The Voting News Daily: Aspen voters-don’t ask questons! IL:Undervote lawsuit filed, NC BCBS campaign triggers probe
Ellen Theisen at Voters Unite continues to update a database of voting problems and news articles.
“Don’t ask, don’t think; trust us”
~Harvie Branscomb about Aspen Colorado’s shameful efforts to keep the election process closed to the public and the McCarthy-style tactics used against local voting activists….
Something good! It is good to see reports of post election audits, something almost unheard of several years ago…The Champaign County Clerk of Illinois has filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the undervote notification in Champaign County Circuit Court…
…NC Lawmakers join call for Blue Cross probe of anonymous robo calls, political campaigning, ethics issues…We wish all voting news readers a safe and happy Thanksgiving…
All this and more in today’s voting news below….
CO: Don’t ask, don’t think; trust us
Dear Editor:
Message from: The city
To: Our citizens
1) Don’t ask to see any copies of your anonymous ballots — something about them is just too dangerous for the public to handle — we will keep them briefly and destroy all copies for you…
http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20091125/LETTER
CO: Should the city of Aspen release the ballots from the spring City Council election to anyone who wants to see them? (scroll poll 2/3 way down the page)
http://www.aspentimes.com/
CT: Audit ensures election accuracy
11/25/2009 Westport’s elected officials have already been sworn into office, but the results of the Nov. 3 election had yet to be put to rest until Friday evening
http://www.westport-news.com/ci_13862874
IL: Champaign County Clerk. lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the undervote notification in Champaign County Circuit Court
http://blog.champaigncountyclerk.com/2009/11/24/undervote-lawsuit-filed/
MO: Fighting corrpution like fighting H1N1? (campaign finance)
November 25, 2009
http://politicalactivitylaw.com/?p=6480
NC: Lawmakers join call for Blue Cross probe (anonymous robo calls, non profit campaigning, ethics issues)
November 24, 2009
http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/lawmakers
[it may not be against the law for BCBS to engage in campaigning, but many issues call for investigation]
NC: Twenty state lawmakers have signed a letter calling for an investigation into a campaign by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of N.C. (actual letter)
“…Further, given BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina’s status as a not-for-profit with a share of 96.8% in our individual insurance market built on over 60 years of preferred tax exemptions, we are concerned as a matter of public policy and ethical business practices that they have inappropriately engaged in political advocacy. As a corporation that claims to deliver innovative health care products and services to its members, BlueCross BlueShield appears to be engaging in a blatant political campaign utilizing the premiums paid by their customers.”