'Daily Voting News' For July 25, 2008

 

Voter registration is the subject of today’s three “Featured” articles. First, nine Senators have introduced S-3308 to require the Department of Veteran Affairs to help veterans to register to vote. We welcome this new legislation but it may be too little too late. Also, voting rights groups have accused Louisiana, Michigan, and Kansas of violations of the National Voting Rights Act (NVRA) by removing legally registered voters from the rolls. It is imperative that every voter in these states, especially, check to ensure their registration is still good. And, voting rights advocates have also filed suit in New Mexico state court over the state’s harshly restrictive voter registration law.

 

Featured - National: Bill Introduced to Require the VA to Help Veterans Register to Vote

http://www.ombwatch.org/article/blogs/entry/5217/53

 

Featured - National: Three States Accused of Illegally Purging Voter Lists

http://www.alternet.org/democracy/92695/three_states_accused_of_illegally_purging_voter_lists_/

 

Featured - NM: Press Release - Voting Rights Advocates Challenge New Mexico’s Voter Registration Law in State Court

http://brennancenter.org/content/resource/voting_rights_advocates_challenge_new_mexicos_voter_registration_law_in_sta/

 

National: Robert Brady, Bob Filner Condemn VA Limitations on Voter Registration

http://www.imperialvalleynews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2173&Itemid=1

 

National: Press Release - Policy Center Demos Praises New Legislation Designating

Veterans Affairs Offices as Voter Registration Sites

http://www.commondreams.org/news2008/0725-08.htm

 

National: Should the votes of dead people be counted?

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g51lYdB8i6BdEmw53fQR5sVl9JqAD924CPPO4

 

National: Paper Ballot Makes a Comeback

http://www.graphicartsonline.com/article/ca6581470.html

 

National: Open-source electronic voting

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-9999555-83.html

 

CO: State takes Montrose County off its elections watch list

http://www.gjsentinel.com/hp/content/news/stories/2008/07/24/072508_1a_Elections_watch.html

 

CO: Routt County - Secretary of State praises local improvements for voters

http://www.steamboatpilot.com/news/2008/jul/25/secretary_state_praises_local_improvements_voters/

 

FL: Highlands County - Supervisor of Elections trying out new ways to improve voting process

http://www.newssun.com/main.asp?SectionID=3&SubSectionID=3&ArticleID=4463

 

NM: Groups sue over New Mexico voter registration law

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/616806.html

 

NY: Kellner Speaks: Voting systems incomplete, undocumented

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Kellner-SpeaksVoting-sys-by-Rady-Ananda-080725-160.html

 

OH: Ohio offers paper ballots for touch-screen voters

http://www.cleveland.com/newsflash/cleveland/index.ssf?/base/politics-2/1217010252153550.xml&storylist=cleveland

 

OH: '04 Ohio election was fair, Blackwell says

Ex-secretary of state defends outcome, process

http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/07/24/blackwell.html?sid=101

 

PA: Marshall Introduces Legislation to Ensure Timely Receipt of Military Ballots

http://www.pahousegop.com/?sectionid=19&sectiontree=5,19&itemid=7515

 

WI: Panel discusses concerns about voter intimidation

http://www.wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=132041

 

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