September 08, 2010

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• "Assembly candidate faces scrutiny over residency"
  
• "Signature gatherers used name of 69-year-old woman"
  
• Cal Supreme Court Denies Review, Alioto-Pier Cannot Seek Re-election
  
• Petaluma sues to challenge ballot argument
  
• FPPC Task Force to Examine Campaign Finance Law Update
  
• "Judge denies legal challenge to pension and health care measure"
  
• "Legal challenge succeeds in changing Palo Alto ballot measure argument"
  
• "Lawsuit demands district elections in Tulare"
  
• "Judge slashes Calif. election case attorney fees "
  
• "Sales tax opponents move on legal, political fronts"
  
• "Nakamura seeks write-in status, "stickers"
  
• "Effort under way to switch Chico November election to June"
  
• "Voters in Bell tell of possible fraud "
  
• "Recall effort could halt city operations in scandal-plagued Bell"
  
• "Calif. congressman criticized for mass mailings"
  
• Appellate Court: SF Supervisor Alioto-Pier Termed Out
  
• "Why can't we register voters online?"
  
• "Mario G. Obledo, 78, Latino civil rights pioneer, dies"
  
• Editorial: "Campaign disclosure flaw hurts voters"
  
• Editorial: "Are judges up for sale?"
  
• "Sacramento judge says ex-lawmaker Ortiz can be on Los Rios ballot "
  
• "California's online voter registration plan on hold"
  
• "Disclosure considered for Calif. pension boards"
  
• "Picking a panel to draw new political maps for California"
  
• "Political fight over redistricting spills into the Capitol, ballot"
  
• "Lawsuit filed over late-arriving ballots in Riverside County"
  
• "Recount Could Decide 40th Senate District Race"
  
• "Big redistricting battle looms this fall"
  
• "San Jacinto recall signature count starts next week"
  
• "New Ballot Machines Are Flawed, Suit Says"
  
• "Vote system that elected NY Hispanic could expand"
  
• "Riverside County Registrar Barbara Dunmore rebuts critics on tally delay"
  
• "DOJ Gearing Up For Reviews of Redistricting Plans"
  
• "Green Party efforts to get on the Texas ballot get a boost bearing GOP prints"
  
• Cal Chief Justice: Initiatives make California dysfunctional
  
• California Considers Decertifying Premier (formerly Diebold) Software
  
• "Prison guards move to recall Schwarzenegger"
  
• Court: SOS Electronic Voting Conditions Subject to APA
  
• Judge rejects challenge to AG summary of gay marriage ban measure
  
• Ninth Circuit Upholds VA Prohibition on Voter Registration
  
• Ohio Secretary of State sues Diebold company
  
• "Backers of same-sex marriage ban to challenge rewording of Proposition 8"
  
• "Voters to decide: Bush memorial sewage plant?"
  
• "Redone pot initiative headed to court"
  
• "Indiana voter ID law challenged again"
  
• VRA challenge by Alaska Native Americans
  
• Lawsuit filed to challenge rejection of SD initiative petition
  
• "Diebold Summer Sale Offers Used Voting Machines"
  
• "Changing method of redistricting makes ballot"
  
• Woman, 97, battles voter ID law
  
• Is the Democratic Party Subject to the VRA?
  
• "RNC demands networks yank McCain ad"
  
• CNN Report on Crawford
  
• "Supreme Court upholds photo ID law for voters in Indiana"
  
• Bowen: Paper ballots will remain at polls
  
• Senator Nelson's Election Reform Effort
  
• "Denham calls for probe of signature gathering"
  
• "United Technologies Makes Bid for Diebold"
  
• Los Angeles County to try to count flawed 'double bubble' ballots
  
• Problems plague tallying of ballots
  
• Unofficial Tallies in City Understated Obama Vote
  
• "Voting Out E-Voting Machines"
  
• "New Life for Initiative to Apportion Electoral Vote"
  
• "California Electoral Vote Initiative Revived"
  
• "State accuses voting machine firm of selling an unapproved model"
  
• " Tribes Ask Court To Block Referendums"
  
• "GAO Wants to Test Controversial Florida Voting Machines"
  
• "High court can regain ground; strike voter ID"
  
• Electoral college initiative backers end efforts
  
• "Questions swirl over hefty donation to electoral college measure"
  
• "Polling purgatory"
  
• S.F. supervisors blamed for blocking new voting system
  
• Did ES&S Sell Uncertified Voting Equipment in California?
  
