{"id":6868,"date":"2009-01-29T16:28:27","date_gmt":"2009-01-30T00:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=6868"},"modified":"2009-01-29T16:29:09","modified_gmt":"2009-01-30T00:29:09","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-january-29-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=6868","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Daily Voting News&#8217; For January 29, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.VotersUnite.org\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/DVNLogo.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\"><\/a>Most of the news is still coming out of Minnesota and the courts where Norm Coleman is trying to prove that he should still be the state&#8217;s senator. Most of the reports seem to point to unsuccessful arguments on the part of Coleman&#8217;s legal team. How much longer can this go on?&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>National: 2009 Electronic Voting Technology Workshop\/<br \/>\nWorkshop on Trustworthy Elections (EVT\/WOTE &#8217;09)<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usenix.org\/events\/evtwote09\/cfp\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.usenix.org\/events\/evtwote09\/cfp\/<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>National: Opinion &#8211; The Federal Overseas Voting Law (UOCAVA) Is Unconstitutional<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.concurringopinions.com\/archives\/2009\/01\/the_federal_ove.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.concurringopinions.com\/archives\/2009\/01\/the_federal_ove.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CO: Gardner avoids perjury case<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csindy.com\/gyrobase\/Content?oid=oid%3A34898\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.csindy.com\/gyrobase\/Content?oid=oid%3A34898<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>GA: McIntosh County &#8211; Lotson case wraps up as judge presides<br \/>\nBoth sides have one week to issue brief closings before a decision<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jacksonville.com\/tu-online\/stories\/012909\/geo_382548883.shtml\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.jacksonville.com\/tu-online\/stories\/012909\/geo_382548883.shtml<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MD: Officials warned to limit early-voting options<br \/>\nElections administrator cautions lawmakers<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/news\/local\/politics\/bal-md.election29jan29,0,544189.story\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/news\/local\/politics\/bal-md.election29jan29,0,544189.story<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MI: ACLU And Advancement Project Challenge Unlawful Disenfranchisement Of Michigan Resident<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aclu.org\/votingrights\/gen\/38597prs20090129.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.aclu.org\/votingrights\/gen\/38597prs20090129.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MN:  Opinion &#8211; Protect the vote \u2014 require a photo ID<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twincities.com\/opinion\/ci_11574948?nclick_check=1\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.twincities.com\/opinion\/ci_11574948?nclick_check=1<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MN: Coleman&#8217;s Continuing Comedy of Errors: Days 2 &#038; 3 at the U.S. Senate Election Contest in MN<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=6863\" target=\"_blank\"><i>https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=6863<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MN: Coleman drops challenge to Maplewood ballots<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/minnesotaindependent.com\/24883\/coleman-drops-challenge-to-maplewood-ballots\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/minnesotaindependent.com\/24883\/coleman-drops-challenge-to-maplewood-ballots<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MN: Coleman, Franken spar over absentees<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/local\/38604257.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUac8HEaDiaMDCinchO7DU\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/local\/38604257.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUac8HEaDiaMDCinchO7DU<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NY: Making Voting Easier<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gothamgazette.com\/article\/voting\/20090129\/17\/2811\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.gothamgazette.com\/article\/voting\/20090129\/17\/2811\/<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Finland: Helsinki court dismisses electronic voting appeals<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom.finland.fi\/stt\/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=20832&#038;group=Politics\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/newsroom.finland.fi\/stt\/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=20832&#038;group=Politics<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>**&#8221;Daily Voting News&#8221; is meant as a comprehensive listing of reports each day concerning issues related to election and voting news around the country regardless of quality or political slant. Therefore, items listed in &#8220;Daily Voting News&#8221; may not reflect the opinions of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.VotersUnite.org\">VotersUnite.Org<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.BradBlog.com\">BradBlog.Com<\/a>**<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most of the news is still coming out of Minnesota and the courts where Norm Coleman is trying to prove that he should still be the state&#8217;s senator. Most of the reports seem to point to unsuccessful arguments on the part of Coleman&#8217;s legal team. How much longer can this go on?&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-6868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-voting-news","bb-type-bradblog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6868\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6868"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcoauthors&post=6868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}