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
  http://www.ombwatch.org/...icle/blogs/entry/5217/53
• Featured - National: Three States Accused of Illegally Purging Voter Lists
  http://www.alternet.org/...ly_purging_voter_lists_/
• Featured - NM: Press Release - Voting Rights Advocates Challenge New Mexico's Voter Registration Law in State Court
  http://brennancenter.org...registration_law_in_sta/
• National: Robert Brady, Bob Filner Condemn VA Limitations on Voter Registration
  http://www.imperialvalle...38;id=2173&Itemid=1
• National: Press Release - Policy Center Demos Praises New Legislation Designating
  Veterans Affairs Offices as Voter Registration Sites
  http://www.commondreams.org/news2008/0725-08.htm
• National: Should the votes of dead people be counted?
  http://ap.google.com/art...mw53fQR5sVl9JqAD924CPPO4
• National: Paper Ballot Makes a Comeback
  http://www.graphicartson...m/article/ca6581470.html
• National: Open-source electronic voting
  http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-9999555-83.html
• CO: State takes Montrose County off its elections watch list
  http://www.gjsentinel.co..._1a_Elections_watch.html
• CO: Routt County - Secretary of State praises local improvements for voters
  http://www.steamboatpilo...cal_improvements_voters/
• FL: Highlands County - Supervisor of Elections trying out new ways to improve voting process
  http://www.newssun.com/m...ID=3&ArticleID=4463
• NM: Groups sue over New Mexico voter registration law
  http://www.miamiherald.c...ida/AP/story/616806.html
• NY: Kellner Speaks: Voting systems incomplete, undocumented
  http://www.opednews.com/...y-Ananda-080725-160.html
• OH: Ohio offers paper ballots for touch-screen voters
  http://www.cleveland.com...#038;storylist=cleveland
• OH: '04 Ohio election was fair, Blackwell says
  Ex-secretary of state defends outcome, process
  http://www.columbusdispa...4/blackwell.html?sid=101
• PA: Marshall Introduces Legislation to Ensure Timely Receipt of Military Ballots
  http://www.pahousegop.co...ee=5,19&itemid=7515
• WI: Panel discusses concerns about voter intimidation
  http://www.wispolitics.c...index.iml?Article=132041

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