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*CT: Ex-first selectman has lawyer probe Middlebury voting* *
MIDDLEBURY =E2=80=94 Former First Selectman Edward B. St. John has hired an=
attorney
to investigate ballot irregularities in the Nov. 3 election.
Dennis M. Buckley, a Waterbury-based attorney, is reviewing documents filed
by poll workers and election officials for St. John.
St. John, who ran as a write-in candidate, raised concerns immediately
following the election after he learned one of the voting machines had
broken down Tuesday evening, forcing poll workers to switch to a separate
machine to count the remaining ballots. Some of the ballots had been
photocopied because election officials believed they had run out of the
official ballots. It was later revealed that officials had more than 1,000
unused ballots locked in the registrar of voters' office.
http://www.rep-am.com/articles/2009/11/12/news/local/449082.txt
*GA: Recount confirms Rick Ford's victory* (recount by memory card-not a
real recount)
Election Supervisor Patti Brown-Traylor and members of the Carroll County
Board of Elections held a recount Tuesday because Ford=E2=80=99s margin of =
victory
was less than 1 percent. The recount consisted of again running through the
votes on computer memory cards from election night, as well as the early
voting memory card ballots that were cast in the Office of Elections and
Registration.
http://www.times-georgian.com/pages/full_story/push?article-Recount+confirm=
s+Rick+Ford-s+victory%20&id=3D4430999-Recount+confirms+Rick+Ford-s+victory&=
instance=3Dwest_ga_news
*MD: Cryptographic voting debuts
*November 13, 2009
http://www.physorg.com/news177324972.html
*IN: Clark County Commissioners: More costs pour in for Clark County*
Replacing voting machines and shortfall from workers=E2=80=99 compensation =
pinch
thin wallet
...Voting machines stored in the basement of the Clark County Government
Building received water damage and the equipment will need to be fixed or
replaced before the next election in May.
=E2=80=9CThe big thing on the machines themselves is nobody can tell me whe=
ther
they=E2=80=99re OK or they=E2=80=99re not OK, and it=E2=80=99s going to cos=
t a lot of money to get
them checked out,=E2=80=9D said William =E2=80=9CBubby=E2=80=9D Vissing, th=
e county=E2=80=99s election
equipment technician.
Costs to repair the voting machines is estimated to be anywhere from $2,500
per day, per repairman to $1,000 per machine =E2=80=94 with estimates comin=
g from
two companies. The county has 150 voting machines =E2=80=94 80 of one model=
and 70
of another.
http://www.newsandtribune.com/clarkcounty/local_story_317004542.html?keywor=
d=3Dtopstory
*MO: Yellow voter registration cards: Coming to a mailbox near you*
voter registration cards that are scheduled to be mailed tomorrow (Friday).
Nov 12, 2009...The process is all part of the biennial canvass conducted
every other year in an effort to maintain accurate voter registrations. The
main purpose is to verify that voters are still living at the same addresse=
s
where they are registered to vote, according to Christopher.
http://www.chillicothenews.com/news/x1158537868/Yellow-voter-registration-c=
ards-Coming-to-a-mailbox-near-you
*NJ: Pro-ward coalition plans to seek recount in New Brunswick* (recount on
mostly paperless machines)
Jim Vokral, administrator of the Middlesex County Election Board, said the
ballots and voting machines from Nov. 3 are currently impounded, as require=
d
by state law. He said a recount involves setting up the electronic voting
machines that were used in the election and reviewing the vote totals from
those machines against the totals that were certified. Then, he said, the
paper ballots =E2=80=94 those mailed in or cast provisionally =E2=80=94 are=
counted by hand
and added to the machine totals.
http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20091112/NEWS/911120342/Pro-ward-coa=
lition-plans-to-seek-recount-in-New-Brunswick
*NJ: Loopholes in N.J. campaign finance laws benefit biggest government
contractors*
November 12, 2009. TRENTON -- New Jersey taxpayers don=E2=80=99t pay direct=
ly for
the costly campaigns state politicians run, but public money regularly goes
to government contractors who in turn make sure the candidates are
well-funded.
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/11/loopholes_in_nj_county_campaig.htm=
l
*NY: Did Hoffman Win NY-23? Does It Matter If He Did?*
Narrowing margin in post-election canvass raises hopes for
GOP/Conservatives, but recent Republican-set precedent may well dash that
hope...
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3D7518
*NY: Hoffman Still Has A Remote Shot In New York-23*
November, 12, 2009. Dang it. After hearing about the voting machine glitche=
s
on election day, I remember thinking that Hoffman had conceded too early,
but I didn=E2=80=99t want to say anything at the time=E2=80=A6
http://nicedeb.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/hoffman-still-has-a-remote-shot-in-=
new-york-23/
*NY: State: Use of new voting machines "very successful"* *(Dominion
machines froze due to memory issue, sometimes not reading ballots)
The director said Dominion machines in Lewis, Seneca and Schuyler failed -
but "it wasn't countywide. It was a handful of machines within those
counties. It wasn't seen as a catastophic failure."
She said the primary cause of voting machine failure was a memory issue
related to the way ballots were programmed to record multiple votes for one
office.
"If the test votes were cast in a certain way, the machine would freeze up
and it would not permit you to move forward," she said. "So there were no
votes calculated on the voting machines and those ballots were the ones tha=
t
had to be hand counted. In reviewing the county board ballot styles, the
vendor located the 10 counties where that change had to be made and it was
made prior to Election Day. But, in that it was humans reviewing those
ballots, there were a couple of those ballot styles that were missed. So, i=
n
the field on Election Day, the problem did arise. The scanner did freeze
up.=E2=80=9D
http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/section/blogs09
[Watch Ms. Svizzero's full report here, starting at the 13:56 mark.
http://www.webcasting.com/elections/player.php?clientname=3Delections&event=
name=3D-board&eventdate=3D11.10.2009]
*NY: Over-votes in Nassau election districts questioned*
November 13, 2009 "We are ascertaining whether the number of votes on the
machines reflect the number of people who actually signed in to vote,"
attorney Steven Schlesinger said. "We know there are instances
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/over-votes-in-nassau-election-dis=
tricts-questioned-1.1586030?qr=3D1
*NY: New Elbridge assessor asks residents to be proactive
*11/13/09 New voting system =E2=80=98disappointing=E2=80=99
Councilor George Betts entered a resolution Wednesday expressing
disappointment in the new voting machines that had been in use for the
previous day=E2=80=99s elections, and his concerns were echoed by several i=
n the
audience.
http://www.cnylink.com/cnynews/view_news.php?news_id=3D1258128051
*NY: Election Board To Hand Count Ballots* (post election audit)
MAYVILLE - As required by New York state's election law, the Chautauqua
County Board of Elections will hand count a percentage of the paper machine
ballots cast in the Nov. 3 election to ensure the accuracy of the new votin=
g
system.
At 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 18, the Board of Elections will randomly
select 3 percent of all voting machines used in the election and hand count
those machines' ballots
http://post-journal.com/page/content.detail/id/544868.html?nav=3D5018
*OR: Oregon voters increasingly none-of-the-above
*...All told, there 35,284 fewer Republicans and Democrats in September (th=
e
latest month for which we have figures) than there were last November.
In other words, the number of "other" voters actually grew just a bit.
http://blog.oregonlive.com/mapesonpolitics/2009/11/
oregon_voters_increasingly_non.html
or use this url http://twi.cc/VT4w
*PA: Lackawanna County Election Board meets on recount
*November 12, 2009 ...Five candidates and county Republican leaders have
asked for recounts based on a computer coding error that cost city
Councilwoman Janet Evans and tax collector candidate Bill Courtright, a cit=
y
councilman, up to 2,452 straight-party votes.
The request for the widest recount is by Republican leaders, who want all
ballots for all county and municipal offices manually recounted, including =
a
manual recount of all straight-party voting. County Commissioner A.J.
Munchak, an election board member and a Republican, has called for such a
recount.
That would require tallying by hand more than 51,000 ballots that contain
more than a dozen races each and thousands of candidates for what election
officials say was a mistake limited to the two Scranton races
http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/lackawanna_county_election_board_meets_on_r=
ecount?localLinksEnabled=3Dfalse
*PA: Pennsylvania 2010 Statewide Petition Requirement to be Lowest Since
1970*
November 13th, 2009 Pennsylvania=E2=80=99s statewide minor party and indepe=
ndent
candidate petition will be 19,056 signatures.
http://www.ballot-access.org/2009/11/13/pennsylvania-statewide-petition-req=
uirement-to-be-lowest-since-1970/
*VA: Poll glitch sparks corruption claims from challenger**(Diebold Accuvot=
e
OS & TSX)
Votes cast in three Lancaster County precincts had to be counted by hand
last week after multiple machines malfunctioned, sparking claims of
"cronyism" and "corruption" from one candidate.
All the ballots cast were correct, but the optical reader did not process
many of them, said Gilbert Dorman, electoral board vice-chairman for
Lancaster County. "They wouldn't print tape with a number on it."
Precincts 1, 4 and 301 had problems with the optical readers, said Barbara
Breeden, electoral board chairwoman.
More than 230 missing votes in the first precinct led Richard Pleasants,
candidate for District 1 supervisor, to call for a recount.
http://www.northernnecknews.com/news/view_sections.asp?idcategory=3D9&idart=
icle=3D3161
*WA: Pierce Council still hearts polling places*
November 13th, 2009. Although 99 percent of this year=E2=80=99s voters cast=
ballots
by mail, Pierce County apparently will remain the state=E2=80=99s last hold=
out for
poll-site voting.
The County Council has ordered newly elected County Auditor Julie Anderson
to continue operating polling places,
http://blogs.sos.wa.gov/FromOurCorner/index.php/2009/11/pierce-council-stil=
l-hearts-polling-places/
*National*
*ACORN Sues Federal Government Over Congress' "Unconstitutional" Move to
Defund Group*
13 November 2009... "It may be that ACORN is guilty of various infractions,
and, if so, it ought to be vetted, or maybe sanctioned, by the appropriate
administrative agency or by the judiciary. Congress must not be in the
business of punishing individual organizations or people without trial." ~
Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-New York)
http://www.truthout.org/1113092
*"'Post-Racial' America? - A Voting Rights Report"*
The NAACP LDF has issued this press release about this new report. From the
press release:
...
First, "Post-Racial" America? Not Yet examines the "post-racial" argument
made in Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One v. Holder
(MUD), a recent unsuccessful constitutional challenge to Section 5 of the
Voting Rights Act, a core provision that guards against voting
discrimination where it has been most severe.
http://electionlawblog.org/archives/014760.html
*Election Law Journal 8:4 Now Available: Preview of ELJ 9:1*
...
Look for ELJ 9:1 in January, featuring Douglas Spencer and Zachary Markovit=
s
on an emprical study of lines at polling places, Justin Levitt on the law
surrounding lines at polling places, Seth Hill, Michael Herron and Jeffrey
Lewis on factors explaining Obama's victory in 2008, and book reviews by Ra=
y
La Raja and Mark Rush.
http://electionlawblog.org/archives/014758.html
*A Letter to =E2=80=9CSpirit of America=E2=80=9D
*November 13th, 2009 NEW YORK, NY =E2=80=93 I was digging up 2009 voter tur=
nout
statistics and came across a user comment on CNN=E2=80=99s Political Ticker=
. This
comment makes all of us at Why Tuesday? really gratified despite our
nation=E2=80=99s increasingly low voter turnout. The comment is in in respo=
nse to an
article about low voter turnout.
http://www.whytuesday.org/2009/11/13/a-letter-to-spirit-of-america/?utm_sou=
rce=3Dfeedburner&utm_medium=3Dfeed&utm_campaign=3DFeed%3A+whytuesday+%28Why=
+Tuesday%3F%29
*Bipartisan Beltway Committee Seeks to =E2=80=9CModernize=E2=80=9D U.S. Ele=
ction
System*(pro v cons)
Voter registration can sometimes be a highly charged and partisan issue, so
it is worth noting that advisers from recent Democratic and Republican
presidential campaigns have recently aligned themselves to propose a new
system.
http://ncsl.typepad.com/the_thicket/2009/11/bipartisan-beltway-committee-se=
eks-to-modernize-us-election-system.html
*Securing the vote for all*
Our service members deserve an equal voice
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/nov/11/securing-the-vote-for-all/
*International
*
*Denmark Strips Away the Right to Privacy from Blind Voters*
On Wednesday I read that one of my blind friend's in Utah just experience
voting by himself for the first time thanks to his voting machine having
built in text to speech. On that same day, I also
read<http://www.cphpost.dk/news/national/88-national/47387-new-law-strips-b=
lind-of-voting-privacy.html>that
the blind in Denmark not only don't get to vote by themselves, they
have to have a council member present when they're voting. This rule was
supposedly implemented to make sure that the sighted helper wasn't
pressuring the blind voter to vote in a particular way, but what it really
does is just strip that voter of their right to privacy.
...
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Solving the voting issue for
those with visual impairments is not difficult. I've voted three times now
using a simple solution called an electronic ballot. The html based ballot
is emailed to me. I then fill it out on my computer on my own time, print i=
t
out, and send it through the mail. The solution probably costs very little
and it serves anyone with an email address and a computer.
http://www.blindgal.com/2009/11/denmark-strips-away-right-to-privacy.html
*Grenade thrown at building with Honduran ballots*
Nov 13, 2009. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras =E2=80=94 Assailants hurled a grenade a=
t the
building housing ballots for the upcoming Honduran presidential elections,
which are taking place under the shadow of a four-month crisis caused by a
coup.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/
ALeqM5jAkMGKIUDg_ngUiZboxQbYj5_DPwD9BUQ1EG1
or use this url http://twi.cc/rgtK
*Electoral fraud
*=E2=80=9CPostal voting on demand is lethal to the democratic process. Whol=
esale
electoral fraud is both easy and profitable.=E2=80=9D That statement sounds=
like a
description of Afghan electoral practices, but it was delivered by Richard
Mawrey QC after an inquest into UK postal voting.
http://www.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/5532908/electoral-fraud.thtml
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Thursday, November 12, 2009
Georgia Court: E-vote at your own risk, some NY votes up in air, Diebold
miscount in Santa
Barbara<http://votingnews.blogspot.com/2009/11/georgia-court-e-vote-at-your=
-own-risk.html>
Internet voting whack-a-mole and its inherent security risks and privacy
loss - done on the backs of our troops: National voter groups urge MA Gov
Deval Patrick to ask Legislature to remove dangerous e-mail voting provisio=
n
from veterans bill, a Michigan bill would have military vote by
email....Aspen CO seeks dismissal of suit for ballot images of May
election...How To NOT Instill Confidence In Election Integrity (in
Connecticut)...Georgia Court: E-Vote at Your Own Risk... Coin Toss Decides
Whitsett NC Town Council Race...Activist security concerns - "New York
counties don=E2=80=99t have the money to secure the ballots or verify the
scanners."...Port Chester NY's new election system confusing...Ohio Ballot
Access Bill Advances...GOP 1, TVCA 0 ...Misplaced election reform prioritie=
s
in Washington?...Verified Voting's national newsletter is available online
now!...
All this and more in today's voting news below...
*AL: Calera finally has six new council members*
November 10, 2009. More than a year after voters originally headed to the
polls, Calera has six new council members.
...
City officials submitted a new voting plan in July that called for six
at-large council seats instead of the five districts used in the 2008
election.
Justice Department officials approved the new plan in September. The plan
"reflects a good faith effort to effectively remedy the concerns raised in
our objection," according to a letter that Loretta King, acting assistant
attorney general, sent to the city's attorneys.
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/11/calera_finally_has_six_new_cou.html
*CA: Recount Called for City Election* * Voting Machine Malfunctioned
(Premier/Diebold Accu-Vote ES 2000 and ES&S Automark)
November 11, 2009
Santa Barbara City election officials will be conducting a complete recount
of all ballots cast in last week=E2=80=99s election, because one of the
vote-counting machines failed to adequately count all the votes cast on the
=E2=80=9CB=E2=80=9D side of the ballot.
...
it could affect the final outcomes of the city council races as well as
Measures D and E.
...
The discrepancy in ballots counted is in the range of five percent to 15
percent. After counting 800 ballots by hand, city election officials
concluded there was a problem...
http://www.independent.com/news/2009/nov/11/recount-called-city-election/
*CO: City seeks dismissal of Marks suit* (city does not want to release
ballot images)
November 12, 2009 The city of Aspen has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit
brought by Marilyn Marks, who is trying to force the city to release ballot
images from the May election.
http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/137594
*CT: How To NOT Instill Confidence In Election Integrity* * (photo copy
ballots, "extra ballots")
Waterbury Republican: Ex-first selectman has lawyer probe Middlebury voting
...St. John, who ran as a write-in candidate, raised concerns immediately
following the election after he learned one of the voting machines had
broken down Tuesday evening, forcing poll workers to switch to a separate
machine to count the remaining ballots. Some of the ballots had been
photocopied because election officials believed they had run out of the
official ballots. It was later revealed that officials had more than 1,000
unused ballots locked in the registrar of voters=E2=80=99 office.
http://www.ctvoterscount.org/?p=3D2587
[Thank you Luther Weeks and here is article Luther linked to
MIDDLEBURY =E2=80=94 Former First Selectman Edward B. St. John has hired an=
attorney
to investigate ballot irregularities in the Nov. 3 election.
http://www.ctvoterscount.org/CTVCdata/09/11/WRepublican20091112.mht ]
*CT: In RTM race: Recount flip-flops winner*
12 November 2009 Poll workers Stanley Olzewski, Carol Sabato, and Cathy
Lesta examine a ballot to determine if it needs to be recounted by hand as
part of the District 5 Representative Town Meeting recount. =E2=80=94 Ken B=
orsuk
photo
A loss by the thinnest of margins has now turned into a win by the thinnest
of margins for Representative Town Meeting (RTM) member James Daine.
http://www.acorn-online.com/joomla15/greenwich-post/news/local/41521-in-rtm=
-race-recount-flip-flops-winner.html
*CT: Morehead alleges voter fraud
*Ward 22 alderman to accuse opponent of tampering with absentee ballots
November 10, 2009. Ward 22 Alderman-elect Greg Morehead is expected to file
a complaint with the state government today accusing one of his opponents i=
n
last Tuesday=E2=80=99s election of voter fraud
...
Morehead said he has received statements from two New Haven senior citizens=
,
both of whom he said approached him with concerns about their absentee
votes. The residents claimed Hopkins told them all they had to do was sign
their ballots before she would mail them, Morehead said. Hopkins then took
the blank and unsealed ballots from them, Morehead added.
http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/city-news/2009/11/10/morehead-alleges-vot=
er-fraud/
*FL: Venice ballot review brings ray of sunshine*
...Meaningful spot checks like this should be part of every election.
Equipment can break down, software can fail, election workers can make
mistakes. Random audits of ballots vs. voting equipment right after the
close of the election can keep voters, election workers, and equipment
manufacturers on their toes.
When equipment errors are found, they should be corrected at the source, th=
e
machine manufacturer, for future elections, and voters should be notified
how to deal with those problems in the current election. For example, when
the blue ink problem occurred in the logic-and-accuracy test Oct. 14,
absentee ballot requesters should have been immediately notified not to use
blue ink.
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20091108/COLUMNIST/
911081023/2080/OPINION
or use this http://twi.cc/rs62
*GA: Georgia Court: E-Vote at Your Own Risk*
By Matthew Cardinale, News Editor, The Atlanta Progressive News (November
12, 2009)
(APN) ATLANTA -- The Georgia Supreme Court, in their recent ruling against
VoterGA upholding electronic voting in the State of Georgia, implicitly
acknowledged that E-voting results cannot be independently audited. At the
same time, they emphasized that it's the voter's choice to vote
electronically, when paper ballots are available through the absentee
process.
"In deciding to forego the privilege of voting early on a paper ballot,
voters assume the risk of necessarily different procedures if a recount is
required," Judge George Carley ruled, with all justices on the panel
concurring, on September 28, 2009
http://www.atlantaprogressivenews.com/news/0545.html
*HI: Hawaii Elections Chief Will Ask for Waiver of New Law Requiring Foreig=
n
Absentee Ballots to be Mailed Early
*November 10th, 2009 According to this news story, Hawaii=E2=80=99s Electio=
ns Chief
plans to ask the federal government for a waiver (for 2010 only) of the new
federal law that requires states to mail foreign absentee ballots at least
45 days before an election
http://www.ballot-access.org/2009/11/10/hawaii-elections-chief-will-ask-for=
-waiver-of-new-law-requiring-foreign-absentee-ballots-to-be-mailed-early/
*IL: Privacy Case Flunks 'Duck Test,' Court Says* *
(CN) - The 7th Circuit dismissed an invasion-of-privacy class action filed
by Illinois citizens who submitted voter registration forms at the state
Department of Motor Vehicles.
...
A man named Peter Zelchenko allegedly obtained Lake's name, date of birth,
sex, address, phone number and Social Security number by simply asking the
Chicago Board of Election Commissioners for it.
Lake argued that this violated the Driver's Privacy Protection Act, which
allows suits against anyone "who knowingly obtains, discloses or uses
personal information, from a motor vehicle record" for illegal purposes.
http://www.courthousenews.com/2009/11/10/Privacy_Case_Flunks_
Duck_Test_Court_Says.htm
or use this url http://twi.cc/LZoT
*IL: Winfrey overhauls clerk's operations
*Official accomplishes election reform, but complaints remain
Detroit -- Nearly lost amid the hoopla surrounding the city's Nov. 4 genera=
l
election was City Clerk Janice Winfrey's dual victory.
...Winfrey has implemented a number of reforms since assuming the
dysfunctional office, from requiring workers to return memory cards to the
clerk's main office by 9 p.m. on election night to mandating 15 hours of
training for poll workers and requiring them to wear uniforms.
http://www.detnews.com/article/20091112/METRO/911120396/1022/local/Winfrey-=
overhauls-clerk-s-operations
*MA: Mass. Patrick OKs expanded benefits for veterans*
November 12, 2009 ...Several voting rights groups voiced opposition to the
bill yesterday, saying e-mailing or faxing ballots was =E2=80=9Chigh risk.=
=E2=80=99=E2=80=99
The groups - including Voter Action, Verified Voting, Common Cause, the
Boston Bar Association, and the Latino civic organization Oiste - issued a
joint statement urging the governor to return the bill to the Legislature
with a recommendation that the e-mail voting provision be removed.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/11/12/
patrick_oks_expanded_benefits_for_veterans/
or use this http://twi.cc/d7SA
*MA: Mass. voting advocates say veterans bill flawed
*November 11, 2009 The measure was included in a veteran=E2=80=99s benefits=
bill
approved by lawmakers on Tuesday.
John Bonifaz of the group Voter Action said he supports efforts to make it
easier for soldiers to vote, but said there=E2=80=99s no way to guarantee e=
-mailed
ballots aren=E2=80=99t lost or tampered with.
http://news.bostonherald.com/news/politics/view/20091111mass
_voting_advocates_say_veterans_bill_flawed/
or use this http://twi.cc/MTs9
*MI: Electronic Voting: One Step Closer* (military to vote by email)
It=E2=80=99s too late for Election Day 2009 but Michigan House Bill #5279 s=
hould be
ready in plenty of time for the important 2010 state elections.
