Guest Blogged by Ellen Theisen of VotersUnite.org
Co-Editors: Dave Klein and John Washburn
Three interesting personal accounts: one from a voter in CA who found that the state-certified InkaVote Plus won't accept write-in votes; another from a candidate in PA who tried three times to vote and didn't get to cast a ballot; and the third from an activist in Brazil who tells about vote-selling, biometric voter IDs, spy pens, and e-voting machines....
- CA: Election Day Again in CA: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
https://bradblog.com/?p=7163 - FL: Elections chief to resolve voting foul-ups
http://www2.tbo.com/cont...-foul-ups/news-politics/ - OH: Election reform in Ohio too important for games
http://www.vindy.com/new...too-important-for-games/ - MS: The Picayune Item - New vote set for precinct 3
http://www.picayuneitem....cal_story_140092857.html - NY: Somers: Budget passes, incumbents win but voting machine snafu
http://lohud.com/article...2/905190476/-1/newsfront - NY: Problems with polls cause some Utica voters to walk away
http://www.wktv.com/news/local/45427587.html - PA: Machines malfunction in 5 towns
http://www.phillyburbs.c...function-in-5-towns.html - PA: Reporters' notebook: For one candidate, a bizarre day
http://www.tribune-democ...46.html?keyword=topstory
(Candidate in wheelchair can't access poll site to vote.) - PA: PhillyBurbs.com: Recount doesn't change results in Mount Holly
http://www.phillyburbs.c...ults-in-mount-holly.html - RI: House lawmakers delay voter ID bill
http://www.wpri.com/dpp/...voter_id_bill20090520bcm - TX: Close to 50 House Democrats oppose floor action on voter ID measure
http://www.statesman.com...0_close_to_50_house.html - TX: Will the House buck Perry on stimulus funds?
http://www.news-journal....use_buck_perry_on_s.html
(The sentence of interest is, "Over on the Senate side, bills up for possible consideration include Senate Bill 317, which would eliminate straight-party voting on ballots;") - Brazil: Letter from Amilcar Brunazo Filho about vote-selling, translated from Portuguese by Marian Beddill
http://noleakybuckets.org/br/fraud.html
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