The Voting News Daily: Holder to wade into debate over voting rights, Federal Election Commission dysfunction not just politics, it’s personal

National: Federal Election Commission dysfunction not just politics, it’s personal | Politico.com Behind closed doors they snipe at each other. In public they question each other’s motives. And in front of Congress, they hang each other out to dry. That’s life on the Federal Election Commission, a panel that is supposed to answer the most important questions…

The Voting News Daily: Forensic Analysis Finds Venango County E-Voting System ‘Remotely Accessed’ on ‘Multiple Occasions’ by Unknown Computer, Forgotten But Not Yet Gone: Is This the End of the EAC?

Blogs: Forensic Analysis Finds Venango County E-Voting System ‘Remotely Accessed’ on ‘Multiple Occasions’ by Unknown Computer | The Brad Blog Acording to the Initial Report from a landmark independent forensic audit of Venango County, PA’s touch-screen voting system — the same system used in dozens of states across the state and country — someone used…

The Voting News Daily: EAC: Zombie Agency — Two Remaining Commissioners Resign One Year After Agency Loses Quorum, Supreme Court Will Hear Texas Redistricting Cases

National: EAC: Zombie Agency — Two Remaining Commissioners Resign One Year After Agency Loses Quorum | Rep. Gregg Harper Press Release Today, Subcommittee on Elections Chairman Gregg Harper, R-Miss., issued the following statement after the resignation of the two remaining commissioners at the Election Assistance Commission (EAC): “Exactly one year ago today, EAC Commissioner Hillman…

The Voting News Daily: Colorado voting machine security questioned, Machine glitch on Sequoia Advantage leads to election recount in New Jersey

Colorado: Voting machine security questioned | The Durango Herald Secretary of State Scott Gessler wants to make it easier for counties to comply with rules for electronic voting machines, but watchdogs say the changes increase the risk of hackers stealing an election. Gessler will hold a meeting today to discuss the changes, but plaintiffs in a…

The Voting News Daily: Colorado Secretary of State proposes weakening voting machine security, Protests continue in Moscow, as Gorbachev calls for nullifying elections

Russia: Protests continue in Moscow, as Gorbachev calls for nullifying elections | The Washington Post An anti-government demonstration planned for Saturday was drawing strong support in Russia, as supporters of Prime Minister Vladi­mir Putin staged their own rally in the capital and police announced hundreds more arrests in Tuesday night’s protest against corruption. More than 14,000…

The Voting News Daily: Robocall: Schurick guilty of election fraud , Voter ID Catch-22: Need photo ID to get birth certificate to get photo ID?

Maryland: Robocall: Schurick guilty of election fraud | baltimoresun.com A Baltimore jury Tuesday found Paul Schurick, former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.’s campaign manager, guilty of election fraud and related charges for his role in an Election Day 2010 robocall. The jury found Schurick guilty on all four counts, including election fraud and failing to include…

The Voting News Daily: As 2012 turnout battle brews, Justice Department eyes voter ID laws, New Wisconsin voter ID requirements anger voter without birth certificate

National: As 2012 turnout battle brews, Justice Department eyes voter ID laws | NBC If it’s presidential campaign season, it must be time for another furor over voter fraud and voter suppression. As the Democrats did in 2008, they are again charging that Republicans are trying to use photo identification laws and other changes in election…

The Voting News Daily: NAACP targets tougher voter qualifications, Local leader faces first election in 60 years without a right to vote

National: NAACP targets tougher voter qualifications | USAToday.com The NAACP launches a campaign Monday against new state laws that tighten voter qualifications. The NAACP and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, two separate organizations, will release a report that finds the laws tend to suppress minority voting — a trend the report says emerged after…

The Voting News Daily: The GOP’s War on Voting Comes to Washington, Democrats Planning Major Effort To Counter Voter ID Laws

National: The GOP’s War on Voting Comes to Washington | Mother Jones Republicans in state legislatures across the country have spent the past year mounting an all-out assault on voting rights, pushing a slew of voter ID and redistricting measures that are widely expected to dilute the power of minority and low-income voters in next November’s elections. Now that effort has…

