The Voting News Daily: Unisyn voting machines for Tennessee? Secret ballot retreats in Canada
We apologize, there was no voting news sent out yesterday due to blogging burnout. We’ll make it up to you.
“What happens when inmates control the asylum?” – A look at redistricting reform by William and Mary Election Law Society…NVRA Analysis by American Constitution Party is flawed, says Champaign County Clerk… “Claymates” can rest easy now: No voter fraud charges to be leveled against Clay Aiken in North Carolina…Georgia’s State Board of Elections will consider rule requiring voters to prove citizenship….Some members of the Warren County (NY) Board of Supervisors may join voting machine lawsuit….
Tennessee SOS Trey Hargett’s approach to implementing the new voting machine law shows the downfall of electing your election officials rather than hiring them. There’s a huge learning curve and the office is administrative and requires years of experience. Hargett seems to be unaware that HAVA funds can be used not just to buy voting machines but to implement them….
…Sheesh. What next, no elections? Washington County Texas commissioners abolished the Washington County elections administrator job, meanwhile Putnam County Tennessee custs voting places cut from 44 to 25….
….Utah Commission Recommends Automatic and Portable Voter Registration… The secret ballot retreats in Canada little by little as Internet voting continues to spread in municipalities…Oh no, Ghana Inches Towards Electronic Voting System…
All this and more in today’s voting news below…
CO: Election outcome may face challenge
Dec 8th, 2009 ANTONITO — No matter what Antonito voters may have decided casting their ballots in the recall election Tuesday, the outcome may be up for challenge because at least two board of trustee members feel that the legal notice of the time and location of the election was not properly advertised.
http://www.alamosanews.com/v2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=75&story_id=15051
GA: Roswell mayoral results hold up in recount
Fulton County election officials completed their recount of the mayoral race in Roswell this morning, and were set to do a recount of ballots in the Atlanta runoff
http://www.ajc.com/news/north-fulton/roswell-mayoral-results-hold-232698.html
GA: Voting rule on proof of citizenship up for adoption
One proposes a need to prove citizenship to be a registered voter.
Dec. 9, 2009 ATLANTA – A controversial rule requiring voters prove their citizenship comes up for adoption Thursday by the State Elections Board.
The rule will apply to people registering to vote after Jan. 1, or as soon at the U.S. Department of Justice determines whether it is an unfair burden to minority voters. Many critics of the proposed rule plan to speak out against it during public hearings before the board decides, arguing that it is indeed a burden to African-Americans, Asians and Hispanics…
http://jacksonville.com/news/georgia/2009-12-09/story/voting_rule_on_proof_of_citizenship_up_for_adoption
MA: Wellington ballot wording causes problems
Mon Dec 07, 2009 Belmont, Mass. – Officials are working to straighten out confusion over the wording of the ballot question authorizing a Proposition 2 1/2 debt exclusion for construction of the new Wellington School that has held up the project on the state level.
http://www.wickedlocal.com/belmont/news/education/x1964352937/Wellington-ballot-wording-causes-problems
NC: Wake Elections Board Will Not Refer Allegations Of Clay Aiken Voter Fraud To State Board
Dec. 9 RALEIGH, N.C.