The Voting News Daily: Wisconsin Democrats Withdraw ‘Placeholder’ Candidates in Recall Election, Charlie White going to great lengths to avoid answering questions

Wisconsin: Democrats Withdraw ‘Placeholder’ Candidates in Recall Election — Whitefish Bay, WI Patch Democratic “placeholder” candidates will no longer run in this summer’s state Senate recall elections, the Wisconsin Democratic Party announced Friday. The party said it will not file the final paperwork needed to be put placeholders on ballot in the six recall elections…

The Voting News Daily: ES&S representatives fail to show for ordered depositions in Colorado, Internet voting has high cost in Alberta

Colorado: ES&S representatives fail to show for ordered depositions | Center Post Dispatch Election Systems and Software officials failed to appear for depositions earlier this month after Saguache District Judge Martin Gonzales ruled that the firm could be deposed for a Colorado Open Records Act (CORA) suit filed in February. Denver attorney Robert McGuire, on…

The Voting News Daily: Octogenarian Former GOP State Rep To Run As Fake ‘Democrat’ In Wisconsin Recalls, Fred Karger’s Voter Fraud Allegations Against Mitt Romney

Wisconsin: Octogenarian Former GOP State Rep To Run As Fake ‘Democrat’ In Wisconsin Recalls | TPMDC Don’t let anyone say there isn’t bipartisanship in Wisconsin. The newest example of Wisconsin Republicans recruiting fake Democratic candidates, to force Dem primaries and make trouble in the state Senate recalls: Otto Junkermann, an 82-year old former Republican state…

The Voting News Daily: Expense of fake Democrats in Wisconsin primaries will top $400,000, Maine Senate Rejects Bill Requiring Photo ID to Vote

Wisconsin: Expense of fake Democrats in primaries will top $400,000 | JSOnline A plan by Republicans to run fake Democratic candidates in this summer’s recall elections would cost taxpayers upward of $428,000, according to election clerks. In one Senate district alone, the cost would top $100,000, interviews with county and municipal clerks show. Even if Republicans…

The Voting News Daily: New Jersey Primary election results still under review — by the vendor ES&S, Indiana: Secretary Of State Charlie White Calls for Special Prosecutor

New Jersey: Primary election results still under review — by the vendor ES&S | New Jersey Herald The final audit of pri­mary elec­tion results is still under way. To ensure accu­racy, the Sus­sex County Board of Elec­tions will spend the next few days “care­fully and method­i­cally” review­ing the num­bers before send­ing the unof­fi­cial results to the…

The Voting News Daily: Estonian Parliament Sets up E-Voting Working Group, Voter ID bill easily passes North Carolina House

Estonia: Estonian Parliament Sets up E-Voting Working Group | ERR On June 9, the Parliament’s Constitutional Committee established a working group tasked with shoring up regulations related to the country’s much-touted e-voting system. … Though Estonia’s groundbreaking national e-voting system, introduced in 2005, is widely considered reliable by international observers, it came under fire last month…

The Voting News Daily: Senators Holperin, Hansen and Wirch headed for Wisconsin recall election, North Carolina: Big voter turnouts and perceptions of fraud

Wisconsin: Senators Holperin, Hansen and Wirch headed for Wisconsin recall election | Wausau Daily Herald All three Democratic state senators targeted for recalls will have to stand for election this summer after the board that oversees elections declined on Wednesday to invalidate petitions circulated against them, even though it found evidence of fraud. The Government…

The Voting News Daily: Former county GOP leader to challenge Shilling as Democrat in Wisconsin recall election, Latest version of proposed North Carolina voter ID bill restricts forms of ID

Wisconsin: Former county GOP leader to challenge Shilling as Democrat in Wisconsin recall election | LaCrosse Tribune Republicans have found a spoiler candidate to challenge Rep. Jennifer Shilling in this summer’s recall election, which would force a Democratic primary and extend the campaign by nearly a month. James Smith, until recently a member of the…

The Voting News Daily: Wisconsin Senators Fight Sweeping Recalls, After 2 months on sidelines, voter ID bill heading to another North Carolina House committee

Wisconsin: Wisconsin Senators Fight Sweeping Recalls | Courthouse News Service Three Republican state senators have challenged the recall petitions that voters filed against them. And it looks like recall elections of three Democratic senators, if they occur, will come separately, a week after the six Republican recall elections scheduled for July 12. The three Republicans’…

The Voting News Daily: How state legislatures could affect the 2012 elections, Review of Wisconsin Democrats’ recalls extended a week

National: How state legislatures could affect the 2012 elections | POLITICO.com The push to rig the 2012 presidential election is under way. There’s nothing illegal about it: Across the country, state legislatures are embroiled in partisan battles over election-law changes that, by design or effect, could play a significant role in determining the outcome of the…

The Voting News Daily: Saguache County, Colorado state officials at odds over access to ballots, Clerk Myers produces ES&S M650 audit logs

Colorado: Saguache County, Colorado state officials at odds over access to ballots | The Pueblo Chieftain Attorneys in a dispute between the Saguache County clerk and recorder and the secretary of state exchanged arguments Tuesday over the state’s authority to conduct an election review and the privacy of voted ballots. Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler…

The Voting News Daily: Voter patience, participation necessary in Wisconsin recall process, Rep. Todd Akin votes in Town and Country, but does he live there?

