{"id":7161,"date":"2009-05-19T16:40:59","date_gmt":"2009-05-19T23:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=7161"},"modified":"2009-05-19T16:40:59","modified_gmt":"2009-05-19T23:40:59","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-may-19-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7161","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Daily Voting News&#8217; For May 19, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Co-Editors: <a href=\"mailto:Klein.Dave@votersunite.org\">Dave Klein<\/a> and <a href=\"mailto:Washburn.John@votersunite.org\">John Washburn<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p>The 15-week NJ trial challenging the use e-voting machines concluded today; a ruling is expected by the end of the year. Low turnout in today&#8217;s CA and PA elections. CO and IN are making good use of the Internet for voters, unlike the IL legislature. More NY counties resist the move from levers to optical scanners. Last, but not least, RI joins the photo voter ID debate&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CA: Light voter turnout predicted today <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com\/stories\/001\/?ID=12006\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com\/stories\/001\/?ID=12006<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Election Officals [sic] Cut Polling Locations <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kpbs.org\/news\/2009\/may\/19\/election-officals-cut-polling-locations\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.kpbs.org\/news\/2009\/may\/19\/election-officals-cut-polling-locations\/<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CO: Online voter registration could save big <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedenverdailynews.com\/article.php?aID=4271\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.thedenverdailynews.com\/article.php?aID=4271<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IL: Internet Voting Commission Act passed in House and on May 15 in Senate. <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ballot-integrity.org\/new.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.ballot-integrity.org\/new.htm<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IN: New law allows residents online voter registration <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.purdueexponent.com\/?module=article&#038;story_id=16640\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.purdueexponent.com\/?module=article&#038;story_id=16640<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NJ: Trial Ends in Challenge by Rutgers Law School&#8217;s Constitutional Litigation Clinic to Insecure Electronic Voting Machines <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/news.rutgers.edu\/medrel\/news-releases\/2009\/05\/trial-ends-in-challe-20090519\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/news.rutgers.edu\/medrel\/news-releases\/2009\/05\/trial-ends-in-challe-20090519<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NY: Overhaul of Election System Is Urged <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com\/2009\/05\/18\/overhaul-of-election-system-is-urged\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com\/2009\/05\/18\/overhaul-of-election-system-is-urged\/<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NY: Three more New York counties urge state to keep lever voting system <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.empirestatenews.net\/News\/20090519-3.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.empirestatenews.net\/News\/20090519-3.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NY: Opposition Mounts To Voting Technology Switch <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccscoop.com\/news\/09may\/16-vote\/vote.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.ccscoop.com\/news\/09may\/16-vote\/vote.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Starn still leads in judge race <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecourier.com\/articleredirector.asp?d=051909_story1&#038;c=n\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.thecourier.com\/articleredirector.asp?d=051909_story1&#038;c=n<\/i><\/a><br \/>\n(Recount scheduled)<\/li>\n<li>PA: Pennsylvania primaries open with slow polls across Lehigh Valley <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lehighvalleylive.com\/elections\/index.ssf\/2009\/05\/pennsylvania_primaries_open_wi.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.lehighvalleylive.com\/elections\/index.ssf\/2009\/05\/pennsylvania_primaries_open_wi.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Key election, but turnout could be light <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/philly\/news\/homepage\/20090518_Key_people_to_be_elected__but_turnout_tomorrow_looks_to_be_light.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.philly.com\/philly\/news\/homepage\/20090518_Key_people_to_be_elected__but_turnout_tomorrow_looks_to_be_light.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: 3000 names grace various ballots at polling places in Allegheny County <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pittsburghlive.com\/x\/pittsburghtrib\/s_625729.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.pittsburghlive.com\/x\/pittsburghtrib\/s_625729.