http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/04/12/433487/potential-3rd-party-targets-3.html
NM: Dem Party won't share voter database with Lujà ¡n challenger
http://www.nmpolitics.net/index/2010/04/dem-party-won%E2%80%99t-share-voter-database-with-lujan-challenger/
The Democratic Party of New Mexico is denying a request from House Speaker Ben Lujà ¡n's primary challenger to access the party's voter information database, but it claims that isn't tantamount to endorsing Lujà ¡n.
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The database, called Vote Builder, is owned by the national Democratic Party
TN: Proposed Bill Would Fix Purged Voter Threat (video available)
http://www.wsmv.com/politics/23105576/detail.html
CAMDEN, Tenn. -- A Channel 4 I-Team investigation found valid voters in danger of being purged from the rolls because of minor omissions made on registration forms decades ago.
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He's (Rep. Gary Odom, D-Nashville) proposing a change to state law that says registered voters can't be purged if their form is found to be deficient years later, and it would take effect immediately.
TX: Starr County employee arrested in connection with impounded ballots *(absentee)
http://www.themonitor.com/articles/grande-37296-arrested-impounded.html
...The employee, 51-year-old Modesta Vela, allegedly failed to sign at least 10 to 20ballots she helped to prepare
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/10/AR2010041001268.html?sid=ST2010041001459 ...McDonnell (R) will require the offenders to submit an essay outlining their contributions to society since their release, turning a nearly automatic process into a subjective one that some say may prevent poor, less-educated or minority residents from being allowed to vote.
National
Comment deadline approaches for UOCAVA pilot testing requirements
The comment period for the UOCAVA Pilot Program Testing Requirements ends Thursday, April 15 at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. For more information, go here.
http://www.eac.gov/blog-postings/comment-deadline-approaches-for-uocava-pilot-testing-requirements
Supreme Court Sets Conference Date for Case on Felon Voting and Voting Rights Act
http://www.ballot-access.org/2010/04/08/supreme-court-sets-conference-date-for-case-on-felon-voting-and-voting-rights-act/ ...On April 23, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether to review Simmons v Galvin, 09-920.
Brief on the DRA published
http://www.brennancenter.org/blog/archives/brief_on_the_dra_published/
...Currently, 5.3 million American citizens are denied this right because of a criminal conviction in their past. Nearly 4 million of those who are disfranchised are out of prison, working, paying taxes, and raising families, yet they are without a political voice.
Taking Politics Private
http://nymag.com/news/politics/powergrid/65364/
...Now comes Citizens United--which allows unlimited direct spending on candidate-centric ads and other communications by corporations, unions, and nonprofits--and it appears that our politics are hurtling rapidly down the road toward near-total privatization.
International
Hong Kong: Plans for manual counting set after poll machines in HK fail
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/188244/plans-for-manual-counting-set-after-poll-machines-in-hk-fail
Hong Kong: Voting in an HK precinct stalled
http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view/20100411-263601/Voting-in-an-HK-precinct-stalled HONG KONG--Voting stalled in a precinct in Hong Kong when a Precinct Count Optical Scan machine kept rejecting a ballot at the second day of automated overseas voting here.
Hong Kong: 2 voting machines malfunction in HK (Smartmatic)
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20100412-263733/2-voting-machines-malfunction-in-HK Cold, damp weather blamed
Philippines: LP now focused on guarding votes
http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=565425&publicationSubCategoryId=63
MANILA, Philippines - Liberal Party (LP) vice presidential candidate Sen. Manuel Roxas II said the country's first electronic voting system would be "a big shot in the dark" and as such they are now focusing on protecting the votes.
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"The machine will not know whether what it's being fed is a counterfeit or a genuine ballot. They have a stop-gap remedial measure, a handheld scanner, but they can scan one ballot and enter another ballot," Roxas said. "They must think us fools."
Sri Lanka: International Observers Call for Electoral Reform in Sri Lanka
http://srilankanewsfirst.com/politics/16869.html
Sudan: Sudan polling extended by two days amid chaos, 'mistakes'
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iHepoHcEPDCh_NGIecqKpSL-f5OA
KHARTOUM -- Sudan's national election commission extended voting on Monday from three days to five after logistical problems marred the beginning of the country's first competitive elections in 24 years.
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