Last week, the measure was adopted by a majority of members in the Michigan
House of Representatives. As I have stated in previous blogs and WXYZ-TV
editorials, the bill would let state residents serving in the military or
working overseas vote via electronic mail instead of snail mail.
http://www.wxyz.com/content/community/stokesblog/story/Electronic-Voting-On=
e-Step-Closer/qP1xNAtWkk6XYd_BC6J_3A.cspx
*MN: Low-key mayoral contest depressed Minneapolis turnout, officials say*
At 20 percent, turnout hit a low not seen since 1902. Results released
Wednesday were good for incumbents.
November 11, 2009
http://www.startribune.com/politics/local/69814067.html?elr=3DKArksi8cyaiUB=
P7hUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aU7DYaGEP7vDEh7P:DiUs
NC: Coin Toss Decides Whitsett Town Council Race
November 10, 2009 GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. - Lee Greeson is one lucky man.
After battling incumbent Ken Jacobs to a 42-42 vote tie for a seat on the
Whitsett Town Council, Greeson won a coin toss Tuesday and was declared the
winner.
...
According to Gilbert, this is the first time in Guilford County recorded
history that an election has been determined with a coin toss. He said he's
seen races determined by a margin of one or two votes before, but never dea=
d
even.
http://www.myfox8.com/wghp-whitsett-coin-toss-victory-091110,0,3493058.stor=
y
NJ: Felten to speak on electronic voting
Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, 4:30 p.m. =C2=B7 16 Robertson Hall
Ed Felten, director of Princeton's Center for Information Technology Policy=
,
will present a lecture titled "Electronic Voting: Danger and Opportunity" a=
t
4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, in 16 Robertson Hall.
http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S25/78/70G75/index.xml?section=
=3Dannouncements
*NY: HEARING tomorrow (11/12) on NY voting system=E2=80=93and a new scandal=
*
"Unfortunately, =E2=80=9Cverifiable=E2=80=9D is a placebo, unless actual ve=
rification takes
place. New York counties don=E2=80=99t have the money to secure the ballots=
or
verify the scanners.
Due to our fiscal crisis, New York counties won=E2=80=99t have =E2=80=9Cexc=
ellent security.=E2=80=9D
...
Implementing paper ballots and scanners on the cheap will create inevitable
opportunities for errors that are not discovered, as well as opportunity an=
d
temptation for malicious persons to commit fraud."
http://markcrispinmiller.com/2009/11/hearing-tomorrow-1112-on-ny-voting-sys=
tem-and-a-new-scandal/
*NY: Voters express displeasure with new optical voting machines
*11-12-2009. Oswego County=E2=80=99s new voting machines were supposed to b=
e a vast
improvement over the older lever machines and provide more privacy.
Following the Nov. 3 election, county legislators have many concerns.
http://www.valleynewsonline.com/viewnews.php?newsid=3D87311&id=3D1
*NY: The =E2=80=9Cdark art=E2=80=9D of redistricting?*
November 12, 2009 The Times discusses redistricting reform in New York
http://politicalactivitylaw.com/?p=3D6253
*NY: Did Hoffman Concede Too Soon?* *It appears the special election race i=
n
New York's 23rd congressional district is not yet over.
*...
The Syracuse Post-Standard<http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2009/11/i=
ts_not_over_recanvassing_shows_ny23_race.html>reports
that a recanvassing shows that Owens' lead has narrowed to just
3,026 votes over Hoffman. And in Oswego County, "where Hoffman was reported
to lead by only 500 votes with 93 percent of the vote counted election
night, inspectors found Hoffman actually won by 1,748 votes.""The new vote
totals mean the race will be decided by absentee ballots, of which about
10,200 were distributed...
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2009/11/12/did_hoffman_concede_too_soon.h=
tml
*NY: Johnson City vote may not be settled until next week
*Past dissolutions in N.Y. offer guide to Town of Union, county officials
...The Broome County Board of Elections will count 174 absentee ballots
Thursday, including four cast by military personnel. An additional 13
military absentee ballots were sent out, but they were not returned as of
Tuesday. The last day military ballots can be received is Monday,
http://www.stargazette.com/article/20091110/NEWS01
/911100411/Johnson+City+vote+may+not+be+settled+until+next+week
or use this http://twi.cc/Q9uq
*NY: Election ballots recounted in Lima* *
November 10th, 2009 LIVINGSTON COUNTY, NY =E2=80=94 The Board of Elections=
=E2=80=99 review
of Nov. 3 ballots has revealed that totals in the Lima election were
reported incorrectly, according to Election Commissioner Susan Guenther.
=E2=80=9CWhen the election inspectors sent the information in to us on Tues=
day
evening, they had made an error in their totals,=E2=80=9D Guenther elaborat=
ed.
=E2=80=9CIt was a human error. When the inspectors were reading the numbers=
from the
paper from the back of the voting machine, they didn=E2=80=99t read them co=
rrectly,=E2=80=9D
Guenther advised.
http://thelcn.com/2009/11/election-ballots-recounted-in-lima/
*NY: Port Chester's new election system confuses many*
November 10, 2009 PORT CHESTER =E2=80=94 The village's new election system =
will
clearly take some getting used to.
Voters will elect six trustees in June under a court-imposed system called
cumulative voting, replacing a system that was deemed unfair to Hispanics.
Some of the new rules are counterintuitive =E2=80=94 namely, the ability to=
cast
more than one vote for the same candidate. No other community in New York
uses the system.
http://www.lohud.com/article/20091110/NEWS02/911100328/-1/SPORTS/Port-Chest=
er-s-new-election-system-confuses-many
or use this url http://twi.cc/XDWL
*NY: Port Chester hires expert to help develop new voting system*
November 11, 2009 PORT CHESTER =E2=80=94 The village will hire the Maryland=
-based
organization FairVote to help develop its new election system and draft an
agreement with the U.S.
...
FairVote helped advocate for that system instead of the remedy favored by
the Justice Department, to have trustees run in six districts.
http://www.lohud.com/article/20091111/NEWS02/911110343/-1/SPORTS/Port-Chest=
er-hires-expert-to-help-develop-new-voting-system
or use this url http://twi.cc/niKT
*NY: New York: con-Fusion Voting* (see photo of this ballot)
Lesson to be learned by outsiders on Hoffman's loss in New York's U.S.
Congressional District 23: don't ever allow "Fusion Voting" in your state!
...So how in the world does a non-candidate get listed TWICE, your opponent
get listed TWICE, but your name is listed once? Welcome to the world of
fusion voting where political parties get power not candidates.
http://nacilbupera.blogspot.com/2009/11/new-york-con-fusion-voting.html
*NY: What Are the Odds of 0 Doug Hoffman Votes in Three Different Polling
Places?*
http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=3DYzZlNjc4YWMzNzA5OGI3MzQ5ZD=
gzMGNmYjE3NWJjMzQ
=3D
*OH: Voting overhaul bill advances; House will vote next week*
House Bill 260 covers early voting, voter registration, voter
identification, overseas and military voting and other issues.
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/politics/voting-overhaul-bill-advances-=
house-will-vote-next-week-395422.html
or use this url http://twi.cc/hcZu
*OH: Ohio Ballot Access Bill Advances*
A bill that would considerably improve ballot access for Independent and
Third Party candidates survived a crucial vote earlier this week.
On a 7-6 party line vote, HB 260 passed the House Elections Committee
Tuesday.
HB 260 is a far-reaching election reform bill that includes provisions
making it easier for a new political party to get on the ballot.
https://www.freeandequal.org/2009/11/ohio-ballot-access-bill-advances/
*OH: Confessions of a Poll Worker*
To paraphrase Tom Berenger's character in Platoon: "If the machine breaks
down, we break down." Well, when speaking of elections, that quote is
precisely true in this day and age. UWeekly recently talked to Joe, a poll
worker around OSU campus area.
http://uweekly.com/newsmag/11-11-2009/12967
*SC: Vote panel defied in Atlantic Beach* (residency of candidates
challenged)
...The election commission will have a hearing at 10 a.m. today at the
Atlantic Beach Community Center to discuss protests by Town Council
incumbents ousted last week by two write-in candidates, Windy Price and
Carolyn Cole. It was scheduled for Saturday, but was postponed because the
commission's attorney could not attend the hearing.
Paul Curry and incumbent councilwomen Charlene Taylor and Josephine Isom
have said that Price and Cole are not residents of Atlantic Beach and did
not follow proper procedures in declaring their candidacy and in
campaigning...
http://www.thesunnews.com/news/local/story/1160611.html
*SC: Royston mayor going to court over one-vote loss in election* (1 vote
diff, issue over provisional ballot)
November 11, 2009 =E2=80=9COne of the things was with the provisional vote.=
We
didn't think it was carried out right. That's all I can say right now
because we will be going to court on it,=E2=80=9D Stewart said.
http://www.independentmail.com/news/2009/nov/11/royston-mayor-going-court-o=
ver-one-vote-loss-elect/
*TN: GOP 1, TVCA 0*
by Flyer Staff. Let's not kid ourselves, as most of the direct participants
have, about the outcome of the showdown over the 2008 Tennessee Voter
Confidence Act. When Nashville chancellor Russell Perkins declined last wee=
k
to issue the injunction sought by plaintiffs trying to force the hand of
stonewalling state election authorities, he in effect foreclosed on a
guarantee that the act can be enforced in 2010.
...
Although in theory the TVCA should be neutral in its implications, it has
come to be identified with the Democrats' more expansive view of the
franchise and has suffered the consequences. Republicans =E2=80=94 and, yes=
, that
includes Hargett and Goins =E2=80=94 have organized against it. They may po=
sture and
fume about their belief, specifically discredited by Perkins, that
2002-vintage optical-scan machines are insufficient to fulfill the
requirements of the TVCA. But it seems obvious that an overriding motive is
to forestall vote challenges during an election year in which state
Republicans can hold on to enough legislative seats to control redistrictin=
g
for the decade which follows.
http://www.memphisflyer.com/memphis/gop-1-tvca-0/Content?oid=3D1789291
*TN: Nearly 70 Sullivan voters registered in wrong precinct*
November 10th, 2009 BLOUNTVILLE =E2=80=94 For the past few years, several d=
ozen
Sullivan County voters have been registered in the wrong precinct =E2=80=94=
and
listed as voters in the wrong Sullivan County commissioner and constable
districts =E2=80=94 Sullivan County Administrator of Elections Jason Booher=
said
Tuesday.
The situation came to light because one of those residents had indicated he
was considering a run for a County Commission seat in the 10th Commission
District, Booher said =E2=80=94 and the man actually lives in the 11th Dist=
rict
http://www.timesnews.net/article.php?id=3D9018280
*TX: State elections official fired after poking fun at Spanish-speaking
voters
*Secretary of State Andrade says official's remarks are not reflective of
state policy.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/
region/legislature/stories/2009/11/12/1112selby.html
or use this http://twi.cc/0VmG
***WA: Misplaced election reform priorities*
11/11/2009. These things don=E2=80=99t happen in a vacuum, and so it is not
surprising to see Gov. Chris Gregoire joining the chorus of establishment
voices demanding that the ballot deadline be changed from postmarked on
election day to received by election day
...
the governor has yet to say a word about the real scandal in last Tuesday=
=E2=80=99s
election: the forty-some thousand King County voters who were
disenfranchised due to our state=E2=80=99s wholly inadequate ballot design =
and
review procedures.
http://horsesass.org/?p=3D22173
*National
*
*What happens when your campaign is the target of Chinese hackers?
*November 11, 2009 The Post reports on what happened when Chinese hackers
pursued the Obama and McCain presidential campaigns in 2008.
http://politicalactivitylaw.com/?p=3D6244
DIEBOLD SUBSIDIARY AGREES TO PAY $850,000 TO SETTLE CLAIMS THAT IT USED
UNAPPROVED COMPUTER TECHS AT SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
November 03, 2009
Baltimore, Maryland - Diebold Information and Security Systems, LLC,
(Diebold-ISS), a Utah-based provider of computer repair services, has agree=
d
to pay $850,000 to settle potential claims against the company under the
False Claims Act that it failed to submit required suitability documentatio=
n
to the Social Security Administration (SSA) for a substantial number of
subcontractor personnel performing services under a five-year maintenance
and repair contract, announced United States Attorney for the District of
Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein.
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/2623183/
*Verified Voting Newsletter*, Issue 4 November 11, 2009 (available online)
The latest election integrity news from the team at Verified Voting.
http://www.verifiedvotingfoundation.org/article.php?id=3D6735
*electionlineWeekly--November 12, 2009*
Nov 12, 2009 - Common data format could streamline elections
Stakeholders agree consensus needed, disagreee on how it will happen
http://www.pewcenteronthestates.org/report_detail.aspx?id=3D56060
*Gerrymandering: Pure and Corrupt*
Why do we continue to allow legislators to redraw their own districts?
...
Prisoners are used as =E2=80=9Cphantom voters=E2=80=9D to inflate the popul=
ations of the
districts where they are held, and because they can=E2=80=99t vote, skew th=
e numbers
in favor of one party over another.With so many viable alternatives, now is
the time to stand up to legislators to demand a stop to partisan
redistricting before we are left with another ten years of gerrymandered
districts. To learn more about redistricting, visit The Redistricting
Game<http://www.redistrictinggame.org/index.php>website...
http://nonprofitvote.blogspot.com/2009/11/gerrymandering-pure-and-corrupt.h=
tml
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13 hours ago
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16 hours ago
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16 hours ago
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16 hours ago
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Voter Registration Modernization | Brennan Center for
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21 hours ago
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Kim Alexander's Weblog <http://calvoter.org/news/blog/>
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1 day ago
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Election Updates <http://electionupdates.caltech.edu/>
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1 day ago
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Ohio House Passes Election Reform
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2 days ago
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2 days ago
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2 days ago
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2 days ago
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Follow The Money - What's New? <http://www.followthemoney.org/>
The Money Behind the 2008 Same-Sex Partnership Ballot
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2 days ago
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Open Records <http://openrecords.wordpress.com/>
Phantom congressional
districts<http://openrecords.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/phantom-congressional=
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3 days ago
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Federal Voting Assistance Program News <http://www.fvap.gov/>
Massachusetts Military and Overseas Voters, Submit the Federal Write-In
Absentee Ballot (FWAB) NOW for the December 8, 2009 Special
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3 days ago
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3 days ago
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CA to Provide Precinct-Level
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4 days ago
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1 week ago
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November 2009
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1 week ago
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2 weeks ago
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2 weeks ago
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3 weeks ago
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4 weeks ago
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5 weeks ago
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2 months ago
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3 months ago
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4 months ago
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6 months ago
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Legislatures<http://www.ncsl.org/Default.aspx?TabID=3D746&tabs=3D1116,114,7=
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<h3 class=3D"post-title entry-title"><a href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.=
com/2009/11/fcc-considers-internet-voting-wv-oks.html">FCC considers Intern=
et Voting, WV oks internet voting for military, NY Voting Machines had bug =
not virus</a> </h3>
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<div class=3D"post-body entry-content"><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial">T=
he biggest threat to democracy quietly sneaks forward: The FCC seeks public=
comment on internet elections by Dec. 10 of this year... Clearly the e-vot=
ing movement is not keeping up. Problems with voting machines pale compared=
to the risks of internet voting. Voting online is not secure and is not se=
cret according to many tech experts...Meanwhile, West Virginia just passed =
a law allowing online voting for military, it goes to the governor to be si=
gned...<br>
<br>"Voting is not a commodity or industry, it's a democratic righ=
t...Anti-trust officials must stop this monopolization of America's mos=
t basic democratic process. More fundamentally, though, we must restore ful=
l public ownership and management of our voting systems."~Jim Hightowe=
r...This should be true everywhere: "Registration of voters should nev=
er be seen as a political act." =E2=80=93 European Commission Head of =
Delegation to Zambia...<br>
...</span><br><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial">There is good news and bad=
news about New York's voting systems. The problems with some New York =
voting machines were not due to a virus, as reported yesterday by the Gouve=
rneur Times, but were due to a flaw/bug in the source code. The problem was=
not caused by election workers but by the voting vendor. The good news is =
that there are paper ballots. But the bad news is that elections are still =
being used as beta tests for voting vendors. We all know there is no perfec=
t voting system but is it too much to ask that these voting systems work co=
rrectly? Bo Lipari has a write up on his blog and we have a press release f=
rom the New York State Board of Elections...In Utah New ID Check-In scans y=
our drivers license....<br>
<br>All this and much more in today's voting news below...</span><br><s=
pan style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><br><br><strong>IL: Undervotes and the Acc=
uVote</strong><br>Champaign County Clerk under Elections. The formerly Dieb=
old, formerly Premier, now ES&S Accu-Vote ballot tabulation system is u=
nder the gun to meet the state standards for rejecting undervotes. (We do n=
ot use the Accu-Vote) At the State Board of Elections meeting yesterday we =
learned that their first go around on testing failed, and now they are maki=
ng programming changes and retesting.<br>
<a href=3D"http://blog.champaigncountyclerk.com/2009/11/18/undervotes-and-t=
he-accuvote/"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://blog.champaigncountyclerk.com/=
2009/11/18/undervotes-and-the-accuvote/</font></a><br><br><strong>IL: Illin=
ois Newspaper Story on Challenge to Green Party U.S. House Candidate in 14t=
h District<br>
</strong>November 20th, 2009 The Daily Herald, a newspaper in Arlington Hei=
ghts, Illinois, has this article about a Democratic Party-connected challen=
ge to the Green Party=E2=80=99s candidate for U.S. House in the 14th distri=
ct.<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.ballot-access.org/2009/11/20/illinois-newspaper-story=
-on-challenge-to-green-party-u-s-house-candidate-in-14th-district/"><font c=
olor=3D"#5588aa">http://www.ballot-access.org/2009/11/20/illinois-newspaper=
-story-on-challenge-to-green-party-u-s-house-candidate-in-14th-district/</f=
ont></a><br>
<br><strong>MA: BREAKING NEWS: Vote-Rigging Alleged in UC Presidential Elec=
tion</strong><br>November 19, 2009 In an unprecedented reversal following a=
llegations of fraud and vote-tampering, the Undergraduate Council Election =
Commission decided to =E2=80=9Cde-certify=E2=80=9D the results of the presi=
dential election released today, pending further notice.<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2009/11/19/11-bowman-votes-sei=
ler/"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2009/11/19/=
11-bowman-votes-seiler/</font></a><br><br><strong>MN: Kummer wins Park Boar=
d seat without a majority<br>
</strong>Candidate is first under ranked-choice voting to be elected withou=
t support from a majority of voters.<br>November 19, 2009 ...Incumbent Kumm=
er amassed 46 percent of the vote to almost 42 percent for Jason Stone in a=
replay of their 2005 finish. Her election without a majority occurred beca=
use 957 ballots, or 12 percent of those cast, were exhausted. That means ei=
ther the voter didn't list a second or third choice, or the candidate t=
he voter listed was eliminated from consideration.<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.startribune.com/local/70425287.html?elr=3DKArks:DCiUH=
c3E7_V_nDaycUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.startribun=
e.com/local/70425287.html?elr=3DKArks:DCiUHc3E7_V_nDaycUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU</fo=
nt></a><br>
<br><strong>MO: Cooper County Clerk's office canvasses voter registrati=
on records</strong><br>...The effort is being made in accordance with the l=
aw, which states this must be done every two years.<br><a href=3D"http://ww=
w.boonvilledailynews.com/news/x255188660/Cooper-County-Clerks-office-canvas=
ses-voter-registration-records"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.boonvill=
edailynews.com/news/x255188660/Cooper-County-Clerks-office-canvasses-voter-=
registration-records</font></a><br>
<br><strong>NC: Most missed filing deadlines</strong><br>Finance reports &#=
39;a little screwy'<br>CHAPEL HILL - This year the town instituted a ne=
w campaign-finance report to reveal candidates' spending up through six=
days before the election. Trouble is, only one candidate managed to file i=
t on time. And she only received $1 in campaign contributions.<br>
</span><a href=3D"http://www.chapelhillnews.com/news/story/53692.html";><spa=
n style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.chapelhil=
lnews.com/news/story/53692.html</font></span></a><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY=
: arial"><br>
<br><strong>NJ: Quigley on Bill Creating Online Voter Registration</strong>=
(A-4189)youtube video<br>November 18, 2009 In this video press release, As=
semblywoman Joan M. Quigley (D-Hudson) discusses her legislation to allow N=
ew Jersey residents to register to vote online. The measure (A-4189) would =
create an online voter registration form, hosted on a secure site within th=
e Department of State's Web site, that would allow residents to registe=
r to vote, change their voting address after a move or change their name in=
the voter file, all from a computer<br>
<a href=3D"http://videos.nj.com/2009/11/quigley_on_bill_creating_onlin.html=
"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://videos.nj.com/2009/11/quigley_on_bill_crea=
ting_onlin.html</font></a><br><br><strong>NY: Statement from the Board of E=
lections on the 23rd Congressional District</strong><br>
<a href=3D"http://readme.readmedia.com/Statement-from-the-Board-of-Election=
s-on-the-23rd-Congressional-District/984695"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http:/=
/readme.readmedia.com/Statement-from-the-Board-of-Elections-on-the-23rd-Con=
gressional-District/984695</font></a><br>
<br><strong>NY: No Voting Machine Virus in New York-23 Election</strong><br=
>November 20, 2009 By Bo Lipari. Erroneous reports are circulating that a v=
irus caused a problem in the scanners used in the NY-23 Congressional race.=
<br>
...<br>The issue was a bug in the Dominion source code that caused the mach=
ine to hang while creating ballot images for certain vote combinations in m=
ultiple candidate elections (the ImageCast, like the other scanner used in =
New York, the ES&S DS200, creates digital images of each ballot which c=
an be reviewed after the election). So if, for example, a =E2=80=9Cvote for=
three candidates out of five=E2=80=9D race was voted in a certain way, the=
scanner would hang. This is one reason why the defect affected some, but n=
ot all machines with ballots containing this type of race, because only cer=
tain combinations of votes caused the memory problem. But here=E2=80=99s th=
e thing =E2=80=93 the problem was discovered before the election.<br>
<a href=3D"http://blog.verifiedvoting.org/2009/11/20/212";><font color=3D"#5=
588aa">http://blog.verifiedvoting.org/2009/11/20/212</font></a><br><br><str=
ong>OH: Party-line vote</strong> (HB 260 goes to state senate next)<br>Elec=
tions bill passed by divided Ohio House<br>
Registration would be easier, 'golden week' eliminated<br>November =
19, 2009 ...The House bill would make changes to virtually all aspects of t=
he voting process.<br>...<br>The bill would streamline the processes for sh=
