'Daily Voting News' for June 30, 2009

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By Ellen Theisen (about the author)

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As is so often the case, just when everyone had given up all hope of some resolution of the issue, the MN Supreme Court ruled unanimously to affirm the election contest decision made by a lower court and reject the appeal of the non-prevailing candidate, Norm Coleman. In another violation of expectations, Coleman conceded the November 2008 U.S. Senate race to Al Franken....

National: Conservative filmmakers will get another hearing LINK

AZ: Let's Begin the Debate on The Merits of This Proposal: Universal Voter Registration LINK

IL: Recount battle in court Wednesday LINK

MN: Minnesota court rules Democrat Al Franken won Senate seat LINK

MN: Coleman concedes (video) LINK

MN: Report on the Supreme Court's Decision (video) LINK

MN: Text of the Supreme Court's Decision LINK

MN: How has the Senate dispute affected your faith in the electoral process? LINK

NY: Gotham Gazette: Understanding the Ballot Petitions LINK

NY: With Albany in chaos, Board of Elections staff party in Finger Lakes LINK

PA: Sixth ACORN worker ordered to stand trial for election violations LINK

TN: Secretary of State: 'there is insufficient time' to uphold the Tennessee Voter Confidence Act LINK

TX: Governor says session's task is set in stone LINK (Previously headlined, "Perry pressed to add CHIP and voter ID to special session")

WI: Voters May Have Another Option to Cast Ballots Next Year LINK

Albania: Observers report some flaws in Albania vote, despite improvements LINK

Canada: A Vote Against E-Voting LINK

Canada: Online voting no cure LINK

Iran: Iran Council confirms Ahmadinejad election victory LINK

Philippines: Comelec chief: Money, control root of feud between Smartmatic, partner LINK

Philippines: Comelec: Smartmatic execs, partner face 15 years LINK

Philippines: TIM-Smartmatic given ten days to patch up LINK

History: Progressivism Gone Awry? The Price of Ballot Secrecy. LINK (The first step in getting lost is not paying attention to where you were going.)

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Ellen Theisen, Director and Managing Editor
Dave Klein, Editor
John Washburn, Editor

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