Voter Opinions about Election Reform: Do They Support Making Voting More
Convenient?(CalTech Survey)http://www.vote.caltech.edu/drupal/node/336 Second, we find that Internet voting and voting-by-mail do not receive a great deal of support from American voters. There was no state where Internet voting was supported by a majority of voters and there were no states that do not already have expanded vote by mail (Washington and Oregon) where expanded vote by mail had majority support.
National
What is prison-based gerrymandering
http://www.prisonpolicy.org/#s1279512000
8 States with Online Voter Registration
http://nonprofitvote.blogspot.com/2010/07/8-states-with-online-voter-registration.html
...with a state driver's license or state id to register to vote online. They are Arizona, Washington, Kansas, Oregon, Louisiana, Colorado, Utah and Indiana.
http://www.opednews.com/articles/10-440-in-South-Carolina-by-gloria-bilchik-100717-276.html?show=votes...While some states make it fairly easy to run for federal office, many seem to be making major efforts to limit participation. 2) Much of the decision-making about filing fees and formulas for nominating petitions is left to the official Democratic and Republican parties in each state
International
India: EVM saga to enter Apex Court as the Election Commission mulls closure of EVM "enquiry"http://www.indianevm.com/blogs/?p=329 As the present chief election commissioner Navin Chawla's term draws to a close, the ECI has once again invited V.V. Rao, petitioner who filed the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Supreme Court of India in July, 2009 to demonstrate that the Indian EVMs can be tampered with.
Solomon Islands. Secretary ballot: Bought
http://www.solomonstarnews.com/viewpoint/letters-to-the-editor/7039-secretary-ballot-bought
Dear Editor - The way we vote in Solomon Islands is by secret ballot. This is to prevent bias, intimidation, and bribery.
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Ballot papers in one of the constituencies on Malaita were bought by the winning candidate.
This is for purposes of punishing and penalizing those who have not voted for that particular MP
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