'Daily Voting News' for June 26, 2009

Ellen Theisen, Dave Klein, and John Washburn

The Tennessee Senate’s defeat, last week, of a bill that would have delayed a switch from paperless e-voting machines to optical scanners is already having an effect. Shelby County Commissioner Steve Mulroy is pressing the county election commission to begin the switch. Some counties in New York will be switching from levers to optical scanners this year, too – testing the uncertified scanners on 1.4 million real voters in real elections in a ‘pilot program.’

National: A New Page for Voting: It's Time to Ditch Paper-Based Registration
http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20090626/OPINION16/90625049/1004/OPINION/A-New-Page-for-VotingIt-s-Time-to-Ditch-Paper-Based-Registration-

National: David Epstein: NAMUDNO and the Dilemma of Observational Equivalence
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-epstein/namudno-and-the-dilemma-o_b_221137.html
("The problem is that a world in which Section 5 procedures are unnecessary is observationally equivalent to a world where they are necessary and completely effective.") 

CA: Brown sabatoges [sic] initiative process
http://www.sbsun.com/pointofview/ci_12692328

CT: Connecticut Will Not Be Illinois or New York
http://www.ctvoterscount.org/?p=2128

IL: Rock Island county clerk files election report
http://www.qctimes.com/news/local/government-and-politics/elections/article_b081e7f6-61a8-11de-808e-001cc4c002e0.html
(Leibovitz questioned whether the Touchscreen ballots should count since they lack an election judge's initials.)

MO: Settlement in Missouri Lawsuit a Victory for Low-Income Voters
http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/blogs/project_vote/2009/06/settlement-in-missouri-lawsuit.php

NJ: Sette's attack cannot go unchallenged
http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/20090626/OPINION03/90625035/1096/OPINION/Sette+s+attack+cannot+go+unchallenged

NY: Fine in uproar over polling place change
http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20090626/NEWS05/306269955

NY: Voters to use new machines exclusively
http://www.leaderherald.com/page/content.detail/id/513458.html?nav=5011

NY: Area to try voting on optical scanners in 2009
http://www.thedailystar.com/local/local_story_177040011.html

TN: Commissioner asks Shelby County to begin voting machine switch
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-commissioner-asks-shelby-county-beg-voting-machine-switch-/2009/06/26/4245940.htm

TX: Gov Perry No Voter ID in 96-hour (max) special session | Texas ...
http://blogs.chron.com/texaspolitics/archives/2009/06/gov_perry_no_vo.html

WA: Election-filing glitch
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/northwestvoices/2009341871_election-filing_glitch.html

India: Can EVMs subvert democracy?
http://rajeev2007.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/can-evms-subvert-democracy/

Iran: Electoral watchdog says disputed vote Iran's 'cleanest ever'
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Irans-vote-cleanest-ever-Top-body/articleshow/4705740.cms

Iran: Was Iran's election stolen? New study makes a forceful case
http://features.csmonitor.com/globalnews/2009/06/22/was-iran%E2%80%99s-election-stolen-new-study-makes-a-convincing-case/

Iran: TIMELINE: Iranian election and aftermath
http://www.reuters.com/article/gc08/idUSTRE55H3TE20090625

Philippines: Comelec preparing for worst-case 2010 scenario
http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=481497&publicationSubCategoryId=63

Philippines: Senator: Comelec 'blinded' by automation
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20090625-212409/Senator-Comelec-blinded-by-automation

Philippines: Comelec brass ignores gang of insider-forgers
http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=481154&publicationSubCategoryId=64

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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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