From John Gideon: t appears that there may be some good news coming from Florida. The State House Majority Leader has said that the regressive voter suppression bill will be totally rewritten to remove almost all of the provisions that had any controversy. This change in tone is the result a lot of hard work on the part of advocacy groups. Clearly they made it so uncomfortable for the majority party that the party had no choice but to back-off of their really bad bill. Congratulations on a great job go to all of the advocacy groups and advocates who worked long hours to kill this bill. Of course we now have to see what the changed bill will look like. Fingers crossed here.
Featured - FL: House poised to gut controversial election bill http://blogs.tampabay.com/buzz/2009/04/house-poised-to-gut-controversial-election-bill.html AZ: Goddard says Pima County recount affirms '06 result http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2009/04/23/20090423recount0423.html FL: Opinion - Partisan tactics produce harm for Florida voters http://www.beacononlinenews.com/opinions/opinion_commentary.php MN: Election reform bills quietly advancing that would let Minnesota 'catch up' with much of nation http://www.minnpost.com/stories/2009/04/23/8285/election_reform_bills_quietly_advancing_that_would_let_minnesota_catch_up_with_much_of_nation NY: New York Sets its Sights on EDR http://www.demos.org/blog.cfm?currentID=CFABA2FF-3FF4-6C82-5ED41ECC995F625C OH: Brunner offers election reforms http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/04/22/brunner_recommends.html?sid=101 OH: Brunner proposes end to most special elections http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2009/04/22/brunner_proposes_end_to_most_s.html OH: Secretary of state Jennifer Brunner offers recommendations for improving elections http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1240475586234500.xml&coll=2 OH: Brunner includes proposals by GOP Ohio election reforms to include early voting http://www.ohio.com/news/43514077.html TN: House Kills Bill to Require ID to Vote http://www.myfoxmemphis.com/dpp/news/042209_House_Kills_Bill_to_Require_ID_to_Vote TX: Judges to hear Texas Democrats' e-voting suit against Dallas County http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-demsuit_23met.ART.Central.Edition1.4a7b737.html Ireland: Electronic voting system to be scrapped http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0423/evoting.html Ireland: Electronic voting to be scrapped http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0423/breaking37.htm Ireland: Opposition condemns e-voting 'shambles' http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0423/breaking51.htm **Articles and commentary included in "Daily Voting News" may not all reflect the opinions of VotersUnite.Org or its allied organizations. The articles are all included for the information of the subscribers of "Daily Voting News" though we realize that the subscribers may not agree with the opinions given in all articles or in the commentary** ******************************************************************* If you receive Daily Voting News directly from John Gideon and VotersUnite and wish to unsubscribe, please send an email to [email protected] requesting that you be removed from circulation. If you get the email forwarded from someone else you must contact them to be unsubscribed. ******************************************************************* -- John Gideon Co-Executive Director VotersUnite.Org www.votersunite.org "To encourage citizen ownership of transparent, participatory democracy." The Creekside Declaration March 22, 2008 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Mark Crispin Miller's "News From Underground" newsgroup. To unsubscribe, send a blank email to [email protected] OR go to http://groups.google.com/group/newsfromunderground and click on the "Unsubscribe or change membership" link in the yellow bar at the top of the page, then click the "Unsubscribe" button on the next page. For more News From Underground, visit http://markcrispinmiller.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
