[DVN] - 'Daily Voting News' For May 19, 2009

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NEWS IS FIRST BOTH VOTERS UNITE AND FROM PROJECT VOTE.

FIRST, FROM WWW.VOTERSUNITE.ORG:

The 15-week NJ trial challenging the use e-voting machines concluded today; a ruling is expected by the end of the year. Low turnout in today's CA and PA elections. CO and IN are making good use of the Internet for voters, unlike the IL legislature. More NY counties resist the move from levers to optical scanners. Last, but not least, RI joins the photo voter ID debate.

CA: Light voter turnout predicted today
http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=12006


CA: Election Officals Cut Polling Locations
http://www.kpbs.org/news/2009/may/19/election-officals-cut-polling-locations/

CO: Online voter registration could save big
http://www.thedenverdailynews.com/article.php?aID=4271

IL: Internet Voting Commission Act passed in House and on May 15 in Senate.
http://www.ballot-integrity.org/new.htm

IN: New law allows residents online voter registration
http://www.purdueexponent.com/?module=article&story_id=16640

NJ: Trial Ends in Challenge by Rutgers Law School’s Constitutional Litigation Clinic to Insecure Electronic Voting Machines
http://news.rutgers.edu/medrel/news-releases/2009/05/trial-ends-in-challe-20090519

NY: Overhaul of Election System Is Urged
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/18/overhaul-of-election-system-is-urged/


NY: Three more New York counties urge state to keep lever voting system
http://www.empirestatenews.net/News/20090519-3.html

NY: Opposition Mounts To Voting Technology Switch
http://www.ccscoop.com/news/09may/16-vote/vote.html

OH: Starn still leads in judge race
http://www.thecourier.com/articleredirector.asp?d=051909_story1&c=n
(Recount scheduled)

PA: Pennsylvania primaries open with slow polls across Lehigh Valley
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/elections/index.ssf/2009/05/pennsylvania_primaries_open_wi.html


PA: Key election, but turnout could be light
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/homepage/20090518_Key_people_to_be_elected__but_turnout_tomorrow_looks_to_be_light.html

PA: 3000 names grace various ballots at polling places in Allegheny County
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_625729.html

RI: Lawmakers take up Voter ID bill
http://www.wpri.com/dpp/news/local_news/local_ap_providence_rhode_island_lawmakers_to_take_up_voter_id_20090519_tro

SC: Voter registration offices sending out cards to residents this month
http://www.indexjournal.com/articles/2009/05/18/news/b0519%20voter.txt


TN: Voter ID / voter citizenship / e-mail absentee bills stall
http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=87475&catid=2

TX: McCall confident voter ID legislation will reach House floor
http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/politics/entries/2009/05/18/mccall_confident_voter_id_legi.html

Asia: Elections electrified: the end of the paper ballot?
http://www.futuregov.net/articles/2009/may/19/elections-electrified-why-e-voting-better-paper-ba/

Guam: Restore: Reimplementing electronic voting will improve elections
http://www.guampdn.com/article/20090520/OPINION01/905200322/1014/OPINION

India: Indian Citizens Serve as Election Monitors
http://gis.cadalyst.com/gis/Features/Indian-Citizens-Serve-as-Election-Monitors/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/598690?contextCategoryId=6764

India: Mid-way through polls, EC almost gave up EVMs for ballot papers
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Mid-way-through-polls--EC-almost-gave-up-EVMs-for-ballot-papers/462076

India: Vijay Sappani: India's lesson for the world
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/05/19/vijay-sappani-india-s-lesson-for-the-world.aspx

Philippines: Comelec automation goal: 99.995% accuracy
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20090519-205781/Comelec-automation-goal-99995-accuracy

Venezuela: Election authority from Venezuela and Smartmatic initiate audit plan to the automated system
http://www.smartmatic.com/pressroom/article/article/election-authority-from-venezuela-and-smartmatic-initiate-audit-plan-to-the-automated-system/

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PROJECT VOTE NEWS CLIPPINGS FOR MAY 29

Project Vote's
Election Media Clippings
May 19, 2009

I. Project Vote

BLOG: Voting Rights Groups Score Victories Against Bad Legislation in Missouri and Florida - Voting Matters Blog
As predicted, the historic gains made by African-American and other historically disenfranchised groups in the 2008 general election led to increased efforts by partisans in state legislatures across the country to erect new and stricter barriers to voting in 2009. Fortunately, harmful bills introduced this year in several key states ignited fierce backlash from voters, and catalyzed strong and organized opposition from voting rights advocates. In recent weeks coalitions of voting rights groups scored two major victories against voter suppression, killing efforts to pass restrictive election reform bills in both Missouri and Florida.
http://www.projectvoteblog.org/265/?tx_ttnews=3305&tx_ttnews=263&cHash=a292b723a4

II. Voter ID
House lawmakers consider voter ID bill for RI - Associated Press
PROVIDENCE, R.I.-Voters in Rhode Island would have to show an identity card before getting a ballot under a bill that state lawmakers will consider.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/rhode_island/articles/2009/05/19/house_lawmakers_consider_voter_id_bill_for_ri/

III. Proof of Citizenship

EDITORIAL: Voting Rights Act still necessary in Georgia - Athens Banner-Herald
…It's easy, and quite correct, for Handel and Perdue to make the argument that Georgia isn't the state it was in the 1960s and the decades before. But as Senate Bill 86 clearly demonstrates, neither of them can make the argument that Georgia won't slide toward implementing less obvious forms of minority voter suppression.
http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/051109/opi_438427256.shtml

IV. Election Day
PRESS RELEASE: Justice Department to Monitor Election in Philadelphia - U.S. Dept. of Justice
Justice Department staff members will monitor polling place activities in Philadelphia. A Civil Rights Division attorney will coordinate the federal activities and maintain contact with local election officials. In April 2007, the Justice Department reached a settlement agreement with Philadelphia related to allegations that the city had violated the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Help America Vote Act and the National Voter Registration Act. Philadelphia has an obligation to provide all election information, ballots and voting assistance information in Spanish according to Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act. The monitors will gather information concerning compliance with this requirement and other federal voting rights statutes.
http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2009/May/09-crt-482.html

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