http://electionlawblog.org/archives/016278.html Following up on this post, don' miss Abby Thernstrom's analysis of how these rules could change the current approach to section 5.
Bill in Congress for Public Funding Now Has 156 Co-Sponsors
http://www.ballot-access.org/2010/06/26/bill-in-congress-for-public-funding-now-has-156-co-sponsors/ HR 1826, the bill in the U.S. House of Representatives to provide for public funding for congressional candidates, now has 156 co-sponsors.
Federal Register Volume 75 Issue 123Monday June 28 2010
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Antitrust Division
United States, et al. v. Election Systems & Software, Inc.;
Public Comments and Response on Proposed Final Judgment
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2010-06-28/html/2010-15368.htm
... hereby publishes below the comments received on the proposed Final Judgment in United States et al v Election Systems & Software Inc Case No 11000380JDB
International
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/africa/Election-Observer-Calls-for-Patience-during-Guinea-Vote-Counting---97275199.html Analysts say this is Guinea's first free and fair presidential vote after gaining independence from colonial power France in 1958.
Pakistan: Electronic voting machine to pave way for transparent elections:
ECP http://www.sananews.net/english/2010/06/29/electronic-voting-machine-to-pave-way-for-transparent-elections-ecp/
Philippines: Report on poll fraud: plug gaps, or nix automation
http://businessmirror.com.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27015:report-on-poll-fraud-plug-gaps-or-nix-automation&catid=23:topnews&Itemid=58
SPORADIC cheating in the country's first automated general elections last month appears to be confined to local races, the chairman of the House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms has concluded.
But these, taken with the "fitful credibility" with which technical provider Smartmatic-TIM explained crucial date-and-time stamp issues in the vote-counting machine, and the Commission on Elections' move to discard certain security features, made it necessary to revisit the country's experiment with automation--and perhaps even set it aside for the next elections if the loopholes of the May 10 exercise are not plugged.
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