[DVN] - 'Daily Voting News' For May 22, 2009

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Yesterday Jessie Jane Duff, Retired Gunnery Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps and spokesperson for Military Voting Rights USA, testified before Congress on the issue of military and overseas voting. Her testimony told what it is like in the field – that the military does more to assist soldiers to pay taxes and give to charity than it does to help them get their ballots cast. She pointed out that the Internet is not readily available in the field (contrary to what many proponents of Internet voting say). She proposed a well-thought out solution and explained the many benefits. The federal government should provide an Express Mail program for the return of ballots, more training for people who assist during the election cycle, and accessible voter registration and absentee ballot request locations. We hope Congress acts on her wise recommendations.

The Voter ID bill is scheduled to come to the floor in Texas tomorrow.


FEatured: Testimony of Jessie Jane Duff, Gunnery Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.)
http://cha.house.gov/UserFiles/223_testimony.pdf

NAtional: EAC Announces $300000 in Grants for Student Mock Elections U.S.
http://www.eac.gov/News/eac-announces-300-000-in-grants-for-student-mock-elections/base_view

NAtional: “Military and Overseas Voting: Obstacles and Potential Solutions”. Testimony at the hearing of the Elections Subcommittee Committee on House Administration
http://cha.house.gov/view_hearing.aspx?r=50

NAtional: Universal Voter Registration Now
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/edcut/437906/universal_voter_registration_now

GA: SCOTUS to hear voter ID law on June 4th
http://www.peachpundit.com/2009/05/21/scotus-to-hear-voter-id-law-on-june-4th/

HI: Judge says high-tech voting first needs rules
http://www.mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/518759.html

IA: Borgman pleads guilty to election misconduct
http://www.clintonherald.com/local/local_story_141103728.html

MN: Elections director says instant runoff tallies could take weeks to count
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/05/21/irv_voting/
(They use the ES&S M100 ballot scanners)

MN: Pawlenty vetoes Motor Voter registration bill
http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/45841627.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUZ

MS: Hewes explains voter ID actions
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20319284&BRD=1377&PAG=461&dept_id=172922&rfi=6

NJ: NJ Voting-machine Trial: Defense Witnesses
http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/appel/nj-voting-machine-trial-defense-witnesses

NY: Tiebreaking Vote Cast by Dead Man; Runoff Required
http://www.1010wins.com/Tiebreaking-Vote-Cast-by-Dead-Man--Runoff-Required/4443153

TX: Controversial voter ID bill threatens walkout at Texas Capitol
http://www.keyetv.com/content/news/topnews/story/Controversial-voter-ID-bill-threatens-walkout-at/ll2_4o61CkKlD5LmvAxrvg.cspx


TX: Democrats using talking stalling tactic
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/6437048.html

TX: Get ready for the fireworks. Texas House will take the voter ID on Saturday
http://blogs.lubbockonline.com/rangel/2009/05/21/get-ready-for-the-fireworks-texas-house-will-take-the-voter-id-on-saturday/

TX: After much speculation, Voter ID showdown set for Saturday
http://newspapertree.wordpress.com/2009/05/21/npt-capitol-after-much-speculation-voter-id-showdown-set-for-saturday/


TX: Texas Legislative Study Group Recommends against Voter Photo Identification
http://www.texaslsg.org/reports/LSGVoterID.pdf

TX: Texas Legislature Online
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=81R&Bill=SB317
(Bill to eliminate straight-party voting was removed from the calendar.)

Ghana: DI pushes for e-voting:Says India's 700m population managed it, and so can ghana
http://www.modernghana.com/news/217813/1/di-pushes-for-e-votingsays-indias-700m-population-.html

Malaysia: EC Studies Feasibility Of Biometric Voter Registration
http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsgeneral.php?id=413066

Philippines: Philippine Commentary: How To Measure the Accuracy of a Counting Machine
http://philippinecommentary.blogspot.com/2009/05/how-to-measure-accuracy-of-counting.html


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[diva77]

1. just 2 more rec's needed!!!