The Voting News Daily: GA voting case moves to Valdosta, EAC oks 3rd ballot scanner, AL internet voting bill, Google hacked
Alabama House considers military internet voting bill today. Meanwhile Google disclosed significant attacks on their servers…Project Vote’s releasing election recommendations for 11 states: Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, Nevada,New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia… Should voter history be private or public information?…EAC Certifies Third Optical-Scan Voting System….Election tension mounts as Ukraine PM cries foul
Dr Barbara Simons on Voter Registration…Government of Sri Lanka Condemns Election Violence
All this and more in today’s voting news below….
AL: Alabama House committee reviews 4 election bills today (includes internet voting for military) http://www.votelaw.com/blog/archives/006347.html
CA: Wall Street Journal Article in San Francisco Green Party
http://www.ballot-access.org/2010/01/13/wall-street-journal-article-in-san-francisco-green-party/
January 13th, 2010 The two articles are not the same, although they both emphasize that by some indicators, the party is weaker than it was in the past.
CA: California ACORN breaks off into new nonprofit group
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-acorn13-2010jan13,0,7260819.story
The community organization group will keep the same mission and many of the same staffers, but will not belong to the troubled national alliance.
GA: GA voting case moves to Valdosta (where Ray Lemme ended up)
http://bit.ly/5LgcZg January 12.
I am going to Valdosta this week to provide expert witness testimony in the bizarre case against Laura Gallegos that will be heard on Thursday January 14th at the Lowndes County Courthouse.
In this case, a known voting machine defect allowed 947 test votes to be included in the 2008 Lowndes County certified election results.
IL: Illinois and the Law of Unintended Consequences
http://bit.ly/5dBM2i
January 12, 2010 In Illinois, now home of the nation’s earliest primary elections for federal offices, early voting has begun.
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So the Illinois legislature never got around to amending the law and changing the date of its primary elections back to the traditional March date.
NC: Maker of fake Cary political Web site comes forward
http://www.carynews.com/news/story/15502.html
The legislature has made no laws regulating campaign Web sites, Ragan said, so the elections board would have no jurisdiction over the content of any site.
NE: Nebraska online voter registration might be possible
http://www.nebraska.tv/Global/story.asp?S=11806528
Jan 13, 2010 – It might soon be possible to register online to vote in Nebraska. A bill (LB 875) State Sen. Bob Giese of South Sioux City introduced Monday would require the development of an online voter registration system. KNTV. Read More
NH: N.H. voters suprised by special election poll hours
http://bit.ly/6TN092
Jan 13, 2010 – Any early risers who planned to cast a vote yesterday were in for a surprise. Polls in the three Manchester wards that hosted a special primary election weren’t open for business until 11 a.m. Mark Hayward, Union Leader
PA: Rep. Wolf Takes Voter Intimidation Case to Judiciary Committee
http://bit.ly/8ZhOaw
January 12, 2010 Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) continues to try get answers from the Obama Justice Department about a voter intimidation case in Philadelphia. The incident which occurred during the 2008 presidential election was summarily dismissed by Eric Holder’s office
TN: State senate delays paper trail for voting
http://www.wsmv.com/politics/22215960/detail.html
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill to delay a law requiring a paper trail on voting machines until the 2012 election cycle.