{"id":7164,"date":"2009-05-20T16:14:59","date_gmt":"2009-05-20T23:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=7164"},"modified":"2009-05-20T16:14:59","modified_gmt":"2009-05-20T23:14:59","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-may-20-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7164","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Daily Voting News&#8217; For May 20, 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>Three interesting personal accounts: one from a voter in CA who found that the state-certified InkaVote Plus won&#8217;t accept write-in votes; another from a candidate in PA who tried three times to vote and didn&#8217;t get to cast a ballot; and the third from an activist in Brazil who tells about vote-selling, biometric voter IDs, spy pens, and e-voting machines&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CA: Election Day Again in CA: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? <br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7163\" target=\"_blank\"><i>https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7163<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Elections chief to resolve voting foul-ups <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.tbo.com\/content\/2009\/may\/20\/na-elections-chief-to-resolve-voting-foul-ups\/news-politics\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www2.tbo.com\/content\/2009\/may\/20\/na-elections-chief-to-resolve-voting-foul-ups\/news-politics\/<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Election reform in Ohio too important for games <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vindy.com\/news\/2009\/may\/19\/election-reform-in-ohio-too-important-for-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.vindy.com\/news\/2009\/may\/19\/election-reform-in-ohio-too-important-for-games\/<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MS: The Picayune Item &#8211; New vote set for precinct 3 <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.picayuneitem.com\/local\/local_story_140092857.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.picayuneitem.com\/local\/local_story_140092857.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NY: Somers: Budget passes, incumbents win but voting machine snafu <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/lohud.com\/article\/20090519\/NEWS02\/905190476\/-1\/newsfront\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/lohud.com\/article\/20090519\/NEWS02\/905190476\/-1\/newsfront<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NY: Problems with polls cause some Utica voters to walk away <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wktv.com\/news\/local\/45427587.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.wktv.com\/news\/local\/45427587.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Machines malfunction in 5 towns <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phillyburbs.com\/news\/local\/courier_times\/courier_times_news_details\/article\/28\/2009\/may\/20\/machines-malfunction-in-5-towns.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.phillyburbs.com\/news\/local\/courier_times\/courier_times_news_details\/article\/28\/2009\/may\/20\/machines-malfunction-in-5-towns.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Reporters&#8217; notebook: For one candidate, a bizarre day <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tribune-democrat.com\/local\/local_story_140010246.html?keyword=topstory\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.tribune-democrat.com\/local\/local_story_140010246.html?keyword=topstory<\/i><\/a><br \/>\n(Candidate in wheelchair can&#8217;t access poll site to vote.)<\/li>\n<li>PA: PhillyBurbs.com: Recount doesn&#8217;t change results in Mount Holly <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phillyburbs.com\/news\/news_details\/article\/678\/2009\/may\/20\/recount-doesnt-change-results-in-mount-holly.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.phillyburbs.com\/news\/news_details\/article\/678\/2009\/may\/20\/recount-doesnt-change-results-in-mount-holly.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>RI: House lawmakers delay voter ID bill <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpri.com\/dpp\/news\/local_news\/local_wpri_house_lawmakers_delay_voter_id_bill20090520bcm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.wpri.com\/dpp\/news\/local_news\/local_wpri_house_lawmakers_delay_voter_id_bill20090520bcm<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TX: Close to 50 House Democrats oppose floor action on voter ID measure <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.statesman.com\/blogs\/content\/shared-gen\/blogs\/austin\/politics\/entries\/2009\/05\/20\/close_to_50_close_to_50_house.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.statesman.com\/blogs\/content\/shared-gen\/blogs\/austin\/politics\/entries\/2009\/05\/20\/close_to_50_close_to_50_house.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TX: Will the House buck Perry on stimulus funds? <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.news-journal.com\/blogs\/content\/shared-gen\/blogs\/austin\/firstreading\/entries\/2009\/05\/20\/will_the_house_buck_perry_on_s.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.news-journal.com\/blogs\/content\/shared-gen\/blogs\/austin\/firstreading\/entries\/2009\/05\/20\/will_the_house_buck_perry_on_s.html<\/i><\/a><br \/>\n(The sentence of interest is, &#8220;Over on the Senate side, bills up for possible consideration include Senate Bill 317, which would eliminate straight-party voting on ballots;&#8221;)<\/li>\n<li>Brazil: Letter from Amilcar Brunazo Filho about vote-selling, translated from Portuguese by Marian Beddill <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/noleakybuckets.org\/br\/fraud.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/noleakybuckets.org\/br\/fraud.html<\/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). To assist with Daily Voting News, please send links to news articles to <a href=\"mailto:dvn-tips@votersunite.org\">dvn-tips<\/a>. To donate, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votersunite.org\/donate.asp\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To encourage citizen ownership of transparent, participatory democracy.&#8221; The Creekside Declaration. March 22, 2008<\/p>\n<p><b>**Articles and commentary included in &#8220;Daily Voting News&#8221; do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the editors of Daily Voting News, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.VotersUnite.org\">VotersUnite.Org<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.BradBlog.com\">BradBlog.Com<\/a>. 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 Three interesting personal accounts: one from a voter in CA who found that the state-certified InkaVote Plus won&#8217;t accept write-in votes; another from a candidate in PA who tried three times to vote and didn&#8217;t get to cast a ballot; and the third from an activist in Brazil who [&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-7164","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\/7164","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=7164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7164\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7164"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcoauthors&post=7164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}