Editorials, Wisconsin: Voter patience, participation necessary in Wisconsin recall process | Green Bay Press Gazette As our state elections agency navigates uncharted territory in the recall of nine state senators, the problems and delays point to this: Voters should be more engaged in regular elections. Had that happened in the previous cycle — when voters…

The Voting News Daily: Elections meeting today on Butler County Ohio Diebold/Premier lawsuit, Alabama House bill allows electronic submission of voted ballots

Ohio: Elections meeting today on Butler County Ohio Diebold/Premier voting machine lawsuit | JournalNews Butler County’s ongoing lawsuit over its Diebold voting machines is the topic of today’s special meeting of the Butler County Board of Elections. The county is seeking $5 million in damages, which is what it paid for the electronic voting machines, following…

The Voting News Daily: Supreme Court recount worthwhile?, State Election Board Failed to Review Minutes from Waukesha County Before Certifying Election Results

Editorials, Wisconsin: Supreme Court recount worthwhile? Our answer? Absolutely. | Appleton Post Crescent

The recount in the state Supreme Court race is done and, as expected, incumbent David Prosser is the winner over challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg. Prosser held a 7,316-vote lead heading into the recount and finished with a 7,006-vote lead.

So, the question is, was the recount worthwhile? Our answer? Absolutely.

On its face, the margin after the election — about a 7,000-vote victory with about 1.5 million votes case — was close enough to make a recount a legitimate request. But the extraordinary circumstances nearly demanded a recount. Read More

Blogs, Wisconsin: State Election Board Failed to Review Minutes from Waukesha County ‘Recount’ Before Certifying Wisconsin Supreme Court Election Results | The Brad Blog

Last Monday, May 23rd, Wisconsin’s Government Accountability Board (G.A.B.), the state’s top election agency, officially certified [PDF] the controversial results of the extraordinarily close April 5th statewide Supreme Court election and its subsequent “recount”.

However, as The BRAD BLOG has learned, the agency certified those results without reviewing hundreds of official exhibits documenting wholesale ballot irregularities, on-the-record objections from the attorneys of the candidate who filed for the “recount”, and thousands of pages of official transcripts and minutes documenting the entire “recount” process from the election’s most controversial county. Read More

The Voting News Daily: Without DOJ sign-off, Florida elections chief balks at voting law, Election Transparency Must be Apolitical

Florida: Without DOJ sign-off, Florida elections chief balks at voting law | MiamiHerald.com Until the Justice Department gives a green light, the elections officials in five [Florida] counties won’t begin implementing an election law that critics say violates the Voting Rights Act protecting minorities. The elections supervisor in Rick Scott’s home county refuses to recognize…

The Voting News Daily: Election Transparency Project nabs federal grant, Election officials wary as Walker signs Wisconsin voter ID bill into law

California, National: Transparency Project nabs federal grant; money to be used to augment post-election audit project, allow for duplication elsewhere | Times-Standard Online A local project that uncovered a fatal flaw in Humboldt County’s old elections system just got some national recognition that may ultimately lead to its becoming the standard rather than the exception.…

The Voting News Daily: Bill wipes out voter safeguards in Tennessee, Wisconsin Set to Pass Country’s Most Restrictive Voter ID Law

Tennessee: Bill wipes out voter safeguards in Tennessee | The Tennessean In 2008, the Tennessee General Assembly voted almost unanimously to make elections more secure, dependable and trustworthy by requiring a verifiable paper trail for each vote. The step was long overdue — more than 30 states already have such security measures. But three years…

The Voting News Daily: Recount in Wisconsin Supreme Court race to serve as tool for improving election process, E-Voting in Germany – Nein Danke

Wisconsin: Prosser wins recount in Wisconsin Supreme Court race — Kloppenburg weighs challenge | JSOnline With the weeks-long recount complete, unofficial numbers confirm that state Supreme Court Justice David Prosser narrowly defeated Assistant Attorney General JoAnne Kloppenburg in the April 5 election. But the battle may not be over yet, as Kloppenburg mulls whether to challenge…

The Voting News Daily: OSCE recommends that Estonia regulate e-voting in more detail, Kansas Realpolitick, Kobach style

The Voting News for 05/18/2011 Estonia: OSCE recommends that Estonia regulate e-voting in more detail | The Baltic Course The Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), an agency of the the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) monitored the March 6 2011 parliamentary elections in Estonia and published its report on the elections…

The Voting News Daily: Why recounts are a vital part of election process, The Mathematical Debate Over Instant Runoff and Other Alternative Voting Systems

The Voting News for 05/17/2011 Joanne Kloppenburg: Why recounts are a vital part of election process | JSOnline The Journal Sentinel Editorial Board is entitled to its own opinions but it is not entitled to its own facts. The board’s speculation about my motives regarding the recount of the vote in the Supreme Court election is…