April 23, 2009 at 18:25:00

'Daily Voting News' For April 23, 2009

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Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

It appears that there may be some good news coming from Florida. The State House Majority Leader has said that the regressive voter suppression bill will be totally rewritten to remove almost all of the provisions that had any controversy. This change in tone is the result a lot of hard work on the part of advocacy groups. Clearly they made it so uncomfortable for the majority party that the party had no choice but to back-off of their really bad bill. Congratulations on a great job go to all of the advocacy groups and advocates who worked long hours to kill this bill. Of course we now have to see what the changed bill will look like. Fingers crossed here....

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NY: New York Sets its Sights on EDR LINK

OH: Brunner offers election reforms LINK

OH: Brunner proposes end to most special elections LINK

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