'Daily Voting News' for May 12, 2009
The voter ID debate continues in Texas. Tennessee lawmakers are attempting to resurrect an old bill that would require a
photo ID to vote and proof of citizenship to register, and would allow deployed troops to fax or e-mail their absentee
ballots. ..
NAtional: Announcing EAC Board of Advisors (Virtual Public Forum) May 11-15 LINK
(regarding the “Election Operations Assessment”, formerly known as the “Risk Assessment Project”)
National: Details about the EAC Board of Advisors Meeting LINK
(see also: LINK
Indiana: Governor vetoes bill to expand Indiana vote centers LINK
North Carolina: Bill promotes teen voter registration; Lawmakers want students to preregister, schools to stress value. LINK
New Jersey: Study says N.J. needs to better train poll workers, track election complaints to preserve rights LINK
New York: Franklin County to ditch lever voting machines LINK
Ohio: Record number of Vote-by-mail ballots cast in municipal primaries LINK
Tennessee: Tennessee: Speaker wary of GOP bid to resurrect voting bills LINK
Texas: Chairman says committee-approved voter ID plan unlikely to pass full House LINK
(includes a 2-hour, 44-minute video of the committee meeting and Smith’s post-meeting comments)
Washington: King County elections office needs state OK LINK
Bangladesh: Electronic Voting Machine may be introduced in DCC elections LINK
Philippines: SP studies Basilan’s proposal on fingerprinting and national ID system LINK
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