The Voting News Weekly: TVN Weekly January 2-8 2012
Computerworld examined the recent report from the Election Assistance Commission that uncovered multiple faults with the ES&S DS200 digital scan voting system. Texas’s redistricting will be addressed by the US Supreme Court. Thanks to the transparency of precinct hand-counting of paper ballots, a Iowa caucus-goer revealed what may be a outcome-changing typo in the tallies from one precinct. The South Carolina GOP is still a $500,000 short of the funds necessary to administer this month’s Presidential primary. The Montana Supreme Court has defied the US Supreme Court decision in FEC vs. Citizens United by upholding the State’s ban on corporate campaign contributions. Edward Foley posted a preview of the election year that has just begun. American Prospect posted a profile of lawyer James Bopp and his career of crusading against limitations on campaign funding. Cuyahoga County’s use of risk-limiting audits and other security measures was praised by the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Virginia Attorney General has decided not to intervene in the case surrounding ballot access for the State’s primary next month.