The Voting News Daily: Voting machines burn in Rt 22,PA fire. KY debuts paper ballots.Philippines voting machine sleepover
Watch Yuma AZ vote count live via webcam…Use iPad to register to vote in Santa Clara Co CA…”Too much” voter assistance in Forsyth Co NC?..90 Kentucky counties debut paper ballot systems in Tues Primary..Absentee/Early Voting Method: Raise Questions and Risks…No Voting Rights in Indian Country USA…Smartmatic Technician Takes Home 65 PCOS Machines…Internet voting watch in Prince Edward Co Canada and to Gujarat India…
All this and more in today’s voting news below
AR: Voting Process Confusing For Some
http://www.4029tv.com/news/23574029/detail.html
Benton County. Officials said electronic voting machines are still confusing for a lot of people, even though they have been around for several years.
AZ: Vote-counting webcam starts Sunday
http://www.yumasun.com/news/ballots-60948-counting-county.html
Yuma County will stream a live video feed of the ballot counting center from a webcam at the Yuma County Elections Department starting Sunday morning.
It will be viewable through a link on the county website at www.yumacountyaz.gov/election.countylivevideolinks.htm .
AZ: Voters need assurance of fair elections * (March election in Yuma County)
http://www.yumasun.com/opinion/election-60930-ballots-news.html
The 10 percent rejection rate for early ballots due to signature problems is much higher than other parts of the state,
CA: Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters Accepts Electronic Signatures on Voter Registration Forms
http://www.ballot-access.org/2010/05/15/santa-clara-county-registrar-of-voters-accepts-electronic-signatures-on-voter-registration-forms/
CA: Newspaper ad alleges vote-count skullduggery in Sutter County
http://www.appeal-democrat.com/news/johnston-94962-oakley-election.html
FL: Much Unclear in Haines City Commission Election Fraud Case
http://www.theledger.com/article/20100514/NEWS/5145052/1134?Title=Much-Unclear-in-Haines-City-Commission-Election-Fraud-Case
HI: Elections Officials Say Mail-In Voting Secure
http://www.kitv.com/politics/23536222/detail.html
IN: Provisional ballots won’t count *
Union County Commissioner Gary Davis has until Tuesday to file request for recount
http://www.pal-item.com/article/20100515/NEWS01/5150315
The election board agreed the provisional ballots didn’t meet legal requirements…
KY: Paper ballots to debut with primary (Caldwell County)
http://www.timesleader.net/articles/stories/public/201005/16/4LLs_news.html
The traditional push-button voting machines used in the past have been replaced, and voters will now complete paper ballots and feed them into an electronic scanner.
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More than 90 Kentucky counties are converting to the paper ballot system for Tuesday’s primary election.
LA: Registrars set to purge voter rolls
http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/93833919.html
State election law requires the removal from the rolls of people who have not voted in two federal election cycles — generally every-other-year congressional balloting — and who have not responded to attempts to verify their addresses.
MI: Michigan Democratic Party Said to be Behind Attempt to Qualify a Tea Party for Michigan Ballot http://www.ballot-access.org/2010/05/17/michigan-democratic-party-said-to-be-behind-attempt-to-qualify-a-tea-party-for-michigan-ballot/
NC: Tiff over vote help: Three protests filed with Forsyth allege illegal electioneering
http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2010/may/15/tiff-over-vote-help/
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The three…say that some candidates and their supporters not only helped people cast ballots but used various methods to tell the people whom to vote for
NC: North Carolina First Party Has 86,000 Signatures
http://www.ballot-access.org/2010/05/16/north-carolina-first-party-has-86000-signatures/
NM: Wife of former judge sentenced *
http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruces-news/ci_15091753
Lilian Favela, 46, entered a plea of no contest to three felony counts of false voting charges on April 30 and was sentenced Monday. Two counts of false voting were dismissed.
NY: NY-29: Confusion Winning This Race
http://www.13wham.com/news/local/story/NY-29-Confusion-Winning-This-Race/a17fo4ISQkq_4V9aT_VEHw.cspx
NY: New Yorkers Take Action to Restore Voting Rights
http://reformny.blogspot.com/2010/05/new-yorkers-take-action-to-restore.html
Today, over 100 New Yorkers sent postcards to their legislators and Governor Paterson urging them to restore the right to vote to people in New York who are on parole and probation.