Say precinct changes prompted confusion
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/may/22/2-claim-unfair-primary-elections/
TX: Voter fraud allegations prompt lawsuit in San Luis
http://www.yumasun.com/news/san-61191-luis-prompt.html
SAN LUIS, Ariz. -- A candidate in this city's mayoral race this year is following through with her vow to sue a one-time political ally who accused her of voter fraud in her 2006 campaign.
TX: McAllen voter fraud case finally falls apart
http://www.themonitor.com/articles/mcallen-38930-apart-voter.html
Case touted as example of "epidemic' at polls amounted to little, observers say
VA: Purcellville Files Elections Complaint
http://www.leesburg2day.com/articles/2010/05/21/news
/9718complaint052110.txt http://is.gd/cnPpU
The mayor was referring to signs placed outside the polling station advocating write-in votes for Mickey Mouse in the uncontested mayoral race May 4.
US: Benefits, risks of e-mail ballots weighed
http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=70149
An increasing number of states will offer Americans living overseas a chance to return their completed ballots over the Internet this November.
But cybersecurity experts and voter advocates contend that these well-intentioned efforts ignore the technical vulnerabilities of sending a voted ballot as an e-mail attachment, potentially subjecting this midterm contest to electronic vote rigging and hacking.
...
"The best analogy," Jefferson said, "is what would it be like if you conducted an election where people voted in absentee ballots with pencil, on a postcard which isn't even in an envelope, and it was delivered hand to hand to hand to the county. That's an analogy to how e-mail works."
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"E-mail itself isn't secure," said Susan Dzieduszycka-Suinat, president of the Overseas Vote Foundation. "It doesn't go direct from one computer to another. It has quite a few stops, and at every stop the content can be manipulated."
US: Overseas Internet Voting(LTE to NY Times by Congressman Rush Holt)
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/24/opinion/l24vote.html
...Internet voting will be less secure and secret than the hard-copy ballot return for our service personnel already provided for and paid for by the law.
US: Help for the absentee voter
http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/arkansasblog/2010/05/help
_for_the_absentee_voter.aspx http://is.gd/cnPrU
What if yourr planned trip to Europe and confines of current election law make it impossible to file an absentee ballot for the June 8 runoff?
US: US Air Force Assigns 30,000 Cyber Warriors
http://cyberarms.wordpress.com/2010/05/18/us-air-force-assigns-30000-cyber-warriors/
Kenya: Annan team urges electronic voting for Kenya
http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/Kenyanews/Annan-team-urges-electronic-voting-for-Kenya-8537.html... "And because a national infrastructure to support e-registration and e-voting is in place, evidenced especially by use of mobile telephony and a broad GSM coverage, the Commission should embark on establishing an electronic system to support e-registration and e-voting for the 2012 ...
National
PBS Audio: Ballot boxing
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/culture/audio-ballot-boxing/714/
Nearly 10 years after hanging chads and butterfly ballots decided the presidential election, the way we vote still hasn't changed. [interviews Scientist Dan Wallach, activist Marybeth Kuznik,& John O'Grady, NY City Elections Chief.]
Take Justice Off the Ballot
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/23/opinion/23oconnor.html
A better system is one that strikes a balance between lifetime appointment and partisan election by providing for the open, public nomination and appointment of judges, followed in due course by a standardized judicial performance evaluation and, finally, a yes/no vote in which citizens either approve the judge or vote him out.
International
Ethiopia: Ethiopians Vote in Election Marred by Intimidation Complaints
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-05-22/ethiopians-vote-in-election-marred-by-intimidation-complaints.html
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