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Voting News: Risk limit audits for CA? Judge halts MI voter purge. Benton TN purge contd

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"The court further finds that absentee voter fraud was not so pervasive to strike enough votes to change the election results of April 7, 2009," wrote St. Clair County Judge Randy Kelly

NY: GOP to file suit for N.Y. special(29th District)
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0410/36350.html
New York Republicans are preparing to file a lawsuit this week that would force New York Democratic Gov. David Paterson to call a special election for the seat vacated by former Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.).

PA: Marseglia objects to GOP selection of voting machine inspectors
click here
/april/26/marseglia-objects-to-gop-selection-of-voting-machine-inspectors.html
http://bit.ly/bO6Lm1

Puerto Rico: 2012 votes could be electronic(considering touchscreen voting)
http://www.prdailysun.com/index.php?page=news.article&id=1271819897
PR currently has optical scan and vote by phone for disabled

TN: Voter registration dispute ignites charges of politics*
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100426/
NEWS02/100426008/1009/NEWS02
http://bit.ly/9SjOr7 Almost one in five of Benton County's voters got a letter in February saying their voter registration was invalid, triggering events that led last week to a call for a TBI investigation and a battle in the legislature.
...
The brewing legislative battle is over a Democrat-sponsored bill, awaiting floor votes in the House and Senate this week, that declares that when a voter registration form is accepted by election officials, it cannot be declared invalid for some minor omission -- unless fraud was involved or the omission was the voter's signature.

TN: Voter purges sparking debate
GOP leaders defend reviews of records; Democrats call actions politically motivated
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/apr/26/voter-purges-sparking-debate/

TN: EDITORIAL: Election turnout sign of problem
http://www.dnj.com/article/20100425/OPINION01/4250303
That's the best way to describe the voter turnout in Murfreesboro's municipal election last Tuesday.

WA: Supreme Court takes up Wash. case involving disclosure of petition signatures
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011695584_scotus25m.html
The case could decide whether signing a petition for a ballot measure is private or whether the names of signers can be made public.

WI: Wisconsin and the Voter Fraud Agenda(John Fund)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870467
1904575193930226978178.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_sections_opinion
http://bit.ly/bf0GfQ Democrats are pushing to weaken ballot security at the state and national level. Have they forgotten the 2000 election?

WI: Modernizing Voter Registration, the Wisconsin Way (Justin Levitt)
click here
registration_the_wisconsin_way/http://bit.ly/9TB9Kr
It is, perhaps, unusually appropriate that the voter registration reform of the cycle should be introduced in a state claiming "Forward" as its official motto

WV: Registered Democrat given Republican primary election ballot*
http://www.herald-mail.com/?cmd=displaystory&story_id=244123&format=html

Citizens United

Are corporations people, too?(video also)
http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/26/are-corporations-people-too/
Can you imagine a world in which your next congressman is "sponsored" by Pepsi? Or Walmart? Or any corporation for that matter? Well, it may not be so far-fetched.

"CHAMBER VOWS TO BATTLE NEW LEGISLATION ADDRESSING COURT'S CAMPAIGN FINANCE RULING"
http://electionlawblog.org/archives/015795.html

We Need A Government That Isn't Funded By Wall Street(Robert Reich opinion)
http://www.businessinsider.com/we-need-a-government-that-isnt-funded-by-wall-street-2010-4

Schumer, Van Hollen Walking A Tightrope
http://www.nationaljournal.com/njonline/lb_20100423_6969.php Their Efforts To Roll Back The Citizens United Ruling Are Likely To Face Attack From Both Sides

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