digital voting systems.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20379808&BRD=2150&PAG=461&dept_id=403301&rfi=6
FL. Miami Dade may have to fork over $7 million next year for voting systems
(REPOST)…County commissioners voted Tuesday to urge the Legislature to extend its deadline to 2016 unless the state agrees to pay for the new equipment it’s requiring…commissioners lashed out at the state for not only requiring new equipment without paying for it, but also for holding on to federal money passed to the state years ago to reimburse localities for past equipment switches.
The state still has $67 million “that in our opinion belongs to the counties,” Mr. Sola said.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/electionreform/message/12625 archived (original link requires subscription )
MO: Voting Rights Groups Set Record Straight on Lawsuit Targeted by State Republican Party FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 16, 2009
…Today the voting rights organizations Dēmos, Project Vote, and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the following joint statement in response:
As organizations with a longstanding commitment to protecting the voting rights of all Americans, we are disappointed that the Missouri Republican State Committee has created an ad and website that seek to use the vital issue of voting rights for political gain…
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Through this lawsuit and the settlement, Missouri is once again becoming a leader in this area after years of neglect by previous administrations, with some 147,000 low-income Missourians joining the democratic process…
http://www.lawyerscommittee.org/newsroom/press_releases?id=0048
NC: Candidates fear voter registration may skew election results
October 16, 2009. There is concern circulating that people who don’t live on Wrightsville Beach are voting on Wrightsville Beach.