• San Bernardino Returns to Paper Ballots
  
• "Touch-screen voting faces fuzzy future"
  
• Challenge to candidate's statement
  
• More on county reaction to Bowen e-voting decision
  
• County Election Officials: DRE Restrictions Will Be Hard to Meet
  
• California Strictly Limits Use of Electronic Voting Systems, Withdraws Certification for LA System
  
• "STATE VOTE MACHINES LOSE TEST TO HACKERS"
  
• " California Secretary of State Moves To Tap ES&S's Escrowed Source "
  
• "State's electronic voting machines face mass review "
  
• "Judge rules Monterey planning wording must change"
  
• Editorial: Petition madness
  
• "Secretary of State Debra Bowen: Californians must know their vote counts"
  
• "Charges fly in Inglewood elections"
  
• Editorial: E-vote review must be careful but quick
  
• "Elections may prove to be very expensive"
  
• "Hacker gives voters something to worry about"
  
• Voting machines topic at Riverside County hearing
  
• "The ballot measure that wouldn't die"
  
• "Election officials object to audit"
  
• Appeal expected in Orange County recount case
  
• "County registrar scrambles to hold early presidential primary"
  
• "Tougher standards could end e-voting"
  
• Diebold sue Massachusetts over voting machine contract
  
• Proposed legislation to clarify procedure when candidate dies
  
• Ruling due today in Orange County recount lawsuit
  
• More on the effects of the new primary on local election officials
  
• Secretary of State Bowen Releases Draft Criteria for Voting System Review
  
• "Court Overturns Phone Jamming Conviction"
  
• "Battle for supes seat in court"
  
• "Machines record votes inaccurately in tests"
  
• Coin Toss Decides City Council Race
  
• "Judge forbids second 1st District 'recount'"
  
• "Hahn asks for probe of polling station problems"
  
• "Early presidential primary would cost counties plenty"
  
• "County election laws challenged"
  
• More on the Litigation Regarding the Orange County Supervsior Election
  
• "Diebold Weighs Strategy for Voting Unit"
  
• "Recall Petition Hits Montebello City Council"
  
• "Early primary stresses budgets"
  
• "Test of Riverside County voting machines called limited"
  
• "Early-voting videotape raises a few questions"
  
• "Questions hover over recount"
  
• Orange County Recount Begins
  
• "Princeton Prof: E-Voting Machines Easy To Hack"
  
• "Special election costs detailed"
  
• "Campaign Strengthens For a Voting Paper Trail"
  
• "Primary move would cost Solano estimated $1.1 million"
  
• $82 Buys Voting Secrets
  
• San Francisco M ay Require e-voting Disclosure
  
• Senator Feinstein urges federal e-voting probe
  
• "Recount officially requested"
  
• "Fix the machines"
  
• "Texas Dems Sue Over Electronic Voting
  
• " February Primary: Who Pays, And When?"
  
• "Election outcome remains unsettled"
  
• More Diebold Woes
  
• "Mail-only elections on considered"
  
• Initiative Requiring Paper Ballot Record To Be Circulated
  
• "All-Mail Election Voting Has Its Skeptics"
  
• "Holt pushes paper to back up election results"
  
• "Why Voting Needs a Paper Trail"
  
• " County: Instant Run-Off Voting on Schedule"
  
• "California Rush Reflects Primary Front-Loading Trend"
  
• "Earlier primary could cost $90 million"
  
• "California bills call for early presidential primary"
  
• "Report details election delays"
  
• "SF TECH EXPERTS TO STUDY ELECTRONIC VOTING"
  
• More on Secretary Bowen's Appointment of Lowell Finley
  
• "E-voting critic earns state post"
  
• Debra Bowen's Innauguration
  
• "Testing the Testers"
  
• "3 sentenced in California voter scam"
  
• "Feds Failed to Warn on Flawed E-Vote Lab"
  
• "Federal Panel Rebuffs Guidelines That Insist on a Paper Trail"
  
• "Daniel Weintraub: Debra Bowen won't push for return to paper ballots"
  
• "Double filer is within the law"
  
• "Election probe a good start"
  
• Nov. 7: Tipping point for e-voting?"
  
• "Consultant rips into Sequoia's vote wares, election commission"
  
• "Federal institute blasts paperless vote machines"
  
• "NIST-backed panel calls for end to paperless voting"
  
• "Ohio County May Junk E-Voting Machines"
  
• 'Incorrect tallying procedure led to faulty vote totals in county'
  
• "On day 1 of vote test, numbers don't add up"
  
• "Feinstein to lead e-voting scrutiny'
  
• Court of Appeal Orders DA Election Annulled, Special Election To Be Held
  
• "Vote winner faces tough choice"
  
• "Bowen aims to boost voter faith in elections"
  
• Volunteers to film polls looking for voting irregularities
  
• Glitches cited in early Florida voting
  
• "Twelve Arrested In Orange County Voter Fraud Scheme"
  
• "O.C. supervisors decline to send letter reassuring Latino voters"
  
• "Judge rejects hearing on Brown's eligibility"
  
• "Officials see significant errors in electronic voting test run"
  
• "Some Voting Machines Chop Off Candidates' Names"
  
• "Democrats point fingers at GOP"
  
• "FBI probes voting machine software theft"
  
• "Yolo finds glitch in e-voting"
  
• Secretary of State Orders Counties to Provide Paper Ballots
  
• "Judge extends Shorecliffs ban while looking at petition issue
  
• "Alameda County elections chief promises 'secure' voting"
  
• Election Bills Vetoed by the Governor
  
• "Secretary of state rivals differ on voting machines"
  
• Election Bills Signed by the Governor
  
• Voting system under scrutiny
  
• Bill would cover voting glitches
  
• "Officials Wary of Electronic Voting Machines"
  
• San Francisco City Attorney: Failure of Referendum Petition to Include Text of Redevelopment Plan Renders It Invalid
  
• "E-voting plan hits roadblock"
  