The Voting News Daily: Washington state political parties challenge top 2 primary in federal appeals court, Universities Prepare for Wisconsin Voter ID law

Editorials: Washington state political parties challenge top 2 primary in federal appeals court | Dave Ammons/Tukwila Reporter Washington’s political parties are back in federal appeals court, continuing their six-year  challenge of the state’s popular voter-approved Top 2 Primary. The Democratic, Republican and Libertarian parties of Washington asked the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday to throw…

The Voting News Daily: Maurice Emmer and Harvie Branscomb: Why insist on secrecy but dismiss anonymity?, Protesters call for postponement of elections

Editorials: Maurice Emmer and Harvie Branscomb: Why insist on secrecy but dismiss anonymity? | AspenTimes.com We both write repeatedly about the importance of election transparency. We present facts. We don’t make things up. Stories about revealing ballot “secrets” often sound like scary tales told to children. They are designed to frighten, not inform. Jack Johnson’s…

The Voting News Daily: New York gets $2.5 million for technology upgrades for absentee voting, Ohio election reform petition continues to gain signatures

Blogs: New York gets $2.5 million for technology upgrades for absentee voting | dailygazette.com New York’s absentee voting system has received almost $2.5 million from the federal government for technological upgrades. Earlier this month, the Federal Voting Assistance Program awarded the state money to ensure a smoother voting process for New York’s 40,000 overseas voters, with…

The Voting News Daily: Opponents’ input sought in implementing voter ID, ACLU Moves to Intervene In Voting Rights Act Challenge

    Mississippi: Opponents’ input sought in implementing voter ID | The Clarion-Ledger   Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann said he wants to include opponents of voter identification as state officials work to implement Initiative 27, the state constitutional amendment passed last week calling for Mississippians to present photo identification before voting. “My goals would not…

The Voting News Daily: Advocates Urge Congress to Fight State Voting Changes, Wasserman Schultz accuses GOP of rigging elections with ‘suppression laws’

National: Advocates Urge Congress to Fight State Voting Changes | governing.com Five million. That’s the number of eligible voters that could find it harder to cast their ballot in the 2012 elections. It’s also the figure that advocates against state voting law changes repeatedly echoed during a Capitol Hill forum on new state voting laws…

The Voting News Daily: Democrats see election laws as revival of poll tax and threat to democratic process, To Be Young, Mobile and Unable to Vote

National: Democrats see election laws as revival of poll tax and threat to democratic process | TheHill.com A wave of state election laws poses the single greatest threat to democracy and civil rights in generations, a number of House Democratic leaders charged Monday. The lawmakers said the reform laws — including new voter ID and registration…

The Voting News Daily: Voter ID legislation faces opposition in Congress, How hard will Maine GOP push voter ID?

National: Voter ID legislation faces opposition in Congress | Post Gazette Voters’ rights advocates are asking congressional liberals to stymie state voter ID requirements, which they contend are part of a political effort to disenfranchise poor and minority voters, who tend to be Democrats. Hilary O. Shelton, director of the NAACP’s Washington bureau, urged lawmakers…

The Voting News Daily: 2011 year of unprecedented GOP attack on voting rights of average Americans, Under the U.S. Supreme Court: Unveiling secret corporate political money

National: Under the U.S. Supreme Court: Unveiling secret corporate political money | UPI.com The Securities and Exchange Commission is being flooded with support for a proposed regulation that would undo at least some of the effects of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission — which opened the floodgates to…

The Voting News Daily: Who Gets to Vote?, Controversy over voting rules and security

National: Military, overseas voting tech to get boost from grants | Government Computer News Technology to make registering to vote and receiving ballots easier for U.S. service members and Americans living abroad will be getting support from federal government grants, Government Technology reports. The first six Defense Department grants, part of the Electronic Absentee Systems for Elections…

The Voting News Daily: NAACP plans nationwide protests on voter ID laws, Fairfax County braces for election confusion after voter database glitches

National: NAACP plans nationwide protests on voter ID laws | WSJ.com The NAACP is joining with minority and labor groups for a series of protests around the country meant to move discussion of voter identification laws out of policy circles and onto street corners, the organization’s president said Tuesday. Benjamin Todd Jealous appeared on the…