'Daily Voting News' for June 18, 2009
Friday, 19 June 2009, 6:04 pm
Column: www.votersunite.org
'Daily Voting News' for June 18,
2009
Guest blogged by Ellen Theisen, Dave Klein, and
John
WashburnToday's news has a lot of variety,
including commentaries and speculation about the Iranian
election and the pending Supreme Court decision on the
Voting Rights Act...
National: A
John Linder attempt to defund the Voting Rights Act LINKNational: Senator
Leahy: “Striking Down the Voting Rights Act Would be
Conservative Activism Pure And Simple” LINKNational:
Senators Warn Court Against 'Activism' on Voting Rights Law
LINKNational: Wyle
Laboratories, Inc - Draft Test Plan Documents for Unisyn
OpenElect Voting System (Release 1.0) LINKCalifornia: Head
of CA GOP Voter Registration Firm Pleads Guilty to Voter
Registration Fraud LINK
California: Two
nearly identical proposed initiatives to require photo voter
ID, and other election-related matters. LINKCalifornia: Death
by a thousand cuts: California legislators take aim at
state’s initiative process LINKCalifornia:
California Constitution Initiative Constitutional Amendment
LINKCalifornia:
Community Still Missing the Boat on Voter Registration LINKFlorida: Fla.
justices strike signature revocation law LINKKansas: Voter
fraud claims tough to prove LINKMassachusetts:
Recount leaves Mendon election results the same LINK
("Town Clerk Margaret
Bonderenko said the machines were acting strangely that day,
but did not think a recount would make a big difference in
the results." - Diebold optical scan)Maryland:
Chevy Chase considers allowing legal aliens to vote in
elections LINKOhio: Election
settlement troubling LINKPennsylvania:
EDITORIAL: Black Panther double standards LINKWashington:
Reed's claim of full compliance contradicted by flawed voter
database LINKIran: Iran
election turnouts exceeded 100% in 30 towns, website reports
LINKIran: Iran body
to hear vote complaints LINK
(Good
videos.)Iran: Are You Ready for War with a
Demonized Iran? LINKIran: Iran
accuses U.S. of role in election crisis LINK
(No Iranian official is
quoted as accusing the U.S. in this
article.)Iran: Robert Fisk: Secret letter
'proves Mousavi won poll' LINKIran:
Unconvincing (to me) Use of Benford's Law to Demonstrate
Election Fraud in Iran LINKIran: What Do We
Really Know About Iran’s Election? LINKPhilippines: Poll
automation can fail due to human factors LINK ************* Published by VotersUnite.Org
Ellen Theisen,
Director and Managing Editor
Dave Klein,
Editor
John
Washburn, Editor
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