The Voting News Daily: NY DA clears Brooklyn ACORN. Idaho house passes Voter ID. Online voting ‘security stuff’
Nearly 60% of voters in Texas cast ballots on paperless direct record machines…Columbia County Joins With Nassau to Contest ERMA: Counties Want to Keep Their Lever Voting Machines…NY D.A. Clears Brooklyn ACORN: ‘No Criminality Found’… Online Voting in Alberta or Elsewhere – How easy is looking after “all that security stuff”?…Unofficial results – Burlington VT repealed instant runoff voting…
All this and more in today’s voting news below….
CT: RoundUp: Registrar Error or Election Fraud? – Saving $$$ or Empowering Voters?
http://www.ctvoterscount.org/?p=2928
We are likely to have several busy news days over the next few weeks as the General Assembly considers changes to the election laws and the 2010 election heads …
FL: Officials urge voters to freshen outdated signatures
http://www.theledger.com/article/20100301/NEWS/3015064/1134?Title=Officials-Urge-Voters-to-Freshen-Outdated-Signatures
FL: Six Organizations File Amicus Brief in U.S. Supreme Court in Case on Petitioning at the Polls
http://www.ballot-access.org/2010/03/02/six-organizations-file-amicus-brief-in-u-s-supreme-court-in-case-on-petitioning-at-the-polls/
GA: “NAACP Head Says Majority-Black Muscogee Elections Board’s Trying to Reduce Black Voting Strength”
http://electionlawblog.org/archives/015387.html
ID: Voter ID bill passes House (now moves to the senate)
http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/boise/2010/mar/01/voter-id-passes-house/
MI: Voter ID will stop some from voting
http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20100228/OPINION03/2280393
MO: Mo senators debate overseas voting bill
http://www.koamtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=12065299
MO: Legislation designed to make voting easier for troops from Missouri
http://www.kansascity.com/2010/03/01/1782566/legislation-designed-to-make-voting.html
MT: Missoula County election office still needs hundreds of poll workers
http://www.missoulian.com/news/local/article_21bc2534-25bd-11df-9fc2-001cc4c002e0.html
NC: Council to debate election funding
http://www.reflector.com/news/council-debate-election-funding-25434
The resolution seeking legislation allowing cities to sponsor public financing for local elections already appears controversial.
NY: County’s election costs will almost double
http://www.herkimertelegram.com/news/x655498789/Countys-election-costs-will-almost-double
NY: Columbia County Joins With Nassau to Contest ERMA: Counties Want to Keep Their Lever Voting Machines
http://re-mediaetc.blogspot.com/2010/03/columbia-county-joins-with-nassau-to.html
NY: NY D.A. Clears Brooklyn ACORN: ‘No Criminality Found’
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7721
From Kings County, New York District Attorney Joe Hynes just now::
Well, what a stunner. Still no retraction from you, New York Times?
NY; EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: ‘Andy Breitbart Exlains It All For You’ – Disturbing Admissions, Manic Responses to the ACORN Video ‘Pimp’ Hoax
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7719
VA: VIP Serves Voters in Virginia’s Special Elections
http://www.votinginfoproject.org/blog/index.cfm/2010/3/2/VIP-Serves-Voters-in-Virginias-Special-Elections
We think our VIP Google Gadget is especially useful in elections like today’s special elections in the Virginia 41st House District…
VT: Burlington.Unofficial results – instant runoff voting repealed (52%)
http://www.cctv.org/watch-tv/elections/election-night-coverage-03-02-2010
VT: Instant Runoff Voting faces make-or-break vote today
http://www.wcax.com/global/story.asp?s=12067428
VT: Polling place confusion in Burlington
http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=12066967
TX: 2010: What’s the Deal with Recounts?
http://www.texastribune.org/blogs/post/2010/mar/02/tribblog-want-do-over/
TX: State Voting System Snapshot: Texas Primary
http://blog.verifiedvoting.org/2010/03/01/425
Nearly 60% of voters will vote on paperless direct record machines
TX: Texas elections issue watch: Voter ID
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/politics/state/stories/DN-issuewatch_01tex.ART.State.Edition2.4b9fff0.html
National
Marty Hasen (z’l), 1930 – 2010
http://electionlawblog.org/archives/015391.html
Rick Hasen of ElectionLawBlog honors his father’s memory
D.C. Circuit Rules in Unity08 v. FEC
http://electionlawblog.org/archives/015390.html
2009 Brings Big Money in Key Congressional Races
http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2010/03/2009-brings-big-money-in-key-c.html
FCC to Call for Government Data Overhaul
http://www.internetnews.com/government/article.php/3867876
The plan will also call for reforms to the voting system. The FCC will recommend that all states establish a secure, online mechanism for voters to register. It will also recommend that the Defense Department create an online voting system for members of the military stationed overseas…
International
Canada: Online Voting in Alberta or Elsewhere
http://www.slaw.ca/2010/03/01/online-votin/
How easy is looking after “all that security stuff”?