The Voting News Daily: Bangladesh presses e-voting, photo ID measures debated in CO, MN, and elsewhere
Photo ID legislation leads election news coverage, today’s highlights being a hearing before a Minnesota House panel, and a Colorado House committee’s vote in favor of a photo ID bill. Bangladesh’s government has announced its intention to adopt electronic voting for future elections.
All this and more in today’s Voting News below.
CO: Voter ID Proposal Gains Steam In Colo. House
A requirement that voters show photo IDs at the polls before casting ballots has cleared a Colorado House committee for the first time after years of debate. Read More
FL: Elections chief Bucher’s goal: Results by midnight on election nights in PB Co.
Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Susan Bucher promised yet again today to halt the county’s decade-long struggle to return election results quickly and accurately, recapping for the nonpartisan Palm Beach County Voters Coalition the initiatives that she said will ease that harsh spotlight and take her office “off the radar.” Read More
GA: Secretary of state visits Valdosta – Live, Local, Late Breaking news, weather, and sports
Georgia’s secretary of state says he supports giving voters plenty of opportunity to vote, but he wants to lower the costs of elections. Read More
MN: Voter ID bill stirs debate in committee hearing | Minnesota Public Radio News
Two bills that would require Minnesotans to show a photo ID before they can vote got their first formal airings at the Capitol Thursday. A House panel heard advocates say it would be a basic protection against vote fraud. But others said it would keep people away from the polls. Read More
MN: MinnPost – Technological glitches disrupt GOP pitch for high-tech voting system
As part of her massive bill that includes the controversial provision requiring voters to have a photo ID, Kiffmeyer proposes that an electronic roster would be far better than the current system of voters signing in on Election Day. Read More
MN: Dayton unconvinced on photo ID | Capitol View | Minnesota Public Radio
Gov. Mark Dayton says a bill that would require Minnesotans to show photo identification before voting as “a solution looking for a problem.” But Dayton is stopping short of a veto threat. Read More
MS: Lowndes absentee balloting questioned by Miss. secretary of state – The Dispatch
An abnormality in absentee voting during Lowndes County’s November circuit court elections caught the eye of the secretary of state’s office. Read More
Rep. Dianne Hamilton, a Silver City Republican, introduced a bill on Wednesday to require New Mexico voters to show a government identification card with a photograph, such as a driver’s license. Native Americans could use a tribally issued document as identification. Read More
Do individuals show up in massive numbers attempting to impersonate other individuals and steal their votes?There’s absolutely no evidence that’s the case. Read More