MO: Appeals court should decide next week on election dispute
http://www.missourinet.com/2010/10/07/appeals-court-should-decide-next-week-on-election-dispute/ A state appeals court will decide by October 15th whether to order a new election in a state representative race won by one vote.
MO: Court to rule on voter fraud case by Oct. 15
http://missouri.watchdog.org/4818/court-to-rule-on-voter-fraud-case-by-oct-15/
According to Day several Somali voters had been given "unlawful assistance" after not showing even a "rudimentary ability to speak English." The Somali interpreter would not speak in English with the election judge but assisted a number of voters.
MT: Top Montana official wants all-mail elections
http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/article_148892e2-d00f-11df-8ab5-001cc4c002e0.html
http://www.laurinburgexchange.com/view/full_story/9803389/article-Block-challenges-Ellison-s-voter-registration?instance=lead_story_left_column
The mayor's wife is questioning the voter registration of Laurinburg's lone councilwoman.
Desiree Block filed a challenge with the Scotland County Board of Elections on Monday alleging that Council member Joy Ellison lives outside of the city limits.
NM: Files stolen from Secretary of State whistleblower
http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S1772171.shtml?cat=504
Former Bureau of Elections Director A.J. Salazar says someone broke into his office Wednesday night and stole Secretary of State files, tax records and a smoke detector.
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Salazar says he first noticed something was amiss Wednesday night when his Blackberry phone started to show that someone had accessed his email account and was forwarding messages that he had previously sent to the FBI to an unknown recipient.
NY: State Report: 44 of 62 counties experienced voting problems on Primary Day
http://www.wktv.com/news/local/State-Report-44-of-62-counties-experienced-voting-problems-on-Primary-Day-104526604.html
NY: NY comptroller notes voting machine problems*
http://online.wsj.com/article/AP25a78874497641ca89cb4f34e514a788.html?mod=WSJ_NY_LEFTAPHeadlines
..Privacy problems in 20 counties included failure to use privacy sleeves, leaving ballots in view of poll workers, and workers standing too close as voters filled out ballots.
Ballot layouts or small print caused voter confusion in 15 counties, while 21 reported machines that malfunctioned. Those included machines that had to be changed or repaired and paper jams.
Another 11 counties said poll workers had trouble opening or closing machines, which delayed opening stations and reporting results.
NY: Onondaga Co. election problems included in report (Video available)
http://www.9wsyr.com/mostpopular/story/Onondaga-Co-election-problems-included-in-report/skfuKCkK7kiHOmCgoUv0vg.cspx The State Comptroller's report cited at least ten different problems with the new ImageCast machines in Onondaga County during the primary. One of the problems cited was a lack of privacy as voters walk over to insert their ballots into the machine.
NY: Military Voters to Receive Absentee Ballots by Email
http://www.gouverneurtimes.com/gt-north-country-news-article/18921-military-voters-to-receive-absentee-ballots-by-email.html The New York State Board of Elections, in complying with the MOVE Act (Military & Overseas Voters Empowerment), has established a new webpage to allow military and overseas voters to obtain their general election ballots by email in addition to the existing fax and mail options.
NY: Microsoft Cloud Helps Deliver Virtual Ballots to Voters Overseas
http://www.govtech.com/e-government/Microsoft-Cloud-Delivers-Virtual-Ballots-to-Voters-Overseas.html
In alignment with the new Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment (MOVE) Act passed in 2009, Democracy Live technology called LiveBallot allows voters living anywhere in the world to register for and securely access an absentee ballot online, according to Bryan Finney, executive director of Democracy Live. It's important to note that LiveBallot isn't Internet voting, Finney said, but instead a tool that enables voters to print, mail and track ballots, and find out when they're received and processed by a county election office.
OH: Elections board to seek funds to finish the year
http://www.vindy.com/news/2010/oct/06/elections-board-to-seek-funds-to-finish-/?newswatch The Trumbull County Board of Elections will ask the county commissioners this week for $74,182 to finish out the year, in part because of a settlement agreement reached in August with the company that supplied the elections board with its current touch-screen voting equipment in 2005.
SC: Voting machine lawsuit dismissed
http://www.scpronet.com/wordpress/2010/10/08/voting-machine-lawsuit-dismissed/
On Oct. 5, Federal District Judge Cameron Currie dismissed Brett Bursey's complaint against the voting machines used in South Carolina. Bursey had argued that the machines, which do not produce a paper ballot that can be recounted, violate federal statutes.
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