'Daily Voting News' for June 25, 2009
Ellen Theisen, Dave Klein, and John Washburn

On a day in which celebrity deaths will capture headlines, we mourn the loss of FL Elections Supervisor, Phyllis Busansky, and honor her lifetime of public service as "an election official with integrity."

No it's not a typo, ACORN brought a lawsuit and won.

AL: Birmingham elections set for August 25 | Birmingham Weekly
http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/06/24/birmingham-elections-set-for-august-25/

CA: County May Use Ranked-Choice Voting in 2010 Elections
http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2009-06-25/article/33225?headline=County-May-Use-Ranked-Choice-Voting-in-2010-Elections

CA: Secretary of State Debra Bowen Announces Charges Filed Against Orange County Man for Los Angeles Election Fraud
http://www.sos.ca.gov/admin/press-releases/2009/db09-036.pdf

CA: Latino-rights advocate charged with voter fraud
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/06/veteran-latinorights-advocate-charged-with-voter-fraud.html

FL: Supervisor of Elections Phyllis Busansky dies at 72, after a lifetime of public service
http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/article1012870.ece

FL: Applicants line up for job, which Gov. Crist will fill
http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/elections/article1012868.ece

FL: Naming successor to Busansky an opportunity, risk for Crist
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/jun/24/naming-successor-busansky-opportunity-risk-crist/news-politics/

MN: Help Mpls. Prepare For Ranked Choice Voting
http://kingfield.org/ranked-choice-voting-coming-to-mpls/

MO: Missouri settles voter registration lawsuit filed by ACORN
http://www.kansascity.com/news/breaking_news/story/1279572.html

MO: Mo. agency will reform itself to help clients vote
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/missouristatenews/story/2789C4FE340C1939862575E000605C73?OpenDocument

NC: The Performance of Optical Scanners and DREs in North Carolina’s 2008 General Election
http://www.ncvoter.net/downloads/Lindeman_Analysis_NC08_Tech_Effect_on_Undervotes.pdf

NJ: Lebanon Mayor, Wife Voted Twice In Primary
http://www.nj.com/hunterdon-county-democrat/index.ssf/2009/06/lebanon_mayor_wife_voted_twice.html

NY: Uncertified machines do not serve voters
http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=813733&category=OPINION

TX: When is a typo like a veto? When it thwarts a vote
http://www.news-journal.com/news/content/region/legislature/stories/2009/06/25/0625selby.html

Afghanistan: Afghanistan's Election Challenges
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=6176

Iran: $10,000 Reward: Show How the Iranian Election Was "Stolen"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/10000-reward-show-how-the_b_220705.html

Iran: Crunching the numbers
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/KF26Ak04.html

Philippines: Lack of machines slows down voter registration
http://www.bloggen.be/philippinenews/archief.php?ID=362693
“A CITY Commission on Election (Comelec) officer is alarmed over the lack of biometric machines to accommodate the deluge of new registrants.”

Philippines: Manual polls loom with contract delay
http://www.bworldonline.com/BW062609/content.php?id=072

Sweden: Irregularities reported in Sweden's EU vote
http://www.thelocal.se/20196/20090622/

Sweden: Voting Irregularities in Swedish EU Election Negatively Impacted Pirate Party?
http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86490/voting-irregularities-in-swedish-eu-election-negatively-impacted-pirate-party/

Published by VotersUnite.Org
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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