The Voting News Daily: ES&S wins NYC bid, Lobbyist indicted, The Limitations of Paper Ballots and Recounts
Editor note: our apologies, voting news was not published yesterday due to incidents out of our control. Normally you can expect voting news to be published 5 days a week. Thank you for your patience.
New study asks: “Burning question for California: Was Prop 8 Straight”…Ballot-look-alike mail stirs up controversy in Oregon…I guess they couldn’t afford a stamp? Nearly all Oregon governor hopefuls have skipped voting. Only former secretary of state is a consistent voter…
Department of Defense has started training thousands to help millions register to vote…Some military internet voting experiments on the horizon even though experts say there are too many issues with internet voting…..
Ten Virginia civil-rights and faith-based groups address Virginia’s Governor:
“Gov. Kaine has the opportunity to make history and reverse one of the last vestiges of Jim Crow segregation. It is time Virginia joins the ranks of the 48 other states who restore voting rights for former felons when they have paid their debt to society.”
CA: Was Pro 8 Straight?
http://www.wasprop8straight.org/index.html
Election Watchdogs and GLBT Rights Groups Call For Investigation!
CO: Bar association weighs in on Worcester-Election Commission conflict
http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/138642
HI: Mail-in ballot might boost special election turnout
http://www.starbulletin.com/editorials/20100106_Mail-in_ballot_might_boost_special_election_turnout.html
IN: Bill would allow voters to cast ballot by mail without excuse
http://www.fox59.com/news/sns-ap-in-xgr–votebymail,0,2884850.story
KS: Grant pays for new ballot-counting machines in Cherokee County
http://www.joplinglobe.com/local/local_story_007212836.html
COLUMBUS, Kan. — New ballot-counting machines will be in place for April city elections in Cherokee County, because of a $17,388 federal grant.
MI: Detroit: The Limitations of Paper Ballots and Recounts
http://www.ctvoterscount.org/?p=2753
January 7, 2010 The value of paper ballots and recounts depends on the chain-of-custody and the integrity of election officials. Bev Harris reports in a letter the almost unbelievable, sad situation in a Detroit Mayoral race recount..
MI: Michigan clerks back online registration
http://www.hometownlife.com/article/20100107/NEWS15/1070604
Jan 08, 2010 – With so much of every-day life centering around the computer these days, local clerks are by and large in favor of legislation that would allow residents to use the computer to register to vote. Brad Kadrich, Observer & Eccentric.
MT: Citizens United and Montana corruption through history
http://politicalactivitylaw.com/?p=7184
January 8, 2010 The Flathead Beacon has it all this morning for history buffs in this article about Citizens United: a copper magnate, 1912 elections, and bribing state legislators for their votes in a senate election
NM: Some Anthony residents experience voting problems; election otherwise going
http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruces-news/ci_14127150
01/05/2010 ANTHONY, N.M. — Some Anthony residents trying to vote in the community’s incorporation election today are being turned away because they don’t live in the boundaries of the proposed new city —a requirement to vote.
“We’re getting quite a few of those,” said Doña Ana County Clerk Lynn Ellins. “These are people with an Anthony address but don’t live within the area proposed for incorporation.”
NY: A Day Late… » *
http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2010/01/a-day-late.html
January 6, 2010 One day after the Board of Elections commissioners awarded Election Systems and Software of Omaha a multimillion-dollar contract to provide the city with new electronic voting machines, US Attorney Preet Bharara has indicted one of the firm’s lobbyists on corruption charges.