'Daily Voting News' for June 17, 2009
Ellen Theisen, Dave Klein, and John Washburn

In Florida, Judge Richard Feder ruled in favor of Broward County’s Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes. In violation of her agreement, Snipes failed to post notices telling voters that a vote for one name on the ballot was actually a vote for Mardi Anne Levey. The judge decided that Snipes failure wasn’t intentional, so he didn’t hold her accountable.

The situation in Iran is demonstrating that the true measure of an election is its legitimacy – legitimacy of the results and legitimacy conferred to the government, both of which depend on the extent to which the results are believed by all parties.

National: H.R. 2894 To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require a voter-verified permanent paper ballot
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-2894

National: Navy Reservist to Run Pentagon's Voting Assistance Program
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/16/AR2009061602725.html

National: EAC Board of Advisors Officers Elected
http://www.eac.gov/News/eac-board-of-advisors-officers-elected/base_view
(“The new officers are Jim Dickson of Washington, D.C., chair; Keith Cunningham of Ohio, vice chair; and Terri Hegarty of Michigan, secretary.”)

National: 83 Percent of Americans Support Voter ID Requirement
http://www.freshconservative.com/Fresh_Conservative/Fresh_Conservative/Entries/2009/6/16_83_Percent_Of_Americans_Support_Voter_ID_Requirement.html

AZ: Election at a Draw, Arizona Town Cuts a Deck
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/17/us/17cavecreek.html?_r=1&hp
(A most transparent runoff.)

CA: Court Upholds Injunction in Voting Machine Case
http://www.courthousenews.com/2009/06/17/Court_Upholds_Injunction_in_Voting_Machine_Case.htm

CA: Owner of registration company pleads guilty to voter fraud
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/06/owner-of-registration-company-pleads-guilty-to-voter-fraud.html

FL: Broward elections chief not at fault over judge candidate's loss
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/sfl-snipes-levey-bn061709,0,6312427.story

HI: The state Office of Elections may close 66 voting precincts on O’ahu for the 2010 elections to cut election costs during a recession.
http://thenotebook.honadvblogs.com/2009/06/16/66/

OH: Ohio settles lawsuit from 2004 election; Challenge filed in Toledo questioned system's legality
http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090617/NEWS24/906170355/-1/NEWS

OH: A Win For Ohio Voters
http://www.lawyerscommittee.org/admin/voting_rights/documents/files/0043.pdf

OH: What LWVO v Brunner Settlement Means for Ohio Voters
http://www.lawyerscommittee.org/projects/voting_rights/page?id=0046

OH: Secretary Brunner Calls On Legislature To Preserve Federal Funding
http://www.progressohio.org/page/community/post/daveharding/CqqZ

PA: Proposed law would end Pennsylvania's closed primaries
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090616/NEWS/906160323/-1/NEWS01

TX: Tax dollars being wasted on frivolous voting suits
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/6483550.html

TX: Bay Area Houston: Leo Vasquez whines in an OP-ED
http://bayareahouston.blogspot.com/2009/06/leo-vasquez-whines-in-op-ed.html

TX: Elections bill could reduce problems from voters
http://www.themonitor.com/articles/voters-27682-bill-edinburg.html

India: Are electronic voting machines tamper-proof?
http://keralaaround.blogspot.com/2009/06/are-electronic-voting-machines-tamper.html

Iran: Iran's senior ayatollah slams election, confirming split
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/iran/story/70155.html

Iran: Opposition leader Mousavi calls for mass rally Thursday in direct challenge to Iran government
http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/opposition-leader-mousavi-calls-for-mass-rally-thursday-in-direct-challenge-to-iran-government/

Iran: The Voting Manipulation Industry in Iran by Mehdi Khalaji
http://roymitsuoka.blogspot.com/2009/06/voting-manipulation-industry-in-iran-by.html

Iran: Obama's Iran Abdication
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124520170103721579.html

Iran: New Protest Builds as Iran Expands Its Crackdown
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/18/world/middleeast/18iran.html?hp

Iran: Zafar Bangash on Iran's Elections
http://almusawwir.org/resistance/2009/06/17/zafar-bangash-on-irans-elections/

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