The Voting News Daily: Voting News 01/27/11 – U Michigan Computer Scientist Makes Argument Against Internet Voting?
The Asotin County Auditor’s Office has sent out new ballots to fix a registration issue. It all started when a concerned citizen brought in his tax information. “His voter registration card showed that he was registered to vote in Asotin School District but he was paying property tax in Clarkston School District,” said Asotin County Auditor Darla McKay. “So we did some further investigation with the Assessor’s Office and mapped it out and we found that 45 Clarkston School District voters were registered to vote in the Asotin School District.” Read More
IL: Court Allows Emanuel on Ballot for Chicago Mayor – NYTimes.com
Rahm Emanuel’s bid to become mayor of this city may proceed, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled on Thursday. The decision appeared to bring an end to weeks of legal debate over whether Mr. Emanuel qualified for the ballot, specifically whether his time in Washington as President Obama’s chief of staff meant that he had given up his residency status in Chicago, where he was born. By Illinois state code, candidates for mayor are required to have resided in Chicago for at least one year before Election Day. Mr. Emanuel left the White House in October, and the election is Feb. 22. Read More
IN: House committee to hear vote center bill | jconline.com | Journal and Courier
A bill that would extend the life of vote centers in Tippecanoe County will be heard by a House committee this afternoon. Senate Bill 32 has already passed out of the Senate and will go before the elections committee in the House chamber at 3:30 p.m. today. Heather Maddox, the Democratic co-director of the Tippecanoe County Board of Elections and Voter Registration, is traveling to Indianapolis and plans to testify in support of the bill today. She said she’ worried the bill will face more questions in the House than it did in the Senate. Read More
MN: Kiffmeyer presents voting reform legislation | Hometown Source
Republican Rep. and former Secretary of State Mary Kiffmeyer of Big Lake argues her voting legislation will catch errors early. “If the math isn’t right upfront, it’s pretty difficult to correct it at the end,” said Kiffmeyer, speaking at a Capitol press today (Wednesday, Jan. 26). 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. She envisions the electronic system statewide — some 1200 precincts with fewer than 100 voters would be exempt. Read More
NY: Decision near in ballot fraud probe – Times Union
A Rensselaer County grand jury ended nearly seven hours of deliberation Wednesday in its probe of alleged absentee ballot fraud by nine city Democrats in the 2009 city primary election. The grand jury was behind closed doors Wednesday without any witnesses seen entering to testify.