'Daily Voting News' For September 14 and 15, 2008

 

Last Friday a group of volunteers for a non-partisan veteran’s organization went to a Veterans Administration facility in San Francisco to meet with veterans and to provide them with an opportunity to register to vote. Just a couple weeks ago the Department of Veterans Affairs relented under pressure from state and national election officials, veteran’s advocacy groups, and legislators and agreed to allow non-partisan voter registration drives in their facilities. Contrary to assurances from the DVA the volunteers were stopped and told that for them to meet with residents they would have to go through a back-ground check to ensure they were, in fact, non-partisan and each visitor would have to submit to tuberculosis screening, a process that requires two medical appointments. A federal judge has already found that the DVA cannot impose special limitations on visitors simply based on their message. The DVA, at least in San Francisco, has decided to ignore the court and impose those special limitations.

 

National: Exclusive: Dept. Of Veterans Affairs Continues To Violate Law, Block Voter Registration Drives for Wounded Warriors

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6389

 

National: Will Americans Be Able to Trust the Vote Count in 2008? And, What Can We Do to Protect the Integrity of Elections?

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Election-Theft-for-2008-Al-by-Kevin-Zeese-080915-186.html

 

National: Victory in the Voting Rights Battle

http://www.aei.org/publications/filter.all,pubID.28620/pub_detail.asp

 

National: Electronic voter-registration databases put to the test

http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080915/NEWS19/809150342/1232

 

National: American Statistical Association Endorses Statistical Principles of ElectionAudits.org's Post-Election Audits Document

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/09/prweb1329704.htm

 

National: ATMs as voting machines: An idea whose time hasn't come

As 2000's contentious election fades, so has the call to vote via ATM

http://www.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/atm-voting-machines-1273.php

 

National: How To Steal An Election

http://www.opednews.com/articles/How-To-Steal-An-Election-by-Brian-Lynch-080914-382.html

 

National: Election Process Made Easier for Military and Overseas Voters With the Launch of New Ballot Tool

http://www.pewcenteronthestates.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=44136

 

National: Voting Groups Release Guidelines for E-voting Checks

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/151096/voting_groups_release_guidelines_for_evoting_checks.html

 

AZ: It’s The Ballot Count, Stupid! Florida Déjà Vu in Arizona

http://www.vadimuspost.com/it%E2%80%99s-the-ballot-count-stupid/

 

AZ: Pima County - Pima primary vote certified, despite activists' complaints

http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/257363

 

AZ: Pima County - Calls for Removal of Election Director After Arrest of Tucson, AZ Election Integrity Advocate

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6388

 

CO: Mesa County ballot lengthy; mail-in requests up

http://www.gjsentinel.com/hp/content/news/stories/2008/09/13/091408_3A_ballot_costs.html

 

FL: Haitian Advocate Cries Foul On Voter ID Law

http://www.caribbeanworldnews.com/middle_top_news_detail.php?mid=1417

 

FL: Palm Beach County says it's accounted for all but 12 missing ballots

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2008/09/15/0915recount.html

 

HI: Tests Ensure Voting System Ready For Primary

Independent Observers Help Test System

http://www.kitv.com/news/17469591/detail.html

 

IN: Delaware County – Opinion - Ball State might not be best site for satellite voting center

http://www.thestarpress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080914/OPINION/809140322

 

MI: Bad voter applications found

Clerks see fraudulent, duplicate forms from group

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080914/NEWS03/809140383

 

NY: Local elections officials move cautiously toward new voting process

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20080914/OPINION02/809140346/1039/OPINION

 

OH: Franklin County - Vote absentee to avoid long lines, county says

http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/09/14/absentee.ART_ART_09-14-08_B1_27BAN57.html?sid=101

 

TN: Surge in voter registrations in full swing in Sullivan County

http://www.timesnews.net/article.php?id=9008126

 

WI: McCain's mailer creates controversy

http://www.madison.com/wsj/topstories/304740

 

WI: Editorial - Quest for zero voter fraud threatens legitimate ballots

http://www.tomahjournal.com/articles/2008/09/15/opinion/01edvoting.txt

 

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