There has been a lot of banter back and forth between members of the Election Integrity community who are on both sides of whether presently filed legislation should be passed or dumped. Today’s news finds four articles on HR-811 that discuss the issue in depth. We encourage everyone to read the four articles so they know what are the arguments. Today’s articles are from Ellen Theisen and Pam Smith, both members of the EI community; Michael Collins, of the media; and Mark Ritchie, the Secretary of State of Minnesota. Tomorrow Ellen Theisen will follow her article on HR-811 with another article on its Senate companion bill, S-1487, which is much worse and will be hard for any civil rights organization to support.

 

NAtional: Rush Holt's HR 811 Does More Harm than Good

A Leading Election Integrity Advocate Speaks Out Against 7 Serious Failures in the Latest Holt Election Reform Bill ...

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4650

 

NAtional: Rep. Rush Holt's VCIA bill is fair, necessary and overdue

http://www.thespectrum.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070611/OPINION/706110315

 

NAtional: Hopes for the Rules Committee Hearing (on the FEC) this Week

http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2478&Itemid=26

 

NAtional: Kucinich Says No to Holt Bill - His Alternative, "Paper" for President

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_michael__070611_kucinich_says_no_to_.htm

 

NAtional: Time Has Come for Congress to Help Fix Voting System

http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2480&Itemid=26

 

NAtional: Rewriting the Election System, One State At A Time; Tough Going, But It's Going

http://uspolitics.einnews.com/article.php?nid=289006

 

AZ: Pima County - RTA lawsuits are about integrity of elections

http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/186769

 

GA: Georgia court rejects challenge to voter ID law

http://www.accessnorthga.com/news/ap_newfullstory.asp?ID=93614

 

GA: Ga. Court tosses voter ID challenge

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/nation/4880371.html

 

MO: Editorial - Appeal is a waste of federal manpower

Dubious claims of vote fraud

http://www.kansascity.com/340/story/144851.html

 

PA: Fayette County - Fayette's unused voting machines awaiting fate

http://www.heraldstandard.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18456400&BRD=2280&PAG=461&dept_id=480247&rfi=6

 

PA: Northampton County - Write-ins put balloting to test

Northampton County has seen a rapid rise in random votes since new machines adopted.

http://www.nj.com/news/expresstimes/pa/index.ssf?/base/news-11/1181534784196730.xml&coll=2

 

TX: Hidalgo County - Outgoing Texas secretary of state made local impact with voting changes

http://www.themonitor.com/news/state_2992___article.html/williams_voting.html

 

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