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Smartmatic, the company, is under fire in the Philippines.

“Why did Florida have high "invalid votes" in 2008? An important new report from Florida Fair Elections Center (FFEC) finds that certain optical scan voting systems contributed significantly to Florida's high invalid vote rate in the 2008 election, while other optical scan systems did not. Invalid votes, which are the combination of overvotes, undervotes and invalid write-in votes, were expected to drop with the statewide use of paper ballot optical scan voting systems. Instead, they increased.” Thus begins the press release for today’s featured item....

• Featured: Examining Florida’s High Invalid Vote Rate in the 2008 General Election
  http://www.ffec.org/docu...t_Revised_23June2009.pdf
• Press Release: Florida Fair Elections Center Announces Flawed voting systems led to lost Florida votes in 2008
  http://www.ffec.org/Pres...es%20Press%20Release.pdf
• National: When Voters Move
  http://www.brennancenter...source/when_voters_move/ (New report from the Brennan Center.)
• Press Release: Detailed Reports Offer Guidelines for Permanent Voter Registration
  http://www.brennancenter...nent_voter_registration/
• National: Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2009 TIMELINE
  http://www.votersunite.o...2009HoltBillTimeline.pdf
• National: UU secretaries of state stress importance of voting
  http://www.uuworld.org/n...ws/articles/143299.shtml
• National: NAMUDNO v Holder – The Opinion of the Court
  http://www.law.cornell.e...upct/html/08-322.ZO.html
• National: Quelle Surprise! The Unexpected Ruling that Saves Section 5
  http://blogs.wsj.com/law...ng-that-saves-section-5/
• National: Initial Thoughts on NAMUDNO: Chief Justice Roberts Blinked
  http://electionlawblog.org/archives/013903.html
• National: Early News and Commentary on NAMUDNO
  http://electionlawblog.org/archives/013904.html
• National: Supreme Court Rules On Voting Rights Act
  http://www.npr.org/templ...ry.php?storyId=105762117
  (Check out the audio)
• National: Get Ready for "Voter Registration Modernization" (or "VRM")
  http://electionlawblog.org/archives/013913.html
• IL: RI mayoral recount officially finished
  http://www.qctimes.com/n...e-a78c-001cc4c002e0.html
• MN: KSTP wants to see the rejected absentee ballots and I get all weird and philosophical
  http://www.minnpost.com/..._weird_and_philosophical
• NH: Supreme Court Decision May "Bail Out" New Hampshire Towns
  http://nhwatchdog.blogsp...on-may-bail-out-new.html
• OH: Darnell Nash held on $10,000 bond in voter fraud case
  http://www.cleveland.com...h_due_in_court_in_v.html
• OR: Online voter registration passes Senate
  http://www.oregonlive.co...r_registration_pass.html
• OR: Coming soon to Oregon: Online voter registration!
  http://www.blueoregon.co...-voter-registration.html
• PA: Civil Rights Commission asks why Obama Justice Dept. let thugs get away with menacing white voters
  http://www.examiner.com/...th-menacing-white-voters
• TX: Bay Area Houston: Leo Vasquez releases emails.
  http://bayareahouston.bl...uez-releases-emails.html
• WI: What if your polling place was just a double-click away?
  http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/local/455825
• Afghanistan: Afghan Election Commission launches mobile voter registration
  Afghan Election Commission launches mobile voter registration
• Iran: Iran Will Not Annul Election Results
  http://english.chosun.co...06/23/2009062301793.html
• Iran: The Iranian Election and the Revolution Test Why Voter Outrage was a Bust
  http://stopsocialism.wor...oter-outrage-was-a-bust/
• Philippines: After Briefing, Senators Mixed On Poll Automation
  http://www.manilatimes.n...tories/20090624top2.html
• Philippines: Comelec cautioned vs signing automation deal
  http://www.gmanews.tv/st...-signing-automation-deal
• UK: Poms should be Aussies to vote: Melham
  http://news.brisbanetime...elham-20090623-cv71.html

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