All this and more in today's voting news below...
AZ: Sheriff Arpaio Political Ad Under Investigation
County Attorney: Ad Violates State Law
http://www.kpho.com/news/24503664/detail.html
CA: LA city councilman indicted on felony voter fraud
http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_15676906?nclick_check=1
A Los Angeles city councilman and his wife were indicted on a total of 24 felony counts stemming from allegations he lived outside his district, prosecutors announced Wednesday.
CT: New link to check your CT Voter Registration
http://www.ctvoterscount.org/new-link-to-check-your-ct-voter-registration/
IL: Former political workers sentenced for vote fraud*
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-08-04/news/ct-met-vote-fraud-sentence-0805-20100804_1_eapen-and-ramos-anish-eapen-absentee-ballots
Two former political workers for Ald. Bernard Stone, 50th, were each sentenced to nearly a year in Cook County Jail on Wednesday for attempting to manipulate absentee ballots in Stone's hotly contested 2007 election.
KS: County commission results delayed*
http://www.dodgeglobe.com/news/local/x1137371715/County-commission-results-delayed
Unofficial results from the Ford County Commission race were not available by press time Tuesday, due to a glitch at the Ford County Clerk's office.
Ford County Clerk Sharon Seibel said her staff had to enter one voting card into the system by hand, so full results would not be available until today.
MI: One vote separates 1st District competitors
Recount likely in Republican race to beat Gary McDowell
http://www.freep.com/article/20100804/NEWS15/100804020/1435/1-vote-separates-1st-District-competitors
According to the Michigan Secretary of State's Web site, political newcomer and Tea Party candidate Dr. Dan Benishek of Crystal Falls led state Sen. Jason Allen of Alanson by a single vote, 27,091-to-27,090. The Associated Press' tally had the difference only a little larger Benishek led by 12 votes out of some 71,000 cast.
MI: Allen accepts 1 vote shortfall; recount looms
http://record-eagle.com/latest/x1243785828/Allen-accepts-1-vote-shortfall-recount-looms
TRAVERSE CITY -- State Sen. Jason Allen of Alanson withdrew his claim of victory and accepted an unofficial, single-vote margin that awarded the Republican nomination in the 1st Congressional District to Crystal Falls physician Dan Benishek.
MI: Genesee County elections officials say they issued wrong voting results on election night*
http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2010/08/genesee_county_elections_offic.html
GENESEE COUNTY -- County elections officials say they released incorrect voting results after Tuesday's primary election, never realizing they left out absentee ballots until early this morning.
"There's no excuse. We should know how to run our own reports," county Elections Supervisor Doreen D. Fulcher told the county Board of Canvassers today.
MI: Learning curve with new e-pollbook system causes some delays in tallying votes*
http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2010/08/learning_curve_with_new_e-poll.html
...She said some workers issued a paper ballot and forgot to hit "proceed" in the e-pollbook, causing voters' ballots to be misnumbered, which meant workers had to go back and inspect the voter applications.
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Kent County Clerk Mary Hollinrake said processing absentee and regular ballots also caused a problem. When absentee ballots were entered into the database, she said, they would override the regular ballots already there, causing county workers to backtrack.
MI: Voting machine links: The quirks of using AutoMARK *
http://www.annarbor.com/vielmetti/voting-machine-links-automark/
Once the machine recognizes the ballot, I have not had problems. The problems generally arise before the ballot is marked, where the AutoMARK system spits out the ballot as unrecognized. Most of the problems arise when the ballot stub is not detached. (Some states do not have a ballot stub, some do)
MN: Letter - Proud of recount process
http://www.echopress.com/event/article/id/77081/group/Opinion/
At this point, Norm Coleman is silent about the election; no public official is willing to own the allegation that there was widespread voter fraud.
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Minnesota Majority opposed legislation, SF 763 and HF 1053, in 2009, that would help detect and prevent felons from voting.
MN: Minnesota Forward: Target President and CEO "genuinely sorry"
http://politicalactivitylaw.com/2010/08/05/minnesota-forward-target-president-and-ceo-genuinely-sorry/
Steinhafel also said Target would set up a review process for future political donations after the company's first one created a growing political firestorm.
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