• More on Voter Registration Fraud
  
• "Judge lets Prop. J remain on ballot"
  
• Padilla v. Lever: en banc Ninth Circuit Panel holds that petitions need not be translated
  
• "Princeton prof says mini-bar keys open Diebold voting machines"
  
• Oakland throws out referendum signatures
  
• Fights widen over ballot rebuttals
  
• Suit filed challenging language in open space district argument
  
• "Bowen wants changes to initiative system
  
• "Judge Modifies Measure A Statement"
  
• Assembly OKs bill to repay special election costs
  
• Appointed Water Board Member Must Stand for Election
  
• ACLU Sues to Permit Felony Probationers to Register to Vote in California
  
• "Rival groups seek to write argument against ballot measure"
  
• "California ballot measure that backers tried to kill won't die"
  
• "Two signatures may halt councilman's ballot efforts"
  
• "Lawsuit: Wording of Greenlight ballot measure 'confusing'"
  
• "Editorial: State must repay counties for special election"
  
• "New voting machines questioned"
  
• "Whistle-blower Lawsuit Alleges E-voting Fraud"
  
• "Federal Department of Justice approves Wisconsin voter rule"
  
• "Court rejects Albany shoreline ballot initiative"
  
• "Lawsuit Filed Against Voting Machines"
  
• "Law suit seeks to toss out Bilbray election"
  
• Panel of senators to meet on Kern County election troubles
  
• Pasadena City Council to place measure on ballot
  
• "Oakland to vote to eliminate midyear primaries"
  
• "Secretary of state addresses problems with voting systems"
  
• "Bowen calls for more electronic voting safeguards"
  
• "Drug law changes spark suit'
  
• 'Recall signatures properly disqualified, judge rules'
  
• Court Upholds Law Allowing Faxing of Overseas Ballot
  
• 50th CD recount to cost $120,000 to $150,000
  
• "District illegally saw recall records"
  
• "Take my initiative, please - this ballot's out of control"
  
• "PG&E claims bias on ballot"
  
• "Vernon Abused Electoral Process by Not Counting Ballots, State Official Says"
  
• "Oakland voters may yet see ranked picks"
  
• "Coalition calls for election recount"
  
• Immigration measure off ballot
  
• "Study shows US electronic voting machines vulnerable"
  
• 'Petition awaits judge's ruling"
  
• "Immigration initiative hearing gets ugly"
  
• Padilla oral argument
  
• Supreme Court Decision in Independent Energy Procucers Case
  
• "Judges to Rule on Use of English-Only Initiative Petitions"
  
• "Touch-screen voting's steep learning curve"
  
• "Problem found in optical scan voting system"
  
• "Sequoia quietly leading state e-voting"
  
• Diebold Apologizes To Kern County
  
• Recall effort faces roadblock
  
• "State wants limited voting machine checks"
  
• "Tallying the lessons"
  
• "Ballot Counting Could Delay Calif. Results"
  
• Instant runoff voting to be demonstrated in Eureka on June 6
  
• "DA to examine absentee ballots"
  
• California Supreme Court Decides Proposition 60 "Separate Vote" Case
  
• Group seeks reversal of ruling based on Padilla
  
• Voter Registration in 43rd Assembly Race Examined
  
• New Case Involving Scope of the Initiative Power
  
• Secretary of State Appointments
  
• "Voting machines lack state approval"
  
• U.S. House panel votes to retain bilingual ballots
  
• "Scientists call Diebold security flaw 'worst ever'"
  
• States mandate more security for Diebold voting machines
  
• "Voting machines a key issue in bid to lead elections office"
  
• "Voting glitch said to be 'dangerous'"
  
• Court Rejects Challenge to Initiative Petition Based on Full Text Requirement
  
• "Proposed ordinance brings turmoil"
  
• Ballots absent in San Joaquin
  
• "First all-electronic election marred by problems"
  
• Alameda County Registrar Takes Marin Position
  
• Effect of Padilla en banc review on the Monterey case
  
• New en banc order in Padilla
  
• Texas Secretary of State Threatens to Decertify ES&S
  
• More on Dismissal of Counties from Diebold Lawsuit
  
• "Seven counties promise to use paper ballots"
  
• Campaign Legal Center Launches Blog
  
• "California's Emergency HAVA Regulation Adopted for Statewide Database Change"
  
• "California eyes race for nation's first primary"
  
• Monterey County registrar of voters resigns
  
• Arizona Governor vetoes bill for early review of intitiatives
  
• Clerk to probe L.B. ballot problems
  
• "Rosemead recall has new legal life"
  
• En banc review granted in Padilla
  
• Oregon Secretary of State Sues ES&S
  
• Secretary of State Bruce McPherson Announces Flexibility of HAVA Funds for Counties
  
• More Padilla: Going back to ballot
  
• Trouble feared at ballot box
  
• Voting machines pulled in Indiana
  
• EAC Meeting on Vote Counting and Recounting
  
• Lawsuit Filed Over Electronic Voting Machines
  
• Vernon Saga Continues
  
• Vernon officials refuse to tally election votes
  
• Registrar files list 240-year-old voter
  
• Padilla v. Lever, continued
  
• Voter Fraud Charges Probed
  
• Doubts raised about Vote-Pad voting system for disabled voters
  
• ES&S explains voting system failures
  
• More Padilla Fallout: Petition may need Spanish translation
  
• Ohio Official Invested in Vote Machine Co.
  
