Article: 'Daily Voting News' For May 23, 2007

Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org In an AP article we learn "Against his doctor's advice, a stooped and feeble Sen. Mario Gallegos arrives at the state Capitol each day, just to make sure the Senate does not take up a bill that would require voters to produce ID at the polls. And when the rigors of the job start to wear on the Houston Democrat, whose body is rejecting a liver transplanted four months ago, he retires to a hospital-style bed - donated by a Republican colleague - in a room next to the Senate chamber. From there, he can be summoned at a moment's notice should his vote be needed. In a life-and-death drama playing out under the Capitol dome, Gallegos is putting his health at risk to block a measure that he and others say could prevent many minorities and the elderly from taking part in elections in Texas." I've mentioned Senator Gallegos here a couple of times now. Texas law requires that two-thirds of the State Senators must agree before a bill can come to the floor for debate. The Democrats have just enough members to block the bill. The bill now appears to be in trouble because the bill must come to the floor by midnight tonight in order to be considered. Senator Gallegos is a true hero....

NAtional: Local officials take on voting rights groups LINK

NAtional: E-Voting Threatens Election Integrity LINK

NAtional: Ensure fair elections LINK

CA: San Diego County - Voting Groups Want Former Diebold Saleswoman Ousted from San Diego Elections Job LINK

CA: San Diego County - Protesters criticize county elections hirings LINK

CA: San Diego County - Protesters cry foul over election hires LINK

CA: Siskiyou County - Clerk's Column LINK

FL: Optical Scan Vote Machines To Be Budgeted By Pasco County LINK

IN: St. Joseph County - Can Democracy Be Downsized? LINK

KY: Jefferson County - Precinct has trouble transmitting results LINK

PA: Luzerne County - Candidates asked to seek credit for write-in votes LINK

TX: Op-Ed - Why right to vote, without an ID, is worth fighting for This lawmaker counts his grandmother among reasons LINK

TX: Senate rules stall bills for voter ID, primary's new date LINK

TX: Texas lawmaker risks health for voter-ID bill LINK

TX: Voter ID, early primaries likely doomed LINK

UT: Voting-machine bill worries Utahns LINK

UT: Voting machines: Already junk? LINK

UT: County officials stand behind voting machines LINK

Ireland: Result may take days as Ireland votes with a 'stupid old pencil' LINK

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