{"id":7230,"date":"2009-06-15T16:32:24","date_gmt":"2009-06-15T23:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=7230"},"modified":"2009-06-15T16:32:24","modified_gmt":"2009-06-15T23:32:24","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-june-14-15-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7230","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Daily Voting News&#8217; for June 14-15, 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>From the deluge of coverage on Iran, we tried to select representative, information articles that weren&#8217;t too repetitious. Many whose headlines don&#8217;t explain why we chose them have annotations so you&#8217;ll know why. The aftermath of the Iranian election exemplifies the way Twitter, blogs, and other social networking\/media are transforming the way private citizens can monitor their elections&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>National: Can the US Register Every Voter? <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/newswire\/2009\/06\/15-5\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/newswire\/2009\/06\/15-5<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>National: Expanding Democracy: Voter Registration Around the World <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brennancenter.org\/content\/resource\/expanding_democracy_voter_registration_around_the_world\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.brennancenter.org\/content\/resource\/expanding_democracy_voter_registration_around_the_world<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>National: CORNYN &#038; BEGICH: Safeguarding the military vote <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtontimes.com\/news\/2009\/jun\/14\/safeguarding-the-military-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/washingtontimes.com\/news\/2009\/jun\/14\/safeguarding-the-military-vote\/<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>National: June too soon? <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinidadexpress.com\/index.pl\/article_opinion?id=161490658\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.trinidadexpress.com\/index.pl\/article_opinion?id=161490658<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>DC: We&#8217;re Stronger for the Voting Rights Battle <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/06\/13\/AR2009061301825.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/06\/13\/AR2009061301825.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NJ: Milgram seems determined to get voter-fraud conviction in Atlantic City <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/pressofatlanticcity.com\/news\/breaking\/article_5b39f28e-5893-11de-802f-001cc4c03286.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/pressofatlanticcity.com\/news\/breaking\/article_5b39f28e-5893-11de-802f-001cc4c03286.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: House bill would allow Independent, non-party affiliates to vote in primary <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/grassrootspa.com\/2009\/06\/14\/house-bill-would-allow-independent-non-party-affiliates-to-vote-in-primary\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/grassrootspa.com\/2009\/06\/14\/house-bill-would-allow-independent-non-party-affiliates-to-vote-in-primary\/<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PA: Reform association&#8217;s manual suggests use of quota system <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pittsburghlive.com\/x\/pittsburghtrib\/news\/regional\/s_629482.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.pittsburghlive.com\/x\/pittsburghtrib\/news\/regional\/s_629482.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TX: Harris registrar&#8217;s 2nd job creates appearance of bias <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chron.com\/disp\/story.mpl\/editorial\/6478388.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.chron.com\/disp\/story.mpl\/editorial\/6478388.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TX: Iranian-Americans Take To Streets To Protest Vote <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/cbs11tv.com\/local\/Iranian.american.protest.2.1044254.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/cbs11tv.com\/local\/Iranian.american.protest.2.1044254.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TX: Miller alleges &#8216;voting irregularities&#8217; in runoff <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/news\/48078662.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/news\/48078662.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Australia: Internet will lure voters, says election chief <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.watoday.com.au\/technology\/technology-news\/internet-will-lure-voters-says-election-chief-internet-will-luremissing-voters-says-election-chief-20090615-ca6i.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.watoday.com.au\/technology\/technology-news\/internet-will-lure-voters-says-election-chief-internet-will-luremissing-voters-says-election-chief-20090615-ca6i.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>India: Project 7 Speech &#8211; Electronic Voting Machine <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/toastmasterspeeches.blogspot.com\/2009\/06\/project-7-speech-electronic-voting.html (In praise of EVMs)\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/toastmasterspeeches.blogspot.com\/2009\/06\/project-7-speech-electronic-voting.html (In praise of EVMs)<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Iran: Government banks and buildings were torched <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themedialine.org\/news\/news_detail.asp?NewsID=25420\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.themedialine.org\/news\/news_detail.asp?NewsID=25420<\/i><\/a><br \/>\n(Summary of events with some background about the Iran youth.)<\/li>\n<li>Iran: Iran president brushes off election violence <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/news\/international\/Clashes_erupt_in_Iran_over_disputed_election_.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/news\/international\/Clashes_erupt_in_Iran_over_disputed_election_.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Iran: Thousands Protest In Iran Amid Call For Vote Probe <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=105394655\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=105394655<\/i><\/a><br \/>\n(&#8220;Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei directed one of Iran&#8217;s most influential bodies, the Guardian Council, to examine the claims.&#8221;)<\/li>\n<li>Iran: Good in a Bad Election <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/06\/14\/AR2009061401990.html?hpid=topnews\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/06\/14\/AR2009061401990.html?hpid=topnews<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Iran: Tear gas and Twitter: Iranians take their protests online <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2009\/WORLD\/meast\/06\/14\/iran.protests.twitter\/?iref=mpstoryview\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2009\/WORLD\/meast\/06\/14\/iran.protests.twitter\/?iref=mpstoryview<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Iran: Social media rocks the Iranian vote <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/workforcedev.typepad.com\/workforcedev\/2009\/06\/social-media-rocks-the-iranian-vote.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/workforcedev.typepad.com\/workforcedev\/2009\/06\/social-media-rocks-the-iranian-vote.html<\/i><\/a><br \/>\n(Includes links to sites with various types of coverage.)<\/li>\n<li>Iran: Faulty Election Data <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/tehranbureau.com\/2009\/06\/13\/faulty-election-data\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/tehranbureau.com\/2009\/06\/13\/faulty-election-data\/<\/i><\/a><br \/>\n(Interesting chart of the results, periodically released during the counting by the Interior Ministry.)<\/li>\n<li>Iran: The Iranian People Speak <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/06\/14\/AR2009061401757.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/06\/14\/AR2009061401757.html<\/i><\/a><br \/>\n(Pollsters claim their poll was consistent with the election results.)<\/li>\n<li>Iran: Terror Free Tomorrow Poll Did not Predict Ahmadinejad Win <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.juancole.com\/2009\/06\/terror-free-tomorro-poll-did-not.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.juancole.com\/2009\/06\/terror-free-tomorro-poll-did-not.html<\/i><\/a><br \/>\n(This review of the poll refutes the claims made by the pollsters.)<\/li>\n<li>Iran: Top Pieces of Evidence that the Iranian Presidential Election Was Stolen <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.juancole.com\/2009\/06\/stealing-iranian-election.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.juancole.com\/2009\/06\/stealing-iranian-election.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Iran: Iranian Election Results by Province <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fivethirtyeight.com\/2009\/06\/iranian-election-results-by-province.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.fivethirtyeight.com\/2009\/06\/iranian-election-results-by-province.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 From the deluge of coverage on Iran, we tried to select representative, information articles that weren&#8217;t too repetitious. Many whose headlines don&#8217;t explain why we chose them have annotations so you&#8217;ll know why. The aftermath of the Iranian election exemplifies the way Twitter, blogs, and other social networking\/media are [&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-7230","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\/7230","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=7230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7230\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7230"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcoauthors&post=7230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}