http://www.statejournal.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=82631
Supreme Court reassigns case to Raleigh County.
Internet voting watch
Against Internet voting pilots
http://www.educatedguesswork.org/2010/07/against_internet_voting_pilots.html
No matter what the outcome, then, this kind of pilot doesn't tell us anything that useful about Internet voting. If it's attacked in some serious way, well, we already knew that was possible. If it's not attacked, that doesn't tell us it was secure, just that nobody bothered to attack it. If it fails for some non-security reason, that just means there were some development mistakes and the system wasn't tested enough before being rolled out.
Natl Assoc of Manufacturers letter to Natl Labor Relations Board on July 10
click here
Response_to_the_NLRB_Electronic_Voting_Services_Request_for_Information.pdf
http://is.gd/dma9x"Voting methods that utilize web-based technologies and telephone-based balloting do not allow the necessary levels of observability and transparency that exist within the current election process."
click here (Collin Lynch quoted in article) ...when some folks advocate for voting via the internet and suggest that iPhones could allow voters to cast their vote anywhere these pushers of internet voting are simply being unrealistic about the reach of technology.
National
VOTEAGAIN2010.COM
http://www.blog.rockthevote.com/2010/07/2961.html
To all the first-time voters in the 2008 election: Rock the Vote and over 30 youth organizations want you to vote again in 2010! Check out voteagain2010.com to hear from your peers on issues you care about and learn how you can get involved. You can even tell your friends to vote again in 2010 right there on the site
Passing the Fair Elections Now Act
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2010/07/passing_the_fair_elections_now.html With the House experience in the back of his head, I don't like the odds for actual passage there.
Groups launch effort to change campaign finance laws
http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/08/FINGAT08-ar-267232/
Two groups that have long advocated public financing of elections plan to spend at least $8 million this year to prod Congress to vote on proposed legislation aimed at reducing the influence of big donations in politics.
The joint effort by Common Cause and Public Campaign, called the Campaign for Fair Elections..
Vote by Mail Save Money, Lose Democracy?
http://nonprofitvote.blogspot.com/2010/07/vote-by-mail-save-money-lose-democracy.html
...it has the potential, also evident in all mail elections in California, to compromise the franchise of an entire class of people, particularly lower income, younger and new voter populations making it a flawed step towards the goal of a complete participatory democracy. It should never be adopted as a stand alone system if it strengthens the franchise of some while disenfranchising others.
International
India: Telangana polls: Hundreds of candidates, intentions suspect
http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/telangana-polls-hundreds-of-candidates-intentions-suspect-36572 There's no shortage of candidates. The Warangal (West) constituency alone has 117 candidates...Sources say parties want to ensure that Electronic Voting Machines (EVM), famous for being tamper-proof, cannot be used. An EVM can deal with a maximum of 64 nominations. Hence, the surging numbers.
Ballot papers in 11 constituencies
http://www.hindu.com/2010/07/10/stories/2010071059660100.htm
HYDERABAD: The Telangana Rashtra Samiti's strategy of forcing the Election Commission to revert to ballot papers instead of electronic voting machines (EVMs) in the byelections is likely to pay off since a record number of 986 candidates filed nominations as independents till Friday, the last day.
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