The Voting News Weekly: The Voting News Weekly October 7-13 2013
The Supreme Court heard arguments in a case challenging aggregate limits on political contributions. Arizona and Kansas announced plans to set up a separate registration system for local and state elections that will demand proof of citizenship not required on Federal voter registration forms. Plans to purge voter rolls are being challenged in Florida and Virginia. A Federal judge in Hawaii heard arguments challenging open primaries in the State. The Azerbaijani Central Election Commission released election results showing President Ilham Aliyev winning 73 percent of the vote a day before the election. And the Indian Supreme Court has directed the country’s Election Commission to add voter verifiable paper audit trail printers to electronic voting machines.