'Daily Voting News' for June 18, 2009

Ellen Theisen, Dave Klein, and John Washburn

Today's news has a lot of variety, including commentaries and speculation about the Iranian election and the pending Supreme Court decision on the Voting Rights Act

National: A John Linder attempt to defund the Voting Rights Act
http://blogs.ajc.com/political-insider-jim-galloway/2009/06/17/a-john-linder-attempt-to-de-fund-the-voting-rights-act/

National: Senator Leahy: “Striking Down the Voting Rights Act Would be Conservative Activism Pure And Simple”
http://theusconstitution.org/blog.history/?p=881

National: Senators Warn Court Against 'Activism' on Voting Rights Law
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/06/17/senators_warn_court_against_ac.html?wprss=44

National: Wyle Laboratories, Inc - Draft Test Plan Documents for Unisyn OpenElect Voting System (Release 1.0)
http://www.eac.gov/program-areas/voting-systems/voting-system-certification/wyle-laboratories-inc-test-plan-documents-for-unisyn-openelect-voting-system-release-1-0

CA: Head of CA GOP Voter Registration Firm Pleads Guilty to Voter Registration Fraud
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7237

CA: Two nearly identical proposed initiatives to require photo voter ID, and other election-related matters.
http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ccrov/pdf/2009/june/09095km.pdf http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ccrov/pdf/2009/june/09094km.pdf

CA: Death by a thousand cuts: California legislators take aim at state’s initiative process
http://calcatholic.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?id=a2b5cf44-96ba-42f1-aa21-2e731d1e138b

CA: California Constitution Initiative Constitutional Amendment
http://internetalley.blogspot.com/2009/06/final-text-article-37.html

CA: Community Still Missing the Boat on Voter Registration
http://news.lavenderliberal.com/2009/06/17/fred-karger-community-still-missing-the-boat-on-voter-registration/

FL: Fla. justices strike signature revocation law
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1102216.html

KS: Voter fraud claims tough to prove
http://www.saljournal.com/news/story/voter-fraud-6-17-09

MA: Recount leaves Mendon election results the same
http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/x1415147091/Recount-leaves-Mendon-election-results-the-same
("Town Clerk Margaret Bonderenko said the machines were acting strangely that day, but did not think a recount would make a big difference in the results." - Diebold optical scan)

MD: Chevy Chase considers allowing legal aliens to vote in elections
http://www.gazette.net/stories/06172009/kensnew194444_32529.shtml

OH: Election settlement troubling
http://www.ohio.com/news/break_news/48294232.html

PA: EDITORIAL: Black Panther double standards
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/18/black-panther-double-standards/

WA: Reed's claim of full compliance contradicted by flawed voter database
http://www.libertylive.org/blog_main/post.php?post_id=1467

Iran: Iran election turnouts exceeded 100% in 30 towns, website reports
http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/2009/jun/17/iran-election-rigging

Iran: Iran body to hear vote complaints
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/06/200961894741378976.html
(Good videos.)

Iran: Are You Ready for War with a Demonized Iran?
http://www.counterpunch.org/roberts06162009.html

Iran: Iran accuses U.S. of role in election crisis
http://www.sfexaminer.com/world/48296957.html
(No Iranian official is quoted as accusing the U.S. in this article.) 

Iran: Robert Fisk: Secret letter 'proves Mousavi won poll'
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-secret-letter-proves-mousavi-won-poll-1707896.html

Iran: Unconvincing (to me) Use of Benford's Law to Demonstrate Election Fraud in Iran
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/06/unconvincing-to-me-use-of-benfords-law.html

Iran: What Do We Really Know About Iran’s Election?
http://themoderatevoice.com/35887/what-do-we-really-know-about-irans-election/

Philippines: Poll automation can fail due to human factors
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/infotech/view/20090618-211193/Poll-automation-can-fail-due-to-human-factors

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Ellen Theisen (ellen@votersunite.org), Director and Managing Editor
Dave Klein (Klein.David@VotersUnite.org), Editor
John Washburn (Washburn.John@VotersUnite.org), Editor

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