• Casting Vote for Easier Registration
  
• Florida subpoenas voting machine companies
  
• New California ID System May Block Voters
  
• Monterey County: Rancho San Juan referendum voted off June ballot
  
• Judge upholds Correa's right to remain in Senate primary
  
• Judge rules Loma Linda petition invalid
  
• Backers vow suit over Measure C
  
• Bay Meadows Co. files lawsuit
  
• Vendor reneges on promise to fill voting-machine order
  
• Lawsuit Filed Against Tax Opponents
  
• Story on Monterey VRA Initiative Case
  
• Politicians bid to alter state initiative process
  
• Federal Court: Monterey Initiative Violates the Minority Language Provisions of the VRA
  
• "Umberg sues to cut Senate foe Correa from ballot"
  
• County struggles to comply with law
  
• Diebold Inc. sued over California voting systems
  
• Privatized democracy
  
• "Alameda County ready to shop for new voting machine system"
  
• "E-vote pioneer will return to paper ballots"
  
• County gets peek at assistance devices for disabled voters
  
• Judge confirms putting Luellig recall on ballot
  
• Hearing today on Yorba Linda 'Right to Vote'
  
• State looks into charges of GOP registration fraud
  
• E-voting machines spark concerns
  
• Editorial: McPherson's Choice
  
• Bowen slams voting systems in S.C. speech
  
• Senator Bowen seeks reversal of Diebold conditional certification
  
• Man Pleads Not Guilty in Voting Device Case
  
• FUNDING TO BE SOUGHT FOR TOUCH-SCREEN VOTING DEVICES
  
• Lawmakers may review initiatives
  
• Secretary of State Conditionally Certifies Diebold TSx Touchscreen System
  
• "Elections chief questions use of electronic voting"
  
• Proposition 77 Decision
  
• Motion aims to block lawsuit against initiative
  
• "Get set to vote by mail"
  
• Voting System Certification Hearing
  
• "State Eyes Open Source at Polls"
  
• "City Council forms citizens voting panel"
  
• "Diebold CEO Reviews Fate of e-Voting Unit"
  
• "States slow to improve voting systems -report"
  
• Secretary of State's Statement Regarding Peace and Freedom Party's Ballot Access
  
• "Mail-only ballots would avert June crisis"
  
• "Peace and Freedom Party back on June primary election"
  
• "E-voting systems OK'd, except Diebold's"
  
• "Voting Systems Lawsuit Reaches U.S. Supreme Court"
  
• "Peace and Freedom Party fails to qualify for June primary election"
  
• "Validity of signatures scrutinized in recall effort"
  
• "Bruce McPherson requests voting system contingency plans"
  
• Brookings and the American Enterprise Institute Launch Joint Election Reform Project
  
• "Disabled try out voting machines for accessibility"
  
• "Md. Official Wants Details About Calif. Voting Machine Problems"
  
• "New voting technique makes it 'simpler' for some"
  
• "San Mateo County seeks OK for all-mail voting"
  
• "State rebuffs raw vote demand"
  
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• "Yolo rejects electronic voting machines"
  
• "As Elections Near, Officials Challenge Balloting Security"
  
• "Most of State's Vote Machines Not Ready for Primary Time"
  
• "California legislators evaluate e-voting"
  
• "Florida county e-voting system deal nixed"
  
• "Balloting systems still await decision"
  
• New Frontier: DNA Testing in Election Disputes
  
• "ES&S Efforts Ease Calif. E-voting Concerns
  
• "Down the stretch toward a vote?"
  
• "Feds threaten to sue state over voting machine delay"
  
• "Enthusiasm swells for all-mail vote"
  
• "Paper trail law for e-voting has fans, foes"
  
• Secretary McPherson's letter to Diebold.
  
• "Registrar proposes all-mail vote"
  
• "Sacramento County Meets HAVA Deadline"
  
• "Yorba Linda clerk challenges initiative"
  
• "Redistricting backers renew effort to change process"
  
• "Deadline passes for compliance with voting act as primary nears"
  
• Light Blogging
  
• "California Secretary of State Announces Creation of Voting Accessibility Advisory Committee"
  
• "S.J. voting machines' fate up in air"
  
• "Diebold execs gave to GOP despite ban"
  
• "Election group challenges certification of 3 vote machine vendors"
  
• "U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler in court appealing electronic voting system decision"
  
• "Council derails recall attempt"
  
• "Via computer, a vote-counting headache"
  
• "Uncertainty clouds future of e-vote tests"
  
• Padilla v. Lever an issue in local recall
  
• "Justice Staff Saw Texas Districting As Illegal"
  
• "A hacker's touch"
  
• Connecticut Legislature Passes Campaign Finance Reform Package
  
• Padilla v. Lever Revisited
  
• "Voting-machine deadline at risk"
  
• "California may impose hacker test on all electronic vote machines"
  
• "N.C. judge dismisses voting machine case, vendor may pull out"
  
