Voter
registration is the subject of today’s three
“Featured” articles. First, nine Senators have
introduced S-3308 to require the Department of Veteran
Affairs to help veterans to register to vote. We welcome
this new legislation but it may be too little too late.
Also, voting rights groups have accused Louisiana, Michigan,
and Kansas of violations of the National Voting Rights Act
(NVRA) by removing legally registered voters from the rolls.
It is imperative that every voter in these states,
especially, check to ensure their registration is still
good. And, voting rights advocates have also filed suit in
New Mexico state court over the state’s harshly
restrictive voter registration law. ...
Featured - National: Bill Introduced to
Require the VA to Help Veterans Register to Vote LINK
Featured -
National: Three States Accused of Illegally Purging Voter
Lists LINK
Featured - NM:
Press Release - Voting Rights Advocates Challenge New
Mexico’s Voter Registration Law in State Court LINK
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National: Robert
Brady, Bob Filner Condemn VA Limitations on Voter
Registration LINK
National: Press
Release - Policy Center Demos Praises New Legislation
Designating Veterans Affairs Offices as Voter
Registration Sites LINK
National: Should
the votes of dead people be counted? LINK
Colorado: State
takes Montrose County off its elections watch list LINK
Colorado: Routt
County - Secretary of State praises local improvements for
voters LINK
Florida:
Highlands County - Supervisor of Elections trying out new
ways to improve voting process LINK
New Mexico:
Groups sue over New Mexico voter registration law LINK
New York:
Kellner Speaks: Voting systems incomplete, undocumented LINK
Ohio: Ohio
offers paper ballots for touch-screen voters LINK
Ohio: '04 Ohio
election was fair, Blackwell says Ex-secretary of state
defends outcome, process LINK
Pennsylvania:
Marshall Introduces Legislation to Ensure Timely Receipt of
Military Ballots LINK
Wisconsin: Panel
discusses concerns about voter intimidation LINK
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