'Daily Voting News' For May 05, 2009

 

Congratulations to the Florida activists who succeeded in killing a really bad bill! The debate on the Voting Rights Act and photo ID continues.

 

Happy Cinco de Mayo.

 

NAtional: Voting Rights Milestone

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124148307816785543.html 

 

NAtional: Next Phase of Election Reform: Start With Facts

http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_125/guest/34584-1.html 

 

NAtional: US Supreme Court hears challenge to Voting Rights Act

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/may2009/supr-m02.shtml

 

CA: Grand jury faults Santa Paula election glitch

http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2009/apr/28/grand-jury-critical-of-santa-paula-election/

 

CA: County Registrar releases 2008 Post-Election Report; voter participation highest in 40 years

http://westranchbeacon.com/blog/?p=11842 

Full report and maps are here:

http://www.lavote.net/VOTER/Post_Election_Reports_District_Maps.cfm

 

FL: Double-dipping law could snare Florida's secretary of state

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1032404.html 

 

FL: It's official. We WON. IT'S OVER!

http://www.opednews.com/articles/It-s-official-We-WON-IT-by-Kindra-Muntz-090504-48.html

 

GA: Georgia SoS to "Validate" Own Electoral Bid for Governor

http://electiondefensealliance.org/Unverifiable_Georgia 

 

MO: Voter ID necessary for fair elections

http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2009/05/05/voter-id-necessary-fair-elections/

 

MO: Mistaken Identity

http://www.firedupmissouri.com/content/photo-id-%3F-voter-id

 

MS: Voters show up at wrong polls

http://www.sunherald.com/newss/story/1323526.html

 

MS: City to use touch-screen machines in municipal election

http://gwcommonwealth.com/articles/2009/05/04/news/top_stories/05042009news02.txt 

 

NY: Lever Replacement Costs: New York City Case Study

http://www.votersunite.org/info/LeverToOpScanCost_NYC.pdf

 

NY: Essex County Votes on Voting Machines

http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=10297449%20 

 

NY: Essex County Rejects Mandated Electronic Voting

http://www.northcountrygazette.org/2009/05/04/essex_rejects/ 

 

NY: Essex County Defies State Lever Mandate

http://www.wptz.com/news/19367731/detail.html 

 

NV: ACORN voter registration drive nets charges

http://www.lvrj.com/news/breaking_news/44307912.html 

 

OH: Diebold agrees to pay $25 million penalty to settle civil charges tied to SEC probe

http://blog.taragana.com/n/diebold-agrees-to-pay-25-million-penalty-to-settle-civil-charges-tied-to-sec-probe-52028/ 

 

TX: Less Than 30 Days to the End of the 81st Texas Legislative Session

http://www.texasinsider.org/?p=8589 

 

TX: House chair says members “don’t have gun” to heads on voter ID proposal

http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/politics/entries/2009/05/05/house_chair_says_members_dont.html

 

TX: Photo ID Laws Do Not Reduce Voter Turnout

http://www.heritage.org/Research/LegalIssues/tst050509b.cfm

 

Estonia: Lonely hamburger' to tempt Estonians in e-voting test

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hGWqN9dZFSj2Vgarv4KkH6psv2Gw

 

Ghana: Students Invent Electronic Voting

http://www.modernghana.com/news/214521/1/students-invent-electronic-voting.html 

 

India: EVM’s Have Been Stolen from Budgam: PDP

http://www.kashmirobserver.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1448:evms-have-been-stolen-from-budgam-pdp&catid=2:local-news&Itemid=3

 

Philippines: Only four poll automation bidders left

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20090505-203302/Only-four-poll-automation-bidders-left 

 

Philippines: Chiz blasts Comelec for bending rules again

http://www.senate.gov.ph/press_release/2009/0505_escudero2.asp 

 

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Dave Klein (Klein.David@VotersUnite.org), Editor

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