owing identification at the polls and for casting provisional ballots. It a=
lso would allow online voter registration and automatic updating of registr=
ations when voters move or change their name.<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_news/";><font =
color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_news/<=
/font></a></span><br><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial">stories/2009/11/19/=
copy/election_bill.ART_ART_11-19-09_B1_8KFNMBB.html?adsec=3Dpolitics&si=
d=3D101 </span><br>
<span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial">or use this url <a href=3D"http://twi.cc=
/6HAS"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://twi.cc/6HAS</font></a><br><br><strong=
>SD: South Dakota Court Says Inactive Voters May Sign Petitions<br></strong=
>November 20th, 2009 On November 13, a South Dakota Circuit Court Judge rul=
ed that petition signatures are valid if the signer is not on the list of a=
ctive registered voters, but is on the list of inactive voters. Inactive vo=
ters are those who once registered to vote, but whose registration is consi=
dered questionable because the post office reported that the voter had move=
d and that voter has not re-registered.<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.ballot-access.org/2009/11/20/south-dakota-court-says-=
inactive-voters-may-sign-petitions/"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.bal=
lot-access.org/2009/11/20/south-dakota-court-says-inactive-voters-may-sign-=
petitions/</font></a><br>
<br><strong>UT: Utah New ID Check-In</strong><br>Utah is creating a new coo=
l check in process for voters. The State=E2=80=99s voter registration data =
base will be able to read the bar codes on a voter=E2=80=99s driver=E2=80=
=99s license. So when a voter goes to check in to vote, a poll worker will =
be able to scan the bar code on the back of the State driver=E2=80=99s lice=
nse and that person will be pulled up in the state database.<br>
<a href=3D"http://electionupdates.caltech.edu/?p=3D3002";><font color=3D"#55=
88aa">http://electionupdates.caltech.edu/?p=3D3002</font></a><br><br><stron=
g>WVA: </strong>Online Voting Bill Passes During Special Session<br>Novembe=
r 19, 2009 House Bill 406 passed during the special legislative session Nov=
. 19<br>
House Bill 406 passed during the special legislative session Thursday. The =
bill gives military and other West Virginia citizens the opportunity to vot=
e online, while outside of the country.<br><br>Each participating county wi=
ll setup an online system. Military and overseas voter will be able to logi=
n to the Web site using a security code, and cast their ballot.<br>
...<br>The bill now goes to Gov. Joe Manchin for a signature<br><a href=3D"=
http://www.statejournal.com/story.cfm?func=3Dviewstory&storyid=3D70683"=
><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.statejournal.com/story.cfm?func=3Dviews=
tory&storyid=3D70683</font></a><br>
<br><strong>WV To Offer Online Voting For Some</strong><br>WEST VIRGINIA- A=
pilot program to allow West Virginians, serving in the military, the oppor=
tunity to vote online passed the Legislature unanimously on Thursday during=
the special session.<br>
<br>House Bill 406 now needs West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin's signa=
ture in order to become law.<br><a href=3D"http://your4state.com/content/fu=
lltext/?cid=3D88782"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://your4state.com/content/=
fulltext/?cid=3D88782</font></a><br>
<br><br><strong>National</strong><br><br><strong>FCC wants public comment o=
n digital democracy</strong> - (internet voting whack-a-mole )<br>Comments =
due by December 10 of this year<br><a href=3D"http://government.zdnet.com/?=
p=3D6219">http://government.zdnet.com/?p=3D6219</a><br>
<a href=3D"http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/index.do?document=3D294676=
"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/index.do?do=
cument=3D294676</font></a><br><br><strong>VerifiedVoting.org : Technologist=
s' statement on internet voting<br>
</strong>This is also the position of VerifiedVoting.org on internet voting=
, and ...<br><a href=3D"http://www.verifiedvoting.org/article.php?id=3D5866=
"><font color=3D"#5588aa">www.verifiedvoting.org/article.php?id=3D5866</fon=
t></a><br>
<br><strong>ES&S trying to monopolize America's voting system</stro=
ng><br>Lowdown<br>...But during the past decade, state and local election a=
uthorities have ever-so-quietly allowed a little intrusion to come between =
the casting and the counting of our votes. The intrusion is called "pr=
ivatization."<br>
<br>Balloting, which has historically and properly been a purely public fun=
ction in our country, now relies largely on electronic machines that are ma=
de and controlled by a handful of corporations<br>...<br>Anti-trust officia=
ls must stop this monopolization of America's most basic democratic pro=
cess. More fundamentally, though, we must restore full public ownership and=
management of our voting systems.<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.csindy.com/colorado/esands-trying-to-monopolize-ameri=
cas-voting-system/Content?oid=3D1514922"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www=
.csindy.com/colorado/esands-trying-to-monopolize-americas-voting-system/Con=
tent?oid=3D1514922</font></a><br>
<br><br><strong>Uniform State Law Commission Meets Again to Consider Change=
s in Electoral College</strong><br>November 20th, 2009<br>The National Conf=
erence of Commissioners of Uniform State Laws has existed since the 19th ce=
ntury. It proposes model laws to the state legislatures of all states. The =
Commission has been meeting this year to work on a proposed model law on ho=
w to stop presidential electors from voting for presidential or vice-presid=
ential candidates who vote for someone in the electoral college who was not=
their party=E2=80=99s choice.<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.ballot-access.org/2009/11/20/uniform-state-law-commis=
sion-meets-again-to-consider-changes-in-electoral-college/"><font color=3D"=
#5588aa">http://www.ballot-access.org/2009/11/20/uniform-state-law-commissi=
on-meets-again-to-consider-changes-in-electoral-college/</font></a><br>
<br><strong>International</strong><br><br><strong>Registration of voters sh=
ould never be seen as a political act</strong> =E2=80=93 European Commissio=
n Head of Delegation to Zambia<br>European Commission Head of Delegation to=
Zambia Derek Fee yesterday said the registration of voters should never be=
seen as a political act in favour of one side but as a necessary step in e=
nsuring that election results reflect the true will of majority voters.<br>
<a href=3D"http://zambianchronicle.com/?p=3D5392";><font color=3D"#5588aa">h=
ttp://zambianchronicle.com/?p=3D5392</font></a><br><br><br><br>Voting News =
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com/"><font color=3D"#999999">http://votingnews.blogspot.com/</font></a><br=
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<h2 class=3D"date-header">Thursday, November 19, 2009</h2>
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<h3 class=3D"post-title entry-title"><a href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.=
com/2009/11/virus-in-ny-voting-machines-myrtle-scs_19.html">Virus in NY vot=
ing machines, Myrtle SC's missing 260 votes found, ACORN ?</a> </h3>
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<div class=3D"post-body entry-content"><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial">H=
ot story today: VIRUS found in the VOTING MACHINES Tainted Results in NY-23=
...Myrtle Beach's missing 260 votes "found" when "correc=
t" memory card put into machine to gather votes, voters will just have=
to trust the delayed digital count since there are no paper ballots - does=
that inspire confidence?...Benton County Arkansas officials do their citiz=
ens a disservice by proposing to ditch paper ballot voting systems, the off=
icials claim this will save money, but cost studies show otherwise! Arkansa=
s has a paper ballot law that grandfathered paperless voting in some counti=
es....Indiana County PA officials are "<span class=3D"blsp-spelling-co=
rrected" id=3D"SPELLING_ERROR_0">irked</span>" that they had to do a r=
eal recount and not just read off the voting machine tape like <span class=
=3D"blsp-spelling-error" id=3D"SPELLING_ERROR_1">PA's</span> paperless =
counties do...<span class=3D"blsp-spelling-error" id=3D"SPELLING_ERROR_2">P=
PP</span> survey finds that 52% of GOP believe Acorn stole the election for=
President Obama...Readers, we apologize that for two days in a row <span c=
lass=3D"blsp-spelling-error" id=3D"SPELLING_ERROR_3">feedburner</span> did =
not send you the voting news. You can find those missing editions at <a hre=
f=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.com/";><font color=3D"#999999">http://voting=
news.blogspot.com/</font></a> and we are working on a backup plan to avoid =
this happening again....<br>
<br>All this and more in today's voting news below....<br><br><strong>A=
R: Paper Voting Ballots Could Be A Thing Of The Past</strong><br>Election C=
ommission Looks To Make Changes<br>November 19, 2009. Should the Benton Cou=
nty Quorum Court approve the expenditure of $360,000 for the Election Commi=
ssion to purchase 200 new electronic voting machines, paper ballots could s=
oon be a thing of the past.<br>
<br>=E2=80=9CRight now, it is an idea that is open for discussion,=E2=80=9D=
Bill Williams, chairman of the election commission, said.<br><a href=3D"ht=
tp://www.nwanews.com/news/2009/nov/19/paper-voting-ballots-could-be-thing-p=
ast/"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.nwanews.com/news/2009/nov/19/paper=
-voting-ballots-could-be-thing-past/</font></a> </span><br>
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<p><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><strong>Paper ballot voting cost less=
than all electronic voting</strong><br>Voting System Cost Studies and Repo=
rts<br><a href=3D"http://www.votersunite.org/info/CostStudies.asp";><font co=
lor=3D"#5588aa">http://www.votersunite.org/info/CostStudies.asp</font></a><=
br>
<br><strong>NY: VIRUS in the VOTING MACHINES: Tainted Results in NY-23</str=
ong><br><span class=3D"blsp-spelling-error" id=3D"SPELLING_ERROR_4">GOUVERN=
EUR</span>, NY - The computerized voting machines used by many voters in th=
e 23rd district had a computer virus - tainting the results, not just from =
those machines known to have been infected, but casting doubt on the accura=
cy of counts retrieved from any of the machines.<br>
<br>Cathleen Rogers, the Democratic Elections Commissioner in Hamilton Coun=
ty stated that they discovered a problem with their voting machines the wee=
k prior to the election and that the "virus" was fixed by a Techn=
ical Support representative from Dominion, the manufacturer. The Dominion/S=
equoia Voting Systems representative "reprogrammed" their machine=
s in time for them to use in the Nov. 3rd Special Election. None of the mac=
hines (from the same manufacturer) used in the other counties within the 23=
rd district were looked at nor were they <span class=3D"blsp-spelling-error=
" id=3D"SPELLING_ERROR_5">recertified</span> after the "reprogramming&=
quot; that occurred in Hamilton County<br>
...<br>At least one County official thus far has raised concern that it'=
;s possible that ALL of the machines used in the NY-23 election had the =
9;virus' but only a few malfunctioned as a result. The counts from any =
district that used the <span class=3D"blsp-spelling-error" id=3D"SPELLING_E=
RROR_6">ImageCast</span> machines are suspect due to "the virus" =
discovered in Hamilton County, last-minute "reprogramming" by Dom=
inion workers, and security flaws in the systems themselves. A manual paper=
-ballot recount of the vote could resolve computer vote accuracy questions.=
<br>
<br><a href=3D"http://www.gouverneurtimes.com/index.php?option=3Dcom_conten=
t&view=3Darticle&id=3D8144:virus-in-the-voting-machines-tainted-res=
ults-in-ny-23&catid=3D60:st-lawrence-news&Itemid=3D175"><font color=
=3D"#5588aa">http://www.gouverneurtimes.com/index.php?option=3Dcom_content&=
amp;view=3Darticle&id=3D8144:virus-in-the-voting-machines-tainted-resul=
ts-in-<span class=3D"blsp-spelling-error" id=3D"SPELLING_ERROR_7">ny</span>=
-23&<span class=3D"blsp-spelling-error" id=3D"SPELLING_ERROR_8">catid</=
span>=3D60:st-<span class=3D"blsp-spelling-error" id=3D"SPELLING_ERROR_9">l=
awrence</span>-news&<span class=3D"blsp-spelling-error" id=3D"SPELLING_=
ERROR_10">Itemid</span>=3D175</font></a><br>
<br><strong>PA: Vote recount irks commissioner; tallies remain virtually un=
changed<br></strong>November 19, 2009 The recount Wednesday of Indiana Coun=
ty votes for Pennsylvania Superior Court judges resulted in no change in th=
e total for one candidate, and changes ranging from one to six votes for ot=
her candidates.<br>
<a href=3D"http://online.indianagazette.com/articles/2009/11/19/news/100286=
36.txt"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://online.indianagazette.com/articles/2=
009/11/19/news/10028636.txt</font></a><br><br><strong>SC: No changes as Myr=
tle Beach election results are certified</strong> * (update from missing 26=
0 votes)Nov 19. ... This morning the hand-held counter was placed back into=
its voting machine birth and the totals were printed out and certified wit=
h the rest of the votes.<br>
<br>After the polls closed Tuesday, people began questioning the unofficial=
vote totals from the Dunes precinct, which has 1,619 registered voters.<br=
><br><span class=3D"blsp-spelling-error" id=3D"SPELLING_ERROR_11">Horry</sp=
an> County Voter Registration and Elections Director Sandy Martin, whose of=
fice handles the voting machines, reviewed the machine printouts from Tuesd=
ay night and confirmed that one machine's votes did not get counted.<br=
>
<a href=3D"http://www.thesunnews.com/news/breaking_news/story/1175247.html"=
><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.thesunnews.com/news/breaking_news/story=
/1175247.html</font></a><br><br><strong>SC: Voting machine error reported i=
n Myrtle Beach</strong> *<br>
Nov 18...A poll worker accidentally used the wrong hand-held vote counter t=
o close a voting machine at the Dunes 1 voting precinct in Myrtle Beach on =
Tuesday, leaving about 260 votes uncounted.<br><br>But it appears that, alo=
ng with the 23 <span class=3D"blsp-spelling-error" id=3D"SPELLING_ERROR_12"=
>failsafe</span>, challenged and late-arriving absentee ballots still to be=
certified Thursday, cannot change the outcome of the election.<br>
<br><span class=3D"blsp-spelling-error" id=3D"SPELLING_ERROR_13">Horry</spa=
n> County Voter Registration and Elections Director Sandy Martin said the h=
and-held counter will be placed back into its voting machine at 10 a.m. Thu=
rsday, and the machines' totals printed out and certified along with th=
e rest of the votes cast.<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.thesunnews.com/news/local/story/1173528.html";><font c=
olor=3D"#5588aa">http://www.thesunnews.com/news/local/story/1173528.html</f=
ont></a><br><br><strong>National</strong><br><br><strong>Majority of GOP vo=
ters think ACORN stole 2008 vote</strong><br>
... <span class=3D"blsp-spelling-error" id=3D"SPELLING_ERROR_14">PPP's<=
/span> newest national survey finds that a 52% majority of GOP voters natio=
nally think that ACORN stole the Presidential election for Barack Obama las=
t year, with only 27% granting that he won it legitimately<br>
<a href=3D"http://publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com/2009/11/acorn.html";><fon=
t color=3D"#5588aa">http://publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com/2009/11/acorn.h=
tml</font></a><br><br><strong>International</strong><br><br><strong>Winnipe=
g shopping for voting machines</strong><br>
November 19, 2009 The city of Winnipeg is shopping around for a large numbe=
r of new voting machines to be used in next year's municipal election.<=
br><br>More than $1 million has been set aside to purchase 230 cutting-edge=
ballot counters, which officials said will cut down on voter fraud and mak=
e casting a ballot easier for visually impaired people.<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2009/11/19/mb-voting-mac=
hines-winnipeg.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manit=
oba/story/2009/11/19/mb-voting-machines-winnipeg.html</font></a><br><br><br=
>
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<h3 class=3D"post-title entry-title"><a href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.=
com/2009/11/myrtle-beach-missing-260-votes-ohio.html">Myrtle Beach missing =
260 votes, Ohio voter rolls in disarray, Phantom districts</a> </h3>
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<div class=3D"post-body entry-content"><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial">O=
ur apologies if you did not receive a Voting News yesterday, there was a pr=
oblem with our feedburner delivery... 260 votes lost or uncounted in a Myrt=
le Beach SC muni runoff election...Lackawanna PA will use a machine to reco=
unt its other failed machine count. Which machine count would you trust?...=
.Phantom congressional districts get stimulus money...In Iran 5 Post Electi=
on Protesters Sentenced to Death...Congratulations: Citizens for Election I=
ntegrity Minnesota Celebrates its 5th Anniversary!...Bob Fitrakis reports: =
On voter registration, the Columbus Dispatch gets it right, almost...<br>
Retail Fraud =E2=80=93 A Stitch In Time Could Save Democracy, Luther Weeks =
writes about absentee ballot fraud and disenfranchisement...Judge orders re=
count in Rutherford NJ squeaker...<br>Project Vote Releases New Report on C=
omposition of the 2008 Electorate ...We used to look to Canada for accurate=
and transparent elections, but that is at risk now as more Canadian munici=
palities adopt internet voting...<br>
<br>All of this and more in today's voting news below...<br><br><strong=
>Voting News for November 17</strong> (if you missed it)<br><strong>Public =
Opinion and Election law shocker, NY 26 absentee ballots, Acorn -Bill of At=
tainder<br>
</strong><a href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.com/2009/11/public-opinion-a=
nd-election-law-shocker.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://votingnews.blo=
gspot.com/2009/11/public-opinion-and-election-law-shocker.html</font></a> <=
br>
<br><strong>CT: Chain-Of-Custody Education In Haddam</strong><br>November 1=
8, 2009...Unfortunately, in Connecticut, election laws, regulations, proced=
ures and common sense are often not followed. The Coalition Post-Election A=
udit Reports have documented many lapses in procedures, including the chain=
-of-custody. It is quite possible that in this case there was a violation o=
f state law subject to enforcement, as the registrar points out<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.ctvoterscount.org/?p=3D2603";><font color=3D"#5588aa">=
http://www.ctvoterscount.org/?p=3D2603</font></a> <br><br><strong>CT: Retai=
l Fraud =E2=80=93 A Stitch In Time Could Save Democracy</strong><br>Novembe=
r 15, 2009. There is no agreement on the demarcation between retail vote fr=
aud and wholesale vote fraud. In general retail fraud represents fraud that=
involves individual voters and individual votes, while wholesale fraud wou=
ld represent fraud an a large scale by insiders or hackers.<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.ctvoterscount.org/?p=3D2595";><font color=3D"#5588aa">=
http://www.ctvoterscount.org/?p=3D2595</font></a> <br><br><strong>MA: Massa=
chusetts Military and Overseas Voters, Submit the Federal Write-In Absentee=
Ballot</strong> (FWAB) NOW for the December 8, 2009 Special Primary<br>
On Tuesday, December 8, 2009, Massachusetts will hold a special primary ele=
ction to fill the vacancy left as a result of the passing of Senator Edward=
M. Kennedy. A special State election will follow on Tuesday, January 19, 2=
010.<br>
<br>Massachusetts jurisdictions are currently express mailing ballots to mi=
litary and overseas voters.<br><a href=3D"http://www.fvap.gov/global/news/n=
r17-2009.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.fvap.gov/global/news/nr17=
-2009.html</font></a> <br>
<br><strong>MA: MassVOTE on Boston's phantom precinct<br></strong>...Th=
is phantom precinct, made up of Boston=E2=80=99s Harbor Islands, where no b=
allots have been cast in the last four elections, is a quirk of the city=E2=
=80=99s intricate electoral landscape, which because of an obscure legal ex=
emption has not been redrawn in almost a century.<br>
...<br>=E2=80=9CThis one little voting place is so out of whack that it is =
an indication that all the precincts in Boston are in need of adjustment,=
=E2=80=99=E2=80=99 said Avi Green, executive director of MassVOTE<br><a hre=
f=3D"http://nonprofitvote.blogspot.com/2009/11/boston-globe-massvote-on-bos=
tons.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://nonprofitvote.blogspot.com/2009/1=
1/boston-globe-massvote-on-bostons.html</font></a> <br>
<br><strong>MN: Citizens for Election Integrity Minnesota Celebrates its 5t=
h Anniversary!<br></strong><a href=3D"http://www.ceimn.org/citizens_electio=
n_integrity_minnesota_"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.ceimn.org/citize=
ns_election_integrity_minnesota_</font></a></span><br>
<span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial">celebrates_its_5th_anniversary_0 </span>=
<br><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial">or use this <a href=3D"http://twi.cc=
/Szjl"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://twi.cc/Szjl</font></a><br><br><strong=
>NC: Kinston rejects nonpartisan appeal despite pleas from residents</stron=
g><br>
November 17, 2009 KINSTON =E2=80=94 Despite a series of passionate pleas fr=
om local residents and political activists, the Kinston City Council voted =
3-2 Monday against appealing the U.S. Justice Department=E2=80=99s decision=
to deny nonpartisan voting in municipal elections.<br>
<br>Just more than 64 percent of the 7,680 ballots cast in a special refere=
ndum during the 2008 elections were in favor of changing Kinston=E2=80=99s =
election system.<br><br>But Section 5 of the federal 1965 Voting Rights Act=
requires that any changes to the elections systems in selected cities, cou=
nties or states with a history of discrimination against minority voters =
=E2=80=94 Lenoir County is on that list =E2=80=94 must be approved by the j=
ustice department.<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.newbernsj.com/news/kinston-49581-rejects-appeal.html"=
><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.newbernsj.com/news/kinston-49581-reject=
s-appeal.html</font></a> <br><br><strong>NJ: Judge orders recount in Ruther=
ford squeaker</strong><br>
...State Superior Court Judge Estela De La Cruz in Hackensack ordered the r=
ecount of the race where one vote separates two candidates vying to take of=
fice for the first time. The order also calls for election workers to reche=
ck 24 voting machines.<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.northjersey.com/news/politics/70254012.html";><font co=
lor=3D"#5588aa">http://www.northjersey.com/news/politics/70254012.html</fon=
t></a> <br><br><strong>NY: An irregularity at Nassau ballot count?<br></str=
ong>November 17, 2009 ...There was a brief flurry of activity at about 11:1=
5 a.m. when the team at Table No. 4 reported an irregularity.<br>
<br>They had agreed to open a ballot that looked proper, but found an extra=
sheet of paper enclosed. The Democratic boxes on the ballot were checked f=
or every race, but the extraneous piece of paper was a note, in a different=
handwriting, saying the voter had meant to vote straight Republican.<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/an-irregularity-at-nas=
sau-ballot-count-1.1595104"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.newsday.com/=
long-island/nassau/an-irregularity-at-nassau-ballot-count-1.1595104</font><=
/a> <br>
<br><strong>NY: Elections commissioners still auditing results 2 weeks late=
r</strong><br>Steuben County. =E2=80=9CThe Board of Elections will not star=
t the recanvassing (counting the absentees, affidavits, & write in vote=
s) until the state required audit is complete,=E2=80=9D a notice on the Web=
site states. =E2=80=9COnce the audit is complete we will notify you on thi=
s website when we will begin the recanvass.<br>
<br>=E2=80=9CWe are sorry for the delay but we must follow the state requir=
ements. This is a new process for everyone so please be patient.=E2=80=9D<b=
r><a href=3D"http://www.eveningtribune.com/news/x255188197/Elections-commis=
sioners-still-auditing-results-2-weeks-later"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http:=
//www.eveningtribune.com/news/x255188197/Elections-commissioners-still-audi=
ting-results-2-weeks-later</font></a> <br>
<br><strong>OH: Moyer, others want justice selection changed</strong><br>No=
vember 17, 2009...Moyer, who now is closing out his final term, is leading =
a quest to depoliticize the state's highest court by replacing competit=
ive elections every six years with a far less frequent "retention"=
; election in which the justice doesn't face an opponent.<br>
<br>The so-called merit selection process would take most of the money out =
of judicial elections, Moyer said yesterday, which in turn would combat the=
perception that judicial rulings can be bought.<br><a href=3D"http://www.d=
ispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_news/stories/"><font color=3D"#5588a=
a">http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_news/stories/</font><=
/a></span><br>
<span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial">2009/11/17/copy/moyer.html?adsec=3Dpolit=
ics&sid=3D101 </span><br><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial">or use this=
<a href=3D"http://twi.cc/CK1w";><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://twi.cc/CK1w<=
/font></a><br>
<br><strong>OH: On voter registration, the Columbus Dispatch gets it right,=
almost</strong><br>November 17, 2009 ...Ohio=E2=80=99s voter registration =
