{"id":7183,"date":"2009-05-27T16:30:37","date_gmt":"2009-05-27T23:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=7183"},"modified":"2009-05-27T16:30:37","modified_gmt":"2009-05-27T23:30:37","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-may-27-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7183","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Daily Voting News&#8217; For May 27, 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>Various aspects of Voter ID are in the news today. Texas Democrats defeated their bill. In Kansas, a candidate for Secretary of State claims it&#8217;s essential to prevent fraud&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>NAtional: Voter ID Requirements: How Far is Too Far? <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cqpolitics.com\/news-000003125687\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.cqpolitics.com\/news-000003125687<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CT: House passes voter-registration bill <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.connpost.com\/ci_12454143\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.connpost.com\/ci_12454143<\/i><\/a><br \/>\n(Election-day registration.)<\/li>\n<li>CT: Same-Day Voter Registration Debated By House. <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ctnewsjunkie.com\/state_capitol\/sameday_voter_registration_deb.php\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.ctnewsjunkie.com\/state_capitol\/sameday_voter_registration_deb.php<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CT: State House Approves Election-Day Registration by 81 to 65 <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.courant.com\/capitol_watch\/2009\/05\/house-debates-electionday-vote.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/blogs.courant.com\/capitol_watch\/2009\/05\/house-debates-electionday-vote.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>GA: Lawyers Committee Files Comment Letter Urging DOJ to Interpose a Section 5 Objection to a New Program for Verification of Voter Registration Data&#8221; <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/lawyerscommittee.articulatedman.com\/admin\/site\/documents\/files\/0027.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/lawyerscommittee.articulatedman.com\/admin\/site\/documents\/files\/0027.pdf<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>GA: Rebuttal Brief in Georgia Photo Voter-ID Case Filed with US Supreme Court <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ballot-access.org\/2009\/editedreply.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.ballot-access.org\/2009\/editedreply.pdf<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>HI: Voting Drops 83% In All-Digital Election <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kitv.com\/politics\/19573770\/detail.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.kitv.com\/politics\/19573770\/detail.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>KS: Candidate Kobach claims widespread voter fraud <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kansas.com\/news\/updates\/story\/826914.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.kansas.com\/news\/updates\/story\/826914.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NV: Election law changes questioned <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/breakingnews\/ci_12455320\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/breakingnews\/ci_12455320<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NY: More counties urge state to keep lever voting <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.empirestatenews.net\/News\/20090527-4.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.empirestatenews.net\/News\/20090527-4.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Spelling out the write-ins <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cumberlink.com\/articles\/2009\/05\/27\/news\/local\/doc4a1d41e0796b4060169239.txt\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.cumberlink.com\/articles\/2009\/05\/27\/news\/local\/doc4a1d41e0796b4060169239.txt<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TX: Democrats&#8217; intent to kill Voter ID bill a success <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.news8austin.com\/content\/your_news\/default.asp?ArID=241617\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.news8austin.com\/content\/your_news\/default.asp?ArID=241617<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TX: Transliterated name? No problem. <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com\/archives\/2009\/05\/transliterated-name-no-problem.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com\/archives\/2009\/05\/transliterated-name-no-problem.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>WA: Bainbridge School Bond Could Turn on &#8216;Challenged&#8217; Ballots <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kitsapsun.com\/news\/2009\/may\/26\/bainbridge-school-bond-could-turn-on-ballots\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.kitsapsun.com\/news\/2009\/may\/26\/bainbridge-school-bond-could-turn-on-ballots\/<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Philippines: Smartmatic hurdles initial tests <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.philstar.com\/Article.aspx?articleId=472024&#038;publicationSubCategoryId=63\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.philstar.com\/Article.aspx?articleId=472024&#038;publicationSubCategoryId=63<\/i><\/a><br \/>\n(Discusses the testing procedures.)<\/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 Various aspects of Voter ID are in the news today. 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