Co-Editors: Dave Klein and John Washburn

From the deluge of coverage on Iran, we tried to select representative, information articles that weren't too repetitious. Many whose headlines don't explain why we chose them have annotations so you'll know why. The aftermath of the Iranian election exemplifies the way Twitter, blogs, and other social networking/media are transforming the way private citizens can monitor their elections....

• National: Can the US Register Every Voter?
  http://www.commondreams....rg/newswire/2009/06/15-5
• National: Expanding Democracy: Voter Registration Around the World
  http://www.brennancenter...tration_around_the_world
• National: CORNYN & BEGICH: Safeguarding the military vote
  http://washingtontimes.c...rding-the-military-vote/
• National: June too soon?
  http://www.trinidadexpre...cle_opinion?id=161490658
• DC: We're Stronger for the Voting Rights Battle
  http://www.washingtonpos.../13/AR2009061301825.html
• NJ: Milgram seems determined to get voter-fraud conviction in Atlantic City
  http://pressofatlanticci...e-802f-001cc4c03286.html
• PA: House bill would allow Independent, non-party affiliates to vote in primary
  http://grassrootspa.com/...ates-to-vote-in-primary/
• PA: Reform association's manual suggests use of quota system
  http://www.pittsburghliv...s/regional/s_629482.html
• TX: Harris registrar's 2nd job creates appearance of bias
  http://www.chron.com/dis...l/editorial/6478388.html
• TX: Iranian-Americans Take To Streets To Protest Vote
  http://cbs11tv.com/local...n.protest.2.1044254.html
• TX: Miller alleges 'voting irregularities' in runoff
  http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/48078662.html
• Australia: Internet will lure voters, says election chief
  http://www.watoday.com.a...chief-20090615-ca6i.html
• India: Project 7 Speech - Electronic Voting Machine
  http://toastmasterspeech...h-electronic-voting.html (In praise of EVMs)
• Iran: Government banks and buildings were torched
  http://www.themedialine...._detail.asp?NewsID=25420
  (Summary of events with some background about the Iran youth.)
• Iran: Iran president brushes off election violence
  http://www.mysanantonio...._disputed_election_.html
• Iran: Thousands Protest In Iran Amid Call For Vote Probe
  http://www.npr.org/templ...ry.php?storyId=105394655
  ("Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei directed one of Iran's most influential bodies, the Guardian Council, to examine the claims.")
• Iran: Good in a Bad Election
  http://www.washingtonpos...401990.html?hpid=topnews
• Iran: Tear gas and Twitter: Iranians take their protests online
  http://www.cnn.com/2009/...witter/?iref=mpstoryview
• Iran: Social media rocks the Iranian vote
  http://workforcedev.type...ks-the-iranian-vote.html
  (Includes links to sites with various types of coverage.)
• Iran: Faulty Election Data
  http://tehranbureau.com/...13/faulty-election-data/
  (Interesting chart of the results, periodically released during the counting by the Interior Ministry.)
• Iran: The Iranian People Speak
  http://www.washingtonpos.../14/AR2009061401757.html
  (Pollsters claim their poll was consistent with the election results.)
• Iran: Terror Free Tomorrow Poll Did not Predict Ahmadinejad Win
  http://www.juancole.com/...omorro-poll-did-not.html
  (This review of the poll refutes the claims made by the pollsters.)
• Iran: Top Pieces of Evidence that the Iranian Presidential Election Was Stolen
  http://www.juancole.com/...ng-iranian-election.html
• Iran: Iranian Election Results by Province
  http://www.fivethirtyeig...results-by-province.html

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