"Daily Voting News" from Ellen Theisen:
Congratulations to the Florida activists who succeeded in killing a really bad bill! The debate on the Voting Rights Act and photo ID continues. Happy Cinco de Mayo. NAtional: Voting Rights Milestone <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124148307816785543.html>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124148307816785543.html NAtional: Next Phase of Election Reform: Start With Facts <http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_125/guest/34584-1.html>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_125/guest/34584-1.html NAtional: US Supreme Court hears challenge to Voting Rights Act <http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/may2009/supr-m02.shtml>http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/may2009/supr-m02.shtml CA: Grand jury faults Santa Paula election glitch <http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2009/apr/28/grand-jury-critical-of-santa-paula-election/>http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2009/apr/28/grand-jury-critical-of-santa-paula-election/ CA: County Registrar releases 2008 Post-Election Report; voter participation highest in 40 years <http://westranchbeacon.com/blog/?p=11842>http://westranchbeacon.com/blog/?p=11842 Full report and maps are here: <http://www.lavote.net/VOTER/Post_Election_Reports_District_Maps.cfm>http://www.lavote.net/VOTER/Post_Election_Reports_District_Maps.cfm FL: Double-dipping law could snare Florida's secretary of state <http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1032404.html>http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1032404.html FL: It's official. We WON. IT'S OVER! <http://www.opednews.com/articles/It-s-official-We-WON-IT-by-Kindra-Muntz-090504-48.html>http://www.opednews.com/articles/It-s-official-We-WON-IT-by-Kindra-Muntz-090504-48.html GA: Georgia SoS to "Validate" Own Electoral Bid for Governor <http://electiondefensealliance.org/Unverifiable_Georgia>http://electiondefensealliance.org/Unverifiable_Georgia MO: Voter ID necessary for fair elections <http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2009/05/05/voter-id-necessary-fair-elections/>http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2009/05/05/voter-id-necessary-fair-elections/ MO: Mistaken Identity <http://www.firedupmissouri.com/content/photo-id-?-voter-id>http://www.firedupmissouri.com/content/photo-id-%3F-voter-id MS: Voters show up at wrong polls <http://www.sunherald.com/newsupdates/story/1323526.html>http://www.sunherald.com/newsupdates/story/1323526.html MS: City to use touch-screen machines in municipal election <http://gwcommonwealth.com/articles/2009/05/04/news/top_stories/05042009news02.txt>http://gwcommonwealth.com/articles/2009/05/04/news/top_stories/05042009news02.txt NY: Lever Replacement Costs: New York City Case Study <http://www.votersunite.org/info/LeverToOpScanCost_NYC.pdf>http://www.votersunite.org/info/LeverToOpScanCost_NYC.pdf NY: Essex County Votes on Voting Machines <http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=10297449%20>http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=10297449%20 NY: Essex County Rejects Mandated Electronic Voting <http://www.northcountrygazette.org/2009/05/04/essex_rejects/>http://www.northcountrygazette.org/2009/05/04/essex_rejects/ NY: Essex County Defies State Lever Mandate <http://www.wptz.com/news/19367731/detail.html>http://www.wptz.com/news/19367731/detail.html NV: ACORN voter registration drive nets charges <http://www.lvrj.com/news/breaking_news/44307912.html>http://www.lvrj.com/news/breaking_news/44307912.html OH: Diebold agrees to pay $25 million penalty to settle civil charges tied to SEC probe <http://blog.taragana.com/n/diebold-agrees-to-pay-25-million-penalty-to-settle-civil-charges-tied-to-sec-probe-52028/>http://blog.taragana.com/n/diebold-agrees-to-pay-25-million-penalty-to-settle-civil-charges-tied-to-sec-probe-52028/ TX: Less Than 30 Days to the End of the 81st Texas Legislative Session <http://www.texasinsider.org/?p=8589>http://www.texasinsider.org/?p=8589 TX: House chair says members “don’t have gun” to heads on voter ID proposal <http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/politics/entries/2009/05/05/house_chair_says_members_dont.html>http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/politics/entries/2009/05/05/house_chair_says_members_dont.html TX: Photo ID Laws Do Not Reduce Voter Turnout <http://www.heritage.org/Research/LegalIssues/tst050509b.cfm>http://www.heritage.org/Research/LegalIssues/tst050509b.cfm Estonia: Lonely hamburger' to tempt Estonians in e-voting test <http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hGWqN9dZFSj2Vgarv4KkH6psv2Gw>http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hGWqN9dZFSj2Vgarv4KkH6psv2Gw Ghana: Students Invent Electronic Voting <http://www.modernghana.com/news/214521/1/students-invent-electronic-voting.html>http://www.modernghana.com/news/214521/1/students-invent-electronic-voting.html India: EVM’s Have Been Stolen from Budgam: PDP <http://www.kashmirobserver.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1448:evms-have-been-stolen-from-budgam-pdp&catid=2:local-news&Itemid=3>http://www.kashmirobserver.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1448:evms-have-been-stolen-from-budgam-pdp&catid=2:local-news&Itemid=3 Philippines: Only four poll automation bidders left <http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20090505-203302/Only-four-poll-automation-bidders-left>http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20090505-203302/Only-four-poll-automation-bidders-left Philippines: Chiz blasts Comelec for bending rules again <http://www.senate.gov.ph/press_release/2009/0505_escudero2.asp>http://www.senate.gov.ph/press_release/2009/0505_escudero2.asp Published by VotersUnite.Org Ellen Theisen (<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]), Director and Managing Editor Dave Klein (<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]), Editor John Washburn (<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]), Editor Daily Voting News was founded on February 6, 2004 by John Gideon (1947-2009). 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