The Voting News Weekly: TVN Weekly – December 19-25 2011
In a decision with significant ramifications on the 2012 election and could lead to a Supreme Court challenge of Section of the Voting Rights Act, the Department of Justice blocked South Carolina’s Voter ID law. Following a 16 month investigation, The Election Assistance Commission found serious defects in the ES&S DS200 digital scanner used in 2010 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Five of the seven leading candidates for the Republican presidential nominations have failed to meet ballot access requirements for the Virginia primary. A judge in Indiana has ruled that Secretary of State Charlie White was ineligible to run for the office in 2010 due to his inaccurate voter registration and ordered him removed from office pending review by the State’s Recount Commission. Concerns have been raised by a video has circulated suggesting the possibility that results from next months Iowa caucuses could be hacked. Tens of thousands protested election fraud in Russia and accusation of vote-rigging and ballot abuse fueled opposition in the Democratic Republic of Congo and in Egypt.