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Voting News: Why can't I vote at my ATM? South Carolina's 'discredited' voting machines

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SC: S.C. voting machines use outdated technology
http://www.independentmail.com/news/2010/jun/24/sc-voting-machines-use-outdated-technology/ The voting machines used in South Carolina are widely discredited, outdated technology and produce unverifiable results.

SC: Election Commission investigating possible case of voter fraud in Dillon*
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office_investigating_possible_case_of_voter_fraud/199768/
http://is.gd/d2Ooi(absentee ballot fraud)
DILLON -- A possible case of voter fraud has been forwarded to the Election Commission after a resident said someone fraudulently filled out an absentee ballot for her, according to Cliff Arnette with Dillon County Sheriff's Office.

TN: Election Commission begins verifying new voter registrations(Dyer County)
http://www.stategazette.com/story/1644595.html
Heathcott last week to begin the task of checking all voter registrations collected in Dyer County since the passing of a new law this spring. State legislators responsible for the bill say it is aimed to protect the rights of voters.
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"This bill says that no one in this state can question your right to vote unless you die, move, change your name, or commit a felony," said Odom in a press release issued from his office. "When you receive your voter card, no one can take it away."

"Under the bill, each county election commission in Tennessee will be required to conduct inspections of newly-submitted voter registration forms at least four times each year," reads a press release from Secretary of State Tre Hargett's office on the subject. "Two election commissioners from each county - one Republican and one Democrat - will check the forms for deficiencies."

TX: Starr county commissioner convicted on voter fraud charges
http://www.themonitor.com/articles/fraud-40148-charges-grande.html
fRIO GRANDE CITY -- Starr County Commissioner Raul "Roy" Peà ±a Jr. was sentenced Tuesday to six months' probation and a $500 fine for violating state election law during this year's Democratic primary.

The elected official pleaded "no contest" to one count of illegally returning a marked ballot and one count of improperly mailing another voter's ballot, stemming from allegations he helped stuff ballot boxes with fraudulent mail-in votes.

TX: Texas County Commissioner Pleads In Voter Fraud Case
http://www.kwtx.com/centraltexasvotes/stateheadlines/97082049.html
Pena pleaded no contest to illegally returning a marked ballot and to improperly mailing another voter's ballot.

Pena, who wasn't up for re-election in the March primary, drew scrutiny on Feb. 26 when he arrived at a Rio Grande City post office with 56 mail-in ballots

TX: In fighting voter ID's, Democrats take on tough task
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/stories/DN-voterid_24tex.ART.State.Edition1.2999123.html

TX: Lubbock County Elections office needs your input on voting locations
http://www.kcbd.com/Global/story.asp?S=12689313 When the November election comes around, voters in Lubbock County will be using super precincts.

VA: Chairwoman: State Board of Elections lacks authority
http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jun/24/SBES24-ar-229860/
The State Board of Elections is "a paper lion" that has little authority to enforce election laws.

WA: Washington State Wins Doe v Reed
U.S. Supreme Court Says, Usually, States are Free to Release Names and Addresses of Petition Signers for Public Viewing
http://www.ballot-access.org/2010/06/24/washington-state-wins-doe-v-reed/
On June 24, the U.S. Supreme Court released an opinion in Doe v Reed, holding that disclosure of the names and addresses of petition signers does not violate the U.S. Constitution.

WA: (Rick Hasen) INITIAL THOUGHTS ON DOE V. REED
http://electionlawblog.org/archives/016266.html
I have now had a chance to read the decision in Doe v. Reed. In broad brush strokes, the Court did what I predicted they would do: a broad majority voted that disclosure of the names of the signers of referendum petitions is generally constitutional, leaving open the possibility of an as-applied challenge should plaintiffs be able to prove on remand that they faced a realistic threat of harassment in this particular case if their names are disclosed.

WV: Election probe: Feds visit post office
http://www.lincolnjournalinc.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=1&sdetail=5281
"Confirming rumors that had spread throughout the county a few weeks ago, reliable sources have told The Lincoln Journal that the investigation into the May 11 Democrat primary has reached as far as the local post office.

In the days leading up to the primary, sources told The Journal that absentee ballots and/or absentee ballot applications had been found in an area postal facility."

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