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Daily Voting News For February 19, 2009

Sunday, 22 February 2009, 1:00 pm
Column: John Gideon

Daily Voting News For February 19, 2009


Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

Again a majority of the election news is coming from Minnesota. Both the Franken and Coleman camps are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in court and the tax payers are surely footing the bill for a large part of the cost. Eventually the tax payers are going to get tired of this circus and demand it stop. My guess is that this will now happen sooner rather than later. But, that’s just my thought. I may be wrong....

  • National: State and County Elections Offices Struggle with Economic Crisis LINK

  • National: New Version of Holt's Election Reform Bill Would Institutionalize Touch-Screen Voting, Secret Software LINK

  • Minnesota: Coleman team puts testimonies on fast track in Senate election case LINK

  • Minnesota: When Will Minnesota Have Two Senators? LINK

  • Minnesota: Coleman team cites ruling in challenge to recount tally A campaign spokesman said election officials were inconsistent in verifying whether absentee-ballot witnesses were registered to vote. LINK
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  • Minnesota: U.S. Senate trial: Cass County election official criticizes campaigns LINK

  • Minnesota: Coleman Flip-Flops Yet Again on Counting Rejected Absentee Ballots LINK

  • Minnesota: Coleman Lawyer: Maybe The Franken-Voter Was Mentally Disabled? LINK

  • Minnesota: Coleman looking to throw out Franken votes LINK

  • Minnesota: Accusations And Recriminations Fly In Arguments On Coleman Motion LINK

  • Missouri: Bill Would Allow Online Military Voting LINK

  • Mississippi: Elections panel filled, ready for city races LINK

  • New Mexico: New GOP voter ID measure tabled in the Legislature LINK

  • Ohio: Lucas County - Stainbrook slams elections board Party chair protests GOP employee's job loss LINK

  • Pennsylvania: Berks election board says early voting would be costly The issue is discussed by the Berks panel in response to a proposal by a state senator to allow any voter to use an absentee ballot. LINK

    • **"Daily Voting News" is meant as a comprehensive listing of reports each day concerning issues related to election and voting news around the country regardless of quality or political slant. Therefore, items listed in "Daily Voting News" may not reflect the opinions of VotersUnite.Org or Scoop.**


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