databases are in disarray. In the 2008 presidential election, many voters f=
ound their right to vote challenged in Ohio because of discrepancies in sta=
te and federal databases. For example, under Social Security I am listed as=
Robert John Fitrakis, but on my driver=E2=80=99s license it=E2=80=99s Robe=
rt J. Fitrakis. On the voting rolls I=E2=80=99m Robert Fitrakis. If the sta=
tes would integrate their databases and establish a single form for voter r=
egistration, bizarre challenges over middle initials and names may become a=
thing of the past.<br>
...<br>Ohio purged more than 1,250,000 voters between the 2004-2008 electio=
ns. Many of these voters lost their ability to vote because of electronic p=
oll books using proprietary software and hardware provided or controlled by=
private companies with questionable loyalties.<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.freepress.org/columns/display/3/2009/1787";><font colo=
r=3D"#5588aa">http://www.freepress.org/columns/display/3/2009/1787</font></=
a> <br><br><strong>PA: Lackawanna County Vote Recount Begins<br></strong>El=
ection officials said the whole process will take a few days and they start=
ed bright and early in an effort to make sure the election results they cam=
e up with are correct.<br>
<br>For the first time since election night, the ballots come out of the bo=
xes and once again, through a machine.<br><br>All 52,000 ballots from Lacka=
wanna County will pass through when all is said and done, as ordered last w=
eek by the county board of elections because malfunctions were discovered i=
n several machines on election night.<br>
<br>In two races, some straight party Republican and Democratic votes never=
showed up.<br><a href=3D"http://www.wnep.com/wnep-lacka-recount-begins,0,3=
254905.story"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.wnep.com/wnep-lacka-recoun=
t-begins,0,3254905.story</font></a> <br>
<br><strong>SC: Voting machine error reported in Myrtle Beach</strong>* (ES=
&S iVotronic paperless touchscreens)<br>A poll worker accidentally used=
the wrong hand-held vote counter to close a voting machine at the Dunes 1 =
voting precinct in Myrtle Beach on Tuesday, leaving about 260 votes uncount=
ed.<br>
<br>But it appears that, along with the 23 failsafe, challenged and late-ar=
riving absentee ballots still to be certified Thursday, cannot change the o=
utcome of the election.<br><a href=3D"http://www.thesunnews.com/news/breaki=
ng_news/story/1173528.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.thesunnews.c=
om/news/breaking_news/story/1173528.html</font></a> <br>
<br>More on that story<br><strong>SC: MB leaders to tally unaccounted for v=
otes*</strong><br>Leaders in Myrtle Beach say approximately 257 votes are u=
naccounted for following Tuesday's municipal runoff election in the cit=
y due to a problem with a voting machine printout.<br>
<br>It happened in the Dunes 1 precinct at Fire Station No. 5 on 79th Avenu=
e North.<br><br>Sandy Martin, director of the Horry County Voter Registrati=
on and Elections Office confirmed vote totals from one of the three machine=
s in that precinct did not print when the poll clerk collected the results.=
<br>
<br>The county will retain possession of the machine and bring it to the El=
ection Commission meeting at 10:00 a.m. Thursday at City Hall.<br><br>At th=
at time, Martin will retrieve the votes from the third machine and present =
those numbers to the commissioners.<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.carolinalive.com/news/story.aspx?id=3D379016";><font c=
olor=3D"#5588aa">http://www.carolinalive.com/news/story.aspx?id=3D379016</f=
ont></a> <br><br><strong>WV: Retain Elections For Judicial Posts<br></stron=
g>November 17, 2009 Members of a special commission set up to recommend cha=
nges in the state's court system were right to surprise some observers =
by failing to make a suggestion that many expected.<br>
<br><strong>Gov. Joe Manchin established the Independent Commission on Judi=
cal Reform earlier this year.</strong> It was a blue-ribbon panel, the lust=
er of which was enhanced by former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O&=
#39;Connor's agreement to serve as honorary chairwoman.<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.theintelligencer.net/page/content.detail/id/531068.ht=
ml"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.theintelligencer.net/page/content.de=
tail/id/531068.html</font></a> <br><br><strong>National<br></strong><br><st=
rong>Project Vote Releases New Report on Composition of the 2008 Electorate=
</strong><br>
Representational Bias in the 2008 Electorate reviews the story of who was e=
ligible to vote, who was registered to vote, and who did vote in the 2008 g=
eneral election.<br><a href=3D"http://www.projectvote.org/component/content=
/article/441-project-vote-releases-new-report-on-composition-of-the-2008-el=
ectorate.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.projectvote.org/component=
/content/article/441-project-vote-releases-new-report-on-composition-of-the=
-2008-electorate.html</font></a> <br>
<br><strong>$6.4 Billion Stimulus Goes to Phantom Districts</strong><br>Nov=
ember 17, 2009. Just how big is the stimulus package? Well for one, it has =
doubled the size of the House of Representatives, according to <a href=3D"h=
ttp://recovery.gov">recovery.gov</a>, which says that funds were distribute=
d to 440 congressional districts that do not exist.<br>
<a href=3D"http://watchdog.org/2009/11/17/6-4-billion-stimulus-goes-to-phan=
tom-districts/"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://watchdog.org/2009/11/17/6-4-=
billion-stimulus-goes-to-phantom-districts/</font></a> <br><br><strong>Inte=
rnational</strong><br>
<br><strong>Canada: Huntsville Ontario. Phone-in and Internet voting possib=
le in 2010 municipal election</strong><br>November 18, 2009 It could be lik=
e voting for your favourite singer on reality television. Almost.<br><br>
The Town of Huntsville is considering Internet and phone-in voting for its =
next municipal election, which takes place October 2010.<br><a href=3D"http=
://www.huntsvilleforester.com/article/150110"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http:=
//www.huntsvilleforester.com/article/150110</font></a> <br>
<br><br><strong>Canada: Port Hope adds Internet voting for 2010 election<br=
></strong>Election method costs for 13,903 eligible voters<br>Paper ballot =
system: $82,650. Cost per voter: $5.94<br>Paper and internet voting for 201=
0 election only: $121,820. Cost per voter: $8.76<br>
<br>Paper and internet voting for 2010 and 2014 elections: $170.990 ($85,49=
5 per election). Cost per voter: $6.15<br><br>Internet and telephone voting=
only (plus list management, salaries, technical support, advertising, audi=
ting and miscellaneous costs): $79,424. Cost per voter: $5.71<br>
Polling stations will remain open as well<br>Nov 12, 2009<br><a href=3D"htt=
p://www.northumberlandnews.com/news/article/139984"><font color=3D"#5588aa"=
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<h3 class=3D"post-title entry-title"><a href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.=
com/2009/11/public-opinion-and-election-law-shocker.html">Public Opinion an=
d Election law shocker, NY 26 absentee ballots, Acorn -Bill of Attainder</a=
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<div class=3D"post-body entry-content"><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial">A=
national survey of the public's attitudes towards basic voting rights =
would shock the activist community - the poll shows majority support (55%) =
for literacy tests...<br>
Was Acorn defunding and "bill of attainder...an example of class warfa=
re?"...<br>The University of Connecticut's analysis of the state&#=
39;s 2008 post election audit is out...NY 23 can Doug Hoffman un-concede?..=
.its a short news day but we will catch up tomorrow, if you think we missed=
something please email us as ncvoter(at)gmail.com...<br>
<br>All this and more in today's voting news below<br><br><strong>AK: C=
ourt ruling reverses Haines election</strong> (decision on approved write-i=
ns)<br>Nov 16, 2009 Five forlorn questioned ballots have been counted, and =
Haines has a new borough assemblyman.<br>
<br>Judge Patricia Collins' decision to accept the five ballots means w=
rite-in candidate Daymond Hoffman has bounced from losing the election to G=
ary Lidholm by two votes to winning by three. The ballots in question inclu=
ded two votes for "D. Hoffman," one for "Hoffman," and =
two absentee ballots that arrived without postmarks.<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.alaskadispatch.com/news/politics/2935-court-ruling-re=
verses-haines-election"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.alaskadispatch.c=
om/news/politics/2935-court-ruling-reverses-haines-election</font></a><br><=
br>
<strong>CA: Lawyer Who Wrote Voting Law Sues & Collects, as Gov=E2=80=
=99t Officials Steam Over $4.3M Won</strong><br>Nov 16, 2009. Only one lega=
l group in California is suing to enforce the state's unique voting rig=
hts law. And a key attorney in that group helped draft it and get it enacte=
d.<br>
...<br>the California statute. It is intended to protect minority candidate=
s from being shut out of the political process by at-large elections that d=
ilute the power of minority voting districts.<br><br>But all of the litigat=
ion brought under the voting rights law was initiated by Rubin or Avila and=
pursued by attorneys working with them, the AP reports. While there is not=
hing illegal about that, it has been another aggravating factor in an alrea=
dy-annoying situation to those defending the litigation.<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.abajournal.com/news/lawyer_who_wrote_law_";><font colo=
r=3D"#5588aa">http://www.abajournal.com/news/lawyer_who_wrote_law_</font></=
a></span><br><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial">sues_collects_as_govt_offic=
ials_steam_over_4.3m_won/</span><br>
<span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 85%">or use th=
is </span><a href=3D"http://twi.cc/wMSq";><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://twi=
.cc/wMSq</font></a><br><br><strong>CO: IRV still fails after all of the=E2=
=80=A8 provisional =E2=80=A8ballots counted</strong><br>
November 17, 2009<br>...<br>The advisory question, although split nearly do=
wn the middle, will likely compel City Council to place a binding charter a=
mendment question on a future ballot.<br><a href=3D"http://www.aspendailyne=
ws.com/section/home/137664"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.aspendailyne=
ws.com/section/home/137664</font></a><br>
<br><strong>CT: Analysis of the Connecticut November 2008 post-election aud=
it</strong><br>The University of Connecticut=E2=80=99s Voting Technology Re=
search Center has recently made available the results of their analysis of =
the State of Connecticut=E2=80=99s post-election audit of the November 2008=
election<br>
<a href=3D"http://electionupdates.caltech.edu/?p=3D2997";><font color=3D"#55=
88aa">http://electionupdates.caltech.edu/?p=3D2997</font></a><br><br><stron=
g>FL: Anthony Westbury: Today is election day in Fort Pierce, again</strong=
><br>
November 17, 2009...Today=E2=80=99s election may not even be legal, and it=
=E2=80=99s conceivable Perona could be declared ineligible if he prevails.<=
br><br>His failure to step down from the Fort Pierce Utilities Board while =
running for the City Commission has prompted two formal complaints to the 1=
9th Circuit Court.<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2009/nov/16/no-headline---sl_anthcol/=
"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2009/nov/16/no-headlin=
e---sl_anthcol/</font></a><br><br><strong>NY: NY-23: Absentees (Still) Poin=
t to a Democratic Win<br>
</strong>11/16/09<br><a href=3D"http://washingtonindependent.com/68016/ny-2=
3-absentees-still-point-to-a-democratic-win"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 85%"=
><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://washingtonindependent.com/68016/ny-23-absen=
tees-still-point-to-a-democratic-win</font></span></a><span style=3D"FONT-S=
IZE: 85%"><br>
</span><br><strong>NY: Hoffman wants a do-over<br></strong>Doug Hoffman has=
fanned the flames surrounding the New York 23 special election, telling Gl=
enn Beck yesterday that he would =E2=80=9Cun-concede=E2=80=9D the election,=
=E2=80=9Cif that=E2=80=99s possible.=E2=80=9D<br>
<br>Problem is, it=E2=80=99s not possible =E2=80=93 or at least won=E2=80=
=99t affect the seating of Rep. Bill Owens (D-N.Y.) -- unless the New York =
Board of Elections certifies Hoffman as the winner of the race. Hoffman=E2=
=80=99s initial concession on Election Night set the stage for Owens to be =
sworn into Congress, and unless there=E2=80=99s incontrovertible evidence t=
hat Owens lost, he can=E2=80=99t call for a do-over.<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.politico.com/blogs/scorecard/1109/Hoffman_wants_a_doo=
ver.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.politico.com/blogs/scorecard/1=
109/Hoffman_wants_a_doover.html</font></a><br><br><strong>OH: Vote-fraud ca=
ses linger from 2008</strong><br>
November 16, 2009 Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O'Brien continues to p=
ursue a handful of cases after prosecuting six people in voting-related cas=
es last year, including five who cast ballots in the state even though they=
were not Ohio residents<br>
...<br>O'Brien said he wanted to file charges against other voters but =
couldn't for lack of evidence and because Ohio's residency laws are=
hazy.<br><a href=3D"http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_new=
s/stories/2009/"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/li=
ve/content/local_news/stories/2009/</font></a></span><br>
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<br><strong>National</strong><br><br><strong>"Public Opinion and Elect=
ion Law" (shocker)<br></strong>The following is a guest post from Step=
hen Ansolabehere and Nathaniel Persily (cross posted):<br><br>As part of ou=
r national survey of attitudes toward courts and the Constitution performed=
by Knowledge Networks this past July, we included several items related to=
election law and voting rights. We wanted to assess public opinion on some=
contemporary controversies, such as photo ID laws and election-day registr=
ation, while also examining classic controversies, such as literacy tests, =
poll taxes and one person, one vote.<br>
<a href=3D"http://electionlawblog.org/archives/014778.html";><font color=3D"=
#5588aa">http://electionlawblog.org/archives/014778.html</font></a><br><br>=
<strong>ACORN Sues Congress Over Defunding Legislation</strong><br><strong>=
Unconstitutional 'Bill of Attainder' to be legally challenged, but =
was it also an example of class warfare?</strong><br>
...<br>The CCR suit "seeks a temporary restraining order to prevent th=
e government from reallocating funds designated for the organization and it=
s affiliates and a preliminary injunction to stop Congress from singling ou=
t a single organization for punishment without proper investigation or due =
process."<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3D7519";><font color=3D"#5588aa">http:=
//www.bradblog.com/?p=3D7519</font></a><br><br>Voting News by Joyce McCloy.=
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<h3 class=3D"post-title entry-title"><a href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.=
com/2009/11/sarasota-voting-machine-blues.html">Sarasota voting machine blu=
es, Lackawanna GOP distrust machines, Virginia laws need overhaul</a> </h3>
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he Herald Tribune says Sarasota Florida new voting-machine problems must be=
remedied, and statistically significant audits should be implemented state=
wide...Did you think the ballot you cast in the 2008 election was secret? =
Think again if you live in Hawaii...Three Indiana county precinct election =
results flipped....</span><br>
<span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial">Northern Kentucky set to get new scannin=
g machines, why isn't Tennessee?...In Michigan, Saginaw Chippewa Tribal=
members protest private election recount...Ohio lawmakers are considering =
electronic voter registration in addition to regular methods.... Lackawanna=
PA GoP party disappointed that recount of 51,000 Nov 3 will be done by ES&=
amp;S machine, not hand...<br>
</span><br><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial">Branchville South Carolina to=
wn council election results thrown out - election change wasn't pre-cle=
ared with DOJ...Virginia=E2=80=99s election laws need to undergo a major ov=
erhaul says the ACLU of Virginia after operating an Election Day hotline...=
Washingtonians tire of watching elections drag on and show new interest in=
requiring ballots returned by Election Day...</span><br>
<span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial">...The Supreme Court might announce Citi=
zens United this week...</span><br><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial">...In=
dia's electronic voting machines impresses Clinton...Kosovo Votes in Fi=
rst Election </span><br>
<p><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial">All of this and more in todays voting=
news below....<br><br><strong>CA: CA to Provide Precinct-Level Data</stron=
g><br>elections, standards, open source, berkeley, friends, research, polic=
y, usability Add comments Today, UC Berkeley Professors Philip Stark, Jasje=
et Sekhon and Henry Brady, along with me, sent the California Secretary of =
State a brief comment about her effort to provide precinct-level elections =
data for all 58 California counties.<br>
</span><a href=3D"http://josephhall.org/nqb2/index.php/2009/11/16/cappldp";>=
<span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://josephhal=
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T-FAMILY: arial"><br>
<br><strong>CA: Mail-Only Elections Are Likely Here to Stay in Santa Barbar=
a</strong><br>Decision not final but city officials tout turnout, price and=
trends as reasons to continue.<br>...<br>Some common issues with the ballo=
ts this year were people forgetting to sign their ballot envelopes or signa=
tures that didn=E2=80=99t match voter registration papers. Up until Electio=
n Day, city staff mailed letters to or called local residents to try to fix=
the issues before it was too late.<br>
</span><a href=3D"http://www.noozhawk.com/local_news/article/111509_";><span=
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.noozhawk.c=
om/local_news/article/111509_</font></span></a><br><span style=3D"FONT-FAMI=
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<span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial">or use this <a href=3D"http://twi.cc/P5M=
J"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://twi.cc/P5MJ</font></a><br><br><strong>CT:=
OUR VIEW: A tale of two elections</strong><br>...this recount is a reminde=
r of what a miracle our election process is =E2=80=94 voters choosing freel=
y, poll officials determining the results honestly, winners peacefully taki=
ng office, while defeated incumbents quietly step down.<br>
</span><a href=3D"http://www.bristolpress.com/articles/2009/11/13/";><span s=
tyle=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.bristolpress=
.com/articles/2009/11/13/</font></span></a><br><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial">opinion/doc4afe1580f086e652453892.txt</span><span style=3D"FONT-FAMI=
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n style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><strong>CT: In Monroe, Southbury and Washing=
ton<br>
</strong>Election Audit Plans Detailed<br>11/14/2009 HARTFORD - According t=
o a Tuesday, November 10, press release from Secretary of the State Susan B=
ysiewicz, 60 of 597 voting precincts will have ballots hand counted and mat=
ched against machine totals to ensure the integrity of voting.<br>
<br>As required by Public Act 07-194, An Act Concerning the Integrity and S=
ecurity of the Voting Process, 10 percent of the polling precincts used in =
the election are subject to an audit.<br></span><a href=3D"http://www.zwire=
.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=3D20388023&BRD=3D1380&PAG=3D461&dept_=
id=3D157525&rfi=3D6"><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><font color=3D"=
#5588aa">http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=3D20388023&BRD=3D138=
0&PAG=3D461&dept_id=3D157525&rfi=3D6</font></span></a><span sty=
le=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><br>
<br><strong>CT: Morehead alleges voter fraud</strong> (absentee ballot)<br>=
Ward 22 alderman to accuse opponent of tampering with absentee ballots<br>N=
ovember 10, 2009 Ward 22 Alderman-elect Greg Morehead is expected to file a=
complaint with the state government today accusing one of his opponents in=
last Tuesday=E2=80=99s election of voter fraud<br>
...<br>Morehead said he has received statements from two New Haven senior c=
itizens, both of whom he said approached him with concerns about their abse=
ntee votes. The residents claimed Hopkins told them all they had to do was =
sign their ballots before she would mail them, Morehead said. Hopkins then =
took the blank and unsealed ballots from them, Morehead added.<br>
</span><a href=3D"http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/city-news/2009/11/10/mo=
rehead-alleges-voter-fraud/"><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><font color=
=3D"#5588aa">http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/city-news/2009/11/10/morehea=
d-alleges-voter-fraud/</font></span></a><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial">=
<br>
<br><strong>FL: New voting-machine blues</strong><br>November 13, 2009 at 6=
:05 p.m.<br>Elections Systems & Software -- the company now responsible=
for Sarasota County's optical-scan voting machines -- has some explain=
ing to do.<br>
<br>As reported in the Herald-Tribune, officials preparing for recent munic=
ipal elections in Venice found an intermittent glitch in one of the scanner=
s: In tests, it failed to "read" a ballot that had been marked wi=
th blue ink.<br>
<br>That is not supposed to happen. Indeed, ballot instructions specify tha=
t voters should use "a blue or black pen." If the scanner can'=
;t always detect both colors, why are citizens being directed to use them?<=
br>
...<br>Sarasota County voters approved a charter amendment with three key d=
irectives: Get rid of touch-screens; install a paper-based balloting system=
; and verify its accuracy with random, significant post-election audits.<br=
>
<br>Legislators should act<br><br>The first two directives were carried out=
. But the prescribed audit procedures have never been used, because appella=
te judges found that the charter amendment unconstitutionally conflicted wi=
th state law.<br>
</span><a href=3D"http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20091115/OPINION/911=
151023/-1/NEWSSITEMAP"><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><font color=3D"#5=
588aa">http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20091115/OPINION/911151023/-1/N=
EWSSITEMAP</font></span></a><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial">#<br>
<br><strong>HI: Did you think the ballot you cast in the 2008 election was =
secret? Think again if you live in Hawaii</strong><br><br>Bob Babson, lead =
plaintiff in the Babson v. Cronin lawsuit, has documented some of his conce=
rns and suggestions in an email request for new legislation that I hope our=
lawmakers will take very seriously. As I read through his document, I was =
alarmed at some of the revelations. See what you think.<br>
<br>In response to Babson=E2=80=99s lawsuit, Judge Joseph E. Cardoza enjoin=
ed Hawaii=E2=80=99s Office of Elections from purchasing electronic voting e=
quipment until administrative rules were in place. A central concern expres=
sed in the lawsuit was the danger of so-called =E2=80=9Cman-in-the-middle=
=E2=80=9D attacks that could change election results<br>
</span><a href=3D"http://disappearednews.com/2009/11/did-you-think-ballot-y=
ou-cast-in-2008.html"><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><font color=3D"#55=
88aa">http://disappearednews.com/2009/11/did-you-think-ballot-you-cast-in-2=
008.html</font></span></a><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><br>
<br><strong>IA: Iowa ranks #1 in soldier-friendly voting policies</strong><=
br>Iowa is being recognized for easing the way for military voting overseas=
. A survey by the Overseas Vote Foundation gave Iowa the highest ranking of=
all states for policies that are easiest to navigate for military personne=
l serving abroad.<br>
<br>Foundation director Claire Smith says the military in particular benefi=
ts from Iowa=E2=80=99s law allowing overseas balloting by e-mail or fax. Sm=
ith says you can return your registration by either e-mail or fax and you c=
an get your ballot by e-mail or fax.<br>
</span><a href=3D"http://www.radioiowa.com/2009/11/16/iowa-ranks-1-in-soldi=
er-friendly-voting-policies/"><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><font colo=
r=3D"#5588aa">http://www.radioiowa.com/2009/11/16/iowa-ranks-1-in-soldier-f=
riendly-voting-policies/</font></span></a><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial=
"><br>
<br><strong>IN: Three county precincts reported flipped results in RTD refe=
rendum</strong> *<br>The Voters Registration Office reported this week that=
three voting precincts, including one in Westchester and one in Pine towns=
hip, turned in flipped results in last week=E2=80=99s countywide referendum=
.<br>
<br>All three precincts originally reported voting in favor of creating the=
Northern Indiana Regional Transportation District, but precinct workers la=
ter told election officials the votes were the opposite of what originally =
had been reported.<br>
</span><a href=3D"http://www.chestertontribune.com/Politics%20and%20Electio=
ns/111391%20three_county_precincts_reported.htm"><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY=
