'Daily Voting News' For March 12, 2009

 

The Al Franken attorneys rested their case in Minnesota today. Now there is an expected few days of closing arguments and statements and the judges begin deliberation. Meanwhile Franken has picked-up a few more votes and is now around 270 votes ahead of Norm Coleman. The whole contested election issue may come to a screeching halt when there is a decision by the court. The election contest process works on a “loser pays” system. If Coleman loses he will owe all legal costs of Team Franken and that is estimated to be between $1 and $3 Million. &&& As we expected ex-Hillsborough Co Florida election supervisor Buddy Johnson may have used taxpayer’s money in his campaign for re-election. During last years primary election he was being trashed by a local community activist. He appears to have then sent $16,000 to this activist who suddenly became one of his most vocal supporters.

 

National: Young Voters Condemn Restrictive Photo ID Laws

http://futuremajority.com/node/5431

 

National: Senate Rules Committee Testimony - Voter Registration: Assessing Current Problems

http://rules.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=CommitteeSchedule.Hearing&Hearing_ID=c33b5ae8-aee8-413e-85db-a256ce6169f6

 

National: Voting machine debate deja vu all over again

http://www.examiner.com/x-1818-Denver-Election-Reform-Examiner~y2009m3d11-Voting-machine-debate-dejavu-all-over-again

 

National: Absentee ballot woes not unique to Minnesota, survey finds

http://www.startribune.com/local/41149137.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUZ

 

FL: Press Release - New ACLU Report Highlights Florida’s Failure to Address Continued Voter Disfranchisement Problems; Provides Solutions

http://www.aclufl.org/news_events/index.cfm?action=viewRelease&emailAlertID=3713

 

FL: Hillsborough County - Buddy Johnson used taxpayer money to pay activist Michelle Patty

http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/local/article982962.ece

 

FL: Hillsborough County - Buddy Johnson's chief of staff issues critical report of Supervisor of Elections office

http://blogs.tampabay.com/breakingnews/2009/03/buddy-johnsons.html

 

FL: Elections staff was paralyzed with fear of bad publicity, top aide to Buddy Johnson aide says

http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/article983493.ece

 

MN: Franken to rest case today

Orders push Franken's lead toward the 270-vote range.

http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/41152662.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUs

 

MN: Media begins countering claim that Coleman site was hacked

http://minnesotaindependent.com/28900/media-begins-countering-claim-that-coleman-site-was-hacked

 

MN: Coleman's legal woes mount

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/19946.html

 

MN: Minnesota Sen. Coleman Deals with Donor Data Breach

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Minnesota-Senator-Coleman-Deals-With-Donor-Data-Breach/

 

MN: Franken to rest case today

Orders push Franken's lead toward the 270-vote range.

http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/41152662.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUnciaec8O7EyUsl

 

MN: Franken calling final witness in Senate trial, Coleman begins rebuttal

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/03/12/senate_trial/

 

MN: Beyond the Norm: Coleman's data leak disaster

http://weblog.infoworld.com/robertxcringely/archives/2009/03/beyond_the_norm.html

 

MN: Wikileaks fights back against Coleman campaign

http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2009/03/wikileaks_answe.php

 

MN: Franken rests

http://minnesotaindependent.com/28951/franken-rests

 

MN: Franken Legal Team Officially Rests Its Case

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/03/franken-legal-team-officially-rests-its-case.php

 

MN: Closing arguments to start in Senate trial

http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/41152662.html?elr=KArksD:aDyaEP:kD:aUt:aDyaEP:kD:aUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU

 

MN: Minnesota Closing Arguments Tomorrow How Long Until The Very End?

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/03/minnesota-closing-arguments-tomorrowhow-long-until-the-very-end.php

 

MS: Flowers: Voter ID fight will continue

http://www.desototimes.com/articles/2009/03/11/news/local/doc49b5c11157669361543939.txt

 

NY: Obama's Omnibus Appropriations Act May Save Lever Voting System

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Obama-s-Omnibus-Appropriat-by-Rady-Ananda-090311-910.html

 

OH: Editorial - Voting should be secure, as well as easy to do

http://www.advertiser-tribune.com/page/content.detail/id/513282.html?nav=5006

 

OK: Oklahoma House passage sends voter ID bill to Senate

http://newsok.com/lawmakers-send-voter-identification-measure-to-senate/article/3352513

 

SC: Georgetown County - Pawleys Island voting precincts debated

http://www.thesunnews.com/news/local/story/816596.html

 

TX: Fort Worth woman, 98, proves photo ID not always easy to get

http://www.star-telegram.com/804/story/1253127.html

 

TX: Obama defends oversight of election laws as Texas lawmakers near voter-ID bill

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/politics/national/stories/DN-obamavote_12nat.ART.State.Edition1.4aa3a0b.html

 

TX: Texas Senate committee approves voter ID bill, will face tougher test in House

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-voterid_12tex.ART.State.Edition1.4ac2bc8.html

 

TX: Voter-ID debate soon shifting to the Texas House

http://www.star-telegram.com/topstories/story/1253335.html

 

TX: GOP activists pressure House on voter ID

http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/03/gop-activists-pressure-house-o.html

 

VA: Fairfax County - Touch-Screen Failure in VA's 'Hotly Contested' Special Election Results in Republican 'Victory'

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6980

 

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