'Daily Voting News' For September 09, 2008

 

After months of pressure from state election officials, voting rights groups, veteran’s organizations, members of the US Senate, and citizens, the Dept. of Veterans Affairs has decided that it will be alright for veterans who live in VA facilities or are patients in VA facilities to be visited by non-partisan folks who want to help them register to vote. Unfortunately this decision comes just a month from the voter registration deadlines in most states. Now those groups who have fought hard to get permission to register veterans need to go do the job. &&& Ohio is becoming a battle ground for voter registrations. Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner is going to battle against the state legislature over a law that was passed in 2006 that allows counties to remove voters from the rolls if election notices sent by the counties to the voters are returned for any reason. This is a violation of state law and federal law and the US Constitution according to her lawyers. Any voter removed from the rolls must be given due process.

 

National: V.A. to Allow Voter Signup for Veterans at Facilities

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/09/us/politics/09vets.html?_r=2&ref=politics&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

 

National: Senators Feinstein and Kerry Welcome Changes in Voter Registration Policy at the Department of Veterans Affairs

http://feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=NewsRoom.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=47474fa3-ac1e-ed4f-789a-4c414e8fae5c&Region_id=&Issue_id=

 

National: Helping Veterans Register to Vote

http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/soldiershome/archive/2008/09/09/helping-veterans-register-to-vote.aspx

 

National: Poll-Monitor Plan Stirs Activists

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122091910197012647.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

 

National: Better standards urged for e-voting labs

http://www.fcw.com/online/news/153731-1.html

 

National: Opinion: Let's impeach e-voting

http://www.intergovworld.com/article/47756975c0a80006001d88f680d0454c/pg1.htm

 

National: Opinion - Brave New Poll: Or is it?

http://media.www.thecurrentonline.com/media/storage/paper304/news/2008/09/08/Opinions/Brave.New.Poll.Or.Is.It-3420088.shtml

 

National: It's near the campaign's end _ send in the lawyers

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gvHwrGoYfavmmHj_SsnVRPvg5WIgD93323Q00

 

National: Black Box Voting 2008 Election Protection Toolkit

http://politics.slashdot.org/politics/08/09/09/0123249.shtml

 

CA: Press Release - Secretary of State Bowen Applauds Decision to Allow Voter Registration at Federal Veterans Affairs Facilities

http://www.sos.ca.gov/admin/press-releases/2008/DB08-087.pdf

 

CT: Bysiewics, Blumenthal declare victory in fight to guarantee veterans right to vote

http://www.norwalkplus.com/nwk/information/nwsnwk/publish/News_1/Bysiewics_Blumenthal_declare_victory_in_fight_to_guarantee_veterans_right_to_voteVETERANS_RIGHT_TO_VOTE2243.shtml

 

CT: About those so-called "Election Audits" - Missing Info

http://www.opednews.com/articles/About-those-so-called-Ele-by-Bev-Harris-080909-167.html

 

FL: Company that made the voting machines blames election glitch on Indian River County

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/treasurecoast/sfl-0909elexglitch,0,3930283.story

 

FL: Palm Beach County - Candidate in judge race files lawsuit

http://www.mysuncoast.com/Global/story.asp?S=8974348&nav=menu577_2_1

 

FL: Palm Beach County - Fla. judge candidate sues to be declared winner

http://www.jacksonville.com/apnews/stories/090908/D933B5H02.shtml

 

GA: Voter group to appeal Georgia ruling

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/09/09/Voter_group_to_appeal_Georgia_ruling/UPI-50341220984644/

 

HI: 40% expected to cast early ballot in Hawaii's primary election

http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080909/NEWS05/809090371/1001/LOCALNEWSFRONT

 

NY: New voting machines to debut in today's primary voting

http://www.poststar.com/articles/2008/09/08/news/latest/doc48c5a0f2befc3941620376.txt

 

NY: Back to Paper

New York is last when it comes to implementing the voting act

http://www.syracuse.com/opinion/index.ssf?/base/opinion-2/1220950665158690.xml&coll=1

 

NY: Chautauqua County - County prepares new voting machines for 2009

http://www.observertoday.com/page/content.detail/id/509229.html?nav=5047

 

NY: Rensselaer County - Potential Polling Problems

http://www.fox23news.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=9b3a6b8f-ea98-4be0-bb4f-cf5eca230a97

 

NY: Saratoga County - Use of electronic voting machines raises concerns

http://www.saratogian.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20111399&BRD=1169&PAG=461&dept_id=602469&rfi=6

 

OH: To Avoid Long Lines, Ohio Officials Say Vote By Mail

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94428993

 

OH: Ohio elections chief challenges registration law

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/x1724960982/Ohio-elections-chief-challenges-registration-law

 

OH: Cuyahoga county board hires Calfee law firm to fight Diebold

http://www.cleveland.com/realtimenews/index.ssf/2008/09/cuyahoga_county_board_hires_ca.html

 

PA: Centre County - Voting machine switch long overdue

http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2008/09/09/voting_machine_switch_long_ove.aspx

 

WI: Opinion - Board works to protect voters’ rights

http://www.superiortelegram.com/articles/index.cfm?id=30481&section=Opinion&freebie_check&CFID=83810249&CFTOKEN=50439130&jsessionid=88302ce4d93d3d266018

 

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