The Voting News Daily: AK election review under way; MN lawmaker extolls e-pollbooks
AK: APNewsBreak: Election review could be done soon: AP Alaska | adn.com
An internal review of the 2010 election that left Alaska’s historic U.S. Senate race in limbo for nearly two months should be mostly completed within 45 days, Alaska Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell said Tuesday. Read More
CO: Ranked Voting Method Request for Written Comments
The Colorado Secretary of State is developing a report that will be provided to the 2011 Colorado General Assembly on issues relating to conducting elections using ranked voting methods. We want to thank you again for submitting your comments and information regarding ranked voting. We have posted copies of your submissions online at the Secretary of State website. Read More
CT: CO Chain-of-Custody: Rest assured, we would never see this in Connecticut | CTVotersCount.org
We have no law or chain-of-custody requirement similar to the video requirement in Colorado. We have no standards for the facilities where ballots are stored. In most Connecticut municipalities it is easy for one official, to obtain and use a single key, to access ballots alone, undetected, for hours at a time. Ballots are stored in hallways, schools, closets, under desks, and abandoned classrooms. Read More
IL: The BRAD BLOG : Memo to Rahm: ‘Appear On the Ballot’ May be Somewhat Misleading in Chicago
Over the years, we’ve covered specific failures of the very same Sequoia e-voting systems that are used in Chicago and elsewhere across the country, as well as the remarkable duplicity of the company’s top officials. So it seems like this would be a good moment to remind folks of the most disturbing Sequoia/Chicago related incidents. Read More
IL: Emanuel Ballot Appeal to Be Heard by Illinois Supreme Court – Businessweek
Rahm Emanuel, President Barack Obama’s former chief of staff, won an expedited review by the Illinois Supreme Court of his disqualification from Chicago’s Feb. 22 mayoral election. Read More
MA: Pittsfield to redraw voting precincts – Berkshire Eagle Online
City officials have begun the process of “re-precincting,” which requires Massachusetts communities with 6,200 or more inhabitants to ensure each precinct has nearly an equal number of residents based on the 2010 federal census. Read More
Rep. Mary Kiffmeyer of Big Lake and Sen. Warren Limmer of Maple Grove unveiled the Republican plan to overhaul the state’s voting system at a press conference on Wednesday. Among the proposed changes are the elimination of vouching, implementation of a photo identification system, a ban on health care workers assisting voters in the booth, and massive changes to the recount process. Most of the changes reflect complaints by the conservative group Minnesota Majority, which Kiffmeyer ran several years ago. Read More
MN: Kiffmeyer presents voting reform legislation | Hometown Source
Kiffmeyer, as Republicans have for years, wants voting in Minnesota to require a Photo ID.
But Kiffmeyer is also proposing the use of a so-called “electronic roster” system, an approach that could allow voters to merely swipe their driver’s license or state identify cards, sign and vote.