{"id":6952,"date":"2009-03-01T16:19:37","date_gmt":"2009-03-02T00:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=6952"},"modified":"2009-03-01T16:19:37","modified_gmt":"2009-03-02T00:19:37","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-february-27-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=6952","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Daily Voting News&#8217; For February 27, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It appears that Florida is going to join the growing list of states that are thinking about using Internet voting for their military and overseas voters. This is a terrible idea that will end-up costing the tax payers of the state millions of dollars to stand-up the scheme and then millions more each year for licensing. One vendor&#8217;s proposal of the scheme would cost WA State&#8217;s 39 counties up to $570 per affected voter per year. So, any state falling for these con-jobs will end up paying millions of tax payer dollars for an insecure means of getting ballots back from UOCAVA voters. There are low-tech solutions that should be investigated before we go high-tech&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>National: Irrational Fear of Voter Fraud Inspires Irresponsible Election Reform<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com\/talk\/blogs\/project_vote\/2009\/02\/irrational-fear-of-voter-fraud.php\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com\/talk\/blogs\/project_vote\/2009\/02\/irrational-fear-of-voter-fraud.php<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>National: Liberal Groups Are Undermining Voter ID Laws, Say Conservative Election Experts<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnsnews.com\/public\/content\/article.aspx?RsrcID=44191\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.cnsnews.com\/public\/content\/article.aspx?RsrcID=44191<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Los Angeles &#8211; 2\/28 Action Alert from WORK THE VOTE L.A.<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opednews.com\/populum\/diarypage.php?did=12300\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.opednews.com\/populum\/diarypage.php?did=12300<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CO: Denver &#8211; Election cost not tallied <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/x-2066-Denver-City-Hall-Examiner~y2009m2d26-Election-cost-not-tallied\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/x-2066-Denver-City-Hall-Examiner~y2009m2d26-Election-cost-not-tallied<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CO: Routt County &#8211; Committee supports all-mail elections<br \/>\nMajor possible voting method changes debated at state level<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.steamboatpilot.com\/news\/2009\/feb\/27\/committee_supports_allmail_elections\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.steamboatpilot.com\/news\/2009\/feb\/27\/committee_supports_allmail_elections\/<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Browning Proposing Tweaks to Voting Laws<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wakulla.com\/Wakulla_News\/State_Government_News\/Browning_Proposing_Tweaks_to_Voting_Laws_200902267276\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.wakulla.com\/Wakulla_News\/State_Government_News\/Browning_Proposing_Tweaks_to_Voting_Laws_200902267276\/<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MN: OUR OPINION: Sensible election reforms for Minnesota<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grandforksherald.com\/event\/article\/id\/108350\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.grandforksherald.com\/event\/article\/id\/108350\/<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MN: Mpls. ballot handling dominates Minn. Senate trial<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/local\/40350577.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUI\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/local\/40350577.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUI<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MN: Senate recount trial: Ballot ruling buoys Coleman<br \/>\nJudges ordered inspection of 1,500 envelopes for rejected absentee ballots, which could lead to more votes being counted.<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/politics\/national\/senate\/40354162.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUF\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/politics\/national\/senate\/40354162.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUF<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MN: Eventful day ends week 5 of Minn. Senate trial<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/politics\/national\/senate\/40427852.html?elr=KArks:DCiU1OiP:DiiUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/politics\/national\/senate\/40427852.html?elr=KArks:DCiU1OiP:DiiUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OK: Senate awaits voter ID bill<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.normantranscript.com\/localnews\/local_story_058011232\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.normantranscript.com\/localnews\/local_story_058011232<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>SC: Voter ID wins key approval<br \/>\nHouse Democrats walk out in protest<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestate.com\/local\/story\/698175.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.thestate.com\/local\/story\/698175.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TX: Partisan fight looms over voter ID bill <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chron.com\/disp\/story.mpl\/ap\/tx\/6284456.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.chron.com\/disp\/story.mpl\/ap\/tx\/6284456.html<\/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>It appears that Florida is going to join the growing list of states that are thinking about using Internet voting for their military and overseas voters. This is a terrible idea that will end-up costing the tax payers of the state millions of dollars to stand-up the scheme and then millions more each year for [&hellip;]<\/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-6952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-voting-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6952","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=6952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6952\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6952"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcoauthors&post=6952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}