'Daily Voting News' For February 10, 2009

 

Scantegrity, a registered non-profit organization, has announced a collaborative effort with Takoma Park Maryland to hold a primary and general election on an open-source voting system with both conventional paper and cryptographic audit trails. I’m sure there will be a lot more on this later.

 

National: Thousands of Americans Abroad Got No Ballots

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/09/thousands-of-americans-abroad-got-no-ballots/

 

AL: Opinion - Clean, open elections

http://www.al.com/opinion/huntsvilletimes/editorials.ssf?/base/opinion/1234260917102810.xml&coll=1

 

CA: Riverside County registrar completes hand count of e-ballots

http://www.mydesert.com/article/20090209/NEWS0301/902090320/1006/NEWS01

 

CO: Coffman to face conflict-of-interest hearing

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_11670635

 

GA: Election board preps for 2009 votes

http://news.mywebpal.com/partners/680/public/news948262.html

 

KS: Hearing Held On Voter ID Bill

http://www.kake.com/news/headlines/39374667.html

 

MD: Collaboration with Takoma Park and an Open Workshop

https://scantegrity.org/blog/2009/02/09/collaboration-with-takoma-park-and-an-open-workshop/

 

MN: Senate recount trial resumes: Judges ponder Franken objection

A Dakota County official testified that some absentee ballots were rejected in error.

http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/senate/39314392.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUsZ

 

MN: Senate judges order count of 23 rejected ballots

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gMpTmr96V5hKIfyHT4Av4jsVQgrQD968VJT80

 

MN: Senate recount trial: Franken picks up likely 24 votes

http://www.minnpost.com/stories/2009/02/10/6577/senate_recount_trial_franken_picks_up_likely_24_votes

 

MS: Hosemann plugs early voting in Miss.

http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20090209/NEWS/90209032/1001/NEWS

 

ND: Campaigning ban at ND early vote sites backed

http://www.grandforksherald.com/ap/index.cfm?page=view&id=D968FBIG0

 

PA: Lackawanna County election officials: Few show interest in poll work

http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/articles/2009/02/09/news/sc_times_trib.20090209.a.pg3.tt09voting_s2.2284488_top7.txt

 

TX: 5,000 seniors meet to nix voter ID bill

Requires voters to show a photo ID

http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/texas/5000_seniors_meet_to_nix_voter_ID_bill

 

TX: Photo Voter ID System a Thin Line for States

http://www.aframnews.com/html/interspire/articles/98/1/Photo-Voter-ID-System-a-Thin-Line-for-States/Page1.html

 

WA: WA State Seeks to Use Military and Overseas Voters as Internet Voting Guinea Pigs

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6898

 

Ireland: E-voting machines may be scrapped

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5jPzIWl2YzG0tRE9jwEaiVi-TbCTg

 

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