'Daily Voting News' For March 10, 2009

 

Today a very heated debate began in the Texas legislature over a more robust Voter ID law than the state presently has. The new legislation would require a photo identification or the use of alternative forms of identification such as utility bills or bank statements on top of a voter registration card or other personal identification. The GOP will call witnesses to include officials from Georgia and Indiana, two of the states that require a photo identification. Democrats will be calling witnesses from civil rights organizations. &&& Al Franken’s attorneys, in Minnesota, have said they will probably rest their case tomorrow.

 

CA: Los Angeles County - Counting Ballots and Sifting Through the Results

http://www.citywatchla.com/content/view/2080/75/

 

FL: Touch-screen voting resurfaces in court

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20090310/ARTICLE/903100284/-1/NEWSSITEMAP

 

FL: Florida: Court Hears Arguments on Voting Law

http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3009&Itemid=113

 

MN: Flashback: Coleman Said To Spare State Cost Of Recount But Is Now Angling For Multi-Million Dollar Election

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/03/flashback-coleman-said-to-spare-state-cost-of-recountbut-is-now-angling-for-multi-million-dollar.php

 

MN: Coleman vs. Franken continues. Will Arctic ice cap melt before Minnesota gets new senator?

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/03/coleman-v-frank.html

 

MN: Franken, in D.C., says he sees 'a light at the end of the tunnel'

http://www.startribune.com/41032637.html?elr=KArks7PYDiaK7DUqyE5D7UiD3aPc:_Yyc:aU7DYaGEP7vDEh7P:DiUs

 

MN: Democrats Will Not Seat Franken Until Minnesota Courts Are Done

http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=5&docID=news-000003071109

 

MN: Smaller vote pool may hurt Coleman

http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/senate/40965532.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUI

 

MN: Franken's case to rest Wednesday

After a week of testimony and evidence, Franken's lawyers say they are satisfied they have made their case.

http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/senate/41032642.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUsZ

 

MS: Opinion - Voter ID: Supporters missed opportunity

http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/200903050100/OPINION01/903050316

 

MS: Senate bid to revive voter ID fails

http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20090310/NEWS010504/903100355/1001/news

 

MT: Opinion: Mail ballots expansion just makes good sense

http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2009/03/10/opinion/gazette/50-gazetteopinion.txt

 

NY: A Love Affair With Lever Voting Machines

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/10/a-love-affair-with-lever-voting-machines/

 

NY: Paper Ballot Votes Handcounted in Staten Island Election

http://www.opednews.com/populum/diarypage.php?did=12451

 

NY: Schuyler Co. Facing $100,000 Deficit Under HAVA

http://www.weny.com/News-Local.asp?ARTICLE3864=9142957

 

NY: Schuyler County Voting Machine Concerns

http://www.wetmtv.com/news/local/story/Schuyler-County-Voting-Machine-Concerns/NpypiRyWFUefrNk0fVg1Ng.cspx

 

NY: Schuyler seeks state OK to keep lever voting

http://www.stargazette.com/article/20090310/NEWS01/903100308

 

OH: Scholars to study Ohio's high use of provisional ballots

http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/03/10/provisional_ballots.html?sid=101

 

TN: Carter County - Voter Confidence Act must be implemented by 2010

http://www.starhq.com/news/html/news/articles/articles.asp?day=Tuesday&article=nw-electioncomm3-09.html

 

TX: Contested Progreso election thrust into voter ID debate

http://www.themonitor.com/articles/progreso_24076___article.html/voter_state.html

 

TX: Voter ID battle heads to Senate

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6302093.html

 

TX: Democrats decry voter ID bill ahead of hearing today

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/stories/031009dntexvoterid.4ad0910.html

 

TX: Viewpoint: ID bill a waste of time

http://www.dailytexanonline.com/1.1602032-1.1602032

 

TX: Voter ID expert witness wasn’t confirmed for federal post

http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/politics/entries/2009/03/10/first_provoter_id_expert_witne.html

 

TX: Voter ID: 1 million voters without a driver’s license?

http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/investigative/entries/2009/03/10/voter_id_1_million_voters_with.html

 

TX: Debate over voter ID opens in Senate

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/6303814.html

 

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