MI: Michigan absentee voters can track ballots online
http://www.detnews.com/article/20100719/METRO/7190389/1361/Michigan-absentee-voters-can-track-ballots-online
MN: Nick Coleman: Felons flipped an election?Unbelievable. http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentary/98635764.html Many people misunderstand the felon issue, which is being distorted by those who are flogging it for political purposes. A person convicted of a felony is not permanently barred from the voting booth. As soon as he is released from parole or probation, his citizenship rights are fully restored.
NC: Should challengers pay for their runoff elections?
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/07/17/1567459/should-challengers-pay-for-their.html
Now here's an interesting finding that will delight those who like a lot
of elections and those who want to save taxpayers a few bucks: According
to a new poll by Public Policy Polling, N.C. voters want to preserve
runoff elections, but they say taxpayers ought not to pay. Candidates
should underwrite the cost of runoffs.
NC: Public Policy Polling North Carolina Miscellany Poll
http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/PPP_Release_NC_708.pdf
NC: Pamlico elections board beginning to get help
http://www.newbernsj.com/news/elections-89086-state-board.html
A state elections seminar brought 260 county elections officials to New Bern Thursday and began solving a more local problem for the Pamlico County Board of Elections.
...
Officials from across the state met through noon Friday for a seminar jointly hosted by the N.C. State Board of Elections and the UNC School of Government to look at election history, law and technology.
NC: Elections investigation continues
http://www.newbernsj.com/news/elections-89052-north-board.html
The North Carolina State Board of Elections "is going to look at any unfinished business" in campaign reporting by Gov. Bev Perdue and other 2008 candidates for governor, its director said Friday in New Bern
NM: Ballot secrecy compromised in NM, other states(is that correct? See law)
http://www.wtop.com/?nid=213&sid=2004189
In precincts where only one or a handful of voters participated, it's possible to identify voters and determine who they supported by cross-checking public records _ a roster of voters who cast ballots in a precinct and the precinct-by-precinct results.
NM: 1-12-70. Reporting of vote totals by precinct; voting data maintained by
precinct.http://www.sos.state.nm.us/pdf/ElectionLaws2009.pdf(warning big file)
B. The county clerk shall maintain voting data by precinct that includes the number of voters who voted early in-person, absentee by mail and on election day and the number of voters who voted using each type of voting system. The county clerk shall report this data to the secretary of state within sixty days following the election, and to no other person. The secretary of state shall then combine the data within a precinct to the extent necessary to protect the secrecy of each voter's ballot in accordance with rules issued by the secretary of state before the data as processed
becomes a public record. History: Laws 2007, ch. 336, 1.
NY: NY1 Online: New Voting Machine Opponents Sound Off(video)
http://manhattan.ny1.com/content/news_beats/politics/121822/ny1-online--new-voting-machine-opponents-sound-off/ Opponents of the state's new election machines discuss their concerns in a panel featuring Citizens Union's Dick Dadey, Councilwoman Gale Brewer, and two of the people suing the Board of Elections, Monifa Bandele from the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation and Larry Norden of NYU's Brennan Center for Justice.
TN: In Brief: Woman, 69, held in voter fraud
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/jul/16/in-brief-woman-held-in-voter-fraud/
"From what I understand, what happened was she did some early voting and apparently there was a glitch and she didn't think her vote registered. She went to another voting place.
TN: Family calls voter fraud charges against Bartlett woman "ludicrous"
http://www.wmctv.com/global/story.asp?s=12822060
The DA's office offered no details about why it took four years to indict Enochs or the possible penalties.
...
He said his mother is too upset to talk about the charges and may never vote again.
TN: Half Ballots Often Cast During Early Voting
http://www.wreg.com/news/wreg-satellite-locations-story,0,2332051.story
TX: NAACP looks at runoff election(Galveston County)
http://www.galvnews.com/story/163518 David Miller, president of the Galveston chapter of the NAACP, said voters who were registered to vote in District 1 were given District 2 ballots, and some voters were told the polls were closed or the elections already had been won.
WI: Democratic voters in Wis. primary could be trouble
http://www.wsaw.com/news/headlines/98664224.html
Democratic voters in Wisconsin wanting to cause mischief for Republicans have some tantalizing possibilities to cross over and cast ballots in the upcoming primary.
