All this and more in today's voting news below...
AK: Democrats threaten to sue state over write-in lists
http://www.ktuu.com/news/ktuu-2010elect-democrat-write-in-lawsuit-threat-102110,0,1747796.story ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The Alaska Democratic Party says it may go to court if the state Division of Elections continues to provide the names of write-in candidates to voters at polling places.
CA: RivCo Registrar of Voters office to start 24-hour operations on Friday
http://www.swrnn.com/southwest-riverside/2010-10-21/news/rivco-registrar-of-voters-office-to-start-24-hour-operations-on-friday Registrar of Voters Barbara Dunmore has predicted about half of the votes cast will be done by mail.
CA: Misinformation from Registrar Could Disenfranchise Voters in San Diego
http://www.projectvote.org/blog/?p=1010 Until this week, the San Diego County Registrar of Voters wrongfully denied the federal voter registration form that thousands of San Diegans completed after downloading it from the California Secretary of State Web site, including CityBeat reporter and voter hopeful, Dave Maass, who contacted Project Vote director of advocacy, Estelle Rogers, after his voter application was rejected, twice.
CA: Ballot mishap*
http://www.martinezgazette.com/news/story/i1586/2010/10/21/ballot-mishap
Two Martinez voters residing on Augustine Drive alerted the Contra Costa County Elections Division this week that they received their permanent vote-by-mail ballots as usual. However, the ballots listed Walnut Creek races instead of Martinez.
CO: Larimer County clerk reveals ballot processing center's inner workings
http://www.reporterherald.com/news_story.asp?id=29875
CO: Mail-in ballots will be delivered despite postage confusion
http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20101022/NEWS03/10220345
When Larimer County voters take their ballots to the post office for mailing, they'll be charged 44 cents. Or 61 cents.
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"We took our ballot package and went to the Old Town Post Office, and it was 61 cents. When we went to Boardwalk, it was 44 cents," said Doyle, who expressed frustration about the situation.
FL: Hanging Chads II: Is Palm Beach Worthy of Suspicion or Just Incompetent?
Glitch-plagued county last in state to report returned absentee ballots
http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/story/hanging-chads-ii-palm-beach-stalls-absentee-ballots ...The reports show Bucher's office has accounted for just 14.55 percent of the domestic absentee ballots and only 10.48 percent of the military/overseas and non-Florida ballots.
That compares to a statewide average of 33.56 percent and 29.21 percent.
GA: State of Georgia Successfully Increasing Voting Opportunities for Military and Overseas Votershttp://www.theweekly.com/news/2010/October/21/Overseas_Voters.html
IL: Justice Department agreement with Illinois officials extends time to count military ballotshttp://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2010/10/justice_department_agreement_w.html
IL: Oddities With Illinois Elections
http://illinois.statehousenewsonline.com/4357/oddities-with-illinois-elections/
SPRINGFIELD Hidden within the seriousness of the election time period are some unique tidbits for Illinois voters to ruminate over.
MN: 5 charged in Clay County with felony voter fraud say they didn't know they couldn't vote http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/295798/
Five convicted felons told Clay County authorities they voted in the 2008 general election, but each also said they didn't know they weren't allowed to vote.
MN: Supreme Court hear KSTP-TV's absentee ballot case
http://www.wkbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=13367359
The Minnesota Supreme Court has agreed to hear KSTP-TV's attempt to gain access to rejected absentee ballots that were never counted in the 2008 U.S. Senate race.
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