'Daily Voting News' for June 14-15, 2009
Ellen Theisen, Dave Klein, and John Washburn

From the deluge of coverage on Iran, we tried to representative, information articles that weren't too repetitious. Many whose headlines don't explain why we chose them have annotations so you'll know why. The aftermath of the Iranian election exemplifies the way Twitter, blogs, and other social networking/media are transforming the way private citizens can monitor their elections.

National: Can the US Register Every Voter?
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2009/06/15-5

National: Expanding Democracy: Voter Registration Around the World
http://www.brennancenter.org/content/resource/expanding_democracy_voter_registration_around_the_world

National: CORNYN & BEGICH: Safeguarding the military vote
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/14/safeguarding-the-military-vote/

National: June too soon?
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_opinion?id=161490658

DC: We're Stronger for the Voting Rights Battle
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/13/AR2009061301825.html

NJ: Milgram seems determined to get voter-fraud conviction in Atlantic City
http://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/breaking/article_5b39f28e-5893-11de-802f-001cc4c03286.html

PA: House bill would allow Independent, non-party affiliates to vote in primary
http://grassrootspa.com/2009/06/14/house-bill-would-allow-independent-non-party-affiliates-to-vote-in-primary/

PA: Reform association's manual suggests use of quota system
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/regional/s_629482.html

TX: Harris registrar's 2nd job creates appearance of bias
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/6478388.html

TX: Iranian-Americans Take To Streets To Protest Vote
http://cbs11tv.com/local/Iranian.american.protest.2.1044254.html

TX: Miller alleges 'voting irregularities' in runoff
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/48078662.html

Australia: Internet will lure voters, says election chief
http://www.watoday.com.au/technology/technology-news/internet-will-lure-voters-says-election-chief-internet-will-luremissing-voters-says-election-chief-20090615-ca6i.html

India: Project 7 Speech - Electronic Voting Machine
http://toastmasterspeeches.blogspot.com/2009/06/project-7-speech-electronic-voting.html (In praise of EVMs)

Iran: Government banks and buildings were torched
http://www.themedialine.org/news/news_detail.asp?NewsID=25420
(Summary of events with some background about the Iran youth.)

Iran: Iran president brushes off election violence
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/international/Clashes_erupt_in_Iran_over_disputed_election_.html

Iran: Thousands Protest In Iran Amid Call For Vote Probe
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105394655
("Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei directed one of Iran's most influential bodies, the Guardian Council, to examine the claims.")

Iran: Good in a Bad Election
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/14/AR2009061401990.html?hpid=topnews

Iran: Tear gas and Twitter: Iranians take their protests online
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/14/iran.protests.twitter/?iref=mpstoryview

Iran: Social media rocks the Iranian vote
http://workforcedev.typepad.com/workforcedev/2009/06/social-media-rocks-the-iranian-vote.html
(Includes links to sites with various types of coverage.)

Iran: Faulty Election Data
http://tehranbureau.com/2009/06/13/faulty-election-data/
(Interesting chart of the results, periodically released during the counting by the Interior Ministry.)

Iran: The Iranian People Speak
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/14/AR2009061401757.html
(Pollsters claim their poll was consistent with the election results.)

Iran: Terror Free Tomorrow Poll Did not Predict Ahmadinejad Win
http://www.juancole.com/2009/06/terror-free-tomorro-poll-did-not.html
(This review of the poll refutes the claims made by the pollsters.)

Iran: Top Pieces of Evidence that the Iranian Presidential Election Was Stolen
http://www.juancole.com/2009/06/stealing-iranian-election.html

Iran: Iranian Election Results by Province
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/06/iranian-election-results-by-province.html

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

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