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CT: Election panel urges reforms after Bridgeport election woes – Connecticut Post
Former Mayor Nicholas Panuzio, first elected in 1971, said he’s tried to keep up with technological advances and other changes as he’s gotten older. All he wants is for the city registrars’ office to do the same. “With all of the things, and even old people like myself try to keep up with all of you, there’s no reason not to move forward in the registrars’ office,” said Panuzio, chairman of a five-person panel that Thursday called for a host of reforms to the city’s election process. The panel was appointed by Mayor Bill Finch after the city ran out of ballots during the Nov. 2 congressional and gubernatorial election and had to get approval from a Superior Court judge to leave polls open until 10 p.m. at a dozen polling stations. Read More
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IN: Gov, Party Call For Indicted Secretary Of State To Step Down – WRTV Indianapolis
Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White was indicted Thursday on seven felony counts, including voter fraud and perjury, in an investigation that began last year, before he was elected.White was booked and released Thursday evening from the Hamilton County Jail on three counts related to vote fraud, one count of fraud on a financial institution, one count of theft and two counts of perjury, 6News’ Joanna Massee reported.Gov. Mitch Daniels issued a statement Thursday saying White should step down from his duties during the proceedings. “It would be neither credible nor appropriate for the state’s top elections official to continue to perform his duties while contesting criminal charges, some of them under the very laws the secretary of state implements,” Daniels said. “I have consulted with each of the other statewide elected officials and our judgment about this is unanimous.”But White made no mention of giving up his office in a statement released shortly after. Read More
MT: Senate panel tables voting bill – The Belgrade News
The Senate State Administration Committee voted on Wednesday, March 2, to table a bill that would require voter registration forms provide an option for voting by absentee ballot in subsequent elections. The 5-3 vote to table the bill came after an initial tie vote on the bill. A tie vote results in the defeat of a bill. Because of the tie, the committee then took action to table the bill in what was described as a strictly procedural move. Supporters said the law would make the process for receiving an absentee ballot more uniform and easier for voters. Opponents on the committee questioned the need for the law and asked whether it might open the process to voter fraud. Read More
NE: Voter Fraud Probe Findings Released – KETV Omaha
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said there was no criminal intent to commit voter fraud after several voters cast more than one ballot in Omaha’s mayoral recall election.After the Jan. 25 election, Election Commissioner Dave Phipps contacted authorities because he said five people had voted twice.