The Voting News Daily: Corporation announces run for Congress, Online voting push at LA Co., Cyber threats escalate, Undervote law confusion
Editors Note: Today’s voting news is dedicated to my mother who passed away on January 21, 2010. She is sorely missed but is at peace now. A big thanks goes out to Sean Flaherty of Verified Voting who has been publishing the Voting News in my absence, from January 18- 28. Without Sean, the voting news would not have gone out. ~ Joyce McCloy, editor.
Now the voting news highlights: Internet voting – Neighborhood Councils Urge (Los Angeles) City Hall To Allow Online Voting…Washington State SOS sponsors bill for military to vote by email or fax. Strangley, Thurston Co. WA Auditor Kim Wyman says: “This is not voting via the Internet.”
Aspen Colorado ballot image suit may go to court in March…The value of audits demonstrated: $4,000 of Indian River County funds ended up in personal bank acct of Election Supervisor…Colbert Bait -Even with the new SCOTUS ruling, Doritos can’t sponsor his 2012 run…Murray Hill Inc. announced it was filing to run for U.S. Congress…Tests expose weaknesses of Philippines new voting machines…EU calls on Sri Lanka to probe reports of election irregularities…
All this and more in today’s voting news below….
CA: Neighborhood Councils Urge City Hall To Allow Online Voting
http://blogs.laweekly.com/ladaily/city-news/online-voting-neighborhood-cou/
Jan. 29 2010 …Still, time is running short for this year’s elections, and the clerk’s office has indicated it would rather not deal with the issue until 2012. Last week, Councilman Paul Koretz authored a motion encouraging the clerk’s office to implement pilot voting programs this year. But without firm directive, the clerk’s office seems likely to swat the idea aside.
Read blog articles about internet voting risks at Verified Voting blog here:
http://blog.verifiedvoting.org/category/issues/internet-voting
CA: Election Day registration worries county clerk
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/story/1009583.html
…Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie called same-day registration a “no brainer” and said it was more secure because “you have the person right in front of you — not a postcard in the mail,” Yee wrote
CA: California “Top-Two Open Primary” to be on Ballot as Proposition 14
http://www.ballot-access.org/2010/01/31/california-top-two-open-primary-to-be-on-ballot-as-proposition-14/
CO: Marks v. Koch- Ballot ImageTransparency Litigation – Aspen Colorado
http://aspenelectionreview.blogspot.com/2010/01/marks-v-koch-ballot-imagetransparency.html
Marilyn Marks filed suit against the City of Aspen Municipal Clerk to gain recourse for the City’s refusal to provide access to a CD containing recorded images of the ballots which were cast in Aspen Colorado’s May 5 municipal election.
…
A further trial management conference was set for Feb. 18 and a tentative trial date was set for March 22 and 23.
CO: Editorial: A vote for voters
http://bit.ly/9VqrUY January 29, 2010 No need to even ask. Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder is dutifully researching and asking voters whether they want a mail-ballot-only election for the state primary races in August, or whether they want the county to set up voting machines in precincts or voting centers.
CO: Scott Doyle announces re-election bid
http://bit.ly/cva6pv
Doyle is credited with pioneering the Vote Center concept in Colorado that eliminated neighborhood precinct polling places in favor of large centers
FL: Solari: Annual audit to include $4,000 bank error in Indian River County Supervisor of Elections Office
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2010/jan/29/solari-annual-audit-to-include-4000-bank-error/