: Arial"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.chestertontribune.com/Politics%=
20and%20Elections/111391%20three_county_precincts_reported.htm</font></span=
></a><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><br>
or use this url </span><a href=3D"http://twi.cc/lZ0g";><span style=3D"FONT-F=
AMILY: Arial"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://twi.cc/lZ0g</font></span></a><=
span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><br><br></span><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY=
: Arial"><strong>IN: County looks to add voter precincts<br>
</strong>November 16, 2009 Tippecanoe County election officials are looking=
to add nine new precincts before next year's election.<br>...<br>"=
;No one's ballot will change," said Debbie Ingersoll, Republican c=
o-chair of the election board.<br>
<br>And because Tippecanoe County uses vote centers, centralized polling pl=
aces that voters from any precinct can go to, the place where they cast a b=
allot next year probably won't change either.<br></span><a href=3D"http=
://www.jconline.com/article/20091116/NEWS09/91116014"><span style=3D"FONT-F=
AMILY: Arial"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.jconline.com/article/20091=
116/NEWS09/91116014</font></span></a><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><br=
>
<br><strong>KY: Northern Ky. to get new voting machines</strong><br>COVINGT=
ON, Ky. -- Election officials in northern Kentucky say new voting machines =
purchased with federal funding will make voting easier and faster than ever=
before.<br>
<br>Boone, Campbell and Kenton are among dozens of Kentucky counties to obt=
ain federal funding to buy the "e-Scan" electronic voting machine=
s.<br><br>Secretary of State Trey Grayson says the systems are user-friendl=
y and reduce wait times at the polls.<br>
</span><a href=3D"http://www.kentucky.com/471/story/1021667.html";><span sty=
le=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.kentucky.com/4=
71/story/1021667.html</font></span></a><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><=
br><br>
</span><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><strong>MI: RUMBLINGS: Barrow say=
s voting rigged to repeat '89<br></strong>...<br>In a Nov. 9 letter to =
Dorothy Burrell, chairwoman of the Detroit Board of Canvassers, Barrow requ=
ested a recount of the results<br>
...<br>Barrow alleges some city voting equipment was defective and programm=
ed to give results identical to the 1989 mayoral contest in which Barrow lo=
st to then-incumbent Coleman Young.<br><br>=E2=80=9CIn all of the precincts=
where such equipment had been used, the percentages calculated and results=
determined =E2=80=A6 are in amounts and percentages precisely identical to=
that conducted and certified to by this body 20 years previously =E2=80=A6=
such amounts being 56.20 percent and 44.80 percent,=E2=80=9D Barrow wrote.=
<br>
</span><a href=3D"http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20091115/SUB01/31115=
9919"><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www=
.crainsdetroit.com/article/20091115/SUB01/311159919</font></span></a><br><s=
pan style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><br>
<br><strong>MI: Group protests recount</strong>* (election recount not publ=
ic)<br>November 14, 2009 About a dozen Saginaw Chippewa Tribal members held=
signs in protest Friday after news that a recount request was granted for =
the District 1 ballots from the Nov. 3 general election.<br>
<br>... =E2=80=9CIt=E2=80=99s unfair to the Tribal membership whenever an e=
lection does not turn out for certain candidates =E2=80=93 they get their w=
ay,=E2=80=9D said Patricia Peters, Tribal member.<br><br>The recount is not=
open to the community, but will take place in a =E2=80=9Cclosed session wi=
th only the candidates,=E2=80=9D the Caucus Committee, and Tribal clerk per=
sonnel, according to Peters.<br>
<br>=E2=80=9CThat=E2=80=99s not democratic,=E2=80=9D Peters said. =E2=80=9C=
When they do things behind closed doors, it=E2=80=99s like they=E2=80=99re =
hiding something.<br></span><a href=3D"http://www.themorningsun.com/article=
s/2009/11/14/"><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><font color=3D"#5588aa">h=
ttp://www.themorningsun.com/articles/2009/11/14/</font></span></a></p>
<span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial">news/doc4afe0e1dc75e0371423179.txt</span=
><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"> </span><br><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY:=
arial">or use this <a href=3D"http://twi.cc/1Wa9";><font color=3D"#5588aa">=
http://twi.cc/1Wa9</font></a><br>
</span><br><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><strong>Absentee ballots simp=
lified in wake of Senate race</strong><br>Secretary of State Mark Ritchie s=
ays the new ballots are easy to understand, user-friendly.<br>November 13, =
2009 ...Secretary of State Mark Ritchie announced Friday that he is changin=
g the administrative rules that govern absentee ballots. And, he said, the =
new ballots are "more user-friendly and easy to understand."</spa=
n><br>
<a href=3D"http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/69990857.html?elr=3DKA=
rksc8P:Pc:UthPacyPE7iUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU"><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><=
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<br><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><strong>MN: Poll: 56% of voters pref=
er instant runoff voting</strong><br>Minnesota Public Radio November 16, 20=
09.<br>St. Paul, Minn. =E2=80=94 A new Minnesota Public Radio News/Universi=
ty of Minnesota poll shows Minneapolis residents are divided over the city&=
#39;s new instant runoff voting system.<br>
<br>Those who turned out to vote in this year's election tend to prefer=
the new system, but many of those who stayed home wish the city would go b=
ack to the old way of voting.<br>...<br>Minneapolis elections director Pat =
O'Connor reviewed the poll results at the Minneapolis elections warehou=
se, where he's been supervising the counting of all 46,000 ballots cast=
in the election. The counting has to be done by hand because there are no =
machines certified under state law that can handle instant runoff ballots.<=
br>
<br>During the counting, O'Connor has noticed many voters did not exerc=
ise the option to rank multiple candidates. They just voted for one candida=
te, and left the second- and third-choice columns blank.<br></span><a href=
=3D"http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/11/13/irv-poll/";><spa=
n style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://minnesota.pub=
licradio.org/display/web/2009/11/13/irv-poll/</font></span></a><span style=
=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><br>
<br></span><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><strong>MN: Samuels is first =
to win via ranked-choice system<br></strong>November 13, 2009 Samuels is fi=
rst candidate to win office through counting of second choices in Minneapol=
is' new voting system.<br>
</span><a href=3D"http://www.startribune.com/politics/local/70038427.html?e=
lr=3DKArksi8cyaiUo8cyaiUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aU7DYaGEP7vDEh7P:DiUs"><span style=3D"F=
ONT-FAMILY: arial"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.startribune.com/polit=
ics/local/70038427.html?elr=3DKArksi8cyaiUo8cyaiUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aU7DYaGEP7vDEh=
7P:DiUs</font></span></a><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><br>
<br><strong>MN: Minneapolis declares 3 more unofficial winners in election<=
/strong><br>November 16, 2009 ...The winners will be official when all of t=
he ballots are counted and the election is certified on Dec. 21<br></span><=
a href=3D"http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/11/16/more-winn=
ers-minneapolis/"><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><font color=3D"#5588aa=
">http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/11/16/more-winners-minn=
eapolis/</font></span></a><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><br>
<br><strong>MS: Mississippi doesn't need voter ID law</strong><br>Novem=
ber 15, 2009<br>...other states inexpensively utilize a copying machine to =
place actual voter registration card signatures right next to their names o=
n the voting roll listing.<br>
<br>When the voter comes up to the table, he or she takes a card and prints=
their name and signs it.<br><br>The voting officer lines it up to the name=
on their roll and compares it. If it is not horribly different, the voter =
gets a pass and votes; if the signature doesn't seem to quite match up,=
then the voter has to show ID, or absent ID their ballot gets placed in a =
review stack. Not complicated.<br>
</span><a href=3D"http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20091115/OPINI=
ON03/911150345"><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><font color=3D"#5588aa">=
http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20091115/OPINION03/911150345</fo=
nt></span></a><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><br>
<br><strong>NC: Hendersonville. No friend to voters</strong><br>LTE Publish=
ed: Sunday, November 15, 2009<br>To The Editor: "All men are created e=
qual but some men are more equal<br>than others." (George Orwell, &quo=
t;Animal Farm," 1945).<br>
</span><a href=3D"http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/20091115/NEWS/9111599=
98?Title=3D-No-friend-to-voters"><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><font c=
olor=3D"#5588aa">http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/20091115/NEWS/91115999=
8?Title=3D-No-friend-to-voters</font></span></a><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY:=
arial"><br>
<br><strong>NY: Nassau count starts with lots of lawyers and ballots</stron=
g><br>Lawyers settled down with Nassau County clerical workers Monday morni=
ng for what promised to be a long week =E2=80=94 or more =E2=80=94 together=
counting the ballots for disputed elections in the county.<br>
Two attorneys =E2=80=94 one for Democrats, one for Republicans =E2=80=94 sa=
t across from two Board of Elections workers at each of five gray, rectangu=
lar tables at the board offices in Mineola<br></span><a href=3D"http://www.=
newsday.com/blogs/politics/spin-cycle-1.812042/nassau-count-starts-with-lot=
s-of-lawyers-and-ballots-1.1592389"><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><fon=
t color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.newsday.com/blogs/politics/spin-cycle-1.8120=
42/nassau-count-starts-with-lots-of-lawyers-and-ballots-1.1592389</font></s=
pan></a><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><br>
<br><strong>NY: Voting by Numbers By Martin McGloin - Recanvassing Update</=
strong> (and cartoon)<br>Yonkers, NY -- The UNOFFICAL vote count tallied so=
far is courtesy of acid-tongued bloggers in the know. Yesterday, night'=
;s (November 13, 2009) count ended with incumbent Yonkers City Council Pres=
ident Chuck Lesnick holding a 99 votes lead.<br>
</span><a href=3D"http://yonkerstribune.typepad.com/yonkers_tribune/2009/11=
/voting-by-numbers-by-martin-mcgloin.html"><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: aria=
l"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://yonkerstribune.typepad.com/yonkers_tribun=
e/2009/11/voting-by-numbers-by-martin-mcgloin.html</font></span></a><span s=
tyle=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><br>
<br><strong>NY: Broome election totals tweaked slightly; no outcome affecte=
d</strong><br>The hand-count of votes in Johnson City's elections ended=
Friday with slight changes in the numbers but no changes in the outcomes.<=
br>
...<br>The margin narrowed by two votes because one ballot favoring dissolu=
tion was determined to have been scanned into a voting machine but not reco=
rded because it got stuck. An anti-dissolution ballot was scanned twice bec=
ause a poll worker believed the ballot did not register the first time, sai=
d Broome County Elections Commissioner John Perticone.<br>
</span><a href=3D"http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20091113/NEWS01";><sp=
an style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.presscon=
nects.com/article/20091113/NEWS01</font></span></a><br><span style=3D"FONT-=
FAMILY: arial">/911130377/Broome+election+totals+tweaked+slightly++no+outco=
me+affected</span><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"> </span><br>
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P"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://twi.cc/vbQP</font></a><br><br></span><spa=
n style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><strong>OH: A better way<br>Electronic voter=
registration could reduce fraud and boost accuracy, confidence</strong><br=
>
Sunday, November 15, 2009<br>Ohio's county boards of elections spend mo=
re time and money shuffling paper around in an outmoded voter-registration =
system than on anything else. That's why a priority for legislators con=
sidering election reform should be to modernize and simplify the way voter =
registrations are created and updated.<br>
<br>Of the many worthy suggestions to emerge from the past year's worth=
of discussions on how to change Ohio's elections, two would markedly i=
mprove voter registration: Allow voters to register online and update voter=
-registration rolls by electronically transferring reliable data to electio=
ns officials from other state-government databases. Both ideas are included=
in Substitute House Bill 260, expected to pass the Ohio House soon<br>
...<br>Nine allow voters to register online and at least five -- Delaware, =
Kansas, Washington, Michigan and Arizona -- electronically transfer voters&=
#39; information from their motor-vehicle bureaus to their elections offici=
als.<br>
</span><a href=3D"http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/editorials/stories/"=
><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.disp=
atch.com/live/content/editorials/stories/</font></span></a><br><span style=
=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial">2009/11/15/votreg.ART_ART_11-15-09_G4_MOFLDL8.html?=
sid=3D101</span><br>
<span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial">or use <a href=3D"http://twi.cc/VsfE";><f=
ont color=3D"#5588aa">http://twi.cc/VsfE</font></a><br><br><strong>PA: Repu=
blicans charged in $10 million scandal</strong>*(public money spent on elec=
tion campaign) November 13, 2009 13--HARRISBURG -- Former House Speaker Joh=
n Perzel, one of the most powerful members of the General Assembly since 19=
94, was charged Thursday with 82 felonies for allegedly masterminding a &qu=
ot;sophisticated criminal strategy" to spend more than $10 million of =
taxpayers' money on political campaigns, Attorney General Tom Corbett s=
aid.<br>
</span><a href=3D"http://www.leagle.com/unsecure/news.do?feed=3Dyellowbrix&=
amp;storyid=3D137693209"><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><font color=3D"=
#5588aa">http://www.leagle.com/unsecure/news.do?feed=3Dyellowbrix&story=
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<br></span><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><strong>PA: Election board or=
ders recounts across Lackawanna County<br></strong>November 13, 2009 ...Vow=
ing to ensure confidence in future county elections, the Lackawanna County =
Board of Elections on Thursday ordered a machine recount of all 51,000 ball=
ots cast in the Nov. 3 general election, and more limited manual recounts i=
n 10 races.<br>
<br>The board also ordered a manual recount of 2 percent of all ballots cas=
t.<br>...<br>Leaders of the county Republican Party, who wanted a hand reco=
unt of all 51,000 ballots, left somewhat disappointed.<br><br>Party secreta=
ry Lance Stange said he is skeptical about the new, high-speed machine reco=
unt because Election Systems & Software is providing the machine.<br>
<br>"It's from the same company that made the earlier error,"=
he said.<br></span><a href=3D"http://www.scrantontimes.com/news/1.412969";>=
<span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.scran=
tontimes.com/news/1.412969</font></span></a><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Ari=
al"><br>
<br><br><strong>PA: Perzel accused of 'dirty tricks' on GOP, too</s=
trong>* (using state funds for political activity)<br><br>HARRISBURG - Stat=
e Rep. Curt Schroder of Chester County wasn't worried about the Republi=
can primary in spring 2006. He was running unopposed. All he needed to do w=
as get enough voters to sign his nominating petitions.<br>
But in February - around the time his petitions were due - Schroder's c=
onstituents began receiving peculiar telephone calls.<br><br>The calls were=
automated. A voice told voters not to sign the petitions because Schroder =
"opposed property-tax reform," the legislator said Friday.<br>
<br>Schroder had an idea of who was behind the mystery calls. But he wasn&#=
39;t sure until last week, when a grand jury concluded that John M. Perzel,=
then the House speaker, had ordered the calls to punish Schroder for not s=
iding with Perzel on the property-tax issue<br>
...<br>The 188-page presentment announced Thursday by Attorney General Tom =
Corbett described widespread use of computer technology for Republican camp=
aigns, and accused Perzel and others of using more than $10 million in stat=
e funding to pay for it.<br>
<br>Perzel, who was arraigned Friday with nine other defendants and freed a=
fter posting $100,000 bail, faces 82 counts of theft, conspiracy, and obstr=
uction of justice.<br></span><a href=3D"http://www.philly.com/philly/news/l=
ocal/20091115_Perzel_"><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><font color=3D"#5=
588aa">http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20091115_Perzel_</font></spa=
n></a><br>
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<br></span><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><strong>SC: Branchville town =
council election results thrown out<br></strong>Nov 14, 2009 (AP) =E2=80=94=
The results of a town council election in South Carolina have been thrown =
out.<br>
...<br>The local election commission voted unanimously Friday to invalidate=
Branchville's Nov. 3 election and order a new one for all six town cou=
ncil members.<br><br>The commission found the town did not get pre-clearanc=
e from the U.S. Justice Department to change council members' terms fro=
m two years to four.<br>
...<br>The decision came after an unsuccessful candidate challenged the res=
ults.<br></span><a href=3D"http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3D115052=
53"><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.w=
istv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3D11505253</font></span></a><span style=3D"FONT=
-FAMILY: arial"><br>
<br><strong>TN: Election Commission Strives For Better Voting Sites</strong=
> (same old misinfo that there are no voting machines that meet TVCA standa=
rds)<br>Putnam County. </span><a href=3D"http://www.ucdailynews.com/news/lo=
cal/70221582.html"><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><font color=3D"#5588a=
a">http://www.ucdailynews.com/news/local/70221582.html</font></span></a><sp=
an style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><br>
<br><strong>TX: McCarthy=E2=80=99s Military Voting Protection Act provision=
s become law</strong><br>Nov 12th, 2009 The act would help ensure overseas =
military absentee ballots are delivered to the appropriate state election o=
fficials by the statutory deadline, reduce delays in the absentee voting sy=
stem currently in place for overseas troops and provide for the express shi=
pping of completed absentee ballots with in-transit tracking, according to =
McCarthy\'s office.<br>
</span><a href=3D"http://www.pasoroblespress.com/v2_news_articles.php?headi=
ng=3D0&page=3D72&story_id=3D3780"><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial=
"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.pasoroblespress.com/v2_news_articles.p=
hp?heading=3D0&page=3D72&story_id=3D3780</font></span></a><span sty=
le=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><br>
<br><strong>VA: Election Day demonstrates the need for reform of Virginia=
=E2=80=99s election laws</strong><br>November 12, 2009. We at the ACLU of V=
irginia have just completed our tenth year of operating an Election Day hot=
line for voters, and I have two observations. First, Virginia needs to do a=
better job of training poll workers. Second, Virginia=E2=80=99s election l=
aws need to undergo a major overhaul. Both are easy to fix.<br>
...<br>We know from our hotline that many voters in Virginia who showed up =
without an ID last Tuesday were told by poll workers they could not vote or=
that they must cast a provisional ballot. That was wrong. In Virginia, vot=
ers who do not have IDs merely need to sign an Affirmation of Identity Form=
, and they may then cast a regular ballot.<br>
<br>We know that some voters were told they could not vote because they wer=
e wearing political apparel.=E3=80=80 Wrong. Until this year, the right to =
wear such expression varied depending on how the local registrar interprete=
d the somewhat murky rules on the subject. Under a 2009 law, however, voter=
s may wear buttons, pins, hats, T-shirts or whatever they want showing supp=
ort for the candidate of their choice.<br>
<br>We know of voters who were told they could not cast a ballot because th=
ey were not on the voter rolls.=E3=80=80 Wrong. Voters have a right to cast=
a provisional ballot even when their names are not in the registration boo=
k. The provisional ballot may or may not be counted, depending on who is at=
fault, but it is a far better option than not casting a ballot at all.<br>
</span><a href=3D"http://augustafreepress.com/2009/11/12/kent-willis-electi=
on-day-demonstrates-the-need-for-reform-of-virginias-election-laws/"><span =
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://augustafreepres=
s.com/2009/11/12/kent-willis-election-day-demonstrates-the-need-for-reform-=
of-virginias-election-laws/</font></span></a><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: ar=
ial"><br>
<br></span><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><strong>WA: Remember when ele=
ctions were settled in November?<br></strong>...It was nearly a week after =
the polls closed before cell phone executive Joe Mallahan conceded victory =
to Mike McGinn.<br>
<br>The delay in learning who'll lead the state's largest city has =
Gov. Chris Gregoire calling for election reforms to speed future counts<br>=
...<br>But unlike most states that vote by mail, Washington's ballots a=
ren't due on election day. Votes postmarked by 8 p.m. election day are =
valid, even as they trickle in for days and weeks...<br>
</span><a href=3D"http://www.tri-cityherald.com/opinions/story/789753.html"=
><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.tri-=
cityherald.com/opinions/story/789753.html</font></span></a><span style=3D"F=
ONT-FAMILY: arial"><br>
<br></span><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><strong>WA: Don=E2=80=99t mes=
s with success of state=E2=80=99s vote by mail<br></strong>The Spokesman-Re=
view Print<br>It seems that a year can=E2=80=99t go by in Washington withou=
t a change in the state=E2=80=99s election laws.<br>
<br>For example, voting by mail has become the rule rather than the excepti=
on. The September primary election has been moved up to August. General ele=
ction nominations now go to the top two primary finishers, regardless of pa=
rty. What next?<br>
...<br>Voting by mail has been a success. But the trade-off that was unders=
tood and accepted from the beginning was that mailed ballots take a little =
longer to arrive.<br><br>As the secretary of state=E2=80=99s office observe=
d, a substantial number of voters want to take full advantage of the campai=
gn time to weigh their decisions. That kind of civic engagement should be c=
elebrated, not punished.<br>
</span><a href=3D"http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/14/dont-mess-wi=
th-success-of-states-vote-by-mail/"><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><fon=
t color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/14/dont-mess-=
with-success-of-states-vote-by-mail/</font></span></a><span style=3D"FONT-F=
AMILY: arial"><br>
<br><strong>WV: Massey wins favorable ruling from W. Virginia court</strong=
><br>Thu Nov 12, 2009. In June, the U.S. Supreme Court said a West Virginia=
judge should have disqualified himself from hearing an appeal of a $50 mil=
lion jury verdict against Massey because the company's CEO had been a m=
ajor campaign donor to the judge's election campaign<br>
</span><a href=3D"http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssEnergyNews/idUSN124339=
9220091112"><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http=
://www.reuters.com/article/rbssEnergyNews/idUSN1243399220091112</font></spa=
n></a><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><br>
<br></span><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><strong>National<br></strong>=
<br><strong>US CENSUS: TO COUNT OR NOT TO COUNT NONCITIZENS</strong><br>WAS=
HINGTON =E2=80=93 Steve G=C3=A1ndola, president and chief executive officer=
of the Sacramento Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, wants to count all Latinos=
in the 2010 census, including millions of noncitizens.<br>
...<br>And the Rev. Miguel Rivera, who heads the National Coalition of Lati=
no Clergy and Christian Leaders, wants illegal Latino immigrants to boycott=
the U.S. census as a way to show their displeasure with Congress=E2=80=99 =
refusal to overhaul national immigration laws. His motto: =E2=80=9CNo legal=
ization, no enumeration.=E2=80=9D<br>
...<br>The Golden State would lose five of its 53 House seats if noncitizen=
s were not counted, according to a study by Andrew Beveridge, a professor o=
f sociology at Queens College in New York.<br></span><a href=3D"http://www.=
sanfranciscosentinel.com/?p=3D49110"><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><fo=
