The Voting News Daily: Legislators told that confusion about voting machines still reigns – The Daily News Online: News
AZ: Arizona court urged to decide redistricting issue – KSWT
A former Arizona Supreme Court justice is urging current justices to decide whether three nominees for the state redistricting commission are eligible for appointment. Former Justice Stanley Feldman represents supporters nominee Paul Bender, an Arizona State University law professor. Republican legislative leaders say Bender is ineligible because he’s a tribal judge. Much of a Supreme Court hearing Tuesday on the challenge to Bender and two other nominees centered on whether the court should let the dispute go to court later based on challenges made to actual appointments. Read More
CA: OpEd – RCV lessons for the SF mayor’s race | San Francisco Bay Guardian
Elections using ranked choice voting (RCV) in both San Francisco and Oakland contain important lessons for the upcoming SF mayoral election. Rather than rely on traditional endorsements and funding advantages, winning candidates need to get out in the community, meet people, and build coalitions. Jean Quan became the first Asian American woman elected mayor of a major city by coming from behind to beat the favorite, former state Senate president and powerbroker Don Perata. Perata outspent her five to one, but Quan countered by attending far more community meetings, forums, and house parties. She would knock on the door of a voter with an opponent’s yard sign and say, “I know I’m not your first choice, but please make me your second or third choice.” Read More
Examination of election videotapes reveal that the Saguache County Clerk’s office and two judges conducted a secret vote count Nov. 4 from 2 p.m. to about 7:12 p.m. prior to the Nov. 5 “retabulation.” The video recording copies were obtained through a Colorado Open Records Act request Nov. 16. The county clerk’s office is required by law to keep continuous recordings of all election areas and activities, beginning two months before the election, up to and including any recounts, for two years. Video recordings show that some type of report was run on the M650 voting machine the afternoon of Nov. 3. Then on Nov. 4 clerk’s office staffer Christian Samora, Elections Clerk Renee Hazard and County Clerk Melinda Myers sat in on a teleconference call from 10:31 a.m. to 10:40 a.m. After lunch Hazard operated a black laptop and seemed to be working with ballots, then helped a customer reconcile a rejected vote. Read More
DE: Delaware Looks to Restore Felons’ Voting Rights – WBOC-TV 16
There is a new push in Delaware to restore voting rights to convicted felons who have finished serving their time behind bars. In Delaware felons must wait five years after being released from prison to vote again, but some lawmakers said that’s simply not fair. Legislation has been filed in the General Assembly to allow felons to vote without having to wait five years. Read More
IA: Bill would require showing a photo ID to vote – Radio Iowa
A bill that would require all voters in Iowa to show a photo I.D.