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>RI: Lawmakers take up Voter ID bill <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpri.com\/dpp\/news\/local_news\/local_ap_providence_rhode_island_lawmakers_to_take_up_voter_id_20090519_tro\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.wpri.com\/dpp\/news\/local_news\/local_ap_providence_rhode_island_lawmakers_to_take_up_voter_id_20090519_tro<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>SC: Voter registration offices sending out cards to residents this month <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indexjournal.com\/articles\/2009\/05\/18\/news\/b0519%20voter.txt\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.indexjournal.com\/articles\/2009\/05\/18\/news\/b0519%20voter.txt<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TN: Voter ID \/ voter citizenship \/ e-mail absentee bills stall <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wbir.com\/news\/local\/story.aspx?storyid=87475&#038;catid=2\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.wbir.com\/news\/local\/story.aspx?storyid=87475&#038;catid=2<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TX: McCall confident voter ID legislation will reach House floor <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.statesman.com\/blogs\/content\/shared-gen\/blogs\/austin\/politics\/entries\/2009\/05\/18\/mccall_confident_voter_id_legi.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.statesman.com\/blogs\/content\/shared-gen\/blogs\/austin\/politics\/entries\/2009\/05\/18\/mccall_confident_voter_id_legi.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Asia: Elections electrified: the end of the paper ballot? <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.futuregov.net\/articles\/2009\/may\/19\/elections-electrified-why-e-voting-better-paper-ba\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.futuregov.net\/articles\/2009\/may\/19\/elections-electrified-why-e-voting-better-paper-ba\/<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Guam: Restore: Reimplementing electronic voting will improve elections <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guampdn.com\/article\/20090520\/OPINION01\/905200322\/1014\/OPINION\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.guampdn.com\/article\/20090520\/OPINION01\/905200322\/1014\/OPINION<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>India: Indian Citizens Serve as Election Monitors <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/gis.cadalyst.com\/gis\/Features\/Indian-Citizens-Serve-as-Election-Monitors\/ArticleStandard\/Article\/detail\/598690?contextCategoryId=6764\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/gis.cadalyst.com\/gis\/Features\/Indian-Citizens-Serve-as-Election-Monitors\/ArticleStandard\/Article\/detail\/598690?contextCategoryId=6764<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>India: Mid-way through polls, EC almost gave up EVMs for ballot papers <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indianexpress.com\/news\/Mid-way-through-polls--EC-almost-gave-up-EVMs-for-ballot-papers\/462076\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.indianexpress.com\/news\/Mid-way-through-polls&#8211;EC-almost-gave-up-EVMs-for-ballot-papers\/462076<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>India: Vijay Sappani: India&#8217;s lesson for the world <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/network.nationalpost.com\/np\/blogs\/fullcomment\/archive\/2009\/05\/19\/vijay-sappani-india-s-lesson-for-the-world.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/network.nationalpost.com\/np\/blogs\/fullcomment\/archive\/2009\/05\/19\/vijay-sappani-india-s-lesson-for-the-world.aspx<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Philippines: Comelec automation goal: 99.995% accuracy <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/inquirerheadlines\/nation\/view\/20090519-205781\/Comelec-automation-goal-99995-accuracy\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/inquirerheadlines\/nation\/view\/20090519-205781\/Comelec-automation-goal-99995-accuracy<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Venezuela: Election authority from Venezuela and Smartmatic initiate audit plan to the automated system <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartmatic.com\/pressroom\/article\/article\/election-authority-from-venezuela-and-smartmatic-initiate-audit-plan-to-the-automated-system\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.smartmatic.com\/pressroom\/article\/article\/election-authority-from-venezuela-and-smartmatic-initiate-audit-plan-to-the-automated-system\/<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Published by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votersunite.org\">VotersUnite.Org<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:ellen@votersunite.org\">Ellen Theisen<\/a>, Director and Managing Editor<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:Klein.Dave@votersunite.org\">Dave Klein<\/a>, Editor<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:Washburn.John@votersunite.org\">John Washburn<\/a>, Editor<\/p>\n<p>Daily Voting News was founded on February 6, 2004 by John Gideon (1947-2009). 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Articles are selected for inclusion to inform subscribers&#8217; ability to draw their own conclusions based on noteworthy and credible news, research, legislation, and debate bearing on the integrity of elections.**<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Co-Editors: Dave Klein and John Washburn The 15-week NJ trial challenging the use e-voting machines concluded today; a ruling is expected by the end of the year. Low turnout in today&#8217;s CA and PA elections. CO and IN are making good use of the Internet for voters, unlike the IL legislature. More NY counties resist [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"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-7161","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\/7161","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\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7161\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7161"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcoauthors&post=7161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}