WV: Legislators believe election efforts dead
http://www.journal-news.net/page/content.detail/id/540491.html?nav=5006
WV: "W.VA. LEGISLATURE FAILED TO TAKE ACTION BUT 2010 SENATE RACE STILL LIKELY"http://electionlawblog.org/archives/016464.html
http://www.detnews.com/article/20100719/METRO/7190389/1361/Michigan-absentee-voters-can-track-ballots-online
MN: Nick Coleman: Felons flipped an election?Unbelievable. http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentary/98635764.html Many people misunderstand the felon issue, which is being distorted by those who are flogging it for political purposes. A person convicted of a felony is not permanently barred from the voting booth. As soon as he is released from parole or probation, his citizenship rights are fully restored.
NC: Should challengers pay for their runoff elections?
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/07/17/1567459/should-challengers-pay-for-their.html
Now here's an interesting finding that will delight those who like a lot
of elections and those who want to save taxpayers a few bucks: According
to a new poll by Public Policy Polling, N.C. voters want to preserve
runoff elections, but they say taxpayers ought not to pay. Candidates
should underwrite the cost of runoffs.
NC: Public Policy Polling North Carolina Miscellany Poll
http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/PPP_Release_NC_708.pdf
http://www.newbernsj.com/news/elections-89086-state-board.html
A state elections seminar brought 260 county elections officials to New Bern Thursday and began solving a more local problem for the Pamlico County Board of Elections.
...
Officials from across the state met through noon Friday for a seminar jointly hosted by the N.C. State Board of Elections and the UNC School of Government to look at election history, law and technology.
NC: Elections investigation continues
http://www.newbernsj.com/news/elections-89052-north-board.html
The North Carolina State Board of Elections "is going to look at any unfinished business" in campaign reporting by Gov. Bev Perdue and other 2008 candidates for governor, its director said Friday in New Bern
NM: Ballot secrecy compromised in NM, other states(is that correct? See law)
http://www.wtop.com/?nid=213&sid=2004189
In precincts where only one or a handful of voters participated, it's possible to identify voters and determine who they supported by cross-checking public records _ a roster of voters who cast ballots in a precinct and the precinct-by-precinct results.
NM: 1-12-70. Reporting of vote totals by precinct; voting data maintained by
precinct.http://www.sos.state.nm.us/pdf/ElectionLaws2009.pdf(warning big file)
B. The county clerk shall maintain voting data by precinct that includes the number of voters who voted early in-person, absentee by mail and on election day and the number of voters who voted using each type of voting system. The county clerk shall report this data to the secretary of state within sixty days following the election, and to no other person. The secretary of state shall then combine the data within a precinct to the extent necessary to protect the secrecy of each voter's ballot in accordance with rules issued by the secretary of state before the data as processed
becomes a public record. History: Laws 2007, ch. 336, 1.
NY: NY1 Online: New Voting Machine Opponents Sound Off(video)
http://manhattan.ny1.com/content/news_beats/politics/121822/ny1-online--new-voting-machine-opponents-sound-off/ Opponents of the state's new election machines discuss their concerns in a panel featuring Citizens Union's Dick Dadey, Councilwoman Gale Brewer, and two of the people suing the Board of Elections, Monifa Bandele from the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation and Larry Norden of NYU's Brennan Center for Justice.
TN: In Brief: Woman, 69, held in voter fraud
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/jul/16/in-brief-woman-held-in-voter-fraud/
"From what I understand, what happened was she did some early voting and apparently there was a glitch and she didn't think her vote registered. She went to another voting place.
TN: Family calls voter fraud charges against Bartlett woman "ludicrous"
http://www.wmctv.com/global/story.asp?s=12822060
The DA's office offered no details about why it took four years to indict Enochs or the possible penalties.
...
He said his mother is too upset to talk about the charges and may never vote again.
TN: Half Ballots Often Cast During Early Voting
http://www.wreg.com/news/wreg-satellite-locations-story,0,2332051.story
TX: NAACP looks at runoff election(Galveston County)
http://www.galvnews.com/story/163518 David Miller, president of the Galveston chapter of the NAACP, said voters who were registered to vote in District 1 were given District 2 ballots, and some voters were told the polls were closed or the elections already had been won.
WI: Democratic voters in Wis. primary could be trouble
http://www.wsaw.com/news/headlines/98664224.html
Democratic voters in Wisconsin wanting to cause mischief for Republicans have some tantalizing possibilities to cross over and cast ballots in the upcoming primary.
WV: Legislators believe election efforts dead
http://www.journal-news.net/page/content.detail/id/540491.html?nav=5006
WV: "W.VA. LEGISLATURE FAILED TO TAKE ACTION BUT 2010 SENATE RACE STILL LIKELY"http://electionlawblog.org/archives/016464.html
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