• "Voting machine deadline nears"
  
• "Can Diebold machines pass the test"
  
• Ninth Circuit: Recall Petitions Must Be Translated
  
• "Voting machines draw fire at hearing"
  
• "Absentee ballot form itself needs some scrutiny"
  
• Biden concerened about Alito views on reapportionment
  
• "Voting machine company sued"
  
• Diebold TSx Certification Hearing on November 21
  
• "Justice Plays Down Memo Critical of Ga. Voter ID Plan"
  
• "Criticism of Voting Law Was Overruled"
  
• Letter urges full funding for HAVA
  
• "Trustee questions voting system"
  
• "Elections are a year-round process"
  
• "Ballot shutout sparks debate"
  
• "Civil Rights Division losing lawyers"
  
• Hearing Scheduled on Diebold TSx
  
• Oral argument scheduled in Proposition 77 case
  
• New Electionline publication on recounts
  
• "State: Happy trails to paperless e-voting"
  
• "Schwarzenegger Hits Snag at Polling Place"
  
• "Voters report problems with voting machines in Roanoke Co."
  
• "Arizona ID rule may deny U.S. citizens right to vote "
  
• 'Parallel election' to check votes
  
• "King County GOP challenges nearly 2,000 voters' registrations"
  
• "Aguirre writes to registrar over security of balloting"
  
• "Vote system could get OK this year"
  
• "Judge upholds Felton water vote"
  
• "Justice Department Reaches Agreement With California on Federally Required Statewide Voter Registration Lists"
  
• "Registrars expect many absentee ballots"
  
• "AARP survey adds fuel to voter ID debate"
  
• "O.C. mails corrected Korean sample ballots"
  
• "ACLU Sues Albuquerque Over Voter ID Ordinance"
  
• "Federal appeals court blocks Georgia from demanding photo ID at the polls "
  
• GAO Report on Electronic Voting Security
  
• "Touch-screen voting receives welcome safeguards"
  
• Proposition 77 Supreme Court Litigation
  
• "New Machine Available For Voters With Disabilities"
  
• "Some counties testing electronic vote machines"
  
• "Absentee ballot surge surprises registrars"
  
• "County supervisors to consider purchase of new voting system"
  
• "Touchscreen optimism grows"
  
• "California puts voting machines through paces"
  
• "Counties hope state covers tab"
  
• Governor signs SB 370, making paper trail record the official ballot for DRE recounts
  
• "Secretary of state announces new requirements for electronic voting machines"
  
• "County tightens election security"
  
• "Samuelson Clinic Submits Comments to U.S. Election Assistance Commission"
  
• "Instant runoffs instantly persuasive"
  
• Secretary of State to Explore Open Source Software for Voting Systems
  
• "Voting machines near certification, but paper ballots to be used Nov. 8"
  
• "Two Dixon leaders could face recall"
  
• "Are instant runoffs the future of elections?"
  
• "Supreme Court to decide campaign-spending limits"
  
• "California must retain election transparency"
  
• "November election's costs weigh on counties' officials"
  
• "Pressure Builds in Maryland for Voting Machines Paper Trail"
  
• "Some counties still holding out for paper ballots"
  
• "Software bugs stall voting system"
  
• "Bill would require all electronic voting machines to verify votes have been recorded correctly"
  
• "Counting of paper ballots bases confidence on transparency"
  
• "Suit filed against Georgia's voter ID law"
  
• "Secretary of State Bruce McPherson Issues Directives to Counties For Special Statewide Election"
  
• Baker-Carter Commission: Require Paper Audit Trail, Voter IDs
  
• "GMO ballot lawsuit"
  
• "Faith in voting"
  
• "June initiatives already in play"
  
• "Donna Frye" Bill Sent to the Governor
  
• Bill to Prohibit Text Message Political Advertising Sent to the Governor
  
• Legislature Sends Voter Registration Bill to the Governor
  
• Governor Vetoes Absentee Ballot Bill
  
• "Elections officials caution about fraud in paper records"
  
• Legislature sends AB 783 to the Governor
  
• "Voting research center opens"
  
• California Secretary of State: Election paper-trail bill should be vetoed
  
• "Records show candidate registered in 3 parties"
  
• Governor vetoes fair campaign pledge bill
  
• "Governor vetoes signature-gatherer bill"
  
• "Future elections will be closer, McPherson says"
  
• Ohio election reform measures certified for ballot
  
• Expect a Flurry of Election Bills Passed This Week
  
• "Georgia Voter ID Lawsuit"
  
• ""NFL debate goes to Internet"
  
• "Feds revise stance on AZ voter ID requirement"
  
• "Sponsors of ban to appeal 'domestic partnership' title"
  
• Developments in the Overseas Faxed Ballot Case
  
• "Judge cuts numbers from Measure P argument"
  
• "San Joaquin keeps its touch-screen voting"
  
• "Bars go up at county election office"
  
• "Judge mulls Cupertino ballot-argument flap"
  
• "Lawsuit filed on ballot description"
  
• Mercury News Editorial In Support of SB 370
  
• Suit filed over bond measure pamphlet
  
• "NFL linked to ballot initiative"
  
• "Felton man pushing to nullify vote"
  
