The Voting News Daily: Ohio CD-18 recount. Double voting in Jefferson WV? Smartmatics alarming admission
Ohio SoS orders recount in 18th Congressional District, 16 counties must schedule by June 4..Are chicken costumes a form of free speech?..Montgomery Co TX will have recount on paperless machines and of course the result is unlikely to change…Some Bullit KY voters were given the wrong ballot…Internet voting spreads to another Canadian muni…Smartmatic admission of ‘innocent’ program errors alarms Philippine lawmakers. Errors include time stamp results with date earlier than election, number of voters inflated to 5x actual…More complex elections for UK may mean more complex solutions…
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CA: Signature fraud alleged in 4 Valley campaigns
Fresno Co. elections officials question petitions.
http://www.fresnobee.com/2010/05/21/1942529/fraud-alleged-in-4-valley-campaigns.html
Workers in four local campaigns used questionable signatures to get their candidate on the June 8 ballot, authorities say — including one endorsed by a voter who is dead.
CT: More Connecticut reports for Voting System Clearinghouse
Connecticut has submitted three more reports to EAC’s Voting System Reports Clearinghouse http://www.eac.gov/program-areas/research-resources-and-reports/copy_of_docs/state-local-voting-system-reports
CT: Registrar of Voters Primary, Bristol Connecticut
http://www.ctvoterscount.org/?p=3239 The Registrar of Voters can make a difference in election integrity, voter access, and candidate service.
KY: Some Bullitt residents voted in another city’s election, changing outcome*
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20100526/ZONE10/5260396/Some+
Bullitt+residents+voted+in+another+city+s+election++changing+outcome
http://is.gd/cqE3A
MD: Cordish lawyers push to invalidate signatures
Judge denies expert testimony
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/anne-arundel/bs-md-ar-slots-trial-signatures-20100525,0,5891160.story
MI: Military vote reform good step forward
http://www.thetimesherald.com/article/20100526/OPINION01/5260324/Military-vote-reform-good-step-forward
uniformed service members can request absentee ballots for immediate delivery by email. The ballots themselves would be printed out and returned by regular mail.
MS: Suit filed against consent decree
http://gwcommonwealth.com/articles/2010/05/26/news/top_stories/
05262010news01.txt http://is.gd/cqE7o
David Jordan and Robert Moore are requesting that a judge dismiss or modify a consent decree signed by the Leflore County Election Commission and Mississippi Republican Party to settle a lawsuit.
In a motion filed Tuesday in Leflore County Circuit Court, the two public officials, both Democrats, allege “several major fallacies” in the consent decree, including..
NC: Runoff elections a waste of time ?
http://www.thepilot.com/news/2010/may/26/runoff-elections-waste-time/
NV: Letter to secretary of state asks chicken suits be allowed at polls
http://www.lvrj.com/blogs/politics/Letter_to_secretary_of_state_asks_
chicken_suits_be_allowed_at_polls.html?ref=554 http://is.gd/cqE5B
ProgressNow Nevada, in its letter to the secretary of state, said there is no law prohibiting dress that includes costumes at the polls.
PA: COUNTY OF MERCER v. UNILECT CORPORATION
http://www.leagle.com/unsecure/page.htm?shortname=infco20100525152
The County of Mercer, Pennsylvania appeals the District Court’s summary judgment in favor of UniLect Corporation. We will affirm.
OH: State orders recount in 18th Congressional District
http://www.cantonrep.com/newsnow/x2084265569/State-orders-recount-in-18th-Congressional-District The Tuscarawas County Board of Elections…
…The Board of Elections in each of the 16 counties in the 18th District must schedule the recount no later than 10 days from Tuesday, which would be June 4.
PA: Write-in candidate challenges results of York County Republican Committeewoman race * http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2010/05/write-in_candidate_challenges.html
The write-in candidate who challenged the controversial winner of a race for York County Republican committeewoman from Newberry Twp. filed a complaint Wednesday with the York County Election Bureau, claiming there was a problem with the voting machines.