Board investigating fraud charges against Republican chairman
http://toledoblade.com/article/20100527/NEWS16/5270400
A day after the Lucas County Board of Elections said it would investigate voter fraud charges against allies of Lucas County Republican Chairman Jon Stainbrook, his camp demanded a wide-ranging investigation of "irregularities" by the board.
PA: York County solicitor says there is no evidence anything was wrong with Newberry Twp. voting machineshttp://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2010/05/
york_county_solicitor_says_the.html http://is.gd/ctHVd
PA: Unsuccessful Newberry Twp. candidate blames voting machines*
http://www.yorkdispatch.com/local/ci_15181988
Even so, officials investigated and determined that, although one machine froze, there didn't appear to be any problems that affected the vote count.
Flannelly said the voter who was using the machine when it froze was able to vote using a different machine. The votes already on the machine were not lost, the machine was rebooted and was used for the remainder of the day.
http://www.islandpacket.com/2010/05/27/1254475/beaufort-cobbler-known-as-the.html
Now the shoe's on the other foot.
It's a new generation's turn to contribute as much to the American dream as did Beaufort cobbler James W. Richardson, who died Wednesday at age 91.
Here was a man who was denied the right to vote after serving his country in World War II but waited on the courthouse steps day after day until he finally got the voting credential he so valued. Ultimately, Richardson served 34 years on the Beaufort County voter registration board, much of it as chairman.
TN: Former Union commissioner sentence for vote buying*
http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=122663&catid=2
71-year-old Charlie Edward Cox pleaded guilty to buying votes during a 2006 election. Cox admitted he drove six people to the polling location, paid them $10 each, and told them which candidate to vote for
TX: Trial focuses on murky mail-in ballot methods
http://startelegram.typepad.com/politex/2010/05/trial-focuses-on-murky-mailin-ballot-lisa-woodard-charlotte-hogan-price.html#ixzz0pEbaOhl8
Questions over the unusual outcome of a runoff election in southeast Fort Worth made its way into a courtroom Wednesday.
TX: Texas attorney general investigators going door-to-door in Oak Cliff to investigate voter fraud(Absentee mail ballot fraud)
http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2010/05/texas-attorney-general-investi.html
And according to at least one person who was questioned by them, the investigators are turning up some troublesome discrepancies.
The AG is responding to complaints of ballot shenanigans by so-called "vote harvesters."
VA: McDonnell streamlines restoration of rights
click here
/article/mcdonnell_streamlines_restoration_of_rights/58234/
http://is.gd/ctHWX
WA: Port of Seattle CEO voted where he worked, not where he lived
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/
2011972282_portchief28m.html http://is.gd/ctHZz
WY: County Asks Judge To Amend Voting Rights Ruling
http://cbs4denver.com/wireapnewswy/Fremont.County.asks.2.1719627.html
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) à ‚¬" Lawyers for Fremont County asked a federal judge on Thursday to modify a recent order requiring the county to abandon its system of electing county commissioners at large and to start electing them from single-member districts
Internet Voting Watch
Electionline Newsletter May 20-2010
http://www.pewcenteronthestates.org/uploadedFiles/
wwwpewcenteronthestatesorg/Reports/Electionline_Reports/
electionlineWeekly05.20.10.pdf http://is.gd/ctI2d(pdf file)
Five counties in the Mountain State -- Jackson, Kanawha, Marshall, Monongalia, and Wood --participated in an online voting pilot project for military and overseas voters during last week's election and even though turnout was comparatively small, everyone agrees the program was a success.
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The state allocated up to $150,000 for the project. But after everything is said and done Tennant said she doesn't believe the state will have spent even half that.
[Eline report ballots cast online by County: Kanawha-11, Marshall-12,& Wood- 22] thats 45, missing some co reports.
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