• SB 370 to Governor
  
• "Senate OKs security requirements for voting machines"
  
• "Justice Dept. OKs Georgia's voter ID law"
  
• SB 370 one step closer to passage
  
• Electionline.org on California court ruling prohibiting fax voting
  
• "Woman Sued Over Ballot Argument"
  
• Ballot won't identify candidate as Minuteman Project founder
  
• Santa Cruz asks residents to rate new voting machines
  
• Florida Secretary of State rescinds approval on redistricting ballot initiative"
  
• New Election Blog
  
• NIST Workshop on Threats to Voting Systems
  
• Groups Urge DOJ to Reject Georgia Voter I.D. Bill
  
• Justice Department Settles Voting Rights Lawsuit Against Texas County
  
• "Partial recount vindicates San Diego voting machines"
  
• EAC Adopts Initial Procedures for Voting System Certification
  
• "Touch-screen voting units to be tested"
  
• "Recount Focuses On Ballot Machine Accuracy"
  
• Proposition 77, the Florida variation: "6 words may block overhaul of redistricting"
  
• EAC Public Meeting Advisory
  
• "Court boosts governor's agenda, confusion"
  
• Secretary McPherson Appoints Caren Daniels-Meade as Elections Division Chief
  
• "Diebold hires top Dem for PR blitz"
  
• Court Prohibits Counting of Faxed Overseas Ballots
  
• "Deadline Schmedline"
  
• "New Data Suggests Vote Centers Boost Turnout"
  
• Challenge to San Diego Campaign Finance Ordinance
  
• "Fault for not filing rests with board incumbents"
  
• "Man submits 2-for-1 ballot argument"
  
• "Lockyer's summary of anti-gay marriage measure upheld"
  
• "Deadline Passes for Deal on Initiatives"
  
• "Secretary of State Bruce McPherson Insists on User-Friendly Voting Machines For Disability Community "
  
• Status of State Election Legislation
  
• Request for Manual Recount in San Diego Mayor Race
  
• "Experts say solid standards needed for provisional ballots"
  
• Secretary of State: Renew the Voting Rights Act
  
• "Governor, Democrats negotiate as special election deadline looms"
  
• "Paper trail may clog e-voting advances"
  
• Attorney threatens election officials over use of AutoMARK voting system
  
• "New districts possible for June 2006 vote"
  
• "Secretary of state calls for more review of initiative petitions"
  
• Initiatives Qualified for the November 8, 2005, Special Statewide Election Ballot
  
• "UC Berkeley part of NSF-funded center to study e-voting"
  
• "Special Election Plan: Vote Now, Pay Later"
  
• "Voting machine company to pay county $1.2 million"
  
• "Jackson County and [Mississippi] Secretary of State Eric Clark are not seeing eye to eye on the Help American Vote Act voting machine project."
  
• "Lobbyist challenged on voting machines"
  
• Proposition 77 Notes
  
• "Judge reaches split decision in ballot fight"
  
• Coverage of Supreme Court Proposition 77 Decision
  
• Supreme Court Orders Proposition 77 Back on the Ballot
  
• Proposition 77 Supreme Court Curiosity
  
• Proposition 77: Answers to Pettion
  
• Secretary of State Letter to Supreme Court on Proposition 77
  
• Proposition 77 Coverage
  
• Proposition 77 Status
  
• Heading to Election Conferences
  
• "Some measures not finalized as Aug. 18 deadline looms"
  
• Propositon 77 Briefs
  
• Another view of the Diebold TSx situation
  
• Davidson Appointed to EAC Commission
  
• Proposition 77 argument articles
  
• Proposition 77 Oral Argument
  
• "VOTING RIGHTS ACT: The right to vote still under assault after 40 years"
  
• "Voting machine maker drops Blackwell suit"
  
• League of Women Voter Report on Next Steps in Election Reform
  
• "Statement from Secretary of State Bruce McPherson's Press Office Regarding the Cancellation of the Special Election"
  
• "Behind the ballot snafu"
  
• " Lockyer sued over title of same-sex initiative"
  
• "Initial report undersold e-vote snafus"
  
• "Electronic Voting Machines: California experience should prompt concern for Utah elections"
  
• Study set of voting machine accuracy
  
• "Alameda County to reconsider Deibold voting machines"
  
• DOJ to Hold Ballot Access and Voting Integrity Symposium
  
• Legislative Counsel: Governor Can Cancel Election
  
• "Electronic voting: Fix the machines"
  
• "Utah stands by vote machines"
  
• "Groups hope to revise Ohio law"
  
• "Strong, smart advice for county elections"
  
• Public Input Sought in Selection of New San Francisco Voting System
  
• "Ohio voting system unfair, suit says"
  
• "State rejects e-voting system"
  
• Court of Appeal Schedules Hearing in Proposition 77 Lawsuit
  
• Supreme Court Orders Proposition 80 Back on the Ballot
  
• "Black groups demand US voting rights act extension"
  
• "Appeal filed on governor's redistricting measure"
  
• "Disabled advocates fight vote ruling"
  
• Proposition 80 Ordered Removed from the Ballot
  
• "Federal officials investigate LA compliance with voting law"
  
