'Daily Voting News' for May 07, 2009
by Ellen Theisen, Dave Klein, and John Washburn

 

Riverside County, California public servants want to introduce a ballot issue to ask voters their opinion of electronic voting. But the watchdog group Save R Votes thinks it’s a waste of money. “"We don't doubt that people like electronic voting, but it is not safe, transparent or auditable," says Tom Courbat, the group’s founder.

 

Complaints from Georgia about the new citizenship requirement for voter registration are rebutted by Secretary of State Karen Handel, who argues that the law is necessary to prevent voter fraud. She claims discrimination by the federal government, arguing that it’s not fair that Ohio’s Secretary of State Jennifer Bruner can take actions favorable to her party without federal oversight, but Handel can’t do the same in Georgia. The debate about voter ID continues in Texas and South Carolina with some machine problems from Mississippi, Michigan, and Ohio.

 

CA: County exploring advisory vote on electronic voting
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2009/05/06/news/californian/riverside/zc2365058364e9a348825759c0003d547.txt

 

GA: GOP Governor signs divisive 'voter ID law' to further disenfranchise minority and poor in 2010 elections
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/election/115860.php

 

GA: SOS Karen Handel's Weekly Update
http://republicancandidates.blogspot.com/2009/05/karen-handels-weeklycandidate.html

 

KY: Clerk's office closes after judge rules in Lowe's favor (absentee ballots reverse the outcome, giving the race to the clerk)
http://www.greenriversun.com/grs/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=767:clerks-office-closes-after-judge-rules-in-lowes-favor&catid=1:latest-news

 

MI: No-reason absentee voting approved by House
http://www.spinalcolumnonline.com/Articles-i-2009-05-06-69489.113117_Noreason_absentee_voting_approved_by_House.html

 

MO: Requiring voter ID will do more harm than good
http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2009/05/06/guest-column-requiring-voter-id-will-do-more-harm-good/

 

MS: Problems plague polls during party primaries
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20310752&BRD=1377&PAG=461&dept_id=172922&rfi=6

 

MS: Bowering, Peeler win board posts (in election with memory card failure)
http://www.mcherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090507/NEWS/905070308/1001

 

NH: Rick Lehmann: NH voter fraud could get easier
http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Rick+Lehmann%3A+NH+voter+fraud+could+get+easier&articleId=39894117-5bf0-4c94-ae9a-55c49f957891

 

NY: Essex County board votes to keep lever voting machines
http://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/page/content.detail/id/506337.html

 

SC: SC legislative panel to debate voting ID bill
http://www.thestate.com/statewire/story/777828.html

 

TX: Voter ID plan gets more strict in Texas House
http://www.star-telegram.com/legislature/story/1362760.html

 

TX: Are Republicans Trying to Kill Voter ID?
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Blogs?oid=oid%3A778205

 

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Ellen Theisen (ellen at sign votersunite.org), Director and Managing Editor
Dave Klein (Klein.David at sign VotersUnite.org), Editor
John Washburn (Washburn.John at sign VotersUnite.org), Editor

 

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