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'Daily Voting News' for May 12, 2009

'Daily Voting News' for May 12, 2009


Guest blogged by Ellen Theisen, Dave Klein, and John Washburn

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
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  • 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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    Published by VotersUnite.Org
    Ellen Theisen, Director and Managing Editor
    Dave Klein, Editor
    John Washburn, Editor

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