nt color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/?p=3D49110</font><=
/span></a><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><br>
<br><strong>Creatively Securing IT: Melissa Hathaway, White House Cybersecu=
rity Policy Review Leader</strong><br>November 12, 2009<br>The critical pos=
ture of cybersecurity in the United States. "The threat is outpacing o=
ur defenses at a volume and velocity never imagined."<br>
</span><a href=3D"http://www.govinfosecurity.com/podcasts.php?podcastID=3D3=
71&rf=3D110709eg"><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><font color=3D"#55=
88aa">http://www.govinfosecurity.com/podcasts.php?podcastID=3D371&rf=3D=
110709eg</font></span></a><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><br>
<br><strong>CRIMINAL DISENFRANCHISEMENT LAWS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES</stro=
ng> (surprising difference between states)<br></span><a href=3D"http://www.=
brennancenter.org/page/-/d/download_file_48642.pdf"><span style=3D"FONT-FAM=
ILY: arial"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.brennancenter.org/page/-/d/d=
ownload_file_48642.pdf</font></span></a><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial">=
<br>
<br><strong>Citizens United watch</strong><br>The Supreme Court might annou=
nce Citizens United this week<br></span><a href=3D"http://politicalactivity=
law.com/?p=3D6297"><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><font color=3D"#5588a=
a">http://politicalactivitylaw.com/?p=3D6297</font></span></a><span style=
=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><br>
<br><strong>International</strong><br><br><strong>Your Rights Online: Hacke=
rs Fail To Crack Brazilian Voting Machines on Sunday November 15 </strong>.=
..All attempts (aside from a minor one which would not compromise the overa=
ll results) failed, and observations from the participants and neutral obse=
rvers will be taken into account to improve the process even further<br>
</span><a href=3D"http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/11/14/1936200/Hackers-Fa=
il-To-Crack-Brazilian-Voting-Machines"><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><=
font color=3D"#5588aa">http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/11/14/1936200/Hacke=
rs-Fail-To-Crack-Brazilian-Voting-Machines</font></span></a><span style=3D"=
FONT-FAMILY: arial"><br>
Interesting post in comment section:<br>Cracking contests are warning sign =
number 9 on </span><a title=3D"schneier.com" href=3D"http://www.schneier.co=
m/crypto-gram-9902.html#snakeoil"><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><font =
color=3D"#5588aa">Bruce Schneier's list of security snake oil warnings<=
/font></span></a><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><br>
<br><strong>India's electronic voting machines impresses Clinton</stron=
g><br>The opposition parties might be raising questions over electronic vot=
ing machines of India, but the EVMs and credible electoral system have impr=
essed the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton.<br>
</span><a href=3D"http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/70832/LATEST%20NE=
WS/India"><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http:/=
/indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/70832/LATEST%20NEWS/India's+electroni=
c+voting+machines+impresses+Clinton.html</font></span></a><span style=3D"FO=
NT-FAMILY: arial"><br>
<br></span><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><strong>Ireland. By-election =
fraud allegations lead to calls for voting system change<br></strong>15 Nov=
2009 After reports that police are investigating alleged voting fraud in t=
he Glasgow North East by-election, a leading democracy group has called for=
reform of the system.<br>
...<br>Oliver continued: "Our elections are currently run on faith, ye=
t impersonation has been the largest type of electoral fraud in the last tw=
o sets of local elections. The Government has already solved this problem i=
n Northern Ireland where voters are asked to prove their identity in the po=
lling station before receiving their ballot"<br>
</span><a href=3D"http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/10605";><span style=3D"FONT=
-FAMILY: arial"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/1060=
5</font></span></a><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><br><br><strong>Kosov=
o Votes in First Election</strong><br>
PRISTINA =E2=80=94 The people of Kosovo are voting Sunday, November 15, in =
the first-ever elections since the Albanian-majority region won independenc=
e from Serbia last year<br>...<br>Kosovars are electing mayors and local co=
uncil members in 36 municipalities, including the capital Pristina.<br>
<br>Some 74 political parties, coalitions and independent candidates are st=
anding in the election.<br></span><a href=3D"http://www.islamonline.net/ser=
vlet/Satellite?c=3DArticle_C&cid=3D1256909997642&pagename=3DZone-En=
glish-News/NWELayout"><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><font color=3D"#55=
88aa">http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=3DArticle_C&cid=3D=
1256909997642&pagename=3DZone-English-News/NWELayout</font></span></a><=
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<h3 class=3D"post-title entry-title"><a href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.=
com/2009/11/did-hoffman-win-ny-23-dominion-scanner.html">Did Hoffman Win NY=
-23? Dominion scanner issues, Lancaster VA multiple machine malfunction</a>=
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<div class=3D"post-body entry-content"><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial">A=
'Post-Racial' America? Not yet....On the law surrounding lines at =
polling places...</span><a href=3D"http://politicalactivitylaw.com/?p=3D627=
6" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><font color=3D"#558=
8aa">Pay to play in New Jersey</font></span></a><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY:=
arial"> ?...Ex-first selectman has lawyer probe Middlebury CT voting, mach=
ine malfunction and some ballots photocopied...They don't float: Clark =
County Indiana found out the hard way that if you store voting machines in =
a basement they may get water damage, we saw this happen in Gaston County N=
C after the 2004 election.... Meaningless recounts held in Carroll County G=
eorgia and New Brunswick New Jersey on paperless e-voting machines, why eve=
n bother?...Post election audits in New York next week...<br>
<br>Did Hoffman Win NY-23? Does It Matter If He Did?...Hand counts needed i=
n three Lancaster County Virginia precincts after multiple Diebold OS machi=
nes malfunctioned...</span><br><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial">Oregon vo=
ters increasingly none-of-the-above...A handful of machines in Lewis, Senec=
a and Schuyler County New York froze due to memory problems...Pierce Counci=
l still hearts polling places, state=E2=80=99s last holdout for poll-site v=
oting...Denmark Strips Away the Right to Privacy from Blind Voters...</span=
><br>
<br>
<p><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial">All that and more in today's voti=
ng news below...</span></p><br><strong>CA: "Assessing California's=
Hybrid Democracy"</strong><br>...One lesson of this decade is that th=
e devices of direct democracy remain too blunt and expensive as tools for a=
nything but interstitial governance. From 2002 through 2008 voters were ask=
ed to approve 63 ballot measures - 43 voter initiatives and 20 ballot measu=
res proposed by the legislature...Despite this flurry of activity, Californ=
ia's governance appeared in shambles for much of the decade, <a href=3D=
"http://electionlawblog.org/archives/014754.html";><font color=3D"#5588aa">h=
ttp://electionlawblog.org/archives/014754.html</font></a><br>
<br><strong>CT: Ex-first selectman has lawyer probe Middlebury voting</stro=
ng> *<br>MIDDLEBURY =E2=80=94 Former First Selectman Edward B. St. John has=
hired an attorney to investigate ballot irregularities in the Nov. 3 elect=
ion.<br>
<br>Dennis M. Buckley, a Waterbury-based attorney, is reviewing documents f=
iled by poll workers and election officials for St. John.<br><br>St. John, =
who ran as a write-in candidate, raised concerns immediately following the =
election after he learned one of the voting machines had broken down Tuesda=
y evening, forcing poll workers to switch to a separate machine to count th=
e remaining ballots. Some of the ballots had been photocopied because elect=
ion officials believed they had run out of the official ballots. It was lat=
er revealed that officials had more than 1,000 unused ballots locked in the=
registrar of voters' office.<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.rep-am.com/articles/2009/11/12/news/local/449082.txt"=
><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.rep-am.com/articles/2009/11/12/news/loc=
al/449082.txt</font></a><br><br><strong>GA: Recount confirms Rick Ford'=
s victory</strong> (recount by memory card-not a real recount)<br>
Election Supervisor Patti Brown-Traylor and members of the Carroll County B=
oard of Elections held a recount Tuesday because Ford=E2=80=99s margin of v=
ictory was less than 1 percent. The recount consisted of again running thro=
ugh the votes on computer memory cards from election night, as well as the =
early voting memory card ballots that were cast in the Office of Elections =
and Registration.<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.times-georgian.com/pages/full_story/push?article-Reco=
unt+confirms+Rick+Ford-s+victory%20&id=3D4430999-Recount+confirms+Rick+=
Ford-s+victory&instance=3Dwest_ga_news"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://=
www.times-georgian.com/pages/full_story/push?article-Recount+confirms+Rick+=
Ford-s+victory%20&id=3D4430999-Recount+confirms+Rick+Ford-s+victory&=
;instance=3Dwest_ga_news</font></a><br>
<br><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"></span><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: a=
rial"><strong>MD: Cryptographic voting debuts<br></strong>November 13, 2009=
<br><a href=3D"http://www.physorg.com/news177324972.html";><font color=3D"#5=
588aa">http://www.physorg.com/news177324972.html</font></a><br>
<br><strong>IN: Clark County Commissioners: More costs pour in for Clark Co=
unty</strong><br>Replacing voting machines and shortfall from workers=E2=80=
=99 compensation pinch thin wallet<br>...Voting machines stored in the base=
ment of the Clark County Government Building received water damage and the =
equipment will need to be fixed or replaced before the next election in May=
.<br>
<br>=E2=80=9CThe big thing on the machines themselves is nobody can tell me=
whether they=E2=80=99re OK or they=E2=80=99re not OK, and it=E2=80=99s goi=
ng to cost a lot of money to get them checked out,=E2=80=9D said William =
=E2=80=9CBubby=E2=80=9D Vissing, the county=E2=80=99s election equipment te=
chnician.<br>
<br>Costs to repair the voting machines is estimated to be anywhere from $2=
,500 per day, per repairman to $1,000 per machine =E2=80=94 with estimates =
coming from two companies. The county has 150 voting machines =E2=80=94 80 =
of one model and 70 of another.<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.newsandtribune.com/clarkcounty/local_story_317004542.=
html?keyword=3Dtopstory"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.newsandtribune.=
com/clarkcounty/local_story_317004542.html?keyword=3Dtopstory</font></a><br=
><br>
<strong>MO: Yellow voter registration cards: Coming to a mailbox near you</=
strong><br>voter registration cards that are scheduled to be mailed tomorro=
w (Friday).<br>Nov 12, 2009...The process is all part of the biennial canva=
ss conducted every other year in an effort to maintain accurate voter regis=
trations. The main purpose is to verify that voters are still living at the=
same addresses where they are registered to vote, according to Christopher=
.<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.chillicothenews.com/news/x1158537868/Yellow-voter-reg=
istration-cards-Coming-to-a-mailbox-near-you"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http:=
//www.chillicothenews.com/news/x1158537868/Yellow-voter-registration-cards-=
Coming-to-a-mailbox-near-you</font></a><br>
<br><strong>NJ: Pro-ward coalition plans to seek recount in New Brunswick</=
strong> (recount on mostly paperless machines)<br>Jim Vokral, administrator=
of the Middlesex County Election Board, said the ballots and voting machin=
es from Nov. 3 are currently impounded, as required by state law. He said a=
recount involves setting up the electronic voting machines that were used =
in the election and reviewing the vote totals from those machines against t=
he totals that were certified. Then, he said, the paper ballots =E2=80=94 t=
hose mailed in or cast provisionally =E2=80=94 are counted by hand and adde=
d to the machine totals.<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20091112/NEWS/911120342/P=
ro-ward-coalition-plans-to-seek-recount-in-New-Brunswick"><font color=3D"#5=
588aa">http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20091112/NEWS/911120342/Pro-w=
ard-coalition-plans-to-seek-recount-in-New-Brunswick</font></a><br>
<br><strong>NJ: Loopholes in N.J. campaign finance laws benefit biggest gov=
ernment contractors</strong><br>November 12, 2009. TRENTON -- New Jersey ta=
xpayers don=E2=80=99t pay directly for the costly campaigns state politicia=
ns run, but public money regularly goes to government contractors who in tu=
rn make sure the candidates are well-funded.<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/11/loopholes_in_nj_county_=
campaig.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009=
/11/loopholes_in_nj_county_campaig.html</font></a><br><br><strong>NY: Did H=
offman Win NY-23? Does It Matter If He Did?</strong><br>
Narrowing margin in post-election canvass raises hopes for GOP/Conservative=
s, but recent Republican-set precedent may well dash that hope...<br></span=
><a href=3D"http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3D7518";><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: =
arial"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3D7518</font></sp=
an></a><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><br>
<br><strong>NY: Hoffman Still Has A Remote Shot In New York-23</strong><br>=
November, 12, 2009. Dang it. After hearing about the voting machine glitche=
s on election day, I remember thinking that Hoffman had conceded too early,=
but I didn=E2=80=99t want to say anything at the time=E2=80=A6<br>
<a href=3D"http://nicedeb.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/hoffman-still-has-a-remo=
te-shot-in-new-york-23/"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://nicedeb.wordpress.c=
om/2009/11/12/hoffman-still-has-a-remote-shot-in-new-york-23/</font></a><br=
>
<br><strong>NY: State: Use of new voting machines "very successful&quo=
t;</strong> *(Dominion machines froze due to memory issue, sometimes not re=
ading ballots)<br>The director said Dominion machines in Lewis, Seneca and =
Schuyler failed - but "it wasn't countywide. It was a handful of m=
achines within those counties. It wasn't seen as a catastophic failure.=
"<br>
<br>She said the primary cause of voting machine failure was a memory issue=
related to the way ballots were programmed to record multiple votes for on=
e office.<br><br>"If the test votes were cast in a certain way, the ma=
chine would freeze up and it would not permit you to move forward," sh=
e said. "So there were no votes calculated on the voting machines and =
those ballots were the ones that had to be hand counted. In reviewing the c=
ounty board ballot styles, the vendor located the 10 counties where that ch=
ange had to be made and it was made prior to Election Day. But, in that it =
was humans reviewing those ballots, there were a couple of those ballot sty=
les that were missed. So, in the field on Election Day, the problem did ari=
se. The scanner did freeze up.=E2=80=9D<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/section/blogs09";><font color=
=3D"#5588aa">http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/section/blogs09</font></a><=
br>[Watch Ms. Svizzero's full report here, starting at the 13:56 mark.<=
br>
<a href=3D"http://www.webcasting.com/elections/player.php?clientname=3Delec=
tions&eventname=3D-board&eventdate=3D11.10.2009"><font color=3D"#55=
88aa">http://www.webcasting.com/elections/player.php?clientname=3Delections=
&eventname=3D-board&eventdate=3D11.10.2009</font></a> ]<br>
<br><strong>NY: Over-votes in Nassau election districts questioned</strong>=
<br>November 13, 2009 "We are ascertaining whether the number of votes=
on the machines reflect the number of people who actually signed in to vot=
e," attorney Steven Schlesinger said. "We know there are instance=
s<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/over-votes-in-nassau-e=
lection-districts-questioned-1.1586030?qr=3D1"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http=
://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/over-votes-in-nassau-election-distric=
ts-questioned-1.1586030?qr=3D1</font></a><br>
<br><strong>NY: New Elbridge assessor asks residents to be proactive<br></s=
trong>11/13/09 New voting system =E2=80=98disappointing=E2=80=99<br>Council=
or George Betts entered a resolution Wednesday expressing disappointment in=
the new voting machines that had been in use for the previous day=E2=80=99=
s elections, and his concerns were echoed by several in the audience.<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.cnylink.com/cnynews/view_news.php?news_id=3D125812805=
1"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.cnylink.com/cnynews/view_news.php?new=
s_id=3D1258128051</font></a><br><br><strong>NY: Election Board To Hand Coun=
t Ballots</strong> (post election audit)<br>
MAYVILLE - As required by New York state's election law, the Chautauqua=
County Board of Elections will hand count a percentage of the paper machin=
e ballots cast in the Nov. 3 election to ensure the accuracy of the new vot=
ing system.<br>
<br>At 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 18, the Board of Elections will randoml=
y select 3 percent of all voting machines used in the election and hand cou=
nt those machines' ballots<br><a href=3D"http://post-journal.com/page/c=
ontent.detail/id/544868.html?nav=3D5018"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://pos=
t-journal.com/page/content.detail/id/544868.html?nav=3D5018</font></a><br>
<br><strong>OR: Oregon voters increasingly none-of-the-above<br></strong>..=
.All told, there 35,284 fewer Republicans and Democrats in September (the l=
atest month for which we have figures) than there were last November.<br>
<br>In other words, the number of "other" voters actually grew ju=
st a bit.<br><a href=3D"http://blog.oregonlive.com/mapesonpolitics/2009/11/=
"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://blog.oregonlive.com/mapesonpolitics/2009/1=
1/</font></a></span><br>
<span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial">oregon_voters_increasingly_non.html </sp=
an><br><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial">or use this url <a href=3D"http:/=
/twi.cc/VT4w"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://twi.cc/VT4w</font></a><br><br>=
<strong>PA: Lackawanna County Election Board meets on recount<br>
</strong>November 12, 2009 ...Five candidates and county Republican leaders=
have asked for recounts based on a computer coding error that cost city Co=
uncilwoman Janet Evans and tax collector candidate Bill Courtright, a city =
councilman, up to 2,452 straight-party votes.<br>
<br>The request for the widest recount is by Republican leaders, who want a=
ll ballots for all county and municipal offices manually recounted, includi=
ng a manual recount of all straight-party voting. County Commissioner A.J. =
Munchak, an election board member and a Republican, has called for such a r=
ecount.<br>
<br>That would require tallying by hand more than 51,000 ballots that conta=
in more than a dozen races each and thousands of candidates for what electi=
on officials say was a mistake limited to the two Scranton races<br><a href=
=3D"http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/lackawanna_county_election_board_meets_=
on_recount?localLinksEnabled=3Dfalse"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.th=
etimes-tribune.com/lackawanna_county_election_board_meets_on_recount?localL=
inksEnabled=3Dfalse</font></a><br>
<br><strong>PA: Pennsylvania 2010 Statewide Petition Requirement to be Lowe=
st Since 1970</strong><br>November 13th, 2009 Pennsylvania=E2=80=99s statew=
ide minor party and independent candidate petition will be 19,056 signature=
s.<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.ballot-access.org/2009/11/13/pennsylvania-statewide-p=
etition-requirement-to-be-lowest-since-1970/"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http:=
//www.ballot-access.org/2009/11/13/pennsylvania-statewide-petition-requirem=
ent-to-be-lowest-since-1970/</font></a><br>
<br><strong>VA: Poll glitch sparks corruption claims from challenger</stron=
g>*(Diebold Accuvote OS & TSX)<br>Votes cast in three Lancaster County =
precincts had to be counted by hand last week after multiple machines malfu=
nctioned, sparking claims of "cronyism" and "corruption"=
; from one candidate.<br>
<br>All the ballots cast were correct, but the optical reader did not proce=
ss many of them, said Gilbert Dorman, electoral board vice-chairman for Lan=
caster County. "They wouldn't print tape with a number on it."=
;<br>
<br>Precincts 1, 4 and 301 had problems with the optical readers, said Barb=
ara Breeden, electoral board chairwoman.<br><br>More than 230 missing votes=
in the first precinct led Richard Pleasants, candidate for District 1 supe=
rvisor, to call for a recount.<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.northernnecknews.com/news/view_sections.asp?idcategor=
y=3D9&idarticle=3D3161"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.northernneck=
news.com/news/view_sections.asp?idcategory=3D9&idarticle=3D3161</font><=
/a><br><br>
<strong>WA: Pierce Council still hearts polling places</strong><br>November=
13th, 2009. Although 99 percent of this year=E2=80=99s voters cast ballots=
by mail, Pierce County apparently will remain the state=E2=80=99s last hol=
dout for poll-site voting.<br>
<br>The County Council has ordered newly elected County Auditor Julie Ander=
son to continue operating polling places,<br><a href=3D"http://blogs.sos.wa=
.gov/FromOurCorner/index.php/2009/11/pierce-council-still-hearts-polling-pl=
aces/"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://blogs.sos.wa.gov/FromOurCorner/index.=
php/2009/11/pierce-council-still-hearts-polling-places/</font></a><br>
<br><br><strong>National</strong><br><br><strong>ACORN Sues Federal Governm=
ent Over Congress' "Unconstitutional" Move to Defund Group</s=
trong><br>13 November 2009... "It may be that ACORN is guilty of vario=
us infractions, and, if so, it ought to be vetted, or maybe sanctioned, by =
the appropriate administrative agency or by the judiciary. Congress must no=
t be in the business of punishing individual organizations or people withou=
t trial." ~ Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-New York)<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.truthout.org/1113092";><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://=
www.truthout.org/1113092</font></a><br><br><strong>"'Post-Racial&#=
39; America? - A Voting Rights Report"</strong><br>The NAACP LDF has i=
ssued this press release about this new report. From the press release:<br>
...<br>First, "Post-Racial" America? Not Yet examines the "p=
ost-racial" argument made in Northwest Austin Municipal Utility Distri=
ct Number One v. Holder (MUD), a recent unsuccessful constitutional challen=
ge to Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, a core provision that guards agai=
nst voting discrimination where it has been most severe.<br>
<a href=3D"http://electionlawblog.org/archives/014760.html";><font color=3D"=
#5588aa">http://electionlawblog.org/archives/014760.html</font></a><br><br>=
<strong>Election Law Journal 8:4 Now Available: Preview of ELJ 9:1</strong>=
<br>
...<br>Look for ELJ 9:1 in January, featuring Douglas Spencer and Zachary M=
arkovits on an emprical study of lines at polling places, Justin Levitt on =
the law surrounding lines at polling places, Seth Hill, Michael Herron and =
Jeffrey Lewis on factors explaining Obama's victory in 2008, and book r=
eviews by Ray La Raja and Mark Rush.<br>
<a href=3D"http://electionlawblog.org/archives/014758.html";><font color=3D"=
#5588aa">http://electionlawblog.org/archives/014758.html</font></a><br><br>=
<strong>A Letter to =E2=80=9CSpirit of America=E2=80=9D<br></strong>Novembe=
r 13th, 2009 NEW YORK, NY =E2=80=93 I was digging up 2009 voter turnout sta=
tistics and came across a user comment on CNN=E2=80=99s Political Ticker. T=
his comment makes all of us at Why Tuesday? really gratified despite our na=
tion=E2=80=99s increasingly low voter turnout. The comment is in in respons=
e to an article about low voter turnout.<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.whytuesday.org/2009/11/13/a-letter-to-spirit-of-ameri=
ca/?utm_source=3Dfeedburner&utm_medium=3Dfeed&utm_campaign=3DFeed%3=
A+whytuesday+%28Why+Tuesday%3F%29"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.whytu=
esday.org/2009/11/13/a-letter-to-spirit-of-america/?utm_source=3Dfeedburner=
&utm_medium=3Dfeed&utm_campaign=3DFeed%3A+whytuesday+%28Why+Tuesday=
%3F%29</font></a><br>
<br><strong>Bipartisan Beltway Committee Seeks to =E2=80=9CModernize=E2=80=
=9D U.S. Election System</strong> (pro v cons)<br>Voter registration can so=
metimes be a highly charged and partisan issue, so it is worth noting that =
advisers from recent Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns have =
recently aligned themselves to propose a new system.<br>
<a href=3D"http://ncsl.typepad.com/the_thicket/2009/11/bipartisan-beltway-c=
ommittee-seeks-to-modernize-us-election-system.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa=
