The Voting News Daily: WV eyes May 14 primary; TX Senate passes photo ID bill
The Texas Senate has enacted photo ID legislation; the bill now moves to the state House. Palm Beach County, FL looks to use modem reporting of ballot-scanner results. Interantionally, the use of EVMs is expanding in India’s Uttar Pradesh state.
All this and more in today’s Voting News below.
Broward County taxpayers no longer can afford a new $22 million elections headquarters, and the county Tuesday walked away from a deal that was made at the height of the real estate market. Read More
Broward County taxpayers no longer can afford a $22 million brand new elections headquarters, and the county Tuesday walked away from a deal that was made at the height of the real estate market. Read More
FL: Palm Beach County plans modems for voting machines – Florida Wires – MiamiHerald.com
The county’s supervisor of elections says she plans to add modems to voting machines to cut the time it takes to tally votes. That comes after a gubernatorial election in which the county, along with others, was criticized for its slow count. Read More
FL: Thousands skipped governor’s race on ’10 ballot | HeraldTribune.com
The state Division of Elections report – given to state lawmakers after every major election – is designed to evaluate voting systems. It concluded the higher number of people skipping the governor’s race was not related to voting technology. Read More
IA: New voter ID bill may hurt students – The Daily Iowan
Johnson County Auditor Tom Slockett estimated the program would cost Iowa $1 million annually. Slockett said auditors feel they were “misled” by House Republicans. County auditors plan to talk this week with experts from other states, and they will discuss their findings on Feb. 11. Slockett said the they were led to believe Republicans would wait until after this meeting to enact legislation. Read More
KS: Supporters of voter ID bill testify in Topeka | State Government | Wichita Eagle
The secretary of state and the ranking Democrat on the House Elections Committee traded jabs Monday over a bill to force new voter registrants to prove their citizenship and to require all voters to provide photo identification. Read More
MN: Voter photo ID battle begins anew | kare11.com
Secretary of State Mark Ritchie Wednesday suggested the cost of installing the new electronic roster books at 5,000 polling places across Minnesota would cost $20 million. Democrats pointed out that the state of Missouri spent $18 million printing new ID’s alone. Read More
MN: News : Minn. bill asking for voter ID (Wahpeton, ND and Breckenridge, Minn.)
he bill, HF210, will be heard by the Government Operations and Elections Committee on Feb. 3. Read More
MO: Missouri Senate panel advances voter photo ID measures – KansasCity.com
A Missouri Senate committee has advanced a pair of constitutional amendments that could lead to a photo identification requirement for voters.