'Daily Voting News' For February 18, 2009

 

Lots of news today. Ex-New Mexico SoS Rebecca Vigil-Giron has some questions to answer regarding use of funds for elections when she was in office. Colorado is talking more about going to all-paper voting in the future. Utah legislators seem to have a fear of a deluge of aliens coming into the state just to vote in their elections so they are trying to require proof of citizenship. And now the Coleman camp in Minnesota is declaring the ongoing trial as a “legal quagmire”. It doesn’t get any better than this.

 

National: Federal study says all touch-screen voting machines allow undetectable hacking

http://www.examiner.com/x-1969-Boston-Progressive-Examiner~y2009m2d18-Federal-study-says-all-touchscreen-voting-machines-allow-undetectable-hacking

 

CA: Humboldt County - Counting the votes

http://www.times-standard.com/othervoices/ci_11729251

 

CO: Panel urges all-paper ballots by 2014

The proposal, which allows electronic terminals till then, is criticized as all-or-nothing.

http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_11726461

 

CO: Paper tigers

http://www.gjsentinel.com/hp/content/news/opinion/stories/2009/02/18/021909_6A_vote_edit.html

 

FL: Palm Beach mayoral election recount to be made Saturday

http://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/news/content/news/2009/02/18/pbpmayoral0218.html

 

FL: Palm Beach mayor candidates apart by 3 votes - recount on Saturday

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/local_news/epaper/2009/02/18/0218recount.html

 

GA: Lumpkin Co. may consolidate polling places

http://www.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=217897

 

MN: Coleman Attorney Says Election 'Fatally-Flawed'

More evidence they may be preparing an appeal strategy to call for a 'do-over' in MN's U.S. Senate Election...

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6925

 

MN: Coleman Lawyer Declares Trial "A Legal Quagmire"

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/02/breaking-coleman-lawyer-declares-trial-a-legal-quagmire.php

 

MN: Tensions rise as judges reject Coleman request

Lawyers for Norm Coleman today abandoned claims involving dozens of absentee ballots rejected during the recount, and accused the three-judge panel hearing the case of creating "a legal quagmire"

http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/senate/39780762.html?elr=KArksi8cyaiUjc7YUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU

 

MS: Editorial - Ready to deal on voter ID

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2009/feb/18/editorials-ready-to-deal-on-voter-id/

 

NM: Opposition rises against same-day voter registration

http://www.currentargus.com/ci_11726950

 

NM: Audit reveals ’severe’ problems under Vigil-Giron’s watch

http://newmexicoindependent.com/18935/audit-reveals-more-problems-under-vigil-girons-watch

 

NM: Auditor: Secretary of state mishandled election funds

http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local%20News/AuditorSecretary-of-state-mishandled-election-funds

 

NY: Who Will Win? Voting Machines Battle in Brooklyn for City Contract

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2009/02/who_will_win_vo.php

 

NY: The Latest Electronic Voting News for New York State

http://www.nyvv.org/newdoc/2009/LWVResolutionAppliesAllVotingSystems.pdf

 

NY: Columbia County - County presses for permission to continue lever voting

http://www.columbiapaper.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=59:debora-gilbert&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50

 

PA: Election Worker Facing Charges In Monroe County

http://www.wnep.com/wnep-mon-poll-worker,0,1677193.story

 

PA: House wants new voting methods

http://www.buckslocalnews.com/WebApp/appmanager/JRC/Weekly;!-1170456366?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pg_wk_article&r21.pgpath=%2FBLN%2FNews&r21.content=%2FBLN%2FNews%2FTopStoryList_Story_2687695

 

TX: Voter ID bill referred to full Senate

http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/politics/entries/2009/02/17/voter_id_bill_referred_to_full.html

 

TX: Sen. Williams: Voter ID measure won’t come up all that soon

http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/politics/entries/2009/02/18/sen_williams_voter_id_measure.html

 

UT: Bill requiring proof of citizenship passes Senate committee

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,705285904,00.html

 

WI: Walworth County - Voting machine problem causes delay

http://gazettextra.com/news/2009/feb/18/voting-machine-problem-causes-delay/

 

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