The Voting News Daily: Florida's rules leave too many voteless, End Judicial selection by election? Role of Twitter in Iran 2008 election
Florida rules leave too many voteless. FL’s “no match no vote” rule allows clerical errors to disenfranchise voters….Open source voting machines—an opportunity for Hawaii…Want to know about problems with Voting By Mail?…Money in politics? Congressional candidates raised $1.42 BILLION IN 2007-2008…The Role of Twitter in the Iran Elections of 2009
All this and more in the voting news below….
CO: LTE. Is IRV too complicated?
http://bit.ly/6rxnC5
…The May 5 election night video and written material found online raise some questions. Considering the apparent missteps and controversy surrounding that election, will Aspen continue to use IRV for future mayoral and City Council elections? If so, will private contractors again be brought in to conduct the elections?
FL: Florida rules leave too many voteless
http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/editorials/florida-rules-leave-too-many-voteless/1059886
Sunday, December 20, 2009 …Florida’s “No Match, No Vote” law denies voter registration to any applicant whose registration form doesn’t match either the Social Security or Florida’s driver’s license databases. Sometimes it’s a bureaucratic error that causes the problem. Sometimes voters transpose a number or list a nickname. But last year, results showed the stringent requirement disproportionately impacted Hispanics and African-Americans seeking to register in Florida. Unless they took the time and effort to follow up after being notified of the problem, they couldn’t vote or else cast a provisional ballot that was later rejected.
FL: Collier, Lee counties helping state restore voting rights to felons
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/dec/29/collier-lee-counties-helping-state-restore-voting-/
December 29, 2009 The initiative is in response to an August 2008 executive order from Florida Gov. Charlie Crist so the state can speed up restoration of civil rights, including the right to vote.
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For more information about the program, go to www.FLRestoreMyRights.com
FL: Supervisor Of Election’s Facebook Hacked
http://www.news4jax.com/news/22082964/detail.html
Jerry Holland Says E-Mail Sent Leading People To Virus
GA: Georgia VoteSafe gets OK
Dec 29, 2009 News release from the Secretary of State’s Office
http://www.walb.com/Global/story.asp?S=11743662
…The Georgia VoteSafe Program provides for the confidentiality of residence address of certain registered voters who have been, or may be, subject to acts of family violence, stalking or currently reside in a family violence shelter.
HI: Open source voting machines—an opportunity for Hawaii
http://disappearednews.com/2009/12/open-source-voting-machinesan.html
Hawaii could save money, create jobs, recycle many old computers, and protect the integrity of its vote by choosing to participate in an open-source voting project. I’ve mentioned this before, but this time there are details.
HI: Panel picks interim chief elections officer
http://www.starbulletin.com/news/breaking/80362412.html
Scott Nago has been with the Office of Elections since 1997
The state Elections Commission this morning chose Scott Nago as the interim chief elections officer, replacing Kevin Cronin, who abruptly resigned early this month.
ID: Man admits to voting twice *
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005129395
The Blaine County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office had alleged that Coiner voted in 2008by absentee ballot in Twin Falls County and again in person in Blaine County.
After Coiner pleaded guilty, Judge Jason Walker sentenced him to one-year unsupervised probation and 40 hours community service. Coiner was also fined $300 plus $75 court costs. The crime of “attempting to vote when not qualified” is punishable in Idaho by up to six months in jail.