TX: Update on the dueling vote fraud press conferences
http://www.bloghouston.net/item/8545 Indeed, the most damning data points in the story emerged on the day the story originally broke: The documents posted by voter registrar Leo Vasquez in support of his criticism of the Houston Votes registration efforts
TX: Tax assessor, nonprofit spar over Harris County voter rolls
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7182556.html
Both sides have called for the U.S. Department of Justice to referee the dispute. Whatever the outcome, the public posturing could mark the start of a replay of the 2008 election season, which culminated with the state Democratic Party alleging in a lawsuit that then-registrar Paul Bettencourt was too slow and too picky in processing voter registration applications. The suit eventually was settled with no admission of wrongdoing.
VA: VITA says state computers fixed
http://www2.starexponent.com/news/2010/sep/01/vita-says-state-computers-fixed-ar-483786/"Getting the ballots ready is pretty much done for Culpeper -- they're nearly ready to go. The hang-up is sending my overseas ballots," said White, who assumed the registrar's role in 2007.
White said the bigger problem for her has been the lack of access to VERIS, the state's election and registration information system. That's a problem because address information from the post office is used to update voter rolls.
WA: Military voting: 51-day transit exceeds feds' 45-day rule
http://blogs.sos.wa.gov/FromOurCorner/index.php/2010/09/military-voting-51-day-transit-exceeds-feds-45-day-rule/
Internet Voting Watch
Canada: Should Toronto introduce online voting?
http://www.blogto.com/city/2010/09/should_toronto_introduce_online_voting/
India: Internet voting an option, says Ravi
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=383345&version=1&template_id=40&parent_id=22
The Election Commission will explore ways to implement a new law adopted by the parliament this week giving voting rights to non-resident Indians, a senior minister said yesterday.
US: New on VoxPopuLII: Hall on Electronic Voting and Direct Democracy
http://legalinformatics.wordpress.com/2010/09/01/new-on-voxpopulii-hall-on-electronic-voting-and-direct-democracy/ In his post, Dr. Hall describes the shortcomings of current electronic voting and Internet voting (e-voting) technology, and how those shortcomings are magnified when that technology is applied to citizen lawmaking processes, such as ballot initiatives.
National
Foreclosures Could Pose Trouble on Election Day
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/02/us/politics/02voting.html?_r=1&ref=politics
Each state differs in its definition of a citizen's "domicile." Certain states allow people to vote from an old address, if they have not established a new one; others do not. Some allow voters to update their voting registration up until Election Day, while others enforce a deadline of 30 days before. Only a handful of states provide additional leeway for voters who move into the state at the last minute.
International
Afghanistan: NDI Afghanistan election update
http://digest.electionguide.org/2010/09/02/ndi-afghanistan-election-update/
The UN spent over $100 million (including $65 million from the U.S.) to improve voter registration in 2009, but election officials told NDI that some candidates paid women in particular to obtain multiple voting cards because no photo is required for the female card. Also, on July 22, the AIHRC reported, "in some southeastern provinces, such as Paktia and Khost, candidates are buying voter cards for 200 to 500 Pakistani rupees ($2.31 to $5.77).
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