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As is so often the case, just when everyone had given up all hope of some resolution of the issue, the MN Supreme Court ruled unanimously to affirm the election contest decision made by a lower court and reject the appeal of the non-prevailing candidate, Norm Coleman. In another violation of expectations, Coleman conceded the November 2008 U.S. Senate race to Al Franken….
- National: Conservative filmmakers will get another hearing
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/29/conservative-filmmakers-will-get-another-hearing/ - AZ: Let’s Begin the Debate on The Merits of This Proposal: Universal Voter Registration
http://arizona.typepad.com/blog/2009/06/lets-begin-the-debate-on-the-merits-of-this-proposal-universal-voter-registration.html - IL: Recount battle in court Wednesday
http://www.wqad.com/news/wqad-rock-island-recount-odds-062909,0,4303647.story - MN: Minnesota court rules Democrat Al Franken won Senate seat
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE55T5Y420090630 - MN: Coleman concedes (video)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/31669007#31669007 - MN: Report on the Supreme Court’s Decision (video)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/31669007#31667388 - MN: Text of the Supreme Court’s Decision
http://www.mncourts.gov/opinions/sc/current/OPA090697-6030.pdf - MN: How has the Senate dispute affected your faith in the electoral process?
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/todays-question/archive/2009/06/how-has-senate-contest-affected-your-faith-in-the-electoral-process.shtml - NY: Gotham Gazette: Understanding the Ballot Petitions
http://onlytheblogknowsbrooklyn.typepad.com/only_the_blog_knows_brook/2009/06/gotham-gazette-understanding-the-ballot-petitions.html - NY: With Albany in chaos, Board of Elections staff party in Finger Lakes
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2009/06/29/2009-06-29_with_albany_in_chaos_board_of_elections_staff_live_it_up_in_finger_lakes.html - PA: Sixth ACORN worker ordered to stand trial for election violations
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_631532.html - TN: Secretary of State: ‘there is insufficient time’ to uphold the Tennessee Voter Confidence Act
http://www.nashvilleistalking.com/2009/06/secretary-of-state-there-is-insufficient-time-to-uphold-the-tennessee-voter-confidence-act/ - TX: Governor says session’s task is set in stone
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6503773.html
(Previously headlined, “Perry pressed to add CHIP and voter ID to special session”) - WI: Voters May Have Another Option to Cast Ballots Next Year
http://www.wqow.com/Global/story.asp?S=10614844 - Albania: Observers report some flaws in Albania vote, despite improvements
http://blog.taragana.com/n/observers-report-some-flaws-in-albania-vote-despite-improvements-94847/ - Canada: A Vote Against E-Voting
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/326-a-vote-against-e-voting - Canada: Online voting no cure
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Online+voting+cure/1746417/story.html - Iran: Iran Council confirms Ahmadinejad election victory
http://www.besternews.com/article/Bester%20News%20-%20World%20News/Iran%20Council%20confirms%20Ahmadinejad%20election%20victory/ - Philippines: Comelec chief: Money, control root of feud between Smartmatic, partner
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/166268/Comelec-chief-Money-control-root-of-feud-between-Smartmatic-partner - Philippines: Comelec: Smartmatic execs, partner face 15 years
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/166221/Comelec-Smartmatic-execs-partner-face-15-years - Philippines: TIM-Smartmatic given ten days to patch up
http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=482663&publicationSubCategoryId=64 - History: Progressivism Gone Awry? The Price of Ballot Secrecy.
http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/blogs/amike/2009/06/progressivism-gone-awry-the-pr.php?ref=reccafe
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This anti-registration activist meme seems impossible to control. It has now poisoned the judicial well in PA–
“Somebody has to go after ACORN,” Senior District Judge Richard H. Zoller said about the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now.
“It’s happening all over the country. All you have to do is turn on the television,” he said, referring to voter registration fraud charges brought recently against ACORN and its workers in Nevada.
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x.../s_631577.html