Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
In a press release Project Vote announced the release of a new report, "Representational Bias in the 2006 Electorate". The report finds a continuing problem with the U.S. electorate: those who are registered and vote are not representative of the overall U.S. population eligible to vote. The proportion of the U.S. population that registers to vote and that does vote is highly skewed towards Whites, the educated and the wealthy. Furthermore, young eligible Americans, particularly young minority males, and those who have recently moved, are disproportionately represented among those who do not participate in the U.S. electorate."This review of the survey data strongly points to the need for civic organizations and government officials (at all levels of government) to continue to expand access to voter registration," says Hess. "For their part, governments should view bias in the electorate as a call to embrace voter registration as an affirmative responsibility through better implementation of laws relating to the registration of young, low-income and minority voters." ...
NAtional: Media Release - Fewer Than Half of Eligible Minority and Low-Income Americans Voted in 2006, New Project Vote Report Shows LINK
NAtional: Lynn Landes on "VoteRescue Radio - Where Citizens Count, One Vote at a Time" LINK
NAtional: Conyers Has More Questions For DOJ's Tanner LINK
NAtional: Conyers Issues Statement on News Reports Questioning DoJ's 2004 Presidential Election 'Investigation' in Ohio LINK
NAtional: Hackers could skew US elections LINK
NAtional: DoJ's John 'Minorities Die First' Tanner to Testify to House Judiciary Sub-Committee, as Washington Post Picks up BRAD BLOG Story on His Recent Controversial Comments LINK
NAtional: Failing the Grade: Young People Face Strong Barriers at the Polls LINK
AL: Birmingham - Cooper cites U.S. voting law
Letter will urge election officials to count provisional ballots LINK
CA: Secretary of State's Office to Hold Public Hearing to Determine Whether Vendor Sold Unauthorized Voting Machines to California Counties LINK
CA: E-Vote: Vendor May Have Sold Unauthorized Voting Machines to California Counties LINK
CA: Governor turns down right-to-vote bills LINK
CA: Solano County - Solano to learn status of 160 voting machines LINK
IA: Des Moines - City's Primary Cost Prompts Questions LINK
IN: Marion Co. voting machines tested and ready LINK
IN: Marion County - Indy Voting Machines Pass Early Election Test LINK
LA: Voters swarming to cast early ballots
Officials impressed by the turnout LINK
NY: Nassau County - Opinion - A Total Waste of Money LINK
OH: Bush's Legacy on Voting Rights: A Story from Ohio LINK
PA: Northampton Co. to use lever voting machines in Nov. 6 election LINK
WA: Clark County - Visionary Voting Method LINK
Switzerland: Quantum cryptography to secure ballots in Swiss election
Advanced form of cryptography uses photons to exchange encryption keys LINK
Switzerland: Swiss Votes to Use 'Unbreakable' Code LINK
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