The Voting News Weekly: The Voting News Weekly August 6-12 2012
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Election Protection App Released[/caption]
The Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights led a coalition of voting rights organizations, including Verified Voting, in releasing an election protection smartphone app. Under pressure from the Department of Justice, Florida released the list of names on it’s ‘voter purge’ list, while everal organizations have sued to block a similar voter purge in Iowa. Four former staffers from Thad McCotter’s office were charged in connection with false nominating petitions. The Minnesota Post recaps the arguments over a Voter ID amendment in the state Supreme Court and The Nation reviews the legal challenge to Pennsylvania’s Voter ID law. USA Today fact-checked claims that the Obama campaign is trying to limit military voting and Canada’s NDP has given up on identifying the perpetrators of a denial of service attack on their online election last Spring.
- National: Civil Rights Groups Release New Voter Protection App | Huffington Post
- Florida: State releases obsolete list of possible noncitizen voters | Miami Herald
- Iowa: Groups sue to block Iowa voter purge, fraud rules | Quad City Times
- Michigan: ‘Criminal acts were committed’ by McCotter aides forging election petitions | Detroit Free Press
- Minnesota: A recap of the Supreme Court argument over the voter ID amendment, and why it matters | MinnPost
- Ohio: Fact check: Obama not trying to curb military early voting | USAToday.com
- Pennsylvania: Ten Takeaways From Pennsylvania’s Voter ID Trial | The Nation
- Canada: NDP gives up: convention cyber attacker remains a mystery | CBC News