">http://ncsl.typepad.com/the_thicket/2009/11/bipartisan-beltway-committee-=
seeks-to-modernize-us-election-system.html</font></a><br>
<br><strong>Securing the vote for all</strong> </span><br><span style=3D"FO=
NT-FAMILY: arial">Our service members deserve an equal voice<br><a href=3D"=
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/nov/11/securing-the-vote-for-all/"=
><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/nov/11/se=
curing-the-vote-for-all/</font></a><br>
<br><strong>International<br></strong><br><strong>Denmark Strips Away the R=
ight to Privacy from Blind Voters</strong><br>On Wednesday I read that one =
of my blind friend's in Utah just experience voting by himself for the =
first time thanks to his voting machine having built in text to speech. On =
that same day, I also </span><a href=3D"http://www.cphpost.dk/news/national=
/88-national/47387-new-law-strips-blind-of-voting-privacy.html"><span style=
=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><font color=3D"#5588aa">read</font></span></a><span=
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"> that the blind in Denmark not only don't=
get to vote by themselves, they have to have a council member present when=
they're voting. This rule was supposedly implemented to make sure that=
the sighted helper wasn't pressuring the blind voter to vote in a part=
icular way, but what it really does is just strip that voter of their right=
to privacy.<br>
...<br>I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Solving the voti=
ng issue for those with visual impairments is not difficult. I've voted=
three times now using a simple solution called an electronic ballot. The h=
tml based ballot is emailed to me. I then fill it out on my computer on my =
own time, print it out, and send it through the mail. The solution probably=
costs very little and it serves anyone with an email address and a compute=
r.<br>
</span><a href=3D"http://www.blindgal.com/2009/11/denmark-strips-away-right=
-to-privacy.html"><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><font color=3D"#5588aa=
">http://www.blindgal.com/2009/11/denmark-strips-away-right-to-privacy.html=
</font></span></a><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><br>
<br><strong>Grenade thrown at building with Honduran ballots</strong><br>No=
v 13, 2009. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras =E2=80=94 Assailants hurled a grenade at =
the building housing ballots for the upcoming Honduran presidential electio=
ns, which are taking place under the shadow of a four-month crisis caused b=
y a coup.<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/";><font color=3D"#55=
88aa">http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/</font></a></span><br><sp=
an style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial">ALeqM5jAkMGKIUDg_ngUiZboxQbYj5_DPwD9BUQ1EG1=
</span><br>
<span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial">or use this url <a href=3D"http://twi.cc=
/rgtK"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://twi.cc/rgtK</font></a><br><br><strong=
>Electoral fraud<br></strong>=E2=80=9CPostal voting on demand is lethal to =
the democratic process. Wholesale electoral fraud is both easy and profitab=
le.=E2=80=9D That statement sounds like a description of Afghan electoral p=
ractices, but it was delivered by Richard Mawrey QC after an inquest into U=
K postal voting.<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/5532908/electoral-fraud.t=
html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/553290=
8/electoral-fraud.thtml</font></a><br><br>Voting News by Joyce McCloy.<br>A=
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<h2 class=3D"date-header">Thursday, November 12, 2009</h2>
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<h3 class=3D"post-title entry-title"><a href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.=
com/2009/11/georgia-court-e-vote-at-your-own-risk.html">Georgia Court: E-vo=
te at your own risk, some NY votes up in air, Diebold miscount in Santa Bar=
bara</a> </h3>
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<div class=3D"post-body entry-content"><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial">I=
nternet voting whack-a-mole and its inherent security risks and privacy los=
s - done on the backs of our troops: National voter groups urge MA Gov Deva=
l Patrick to ask Legislature to remove dangerous e-mail voting provision fr=
om veterans bill, a Michigan bill would have military vote by email....Aspe=
n CO seeks dismissal of suit for ballot images of May election...How To NOT=
Instill Confidence In Election Integrity (in Connecticut)...Georgia Court:=
E-Vote at Your Own Risk... Coin Toss Decides Whitsett NC Town Council Race=
...Activist security concerns - "New York counties don=E2=80=99t have =
the money to secure the ballots or verify the scanners."...Port Cheste=
r NY's new election system confusing...Ohio Ballot Access Bill Advances=
...GOP 1, TVCA 0 ...Misplaced election reform priorities in Washington?...V=
erified Voting's national newsletter is available online now!...<br>
<br>All this and more in today's voting news below...<br><br><strong>AL=
: Calera finally has six new council members</strong><br>November 10, 2009.=
More than a year after voters originally headed to the polls, Calera has s=
ix new council members.<br>
...<br>City officials submitted a new voting plan in July that called for s=
ix at-large council seats instead of the five districts used in the 2008 el=
ection.<br><br>Justice Department officials approved the new plan in Septem=
ber. The plan "reflects a good faith effort to effectively remedy the =
concerns raised in our objection," according to a letter that Loretta =
King, acting assistant attorney general, sent to the city's attorneys.<=
br>
<a href=3D"http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/11/calera_finally_has_six_new_c=
ou.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/11/calera=
_finally_has_six_new_cou.html</font></a><br><br><strong>CA: Recount Called =
for City Election</strong> * Voting Machine Malfunctioned<br>
(Premier/Diebold Accu-Vote ES 2000 and ES&S Automark)<br>November 11, 2=
009<br>Santa Barbara City election officials will be conducting a complete =
recount of all ballots cast in last week=E2=80=99s election, because one of=
the vote-counting machines failed to adequately count all the votes cast o=
n the =E2=80=9CB=E2=80=9D side of the ballot.<br>
...<br>it could affect the final outcomes of the city council races as well=
as Measures D and E.<br>...<br>The discrepancy in ballots counted is in th=
e range of five percent to 15 percent. After counting 800 ballots by hand, =
city election officials concluded there was a problem...<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.independent.com/news/2009/nov/11/recount-called-city-=
election/"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.independent.com/news/2009/nov=
/11/recount-called-city-election/</font></a> <br><br><strong>CO: City seeks=
dismissal of Marks suit</strong> (city does not want to release ballot ima=
ges)<br>
November 12, 2009 The city of Aspen has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit=
brought by Marilyn Marks, who is trying to force the city to release ballo=
t images from the May election.<br><a href=3D"http://www.aspendailynews.com=
/section/home/137594"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.aspendailynews.com=
/section/home/137594</font></a> <br>
<br><strong>CT: How To NOT Instill Confidence In Election Integrity</strong=
> * (photo copy ballots, "extra ballots")<br>Waterbury Republican=
: Ex-first selectman has lawyer probe Middlebury voting<br>...St. John, who=
ran as a write-in candidate, raised concerns immediately following the ele=
ction after he learned one of the voting machines had broken down Tuesday e=
vening, forcing poll workers to switch to a separate machine to count the r=
emaining ballots. Some of the ballots had been photocopied because election=
officials believed they had run out of the official ballots. It was later =
revealed that officials had more than 1,000 unused ballots locked in the re=
gistrar of voters=E2=80=99 office.<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.ctvoterscount.org/?p=3D2587";><font color=3D"#5588aa">=
http://www.ctvoterscount.org/?p=3D2587</font></a> <br>[Thank you Luther Wee=
ks and here is article Luther linked to<br>MIDDLEBURY =E2=80=94 Former Firs=
t Selectman Edward B. St. John has hired an attorney to investigate ballot =
irregularities in the Nov. 3 election.<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.ctvoterscount.org/CTVCdata/09/11/WRepublican20091112.=
mht"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.ctvoterscount.org/CTVCdata/09/11/WR=
epublican20091112.mht</font></a> ]<br><br><strong>CT: In RTM race: Recount =
flip-flops winner</strong><br>
12 November 2009 Poll workers Stanley Olzewski, Carol Sabato, and Cathy Les=
ta examine a ballot to determine if it needs to be recounted by hand as par=
t of the District 5 Representative Town Meeting recount. =E2=80=94 Ken Bors=
uk photo<br>
A loss by the thinnest of margins has now turned into a win by the thinnest=
of margins for Representative Town Meeting (RTM) member James Daine.<br><a=
href=3D"http://www.acorn-online.com/joomla15/greenwich-post/news/local/415=
21-in-rtm-race-recount-flip-flops-winner.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http=
://www.acorn-online.com/joomla15/greenwich-post/news/local/41521-in-rtm-rac=
e-recount-flip-flops-winner.html</font></a> <br>
<br><strong>CT: Morehead alleges voter fraud<br></strong>Ward 22 alderman t=
o accuse opponent of tampering with absentee ballots<br>November 10, 2009. =
Ward 22 Alderman-elect Greg Morehead is expected to file a complaint with t=
he state government today accusing one of his opponents in last Tuesday=E2=
=80=99s election of voter fraud<br>
...<br>Morehead said he has received statements from two New Haven senior c=
itizens, both of whom he said approached him with concerns about their abse=
ntee votes. The residents claimed Hopkins told them all they had to do was =
sign their ballots before she would mail them, Morehead said. Hopkins then =
took the blank and unsealed ballots from them, Morehead added.<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/city-news/2009/11/10/morehead-=
alleges-voter-fraud/"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.yaledailynews.com/=
news/city-news/2009/11/10/morehead-alleges-voter-fraud/</font></a> <br><br>
<strong>FL: Venice ballot review brings ray of sunshine</strong><br>...Mean=
ingful spot checks like this should be part of every election. Equipment ca=
n break down, software can fail, election workers can make mistakes. Random=
audits of ballots vs. voting equipment right after the close of the electi=
on can keep voters, election workers, and equipment manufacturers on their =
toes.<br>
<br>When equipment errors are found, they should be corrected at the source=
, the machine manufacturer, for future elections, and voters should be noti=
fied how to deal with those problems in the current election. For example, =
when the blue ink problem occurred in the logic-and-accuracy test Oct. 14, =
absentee ballot requesters should have been immediately notified not to use=
blue ink.<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20091108/COLUMNIST/";><font =
color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20091108/COLUMNIST/<=
/font></a></span><br><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial">911081023/2080/OPIN=
ION </span><br>
<span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial">or use this <a href=3D"http://twi.cc/rs6=
2"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://twi.cc/rs62</font></a><br><br><strong>GA:=
Georgia Court: E-Vote at Your Own Risk</strong><br>By Matthew Cardinale, N=
ews Editor, The Atlanta Progressive News (November 12, 2009)<br>
<br>(APN) ATLANTA -- The Georgia Supreme Court, in their recent ruling agai=
nst VoterGA upholding electronic voting in the State of Georgia, implicitly=
acknowledged that E-voting results cannot be independently audited. At the=
same time, they emphasized that it's the voter's choice to vote el=
ectronically, when paper ballots are available through the absentee process=
.<br>
<br>"In deciding to forego the privilege of voting early on a paper ba=
llot, voters assume the risk of necessarily different procedures if a recou=
nt is required," Judge George Carley ruled, with all justices on the p=
anel concurring, on September 28, 2009<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.atlantaprogressivenews.com/news/0545.html";><font colo=
r=3D"#5588aa">http://www.atlantaprogressivenews.com/news/0545.html</font></=
a> <br><br><br><strong>HI: Hawaii Elections Chief Will Ask for Waiver of Ne=
w Law Requiring Foreign Absentee Ballots to be Mailed Early<br>
</strong>November 10th, 2009 According to this news story, Hawaii=E2=80=99s=
Elections Chief plans to ask the federal government for a waiver (for 2010=
only) of the new federal law that requires states to mail foreign absentee=
ballots at least 45 days before an election<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.ballot-access.org/2009/11/10/hawaii-elections-chief-w=
ill-ask-for-waiver-of-new-law-requiring-foreign-absentee-ballots-to-be-mail=
ed-early/"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.ballot-access.org/2009/11/10/=
hawaii-elections-chief-will-ask-for-waiver-of-new-law-requiring-foreign-abs=
entee-ballots-to-be-mailed-early/</font></a> <br>
<br><strong>IL: Privacy Case Flunks 'Duck Test,' Court Says</strong=
> *<br>(CN) - The 7th Circuit dismissed an invasion-of-privacy class action=
filed by Illinois citizens who submitted voter registration forms at the s=
tate Department of Motor Vehicles.<br>
...<br>A man named Peter Zelchenko allegedly obtained Lake's name, date=
of birth, sex, address, phone number and Social Security number by simply =
asking the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners for it.<br>Lake argued t=
hat this violated the Driver's Privacy Protection Act, which allows sui=
ts against anyone "who knowingly obtains, discloses or uses personal i=
nformation, from a motor vehicle record" for illegal purposes.<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.courthousenews.com/2009/11/10/Privacy_Case_Flunks";><f=
ont color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.courthousenews.com/2009/11/10/Privacy_Case=
_Flunks</font></a>_</span><br><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial">Duck_Test_=
Court_Says.htm <br>
or use this url </span><a href=3D"http://twi.cc/LZoT";><span style=3D"FONT-F=
AMILY: arial"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://twi.cc/LZoT</font></span></a><=
span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><br><br><strong>IL: Winfrey overhauls cle=
rk's operations<br>
</strong>Official accomplishes election reform, but complaints remain<br>De=
troit -- Nearly lost amid the hoopla surrounding the city's Nov. 4 gene=
ral election was City Clerk Janice Winfrey's dual victory.<br>...Winfre=
y has implemented a number of reforms since assuming the dysfunctional offi=
ce, from requiring workers to return memory cards to the clerk's main o=
ffice by 9 p.m. on election night to mandating 15 hours of training for pol=
l workers and requiring them to wear uniforms.<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.detnews.com/article/20091112/METRO/911120396/1022/loc=
al/Winfrey-overhauls-clerk-s-operations"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www=
.detnews.com/article/20091112/METRO/911120396/1022/local/Winfrey-overhauls-=
clerk-s-operations</font></a> <br>
<br><strong>MA: Mass. Patrick OKs expanded benefits for veterans</strong><b=
r>November 12, 2009 ...Several voting rights groups voiced opposition to th=
e bill yesterday, saying e-mailing or faxing ballots was =E2=80=9Chigh risk=
.=E2=80=99=E2=80=99<br>
<br>The groups - including Voter Action, Verified Voting, Common Cause, the=
Boston Bar Association, and the Latino civic organization Oiste - issued a=
joint statement urging the governor to return the bill to the Legislature =
with a recommendation that the e-mail voting provision be removed.<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/11/=
12/"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts=
/articles/2009/11/12/</font></a></span><br><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: aria=
l">patrick_oks_expanded_benefits_for_veterans/ </span><br>
<span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial">or use this <a href=3D"http://twi.cc/d7S=
A"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://twi.cc/d7SA</font></a><br><br><strong>MA:=
Mass. voting advocates say veterans bill flawed<br></strong>November 11, 2=
009 The measure was included in a veteran=E2=80=99s benefits bill approved =
by lawmakers on Tuesday.<br>
<br>John Bonifaz of the group Voter Action said he supports efforts to make=
it easier for soldiers to vote, but said there=E2=80=99s no way to guarant=
ee e-mailed ballots aren=E2=80=99t lost or tampered with.<br><a href=3D"htt=
p://news.bostonherald.com/news/politics/view/20091111mass"><font color=3D"#=
5588aa">http://news.bostonherald.com/news/politics/view/20091111mass</font>=
</a></span><br>
<span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial">_voting_advocates_say_veterans_bill_flaw=
ed/ </span><br><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial">or use this <a href=3D"ht=
tp://twi.cc/MTs9"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://twi.cc/MTs9</font></a><br>=
<br>
<strong>MI: Electronic Voting: One Step Closer</strong> (military to vote b=
y email)<br>It=E2=80=99s too late for Election Day 2009 but Michigan House =
Bill #5279 should be ready in plenty of time for the important 2010 state e=
lections.<br>
<br>Last week, the measure was adopted by a majority of members in the Mich=
igan House of Representatives. As I have stated in previous blogs and WXYZ-=
TV editorials, the bill would let state residents serving in the military o=
r working overseas vote via electronic mail instead of snail mail.<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.wxyz.com/content/community/stokesblog/story/Electroni=
c-Voting-One-Step-Closer/qP1xNAtWkk6XYd_BC6J_3A.cspx"><font color=3D"#5588a=
a">http://www.wxyz.com/content/community/stokesblog/story/Electronic-Voting=
-One-Step-Closer/qP1xNAtWkk6XYd_BC6J_3A.cspx</font></a> <br>
<br><strong>MN: Low-key mayoral contest depressed Minneapolis turnout, offi=
cials say</strong><br>At 20 percent, turnout hit a low not seen since 1902.=
Results released Wednesday were good for incumbents.<br>November 11, 2009<=
br>
<a href=3D"http://www.startribune.com/politics/local/69814067.html?elr=3DKA=
rksi8cyaiUBP7hUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aU7DYaGEP7vDEh7P:DiUs"><font color=3D"#5588aa">h=
ttp://www.startribune.com/politics/local/69814067.html?elr=3DKArksi8cyaiUBP=
7hUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aU7DYaGEP7vDEh7P:DiUs</font></a> <br>
<br>NC: Coin Toss Decides Whitsett Town Council Race<br>November 10, 2009 G=
UILFORD COUNTY, N.C. - Lee Greeson is one lucky man.<br><br>After battling =
incumbent Ken Jacobs to a 42-42 vote tie for a seat on the Whitsett Town Co=
uncil, Greeson won a coin toss Tuesday and was declared the winner.<br>
...<br>According to Gilbert, this is the first time in Guilford County reco=
rded history that an election has been determined with a coin toss. He said=
he's seen races determined by a margin of one or two votes before, but=
never dead even.<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.myfox8.com/wghp-whitsett-coin-toss-victory-091110,0,3=
493058.story">http://www.myfox8.com/wghp-whitsett-coin-toss-victory-091110,=
0,3493058.story</a><br><br>NJ: Felten to speak on electronic voting<br>Wedn=
esday, Nov. 18, 2009, 4:30 p.m. =C2=B7 16 Robertson Hall<br>
Ed Felten, director of Princeton's Center for Information Technology Po=
licy, will present a lecture titled "Electronic Voting: Danger and Opp=
ortunity" at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, in 16 Robertson Hall.<br>
</span><a href=3D"http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S25/78/70G75/i=
ndex.xml?section=3Dannouncements"><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><font =
color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S25/78/70G75/i=
ndex.xml?section=3Dannouncements</font></span></a><span style=3D"FONT-FAMIL=
Y: arial"><br>
<br><strong>NY: HEARING tomorrow (11/12) on NY voting system=E2=80=93and a =
new scandal</strong><br>"Unfortunately, =E2=80=9Cverifiable=E2=80=9D i=
s a placebo, unless actual verification takes place. New York counties don=
=E2=80=99t have the money to secure the ballots or verify the scanners.<br>
<br>Due to our fiscal crisis, New York counties won=E2=80=99t have =E2=80=
=9Cexcellent security.=E2=80=9D<br>...<br>Implementing paper ballots and sc=
anners on the cheap will create inevitable opportunities for errors that ar=
e not discovered, as well as opportunity and temptation for malicious perso=
ns to commit fraud."<br>
<a href=3D"http://markcrispinmiller.com/2009/11/hearing-tomorrow-1112-on-ny=
-voting-system-and-a-new-scandal/"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://markcrisp=
inmiller.com/2009/11/hearing-tomorrow-1112-on-ny-voting-system-and-a-new-sc=
andal/</font></a> <br>
<br><strong>NY: Voters express displeasure with new optical voting machines=
<br></strong>11-12-2009. Oswego County=E2=80=99s new voting machines were s=
upposed to be a vast improvement over the older lever machines and provide =
more privacy. Following the Nov. 3 election, county legislators have many c=
oncerns.<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.valleynewsonline.com/viewnews.php?newsid=3D87311&=
id=3D1"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.valleynewsonline.com/viewnews.ph=
p?newsid=3D87311&id=3D1</font></a> <br><br><strong>NY: The =E2=80=9Cdar=
k art=E2=80=9D of redistricting?</strong><br>
November 12, 2009 The Times discusses redistricting reform in New York<br><=
a href=3D"http://politicalactivitylaw.com/?p=3D6253";><font color=3D"#5588aa=
">http://politicalactivitylaw.com/?p=3D6253</font></a> <br><br><strong>NY: =
Did Hoffman Concede Too Soon?</strong> <strong>It appears the special elect=
ion race in New York's 23rd congressional district is not yet over.<br>
</strong>...<br>The </span><a href=3D"http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ss=
f/2009/11/its_not_over_recanvassing_shows_ny23_race.html"><span style=3D"FO=
NT-FAMILY: arial"><font color=3D"#5588aa">Syracuse Post-Standard</font></sp=
an></a><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"> reports that a recanvassing show=
s that Owens' lead has narrowed to just 3,026 votes over Hoffman. And i=
n Oswego County, "where Hoffman was reported to lead by only 500 votes=
with 93 percent of the vote counted election night, inspectors found Hoffm=
an actually won by 1,748 votes.""The new vote totals mean the rac=
e will be decided by absentee ballots, of which about 10,200 were distribut=
ed...<br>
</span><a href=3D"http://politicalwire.com/archives/2009/11/12/did_hoffman_=
concede_too_soon.html"><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><font color=3D"#5=
588aa">http://politicalwire.com/archives/2009/11/12/did_hoffman_concede_too=
_soon.html</font></span></a><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><br>
<br><strong>NY: Johnson City vote may not be settled until next week<br></s=
trong>Past dissolutions in N.Y. offer guide to Town of Union, county offici=
als<br>...The Broome County Board of Elections will count 174 absentee ball=
ots Thursday, including four cast by military personnel. An additional 13 m=
ilitary absentee ballots were sent out, but they were not returned as of Tu=
esday. The last day military ballots can be received is Monday,<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.stargazette.com/article/20091110/NEWS01";><font color=
=3D"#5588aa">http://www.stargazette.com/article/20091110/NEWS01</font></a><=
/span><br><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial">/911100411/Johnson+City+vote+m=
ay+not+be+settled+until+next+week <br>
or use this <a href=3D"http://twi.cc/Q9uq";><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://t=
wi.cc/Q9uq</font></a> <br><br><strong>NY: Election ballots recounted in Lim=
a</strong> *<br>November 10th, 2009 LIVINGSTON COUNTY, NY =E2=80=94 The Boa=
rd of Elections=E2=80=99 review of Nov. 3 ballots has revealed that totals =
in the Lima election were reported incorrectly, according to Election Commi=
ssioner Susan Guenther.<br>
=E2=80=9CWhen the election inspectors sent the information in to us on Tues=
day evening, they had made an error in their totals,=E2=80=9D Guenther elab=
orated.<br>=E2=80=9CIt was a human error. When the inspectors were reading =
the numbers from the paper from the back of the voting machine, they didn=
=E2=80=99t read them correctly,=E2=80=9D Guenther advised.<br>
<a href=3D"http://thelcn.com/2009/11/election-ballots-recounted-in-lima/";><=
font color=3D"#5588aa">http://thelcn.com/2009/11/election-ballots-recounted=
-in-lima/</font></a> <br><br><strong>NY: Port Chester's new election sy=
stem confuses many</strong><br>
November 10, 2009 PORT CHESTER =E2=80=94 The village's new election sys=
tem will clearly take some getting used to.<br>Voters will elect six truste=
es in June under a court-imposed system called cumulative voting, replacing=
a system that was deemed unfair to Hispanics. Some of the new rules are co=
unterintuitive =E2=80=94 namely, the ability to cast more than one vote for=
the same candidate. No other community in New York uses the system.<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.lohud.com/article/20091110/NEWS02/911100328/-1/SPORTS=
/Port-Chester-s-new-election-system-confuses-many">http://www.lohud.com/art=
icle/20091110/NEWS02/911100328/-1/SPORTS/Port-Chester-s-new-election-system=
-confuses-many</a><br>
or use this url <a href=3D"http://twi.cc/XDWL";><font color=3D"#5588aa">http=
