'Daily Voting News' for June 04, 2009

In our featured article, the ES&S tabulation software added nearly 5,000 votes to the total as votes from the three M650 scanners were combined. Some people in India are suggesting that their election was rigged; with DREs, how will they find out if their software goofed, too?

Featured: Scanner glitch blamed for election miscounts (SD)
http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2009/06/04/news/local/doc4a26be929b134639509302.txt

National: Thinking Outside the Urn: Statisticians make their marks on US ballots
http://www.amstat.org/outreach/pdfs/SP_ANJun09.pdf

National: EVT/WOTE 2009 Program Schedule
http://www.usenix.org/event/evtwote09/tech/tech.html

National: Pivotal Labs Talks TrustTheVote Open Source Digital Voting
http://www.bestechvideos.com/2009/06/04/pivotal-labs-talks-trustthevote-open-source-digital-voting

AZ: County approves [a per] voter surcharge [to utility companies for election costs]
http://www.havasunews.com/articles/2009/06/03/news/doc4a273ce5af980579261833.txt

CO: Text of House Bill 1205 – authorizes an internet-base voting "pilot" program for overseas military voters.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2009a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/866AB820B6AA46CD87257539005C767C?open&file=1205_enr.pdf

CO: Summary of bills signed by Gov. Ritter (see House Bill 1205)
http://www.gazette.com/news/bill-55620-house-state.html

CT: 2009 Regular Session Legislative Roundup/Wrapup
http://www.ctvoterscount.org/?p=2062

GA: Justice Department Blocks Discriminatory Voting Practices In Georgia
http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3012&Itemid=26

GA: VOTING RIGHTS: DOJ finds Georgia voter screening inaccurate and discriminatory
http://www.southernstudies.org/2009/06/post-13.html

MN: Do the Dead Vote in Minnesota?
http://looktruenorth.com/elections/democratic-party/8421-do-the-dead-vote-in-minnesota.html

NV: ACORN lawyers say case is political
http://www.lvrj.com/news/46898087.html

OK: Votes of the dead may not be fraud: An election official says a report dug up mostly clerical errors.
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20090603_11_A13_Aftera120782

TX: Expanding voter participation: the roadmap is clear
http://www.mysanantonio.com/community/north_central/Expanding_voter_participation_the_roadmap_is_clear_june_4.html
(A repeat, with the  link to the referenced report here: http://www.wvwv.org/assets/2009/4/15/WVWV-Access-to-Democracy-Report.pdf)

WA: King County Cancels Registration For 73000 Inactive Voters
http://www.seattlemedium.com/News/article/article.asp?NewsID=96912&sID=4&ItemSource=L

India: Is india doomed forever? a review on 2009 election results
http://psenthilraja.wordpress.com/2009/05/16/indiadoomedforever/

Philippines: Manual system eyed for absentee votes
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2009/june/05/yehey/metro/20090605met1.html

UK: Elections should be electronic to increase turnout
http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/04/236289/elections-should-be-electronic-to-increase-turnout.htm
"E-voting technology, which could give voters the ability to register their choice over the internet, could make elections more democratic, according to research."

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