DC Board of Elections & Ethics suspended the public examination of internet voting pilot...NY Sen Elections Committee held hearing on the recent primary. Lawrence Norden with Brennan Ctr for Justice makes recommendations...Judge won't dismiss lawsuit against Shelby County TN Election Commission - "You might want to start preparing for yet another election, Shelby County."..India police to question 3rd person over EVMs...
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The District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics has suspended the public examination of DC's internet voting pilot...NY Senate Elections Committee held a hearing on the recent primary. Lawrence Norden with Brennan Ctr for Justice makes recommendations...Judge won't dismiss lawsuit against Shelby County TN Election Commission - "You might want to start preparing for yet another election, Shelby County."..India police want to question 3rd person over voting machine "theft"...
All this and more in todays voting news below...
CA: OC Registrar of Voters Prepares Vote-by-Mail Ballotshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ur4nHvhXuxY (Youtube video of process)
CA: Ranked Choice Voting Opponents Appealing Dismissal Of Casehttp://sfappeal.com/news/2010/09/ranked-choice-voting-opponents-appealing-dismissal-of-case.php
DC: Public Examination Period Suspended (internet voting for overseas/military)
http://www.dcboee.us/dvm/ "Due to usability issues brought to our attention, we have temporarily suspended the public examination test. Thank you for your intereste and participation in improving the functionality of this pilot project."
GA: A troubling side to early votinghttp://blogs.ajc.com/georgia_elections_news/2010/09/29/a-troubling-side-to-early-voting-which-by-the-way-ends-monday/?cxntfid=blogs_georgia_elections_news
GUAM: Overseas Vote Foundation New FY budget start enabled Guam Elec Comm to buy stamps and send overseas absentee ballotshttp://ow.ly/2MPoA
MA: Town clerks say red and blue ballots confuse votersclick heresay_red_and_blue_ballots_confuse_voters/
http://tinyurl.com/2eakgzh Statewide, the top of Democratic primary ballots are red and the Republican primary ballots are blue. This has been the norm for 50 years, said Brian McNiff, spokesman for the secretary of state, who oversees Massachusetts elections.
ME: Clerk faces fine - Ross pleads "no contest' to ballot mishandling chargehttp://www.timesrecord.com/articles/2010/09/30/news/doc4ca4c0bee0c87875860437.txtThe Maine Attorney General's Office filed a complaint in West Bath District Court on March 31 alleging that on or about Feb. 2, Ross "in her capacity as town clerk in processing absentee ballots in the town of Bowdoinham election for selectman, did unfold one or more absentee ballots at the time she removed the ballots from the absentee ballot envelopes," in violation of Maine law regarding ...
MS: Clerks seek to stop write-in only electionhttp://www.sunherald.com/2010/09/27/2507662/clerks-seek-to-stop-write-in-only.html The Laurel Leader-Call reports the lawsuit was filed last week in Jasper County Circuit Court.
The only person who signed up to run for the 13th District was incumbent Judge Robert G. Evans who died of cancer in July, after the candidates' qualifying deadline..
NH: READER OPINION: Make sure vote counts, by Deborah Sumner
http://sentinelsource.com/articles/2010/10/01/opinion/letters_editor/free/id_413526.txt
NY: Testimony of Lawrence Norden before the New York State Senate Standing Committee on Electionsclick herebefore_the_new_york_state_senate_standing/
http://tinyurl.com/27dct7r
NY: REPORT FROM THE SENATE HEARINGS ON THE NYS PRIMARYhttp://www.bolipari.com/boblog/2010/10/report-from-the-senate-hearings-on-the-nys-primary/ On September 29th Senator Joseph Addabbo, chair of the Senate Elections Committee held a hearing on the recent New York State primary when new paper ballot and optical scan systems were used statewide for the first time. The hearing focused on reported problems that occurred in New York City, the largest election jurisdiction in the country with almost 4.5 million registered voters.
OH: Secretary Brunner Issues Directive Regarding Voting Rights And Foreclosures; Refers Specific Cases Of Notary Abuse To Federal Prosecutorshttp://www.progressohio.org/blog/2010/09/secretary-brunner-issues-directive-regarding-voting-rights-and-foreclosures-refers-specific-cases-of.html
TN: Judge won't dismiss lawsuit against Shelby County Election Commissionhttp://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/oct/01/judge-wont-dismiss-lawsuit-against-shelby-county-e/ You might want to start preparing for yet another election, Shelby County.
That's the message from the lead lawyer who successfully persuaded Chancellor Arnold Goldin today to rule against a Shelby County Election Commission motion to dismiss a lawsuit by local Democrats. Those candidates are alleging that widespread improprieties so taint the Aug. 5 election that some, if not all, of the results should be thrown out.
A trial is set to begin on Monday, with attorneys on both sides spending much of the weekend finishing the pretrial depositions.
TX: Local company making replacement eslate machineshttp://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=7699078
Internet Voting Watch
DC: Public Examination Period Suspended (internet voting for overseas/military)
http://www.dcboee.us/dvm/ Due to usability issues brought to our attention, we have temporarily suspended the public examination test. Thank you for your intereste and participation in improving the functionality of this pilot project.
National
Rock the Vote President Obama declared October as National Voter Registration Month. Do your part and register to vote right now:
http://bit.ly/95FGRQ
Federal Voting Assistance Program, DoD Haven't received your ballot, see what options your state has electronically by going to
www.fvap.gov . Every voter has at least one option to receive their ballot online.
Federal Voting Assistance Program, DoD Over 5,500 military ballots have come from overseas MPOs and the most going to Florida!Express mail for overseas military is working! Submit your ballot today!
http://www.fvap.gov/global/news/nr22-2010.html
Subject: Lessig Op-Ed: How the campaign finance system is eroding confidence in Congresshttp://www.fixcongressfirst.org/blog/entry/subject-lessig-op-ed-how-the-campaign-finance-system-is-eroding-confid/
International
India: EVM theft: Ex-minister seeks bailhttp://www.hindustantimes.com/EVM-theft-Ex-minister-seeks-bail/Article1-607127.aspx Fearing arrest in the theft case of an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM), a former minister of state has approached the Sessions court seeking anticipatory bail. Madhav Kinhalkar, who was minister of state for home in 1993, and his brother Satish Kinhalkar, filed an anticipatory bail plea after receiving notices from MRA Marg police station directing them to appear for questioning.
UK: Clegg's referendum on voting reform hits a snag... no one understands what he's on about http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1316591/Nick-Cleggs-voting-reform-referendum-hits-snag--understands-it.html The Electoral Commission - which is required by law to assess the question - found people with lower levels of education or literacy found it 'hard work' or completely impossible to understand.
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