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
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.
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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)
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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
National
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