The Voting News Daily: Philly Enq: Electronic voting can be foiled. Voters should voice ire over Dents, countys actions
Corporations in Democracy: “…Proposition 16 on California’s June ballot was “written and bankrolled by Pacific Gas & Electric Co. for the benefit of PG&E.” ~ George Skelton of LA Times. Anchorage split precinct balloting mixup affects 160 votes…No one tells Sarasota Election Sup Kathy Dent what to do? …Montgomery Co KY switching to paper ballots in time for the primary election May 18. “That way there is no doubt about how a ballot was cast and who won or lost,” said Joe Harp of Harp Election Services in Lexington…Pot calling kettle black? “Electronic polling can be foiled.” writes the Philadelphia Inquirer about Israel’s e-voting plan. The Inquirer should know since much of PA has paperless e-voting….
All this and more in today’s voting news below….
AK: Traini leads Clary in final election results*
http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=12325208
The city clerk’s office announced more vote-counting mistakes in the race Friday,… On April 7 the clerk found 160 votes had been improperly cast for the Midtown race in a split precinct at the Anchorage Senior Center.
CA: “Plugging in a Monopoly”
http://electionlawblog.org/archives/015735.html
George Skelton’s LA Times column begins: “The most important thing to know about Proposition 16 on California’s June ballot is that it was written and bankrolled by Pacific Gas & Electric Co. for the benefit of PG&E.”
CA: Third Time a Charm for Ranked Choice Voting?
http://www.sanleandrobytes.com/archives/010497.html
…San Leandro City Council…will attempt for a third time to approve an RCV ordinance at its April 19, 2010, meeting.
FL: Voters should voice ire over Dent’s, county’s actions
http://pelicanpress.org/content/2004_1.php
It was unconscionable that the Sarasota County supervisor of elections made plans to sue the county and the state because she doesn’t want to comply with a charter amendment voters approved to require extra audits of election returns.
With that threat, Kathy Dent might as well have found herself a big stool, climbed atop it at Five Points with a megaphone and proclaimed for all to hear, “No one tells me what to do! No one!”
FL: SB900 contains no pre-emption language giving the state power to govern all procedures and processes regarding elections
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/electionreform/message/13371
FL: Lawsuit settlement to lead to bilingual ballots in 2012
Volusia County settles federal suit for nearly $100,000
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2010-04-16/news/os-lawsuit-settlement-bilingual-ballot-20100416_1_bilingual-ballots-puerto-rican-residents-spanish-language-assistance
FL: Loser of Haines City Commission Election Alethea Pugh Files Lawsuit, Claims Fraud
http://www.theledger.com/article/20100416/NEWS/4165041/1410?Title=Loser-of-Haines-City-Commission-Election-Alethea-Pugh-Files-Lawsuit-Claims-Fraud
But the lawsuit charges West or his campaign workers “secured enough absentee ballots through fraudulent procedures to change the results of the elections which would otherwise have been won by Pugh.”
FL: U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Florida Case on Petitioning at the Polls
http://www.ballot-access.org/2010/04/19/u-s-supreme-court-refuses-to-hear-florida-case-on-petitioning-at-the-polls/
IL: Thanks to a Great Staff (Champaign Co IL Clerk running un-opposed)
http://blog.champaigncountyclerk.com/2010/04/19/thanks-to-a-great-staff/
IN: Huntington Clerk didn’t commit fraud
http://www.wane.com/dpp/news/huntington-clerk-investigated-for-fraud
Felts was accused of altering a candidates paperwork, so he could meet the filing deadline. The election board determined there was no proof fraud occured.
KY: Paper ballots are back for upcoming primary election (Montgomery County)
http://www.msadvocate.com/morestory.aspx?storiesID=897
The move to paper ballots is a national movement to bring more accountability to the voting process.