by Ellen Theisen, Dave Klein and John Washburn Smartmatic, the company, is under fire in the Philippines.
"Why did Florida have high "invalid votes" in 2008? An important new report from Florida Fair Elections Center (FFEC) finds that certain optical scan voting systems contributed significantly to Florida's high invalid vote rate in the 2008 election, while other optical scan systems did not. Invalid votes, which are the combination of overvotes, undervotes and invalid write-in votes, were expected to drop with the statewide use of paper ballot optical scan voting systems. Instead, they increased." Thus begins the press release for today's featured item....
Featured: Examining Florida's High Invalid Vote Rate in the 2008 General Election LINK Press Release: Florida Fair Elections Center Announces Flawed voting systems led to lost Florida votes in 2008 LINK National: When Voters Move LINK Press Release: Detailed Reports Offer Guidelines for Permanent Voter Registration LINK National: Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2009 TIMELINE LINK National: UU secretaries of state stress importance of voting LINK National: NAMUDNO v Holder – The Opinion of the Court LINK National: Quelle Surprise! The Unexpected Ruling that Saves Section 5 LINK National: Initial Thoughts on NAMUDNO: Chief Justice Roberts Blinked LINK National: Early News and Commentary on NAMUDNO LINK National: Supreme Court Rules On Voting Rights Act LINK (Check out the audio) National: Get Ready for "Voter Registration Modernization" (or "VRM") LINK IL: RI mayoral recount officially finished LINK MN: KSTP wants to see the rejected absentee ballots and I get all weird and philosophical LINK NH: Supreme Court Decision May "Bail Out" New Hampshire Towns LINK OH: Darnell Nash held on $10,000 bond in voter fraud case LINK OR: Online voter registration passes Senate LINK OR: Coming soon to Oregon: Online voter registration! LINK PA: Civil Rights Commission asks why Obama Justice Dept. let thugs get away with menacing white voters LINK TX: Bay Area Houston: Leo Vasquez releases emails. LINK WI: What if your polling place was just a double-click away? LINK Afghanistan: Afghan Election Commission launches mobile voter registration Afghan Election Commission launches mobile voter registration Iran: Iran Will Not Annul Election Results LINK Iran: The Iranian Election and the Revolution Test Why Voter Outrage was a Bust LINK Philippines: After Briefing, Senators Mixed On Poll Automation LINK Philippines: Comelec cautioned vs signing automation deal LINK UK: Poms should be Aussies to vote: Melham LINK Published by VotersUnite.Org
Ellen Theisen, Director and Managing Editor
Dave Klein, Editor
John Washburn, Editor
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