• "U.S. elections post to be filled by Secretary of State Davidson"
  
• "Judge tosses redistricting measure off ballot"
  
• "New vote system is touching"
  
• "Legislators set hearing on initiative"
  
• "Electronic Voting Law Splits Florida Disabled Advocates"
  
• "EAC Public Meeting & Hearing in Pasadena, CA Consideration of Proposed Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG)"
  
• "Election officials express concern about plan to implement Prop 200"
  
• "New voting tools require more training"
  
• "Probe targets Republican's donation to election official"
  
• "JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FILES VOTING RIGHTS LAWSUITS AGAINST THREE CALIFORNIA CITIES AND ENTERS CONSENT DECREES"
  
• "Save the money: Move now to all-mail voting"
  
• "Touch-screen debate focuses on deadline"
  
• "Flawed measure ignites new flap"
  
• "Judge rejects call for immediate ban on felon voting rights"
  
• "Ohio's high court enters voting-machine dispute"
  
• "Sesenbrenner calls for extension of Voting Rights Act"
  
• "Special Election Burnout"
  
• "County stands firm on election paper trail"
  
• "Panel: Congress may sit on vote reform"
  
• "Touch-screen fracas brewing"
  
• "Voluntary Voting System Guidelines"
  
• "National Task Force on Election Reform Report"
  
• "Sutter allotted extra state funds for electronic voting"
  
• "Alameda weighing whether to invest in paper-based optical scanning system"
  
• "Senate Dems present redistricting plan"
  
• "Voting system needs $6 million upgrade"
  
• "Touch screen not best choice for disabled voters"
  
• "Senators question e-voting paper trail"
  
• "County leery of state promise to pay for Nov. 8 election"
  
• "County to front bill for special election"
  
• Senate Hearing on Voter Verification in the Federal Elections Process
  
• "County election workers 'embarrassed'"
  
• "Panel directs ire toward voting system"
  
• "County cost for special election is $700,000"
  
• "Man charged with vote fraud"
  
• "Governor Agrees to Have State Pay for Special Election"
  
• " Counties fear fiscal squeeze of special election"
  
• "Measure of concern over initiative process "
  
• "Vote-recount probe raises some issues"
  
• "Word up: Felton water ballot OK'd"
  
• "State expected to OK new voting system"
  
• Governor to Call Special Election
  
• "Washington state judge upholds election results"
  
• "Miami-Dade's elections chief wants to boot touch-screen system"
  
• "Washington State Judge To Rule Monday On Governor's Win"
  
• "What Went Wrong In Ohio: The Conyers Report on the 2004 Presidential Election"
  
• "County elects to scan ballots"
  
• "S.B. County names new voting official"
  
• "Mail-ballot bill stuck in committee"
  
• "Will suit cancel sewer vote?"
  
• "U.S. Voter Turnout Up in 2004, Census Bureau Reports"
  
• "Voting system change in Dade likely"
  
• "Cook Co. switching to optical scan ballots"
  
• "ITAA Warns Purchase Delays will Endanger HAVA Compliance"
  
• "Voters Group: Fla. Audit Shows Problems"
  
• "Council says no to mail-in election"
  
• "Score of counties join suit on vote-machine deadline"
  
• "EAC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SELECTED"
  
• "Mayor Bloomberg Says No Paper Trail Is Necessary With Electronic Voting"
  
• "Instant runoffs still years away"
  
• "Democrats Challenge Schwarzenegger Over Special Election Funding"
  
• "Lawyers prepare for June 6 clash over Felton water"
  
• "Is Mail-In Balloting The Wave Of The Future?"
  
• "McPherson says new lines can't be in place for 2006 elections"
  
• "Abortion measure to be on ballot"
  
• "More mail-in elections proposed"
  
• "EAC considers new voting system guidelines"
  
• "Eight state initiatives await final approval"
  
• "Alternative to e-voting is needed: the mailbox"
  
• "Yolo's registrar takes on governor"
  
• "City Clerk Is Counting on a Smoother Vote"
  
• "Approval of voting machine disputed"
  
• "Five measures may make state ballot"
  
• "Vote procedures changed for primary"
  
• "Florida voting machine turns up in resident's yard"
  
• "Voting devalued"
  
• "All-mail vote likely"
  
• "Voting-machine maker sues Blackwell"
  
• "As We See It: Secretary of state bill a good idea"
  
• "County checking voter fraud"
  
• " Not Your Father's Justice Department"
  
• "Blackwell approves touch-screen voting machines"
  
• "Touch-screen voting anomalies found"
  
• "For Signature Gatherers, Name Game Means Profit"
  
• "Chairman of Voting Reform Panel Resigns"
  
• "Voting officials slam Diebold on instant-runoff system"
  
• "Schwarzenegger Initiatives Find Difficulty Meeting Deadline"
  
• "Funding a top election-reform issue"
  
• "E-voting May Face Recall in Florida County "
  
• "Election reform on the go: State builds voter database"
  
• "Ranked-choice voting topic of town hall"
  
• " HAVA informs about new voter system, regulations"
  
• "Ohio picks computer voting with paper trail"
  
• "Dade studies switch to paper ballots"
  
• "Panels approve bills that respond to San Diego mayoral race"
  
