Co-Editors: Dave Klein and John Washburn

In Pierce County, WA, indications are that Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) may be a failed experiment. 63% of the voters didn't like it, and the auditor says scrapping it would save the county $600,000. The County Council voted to amend the county charter to repeal the mandate for RCV; the voters will make the final decision in November.

Smartmatic still hasn't submitted its incorporation papers to the Philippines Comelec, and its local partner, TIM, has pulled out of the joint venture.

Internet voting is now being considered in Canada and Nova Scotia. Is there no end to the wack-a-mole of unobservable ballots? Prove in one place that Internet ballots are an exercise in unjustified trust, and the idea pops up its head in another.

Today's articles about the Voting Rights Act deal with how to minimize future challenges....

• National: Can the Voting Rights Act Survive Another Challenge?
  http://www.law.com/jsp/s...urvive_Another_Challenge
• National: Fixing the Voting Rights Act
  http://www.washingtonpos.../26/AR2009062603778.html
• National: Conyers abandons plan to probe ACORN
  http://washingtontimes.c...orn/?feat=home_headlines
• National: Editorial: Register Everybody
  http://www.rollcall.com/...3/editorial/36323-1.html
• National: Record Number of People With Disabilities Voted in 2008 Election
  http://www.sunherald.com...swire/story/1444335.html
• National: Searching for a Reliable Voting System
  http://www.nytimes.com/2...pinion/l28vote.html?_r=1
• CA: Secretary of State Debra Bowen Reports Record Percentage of Votes by Mail in May 19 Special Election
  http://www.sos.ca.gov/ad...leases/2009/db09-037.pdf
• FL: Florida voter law garners praise
  http://www2.tbo.com/cont...rs-praise/news-politics/
• GA: New laws start July 1
  http://www.times-georgia...ga_news&open=&
• GA: Voting Rights Act still relevant to today's Georgia
  http://www.ajc.com/servi...06/26/bookmaned0626.html
• IL: Attorneys lay out their arguments in the Rock Island mayoral recount
  http://www.qctimes.com/n...e-a301-001cc4c002e0.html
• MN: Pawlenty 'prepared' to certify Franken
  http://www.upi.com/Top_N...nken/UPI-86151246237585/
• NC: Touch Screens High Rate of Unrecorded Votes for President in 2008
  http://ncvoters.blogspot...-rate-of-unrecorded.html
• NH: Court may finally set N.H. voters free
  http://nhwatchdog.blogsp...-set-nh-voters-free.html
• TN: Voting machines will change again
  http://spartaexpositor.c...48c19b065ae437651858.txt
• TX: EDITORIAL: Voter ID bill was bad idea then and now
  http://www.gosanangelo.c...s-bad-idea-then-and-now/
• VA: New laws hit books Wednesday
  http://www.dailypress.co...ws_jun29,0,6404246.story
• WA: Instant Runoff Voting too Costly - Pierce County WA Says Ditching Would Save $600,000
  http://instantrunoff.blo...g-too-costly-pierce.html
• Canada: Elections Canada backs online voting
  http://www.thestar.com/article/657514
• Canada: Online voting could improve dwindling turnout for federal elections: report
  http://www.vancouversun....eport/1740238/story.html
• India: EC had known the fundamental flaws of EVMs since 2000; not remedied
  http://www.organiser.org...038;pid=298&page=26
• Iran: Iran starts partial recount of disputed vote
  http://www.newsdaily.com...s-iran-election-recount/
• Nova Scotia: Byelection for Dartmouth council seat likely in September
  http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/9012405.html
• Philippines: Comelec to winning bidder: No papers, no deal
  http://quintessentialy.w...idder-no-papers-no-deal/
• Philippines: Smartmatic's local partner withdraws
  http://businessmirror.co...l-partner-withdraws.html
• Philippines: Automation in peril as poll partners break up
  http://www.gmanews.tv/st...lipino-partner-backs-out

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