http://host.madison.com/news/local/govt_and_politics/article_1c1f4198-3df3-5668-b6b1-ade1cc6fbdcd.html
A recent federal law change could force Wisconsin to switch the date of its traditional September primary election.
WV: W.Va. primary election encounters few problems* (WV mix of DRE/OS/paper)
http://wvgazette.com/News/201005110903
State elections manger Dave Nichols says only four precincts failed to open by 6:30 a.m., but all 1,889 were open by midmorning.
Nichols says early problems ranged from voters unable to find races on a ballot to voting machine paper jams.
WV: Problems Persist in Lincoln Primary
http://www.wtrf.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=79686
Election results creep out nearly five hours after polls close
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One state media outlet reported May 11 a paper-jammed voting machine caused alarm and a candidate allegedly spent an extended amount of time inside a polling place.
Baby Steps for Transparency in Voting Systems
http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2010/05/baby-steps-for-transparency-in-voting-systems.html
To be sure, open code wouldn't solve all of our voting problems.
PrisonPolicy Tweet: Lawmakers fight for who gets to count inmates, AP writes, we blog about it. http://bit.ly/b1oi3z
RNC COUNSEL RESPONDS TO COMPLAINT TO DC BAR AGAINST CAROLINE HUNTER
http://electionlawblog.org/archives/015949.html
You can read the letter (with attachments) from Bobby Birchfield at this link. Don't miss the last two pages of the attachment...
Federal Election Commission Opens the Door for Unlimited Contributions in Redistricting Fights
http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2010/05/federal-election-commission-opens-t.html
Citizens United
Much thanks to Rick Hasen of Electionlawblog who stays on top of CU developements.
"DEMOCRATS COUNT 91 HOUSE CO-SPONSORS FOR DISCLOSE BILL"
http://electionlawblog.org/archives/015963.html
Roll Call reports ($). Still only two Republican co-sponsors/supporters in Congress, both in the House.
"SCHUMER-VAN HOLLEN IS AS MUCH ABOUT PROHIBITIONS AS ABOUT DISCLOSURE"
http://electionlawblog.org/archives/015952.html
Disclosure in the State Courts
http://www.brennancenter.org/blog/archives/disclosure_in_the_courts/ Business Week put it, "special interests are increasingly turning to the courts to advance goals they can't win legislatively...Increasingly, they have come to view the judiciary as something to be gamed and captured -- just like Congress or the State House."
DISCLOSE ACT TESTIMONY
http://electionlawblog.org/archives/015960.html
UPDATE: All the testimony is now posted on the hearing page.
Brennan Ctr Testimony on the DISCLOSE Act for the House Admin. Committee
http://www.brennancenter.org/content/resource/testimony_on_the_disclose_act/
Internet Voting Watch
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