'Daily Voting News' For December 11, 2008

 

Long time Harris Co. Texas registrar, Paul Bettencourt ran for re-election recently and won that race. Before even being sworn into office again, he resigned to take a job in the private sector, or so he claims.

 

In today’s featured articles from the Houston Chronicle there is information that may answer the question as to why he resigned. It seems that a lawsuit was filed today in state district court by J. Goodwille Pierre who unsuccessfully ran for a judicial position. He lost by 230 votes. His lawsuit echoes a lawsuit brought against the county elections office in federal court. One of the issues brought forth is evidence that the chairman of the county ballot board had reported that some ballots, after being processed by Bettencourt’s staff, had information obscured by correction fluid. About 5,800 ballots were denied, according to Bettencourt’s office, because the voters had not been properly registered. We will follow both lawsuits.

 

Featured - TX: Harris County - Bettencourt or no, Dems press forward with voter suit

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/politics/6157790.html

 

Featured - TX: Harris County - Candidate's suit claims voting problems cost him race

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6159542.html

 

CA: Humboldt County - Humboldt At The Tipping Point: Who Dares Defend Diebold?

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Humboldt-At-The-Tipping-Po-by-Dave-Berman-081211-302.html

 

MN: Minneapolis goes to court over new voting style

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/12/10/irv_voting_adopted/

 

MN: Does rule of law trump right to vote?

The Canvassing Board will meet Friday to discuss what to do about the rejected absentee ballots and those 133 Minneapolis ballots.

http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/35936619.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUsA

 

MN: Coleman-Franken Recount: 10 questions (and even some answers) about why Friday is a really no kidding ginormously important day

http://www.minnpost.com/stories/2008/12/11/5214/coleman-franken_recount_10_questions_and_even_some_answers_about_why_friday_is_a_really__no_kidding__ginormously_important_day

 

PA: Northampton County - Elections judge is faulted

http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/113-12112008-1636236.html

 

TX: Dallas County - Voting mix-up cited in provisional ballot fight in state House race

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/politics/local/stories/121108dnmetaffidavits.3d2d8c8.html

 

VA: General Assembly to consider changes at the polls

http://www.newsadvance.com/lna/news/state_regional/article/general_assembly_to_consider_changes_at_the_polls/11484/

 

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