://twi.cc/XDWL</font></a> <br><br><strong>NY: Port Chester hires expert to =
help develop new voting system</strong><br>November 11, 2009 PORT CHESTER =
=E2=80=94 The village will hire the Maryland-based organization FairVote to=
help develop its new election system and draft an agreement with the U.S.<=
br>
...<br>FairVote helped advocate for that system instead of the remedy favor=
ed by the Justice Department, to have trustees run in six districts.<br><a =
href=3D"http://www.lohud.com/article/20091111/NEWS02/911110343/-1/SPORTS/Po=
rt-Chester-hires-expert-to-help-develop-new-voting-system"><font color=3D"#=
5588aa">http://www.lohud.com/article/20091111/NEWS02/911110343/-1/SPORTS/Po=
rt-Chester-hires-expert-to-help-develop-new-voting-system</font></a> <br>
or use this url </span><a href=3D"http://twi.cc/niKT";><span style=3D"FONT-F=
AMILY: arial"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://twi.cc/niKT</font></span></a><=
span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><br><br><strong>NY: New York: con-Fusion =
Voting</strong> (see photo of this ballot)<br>
Lesson to be learned by outsiders on Hoffman's loss in New York's U=
.S. Congressional District 23: don't ever allow "Fusion Voting&quo=
t; in your state!<br>...So how in the world does a non-candidate get listed=
TWICE, your opponent get listed TWICE, but your name is listed once? Welco=
me to the world of fusion voting where political parties get power not cand=
idates.<br>
</span><a href=3D"http://nacilbupera.blogspot.com/2009/11/new-york-con-fusi=
on-voting.html"><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><font color=3D"#5588aa">=
http://nacilbupera.blogspot.com/2009/11/new-york-con-fusion-voting.html</fo=
nt></span></a><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><br>
<br><strong>NY: What Are the Odds of 0 Doug Hoffman Votes in Three Differen=
t Polling Places?</strong><br></span><a href=3D"http://campaignspot.nationa=
lreview.com/post/?q=3DYzZlNjc4YWMzNzA5OGI3MzQ5ZDgzMGNmYjE3NWJjMzQ"><span st=
yle=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://campaignspot.nati=
onalreview.com/post/?q=3DYzZlNjc4YWMzNzA5OGI3MzQ5ZDgzMGNmYjE3NWJjMzQ</font>=
</span></a><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial">=3D<br>
<br><strong>OH: Voting overhaul bill advances; House will vote next week</s=
trong><br>House Bill 260 covers early voting, voter registration, voter ide=
ntification, overseas and military voting and other issues.<br><a href=3D"h=
ttp://www.daytondailynews.com/news/politics/voting-overhaul-bill-advances-h=
ouse-will-vote-next-week-395422.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.da=
ytondailynews.com/news/politics/voting-overhaul-bill-advances-house-will-vo=
te-next-week-395422.html</font></a> <br>
or use this url <a href=3D"http://twi.cc/hcZu";><font color=3D"#5588aa">http=
://twi.cc/hcZu</font></a> <br><br><strong>OH: Ohio Ballot Access Bill Advan=
ces</strong><br>A bill that would considerably improve ballot access for In=
dependent and Third Party candidates survived a crucial vote earlier this w=
eek.<br>
<br>On a 7-6 party line vote, HB 260 passed the House Elections Committee T=
uesday.<br><br>HB 260 is a far-reaching election reform bill that includes =
provisions making it easier for a new political party to get on the ballot.=
<br>
<a href=3D"https://www.freeandequal.org/2009/11/ohio-ballot-access-bill-adv=
ances/"><font color=3D"#5588aa">https://www.freeandequal.org/2009/11/ohio-b=
allot-access-bill-advances/</font></a> <br><br><strong>OH: Confessions of a=
Poll Worker</strong><br>
To paraphrase Tom Berenger's character in Platoon: "If the machine=
breaks down, we break down." Well, when speaking of elections, that q=
uote is precisely true in this day and age. UWeekly recently talked to Joe,=
a poll worker around OSU campus area.<br>
<a href=3D"http://uweekly.com/newsmag/11-11-2009/12967";><font color=3D"#558=
8aa">http://uweekly.com/newsmag/11-11-2009/12967</font></a> <br><br><strong=
>SC: Vote panel defied in Atlantic Beach</strong> (residency of candidates =
challenged)<br>
...The election commission will have a hearing at 10 a.m. today at the Atla=
ntic Beach Community Center to discuss protests by Town Council incumbents =
ousted last week by two write-in candidates, Windy Price and Carolyn Cole. =
It was scheduled for Saturday, but was postponed because the commission'=
;s attorney could not attend the hearing.<br>
<br>Paul Curry and incumbent councilwomen Charlene Taylor and Josephine Iso=
m have said that Price and Cole are not residents of Atlantic Beach and did=
not follow proper procedures in declaring their candidacy and in campaigni=
ng...<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.thesunnews.com/news/local/story/1160611.html";><font c=
olor=3D"#5588aa">http://www.thesunnews.com/news/local/story/1160611.html</f=
ont></a> <br><br><strong>SC: Royston mayor going to court over one-vote los=
s in election</strong> (1 vote diff, issue over provisional ballot)<br>
November 11, 2009 =E2=80=9COne of the things was with the provisional vote.=
We didn't think it was carried out right. That's all I can say rig=
ht now because we will be going to court on it,=E2=80=9D Stewart said.<br><=
a href=3D"http://www.independentmail.com/news/2009/nov/11/royston-mayor-goi=
ng-court-over-one-vote-loss-elect/"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.inde=
pendentmail.com/news/2009/nov/11/royston-mayor-going-court-over-one-vote-lo=
ss-elect/</font></a> <br>
<br><strong>TN: GOP 1, TVCA 0</strong><br>by Flyer Staff. Let's not kid=
ourselves, as most of the direct participants have, about the outcome of t=
he showdown over the 2008 Tennessee Voter Confidence Act. When Nashville ch=
ancellor Russell Perkins declined last week to issue the injunction sought =
by plaintiffs trying to force the hand of stonewalling state election autho=
rities, he in effect foreclosed on a guarantee that the act can be enforced=
in 2010.<br>
...<br>Although in theory the TVCA should be neutral in its implications, i=
t has come to be identified with the Democrats' more expansive view of =
the franchise and has suffered the consequences. Republicans =E2=80=94 and,=
yes, that includes Hargett and Goins =E2=80=94 have organized against it. =
They may posture and fume about their belief, specifically discredited by P=
erkins, that 2002-vintage optical-scan machines are insufficient to fulfill=
the requirements of the TVCA. But it seems obvious that an overriding moti=
ve is to forestall vote challenges during an election year in which state R=
epublicans can hold on to enough legislative seats to control redistricting=
for the decade which follows.<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.memphisflyer.com/memphis/gop-1-tvca-0/Content?oid=3D1=
789291"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.memphisflyer.com/memphis/gop-1-t=
vca-0/Content?oid=3D1789291</font></a> <br><br><strong>TN: Nearly 70 Sulliv=
an voters registered in wrong precinct</strong><br>
November 10th, 2009 BLOUNTVILLE =E2=80=94 For the past few years, several d=
ozen Sullivan County voters have been registered in the wrong precinct =E2=
=80=94 and listed as voters in the wrong Sullivan County commissioner and c=
onstable districts =E2=80=94 Sullivan County Administrator of Elections Jas=
on Booher said Tuesday.<br>
<br>The situation came to light because one of those residents had indicate=
d he was considering a run for a County Commission seat in the 10th Commiss=
ion District, Booher said =E2=80=94 and the man actually lives in the 11th =
District<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.timesnews.net/article.php?id=3D9018280";><font color=
=3D"#5588aa">http://www.timesnews.net/article.php?id=3D9018280</font></a> <=
br><br><strong>TX: State elections official fired after poking fun at Spani=
sh-speaking voters<br>
</strong>Secretary of State Andrade says official's remarks are not ref=
lective of state policy.<br>Thursday, November 12, 2009<br><a href=3D"http:=
//www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/"><font color=3D"#5588aa">http=
://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/</font></a></span><br>
<span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial">region/legislature/stories/2009/11/12/11=
12selby.html </span><br><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial">or use this <a h=
ref=3D"http://twi.cc/0VmG";><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://twi.cc/0VmG</font=
></a><br>
<br></span><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><strong></strong></span><span=
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><strong>WA: Misplaced election reform priorit=
ies</strong><br>11/11/2009. These things don=E2=80=99t happen in a vacuum, =
and so it is not surprising to see Gov. Chris Gregoire joining the chorus o=
f establishment voices demanding that the ballot deadline be changed from p=
ostmarked on election day to received by election day<br>
...<br>the governor has yet to say a word about the real scandal in last Tu=
esday=E2=80=99s election: the forty-some thousand King County voters who we=
re disenfranchised due to our state=E2=80=99s wholly inadequate ballot desi=
gn and review procedures.<br>
<a href=3D"http://horsesass.org/?p=3D22173";><font color=3D"#5588aa">http://=
horsesass.org/?p=3D22173</font></a> <br><br><br><strong>National<br></stron=
g><br><strong>What happens when your campaign is the target of Chinese hack=
ers?<br>
</strong>November 11, 2009 The Post reports on what happened when Chinese h=
ackers pursued the Obama and McCain presidential campaigns in 2008.<br><a h=
ref=3D"http://politicalactivitylaw.com/?p=3D6244";><font color=3D"#5588aa">h=
ttp://politicalactivitylaw.com/?p=3D6244</font></a> <br>
<br>DIEBOLD SUBSIDIARY AGREES TO PAY $850,000 TO SETTLE CLAIMS THAT IT USED=
UNAPPROVED COMPUTER TECHS AT SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION<br>November 03=
, 2009<br>Baltimore, Maryland - Diebold Information and Security Systems, L=
LC, (Diebold-ISS), a Utah-based provider of computer repair services, has a=
greed to pay $850,000 to settle potential claims against the company under =
the False Claims Act that it failed to submit required suitability document=
ation to the Social Security Administration (SSA) for a substantial number =
of subcontractor personnel performing services under a five-year maintenanc=
e and repair contract, announced United States Attorney for the District of=
Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein.<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/2623183/";>=
<font color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20Ne=
ws/2623183/</font></a> <br><br><strong>Verified Voting Newsletter</strong>,=
Issue 4 November 11, 2009 (available online)<br>
The latest election integrity news from the team at Verified Voting.<br><a =
href=3D"http://www.verifiedvotingfoundation.org/article.php?id=3D6735";><fon=
t color=3D"#5588aa">http://www.verifiedvotingfoundation.org/article.php?id=
=3D6735</font></a> <br>
<br><strong>electionlineWeekly--November 12, 2009</strong><br>Nov 12, 2009 =
- Common data format could streamline elections<br>Stakeholders agree conse=
nsus needed, disagreee on how it will happen<br><a href=3D"http://www.pewce=
nteronthestates.org/report_detail.aspx?id=3D56060"><font color=3D"#5588aa">=
http://www.pewcenteronthestates.org/report_detail.aspx?id=3D56060</font></a=
> <br>
<br><strong>Gerrymandering: Pure and Corrupt</strong><br>Why do we continue=
to allow legislators to redraw their own districts?<br>...<br>Prisoners ar=
e used as =E2=80=9Cphantom voters=E2=80=9D to inflate the populations of th=
e districts where they are held, and because they can=E2=80=99t vote, skew =
the numbers in favor of one party over another.With so many viable alternat=
ives, now is the time to stand up to legislators to demand a stop to partis=
an redistricting before we are left with another ten years of gerrymandered=
districts. To learn more about redistricting, visit </span><a href=3D"http=
://www.redistrictinggame.org/index.php"><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial">=
<font color=3D"#5588aa">The Redistricting Game</font></span></a><span style=
=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"> website...<br>
</span><a href=3D"http://nonprofitvote.blogspot.com/2009/11/gerrymandering-=
pure-and-corrupt.html"><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><font color=3D"#5=
588aa">http://nonprofitvote.blogspot.com/2009/11/gerrymandering-pure-and-co=
rrupt.html</font></span></a><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial"><br>
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flawed-vet-voting.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">Massachusetts passes flawed=
vet voting bill, Vote ...</font></a>=20
<li><a href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.com/2009/11/expertno-way-to-secur=
e-internet-voting.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">Expert:No way to secure int=
ernet voting, Talk=E2=80=93A Po...</font></a>=20
<li><a href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.com/2009/11/us-troops-as-internet=
-voting-guinea.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">US Troops as Internet Voting g=
uinea pigs, Texas le...</font></a> </li></li></li></li></li></ul></li></ul>
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<li class=3D"archivedate collapsed"><a class=3D"toggle" style=3D"COLOR: #66=
6666" href=3D"javascript:void(0)"><span class=3D"zippy">=E2=96=BA=C2=A0 </s=
pan></a><a class=3D"post-count-link" href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.com=
/2009_11_01_archive.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">11/01 - 11/08</font></a> =
<span class=3D"post-count" dir=3D"ltr">(7)</span>=20
<ul class=3D"posts">
<li><a href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.com/2009/11/tennessee-seek-machin=
es-in-dec-or-jan.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">Tennessee seek machines in D=
ec or Jan, 2452 straig...</font></a>=20
<li><a href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.com/2009/11/tennessee-judge-denie=
s-sos-injunction.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">Tennessee judge denies injun=
ction, Election pilots...</font></a>=20
<li><a href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.com/2009/11/another-sarasota-fl-e=
lection-screw-up.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">Another Sarasota Fl election=
screw up - Sample bal...</font></a>=20
<li><a href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.com/2009/11/doj-probes-diebold-sa=
le-voting-hiccups.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">DOJ probes Diebold sale, Vo=
ting Hiccups, glitches,...</font></a>=20
<li><a href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.com/2009/11/voting-problems-new-j=
ersey-new-york.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">Voting problems: New Jersey, N=
ew York, Ohio, Maryl...</font></a>=20
<li><a href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.com/2009/11/election-day-problems=
-let-us-know.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">Election day problems? Let us kn=
ow</font></a>=20
<li><a href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.com/2009/11/sarasota-undervote-fe=
ars-go-vote.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">Sarasota undervote fears, Go Vote=
Tuesday, Montrea...</font></a> </li></li></li></li></li></li></li></ul></l=
i>
</ul>
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pan></a><a class=3D"post-count-link" href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.com=
/2009_10_25_archive.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">10/25 - 11/01</font></a> =
<span class=3D"post-count" dir=3D"ltr">(5)</span>=20
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<li><a href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.com/2009/10/fix-tennessee-broken-=
elections-hawaii.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">Fix Tennessee broken electio=
ns, Hawaii prime for o...</font></a>=20
<li><a href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.com/2009/10/trust-antitrust-and-y=
our-vote-ga-seeks.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">Trust, Antitrust and Your V=
ote, GA. seeks voter id...</font></a>=20
<li><a href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.com/2009/10/why-rig-elections-bec=
ause-it-works_28.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">Why Rig Elections? Because i=
t works. Diebold on EF...</font></a>=20
<li><a href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.com/2009/10/sequoia-new-open-sour=
ce-voting-system.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">Sequoia new open source voti=
ng system, Indiana exp...</font></a>=20
<li><a href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.com/2009/10/expert-to-aid-tenness=
ee-paper-ballot.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">Expert to aid Tennessee paper=
ballot case, Cyber w...</font></a> </li></li></li></li></li></ul></li></ul=
>
<ul>
<li class=3D"archivedate collapsed"><a class=3D"toggle" style=3D"COLOR: #66=
6666" href=3D"javascript:void(0)"><span class=3D"zippy">=E2=96=BA=C2=A0 </s=
pan></a><a class=3D"post-count-link" href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.com=
/2009_10_18_archive.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">10/18 - 10/25</font></a> =
<span class=3D"post-count" dir=3D"ltr">(5)</span>=20
<ul class=3D"posts">
<li><a href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.com/2009/10/us-first-open-source-=
unveiled-aspen.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">US First Open Source unveiled,=
Aspen ballot snafu,...</font></a>=20
<li><a href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.com/2009/10/diebold-audit-log-bug=
-under.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">Diebold audit log bug under investigat=
ion, Why ES&...</font></a>=20
<li><a href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.com/2009/10/pima-co-fights-ballot=
-audit-9000.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">Pima CO fights ballot audit, 9,00=
0 Absentee ballot...</font></a>=20
<li><a href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.com/2009/10/sequoia-e-voting-code=
-out-vote-flipping.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">Sequoia e-voting code out,=
Vote flipping in Tennes...</font></a>=20
<li><a href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.com/2009/10/calls-for-open-source=
-voting-systems.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">Calls for Open Source voting =
systems, Diebold OSX ...</font></a> </li></li></li></li></li></ul></li></ul=
>
<ul>
<li class=3D"archivedate collapsed"><a class=3D"toggle" style=3D"COLOR: #66=
6666" href=3D"javascript:void(0)"><span class=3D"zippy">=E2=96=BA=C2=A0 </s=
pan></a><a class=3D"post-count-link" href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.com=
/2009_10_11_archive.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">10/11 - 10/18</font></a> =
<span class=3D"post-count" dir=3D"ltr">(6)</span>=20
<ul class=3D"posts">
<li><a href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.com/2009/10/sarasotas-diebold-sca=
nners-flunk-test.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">Sarasota's Diebold scann=
ers flunk test, fail to re...</font></a>=20
<li><a href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.com/2009/10/florida-hogs-hava-tha=
t-counties-need.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">Florida hogs HAVA $ that coun=
ties need, Virginia ...</font></a>=20
<li><a href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.com/2009/10/fvap-unsecure-means-o=
k-for-troop-vote.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">FVAP: unsecure means ok for =
troop vote, Scientists...</font></a>=20
<li><a href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.com/2009/10/hasta-la-vista-transp=
arency-absentee.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">Hasta La Vista Transparency, =
Absentee ballot blues...</font></a>=20
<li><a href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.com/2009/10/to-eac-fix-problems-b=
efore-voting.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">To EAC: Fix problems BEFORE voti=
ng systems certifi...</font></a>=20
<li><a href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.com/2009/10/internet-voting-pilot=
-in-washington.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">Internet Voting Pilot in Washi=
ngton, More HAVA aud...</font></a> </li></li></li></li></li></li></ul></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li class=3D"archivedate collapsed"><a class=3D"toggle" style=3D"COLOR: #66=
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pan></a><a class=3D"post-count-link" href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.com=
/2009_10_04_archive.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">10/04 - 10/11</font></a> =
<span class=3D"post-count" dir=3D"ltr">(5)</span>=20
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<li><a href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.com/2009/10/senate-panel-to-revie=
w-diebold.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">Senate panel to review Diebold sale=
,Florida's $67 ...</font></a>=20
<li><a href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.com/2009/10/maryland-paper-ballot=
s-on-track-saving.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">Maryland paper ballots on t=
rack, saving the Milita...</font></a>=20
<li><a href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.com/2009/10/was-voter-reg-system-=
crash-e-voting-not.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">WA's voter reg system =
crash, E-voting not safe say...</font></a>=20
<li><a href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.com/2009/10/public-option-in-voti=
ng-iowa-hava.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">Public Option in voting? Iowa HA=
VA $ audited, ACOR...</font></a>=20
<li><a href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.com/2009/10/new-york-military-bal=
lots-at-risk-tenn.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">New York Military ballots a=
t risk, Tenn. voting is...</font></a> </li></li></li></li></li></ul></li></=
ul>
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pan></a><a class=3D"post-count-link" href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.com=
/2009_09_27_archive.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">09/27 - 10/04</font></a> =
<span class=3D"post-count" dir=3D"ltr">(6)</span>=20
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<li><a href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.com/2009/10/hawaii-election-chief=
-postpones_02.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">Hawaii election chief postpones=
problems,Diebold E...</font></a>=20
<li><a href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.com/2009/10/common-cause-sues-ten=
nessee-sos-over.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">Common Cause sues Tennessee S=
OS over voting machin...</font></a>=20
<li><a href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.com/2009/09/threat-of-internet-vo=
ting-looms.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">Threat of Internet Voting Looms, S=
iegleman fraud c...</font></a>=20
<li><a href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.com/2009/09/voter-action-challeng=
es-diebold-sale.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">Voter Action challenges Diebo=
ld sale, Tennessee 2 ...</font></a>=20
<li><a href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.com/2009/09/ga-court-rules-e-voti=
ng-ok-wheres-paper.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">GA Court rules e-voting OK=
, Where's the paper, EAC...</font></a>=20
<li><a href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.com/2009/09/machine-gun-fundraise=
r-in-sc-military.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">Machine Gun Fundraiser in SC=
, Military ballots fai...</font></a> </li></li></li></li></li></li></ul></l=
i>
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pan></a><a class=3D"post-count-link" href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.com=
/2009_09_20_archive.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">09/20 - 09/27</font></a> =
<span class=3D"post-count" dir=3D"ltr">(7)</span>=20
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<li><a href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.com/2009/09/es-diebold-heads-to-c=
ourt-tennessee.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">ES&S Diebold heads to cour=
t, Tennessee seeks votin...</font></a>=20
<li><a href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.com/2009/09/sarasota-fl-es-is-baa=
ck-lucas-co-oh.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">Sarasota FL: ES&S is baack=
!, Lucas Co OH forgotten...</font></a>=20
<li><a href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.com/2009/09/internet-voting-for-a=
ustralia-oshawa.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">Internet Voting for Australia=
and Oshawa Ontario? ...</font></a>=20
<li><a href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.com/2009/09/es-sale-symptom-corpo=
rations-arent.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">ES&S-Diebold sale a symptom=
, Corporations aren=E2=80=99t p...</font></a>=20
<li><a href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.com/2009/09/es-ominous-monopoly-a=
corn-ny-count-vote.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">ES&S-Diebold's &qu=
ot;Ominous Monopoly", ACORN, NY "Coun...</font></a>=20
<li><a href=3D"http://votingnews.blogspot.com/2009/09/correctionflorida-vot=
ers-alert-rule-1s.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">Correction:Florida Voters A=
lert: Rule 1S-2.041 wou...</font></a> </li></li></li></li></li></li></ul></=
li>
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/2009_09_06_archive.html"><font color=3D"#5588aa">09/06 - 09/13</font></a> =
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