Daily Voting News For March 12, 2009
Friday, 13 March 2009, 3:10 pm
Column: John Gideon
Daily Voting News For March 12,
2009
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
The Al Franken attorneys rested their case in Minnesota
today. Now there is an expected few days of closing
arguments and statements and the judges begin deliberation.
Meanwhile Franken has picked-up a few more votes and is now
around 270 votes ahead of Norm Coleman. The whole contested
election issue may come to a screeching halt when there is a
decision by the court. The election contest process works on
a “loser pays” system. If Coleman loses he will owe all
legal costs of Team Franken and that is estimated to be
between $1 and $3 Million.
As we expected
ex-Hillsborough Co Florida election supervisor Buddy Johnson
may have used taxpayer’s money in his campaign for
re-election. During last years primary election he was being
trashed by a local community activist. He appears to have
then sent $16,000 to this activist who suddenly became one
of his most vocal supporters....
National: Young Voters Condemn Restrictive
Photo ID Laws LINK National: Senate
Rules Committee Testimony - Voter Registration: Assessing
Current Problems LINK National: Voting
machine debate deja vu all over again LINK
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Orders push Franken's lead
toward the 270-vote range. LINK Minnesota: Media
begins countering claim that Coleman site was hacked LINK Minnesota:
Coleman's legal woes mount LINK Minnesota:
Minnesota Sen. Coleman Deals with Donor Data Breach LINK Minnesota:
Franken to rest case today
Orders push Franken's lead
toward the 270-vote range. LINK Minnesota:
Franken calling final witness in Senate trial, Coleman
begins rebuttal LINK Minnesota:
Beyond the Norm: Coleman's data leak disaster LINK Minnesota:
Wikileaks fights back against Coleman campaign LINK Minnesota:
Franken rests LINK Minnesota:
Franken Legal Team Officially Rests Its Case LINK Minnesota:
Closing arguments to start in Senate trial LINK Minnesota:
Minnesota Closing Arguments Tomorrow -- How Long Until The
Very End? LINK Mississippi:
Flowers: Voter ID fight will continue LINK New York:
Obama's Omnibus Appropriations Act May Save Lever Voting
System LINK Ohio: Editorial
- Voting should be secure, as well as easy to do LINK Oklahoma:
Oklahoma House passage sends voter ID bill to Senate LINK South Carolina:
Georgetown County - Pawleys Island voting precincts debated
LINK Texas: Fort
Worth woman, 98, proves photo ID not always easy to get LINK Texas: Obama
defends oversight of election laws as Texas lawmakers near
voter-ID bill LINK Texas: Texas
Senate committee approves voter ID bill, will face tougher
test in House LINK Texas: Voter-ID
debate soon shifting to the Texas House LINK Texas: GOP
activists pressure House on voter ID LINK Virginia:
Fairfax County - Touch-Screen Failure in VA's 'Hotly
Contested' Special Election Results in Republican 'Victory'
LINK
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************* John
Gideon
Co-Executive Director
VotersUnite.Org
www.votersunite.org
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2008
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