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'Daily Voting News' For May 05, 2009

'Daily Voting News' For May 05, 2009


Guest blogged by Ellen Theisen, Dave Klein, and John Washburn

Congratulations to the Florida activists who succeeded in killing a really bad bill! The debate on the Voting Rights Act and photo ID continues.

Happy Cinco de Mayo....

  • NAtional: Voting Rights Milestone LINK
  • National: Next Phase of Election Reform: Start With Facts LINK
  • National: US Supreme Court hears challenge to Voting Rights Act LINK
  • California: Grand jury faults Santa Paula election glitch LINK
  • California: County Registrar releases 2008 Post-Election Report; voter participation highest in 40 years LINK
    Full report and maps are here: LINK
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  • Florida: Double-dipping law could snare Florida's secretary of state LINK
  • Florida: It's official. We WON. IT'S OVER! LINK
  • Georgia: Georgia SoS to "Validate" Own Electoral Bid for Governor LINK
  • Missouri: Voter ID necessary for fair elections LINK
  • Missouri: Mistaken Identity LINK
  • Mississippi: Voters show up at wrong polls LINK
  • Mississippi: City to use touch-screen machines in municipal election LINK
  • New York: Lever Replacement Costs: New York City Case Study LINK
  • New York: Essex County Votes on Voting Machines LINK
  • New York: Essex County Rejects Mandated Electronic Voting LINK
  • New York: Essex County Defies State Lever Mandate LINK
  • Nevada: ACORN voter registration drive nets charges LINK
  • Ohio: Diebold agrees to pay $25 million penalty to settle civil charges tied to SEC probe LINK
  • Texas: Less Than 30 Days to the End of the 81st Texas Legislative Session LINK
  • Texas: House chair says members “don’t have gun” to heads on voter ID proposal LINK
  • Texas: Photo ID Laws Do Not Reduce Voter Turnout LINK
  • Estonia: Lonely hamburger' to tempt Estonians in e-voting test LINK
  • Ghana: Students Invent Electronic Voting LINK
  • India: EVM’s Have Been Stolen from Budgam: PDP LINK
  • Philippines: Only four poll automation bidders left LINK
  • Philippines: Chiz blasts Comelec for bending rules again LINK
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    Published by VotersUnite.Org
    Ellen Theisen, Director and Managing Editor
    Dave Klein, Editor
    John Washburn, Editor

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