Daily Voting News For April 2, 2008
Friday, 4 April 2008, 2:02 pm
Column: John Gideon
Daily Voting News For April 2,
2008
Guest Blogged by John Gideon
of VotersUnite.orgToday
was a busy day in Congress. Two election related bills went
through “mark-up” in the Committee on House
Administration. One bill, sponsored by Rep. Susan Davis and
others, would allow no-excuse absentee voting. If passed
voters would no longer have to give doctor’s excuses or
proof that they will be out of state. It will be the
voter’s choice to vote absentee. Also marked-up was a
bill sponsored by Rep. Rush Holt and others that would
reimburse states and local jurisdictions that opt in for a
vvpat and/or audits. Both bills were amended and passed out
of committee. ...
NAtional: The FBI
Ignored Threats to Black Voters LINKNational: Video
Chat: Princeton’s Ed Felten LINKNational: Holt's
ballot-reform measure gets a hearing LINKNational: House
Administration Committee Approves Holt Emergency Voting
Bill LINKNational: House
Panel Passes Rep. Susan Davis’s No-Excuse Absentee Ballot
Legislation LINK
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Florida:
Hillsborough County - Plant City Voters 1st In County To
Use New Equipment LINKIowa: Culver
enacts law that ends touch-screen voting in Iowa LINKIowa: New Voting
Machines Could Bring Problems LINKKentucky:
Legislation To Improve Voting LINKNorth Carolina:
Burke County - Board approves new voting machines LINKOhio: Morrow to
stay Licking County elections board director LINKOhio: Franklin
County - Ex-Judge Squire loses appeal of election loss LINKPennsylvania:
Pennsylvania, State of Denial LINK **"Daily
Voting News" 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 "Daily Voting News" may
not reflect the opinions of VotersUnite.Org or Scoop.**
************* John Gideon Co-Director and Information
Manager VotersUnite.Org http://www.votersunite.org
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