• "State dumps touch-screen voting system"
  
• " Voting rights: Paper trail ensures accurate records "
  
• Update on Election Legislation
  
• "States, Counties Spar Over Election Rules"
  
• "Local lawmaker pushes voter reform bill"
  
• California Voting Rights Act declared unconstitutional
  
• "'Hybrid voting machines raise questions about certification, accessibility"
  
• "Miami-Dade County election chief quits"
  
• "Electronic voting problems discovered in Miami-Dade"
  
• "Assembly confirms McPherson as secretary of state"
  
• "Committee forwards secretary of state nomination to Assembly"
  
• "Governor's backers, foes scramble to make ballot"
  
• Federal Bills to Amend HAVA
  
• "Former President Jimmy Carter, Former Secretary of State James Baker to Convene New Commission on Federal Election Reform"
  
• Assembly Committee on Elections and Redistricting Hearing
  
• "Latinos use voting-rights law to force district elections"
  
• City Clerk Defends Over-Marking of Mayoral Ballots
  
• LA Mayoral Election Won't Be Disputed
  
• Chronicle Favors McPherson Confirmation, Bowen Bill
  
• Congress should leave elections to the states
  
• State Initiative Update
  
• EAC Meeting Agenda
  
• Electionline.org Paper on Provisional Balloting
  
• Provisional Ballot Fight in North Carolina
  
• Legislative Action on Election Bills
  
• "Senate committee OKs former senator as secretary of state"
  
• "Bill would limit election official's political role, donations"
  
• "Passions run high on voter ID bill"
  
• Senate Committee Analyses
  
• AB 5 Committee Analysis
  
• McPherson's Transition Team
  
• AB 43 Committee Analysis
  
• "Supes to hear report on new voting system requirements"
  
• "County Every Vote Act of 2005
  
• "Counties chafe at special elections"
  
• "Changes Ahead in County's Voting System"
  
• March VSP Meeting Postponed
  
• State Senate Hearing on Election Bills
  
• Report: Some Md. Vote Machines Problematic
  
• LA Might Temporarily Shelve Its New Voting System
  
• "Virtues of Optical-Scan Voting"
  
• "Dense Fog, New Voting System Delay Counting of Ballots"
  
• Assembly Committee Hearing on Election Bills
  
• "Lockyer's Statement Under Fire"
  
• "Foes put sights on voter list pact"
  
• Diebold False Claims Act Settlement Order
  
• Builders group uses trickery to check out voters' signatures
  
• Congressional legislation focuses on paper trails
  
• Washington: State Elections 'Unacceptable'
  
• EAC Testimony to Congress
  
• Schwarzenegger to Hold Special Election
  
• Nevada County Election Official Opposes Voter ID Bill
  
• SB 1016: Voter Privacy
  
• Clinton, Boxer Pushing e-voting Bill in Senate
  
• Keene Wants Voters to Show ID
  
• Appeal in S.D. Mayor Re-election Case Filed
  
• AB 1096: Return of Absentee Ballot
  
• EAC Explores Use of Provisional Voting in 2004 Election
  
• Secretary of State's Ads Cleared by Federal Commission
  
• SB 1012: Voter Kiosks in Rural Areas
  
• Election Official: Provisional Ballot Counting Law Needs Clarified
  
• Confidential Registration for Safety Officers
  
• Bill Authorizing Instant Runoff Voting
  
• News on More Proposed Changes to HAVA
  
• San Leandro Eyes Instant Runoff Voting
  
• Bill on Precinct Size
  
• SB 226: State Bill to Require Voter ID
  
• New FPPC Commissioner
  
• More News on Election Reform Legislation
  
• AB 432: Voting Rights of New Citizens
  
• Report on the 2004 Election
  
• VSPP Meeting -- Grandfathered Voting Systems
  
• Meeting the 2006 HAVA Deadline
  
• Federal Voting Systems Bill
  
• Bruce McPherson Bio
  
• Concerns Over New Voter ID Requirements in Arizona
  
• EAC Hearing on Provisional Ballots
  
• VIVA HAVA
  
• Judge stops Blackwell from enforcing deadline in county
  
• No-Shows Annoy Group Probing 2004 Election
  
• Attorney General Initiative Status Website
  
• VSPP Agenda Change
  
• Congressional Committee Examines 2004 Election Reforms
  
• County Changes Provisional Ballot Procedures
  
• Status of Initiatives
  
• Next Voting Modernization Board Meeting
  
• Spitzer Seeks Immediate Fix To State’s Voting System
  
• Election Officials Work on Making Changes
  
• AB 158: Shortening Voter Registration Deadlines
  
• Special Election May See Record Number of Initiatives
  
• AB 187: Extending Deadline for Overseas Military Ballots
  
• Ohio Elections Officials Protest Deadline
  
• AB 216: Requiring Posting of Notices for Changed Polling Places
  
• Voting Systems News
  
• SB 39: Permanent Absentee Voters
  
• City Lacks Standing to Challenge Ethics Initiative
  
• Senator McCarthy's Proposed Redistricting Measure
  
• Sweeping Amendments to HAVA Proposed
  
• Election Assistance Commission Meeting
  
• VSP Meeting
  

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