'Daily Voting News' For May 22, 2009
Yesterday Jessie Jane Duff, Retired Gunnery Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps and spokesperson for Military Voting Rights USA,
testified before Congress on the issue of military and overseas voting. Her testimony told what it is like in the field
– that the military does more to assist soldiers to pay taxes and give to charity than it does to help them get their
ballots cast. She pointed out that the Internet is not readily available in the field (contrary to what many proponents
of Internet voting say). She proposed a well-thought out solution and explained the many benefits. The federal
government should provide an Express Mail program for the return of ballots, more training for people who assist during
the election cycle, and accessible voter registration and absentee ballot request locations. We hope Congress acts on
her wise recommendations.
The Voter ID bill is scheduled to come to the floor in Texas tomorrow....
FEatured: Testimony of Jessie Jane Duff, Gunnery Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.) LINK
National: EAC Announces $300000 in Grants for Student Mock Elections U.S. LINK
National: “Military and Overseas Voting: Obstacles and Potential Solutions”. Testimony at the hearing of the Elections
Subcommittee Committee on House Administration LINK
National: Universal Voter Registration Now LINK
Georgia: SCOTUS to hear voter ID law on June 4th LINK
Hawaii: Judge says high-tech voting first needs rules LINK
Iowa: Borgman pleads guilty to election misconduct LINK
Minnesota: Elections director says instant runoff tallies could take weeks to count LINK
Minnesota: Pawlenty vetoes Motor Voter registration bill LINK
Mississippi: Hewes explains voter ID actions LINK
New Jersey: NJ Voting-machine Trial: Defense Witnesses LINK
New York: Tiebreaking Vote Cast by Dead Man; Runoff Required LINK
Texas: Controversial voter ID bill threatens walkout at Texas Capitol LINK
Texas: Democrats using talking stalling tactic LINK
Texas: Get ready for the fireworks. Texas House will take the voter ID on Saturday LINK
Texas: After much speculation, Voter ID showdown set for Saturday LINK
Texas: Texas Legislative Study Group Recommends against Voter Photo Identification LINK
Texas: Texas Legislature Online LINK
(Bill to eliminate straight-party voting was removed from the calendar.)
Ghana: DI pushes for e-voting:Says India's 700m population managed it, and so can ghana LINK
Malaysia: EC Studies Feasibility Of Biometric Voter Registration LINK
Philippines: Philippine Commentary: How To Measure the Accuracy of a Counting Machine LINK
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