>From Ellen Theisen:
------------------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: [DVN] - 'Daily Voting News' For May 22, 2009 From: Ellen Theisen <el...@votersunite.org> Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 16:44:42 -0700 To: Daily Voting News <dvn...@votersunite.org> 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.) http://cha.house.gov/UserFiles/223_testimony.pdf NAtional: EAC Announces $300000 in Grants for Student Mock Elections U.S. http://www.eac.gov/News/eac-announces-300-000-in-grants-for-student-mock-elections/base_view NAtional: "Military and Overseas Voting: Obstacles and Potential Solutions". Testimony at the hearing of the Elections Subcommittee Committee on House Administration http://cha.house.gov/view_hearing.aspx?r=50 NAtional: Universal Voter Registration Now http://www.thenation.com/blogs/edcut/437906/universal_voter_registration_now GA: SCOTUS to hear voter ID law on June 4th http://www.peachpundit.com/2009/05/21/scotus-to-hear-voter-id-law-on-june-4th/ HI: Judge says high-tech voting first needs rules http://www.mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/518759.html IA: Borgman pleads guilty to election misconduct http://www.clintonherald.com/local/local_story_141103728.html MN: Elections director says instant runoff tallies could take weeks to count http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/05/21/irv_voting/ (They use the ES&S M100 ballot scanners) MN: Pawlenty vetoes Motor Voter registration bill http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/45841627.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUZ MS: Hewes explains voter ID actions http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20319284&BRD=1377&PAG=461&dept_id=172922&rfi=6 <http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20319284&BRD=1377&PAG=461&dept_id=172922&rfi=6> NJ: NJ Voting-machine Trial: Defense Witnesses http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/appel/nj-voting-machine-trial-defense-witnesses NY: Tiebreaking Vote Cast by Dead Man; Runoff Required http://www.1010wins.com/Tiebreaking-Vote-Cast-by-Dead-Man--Runoff-Required/4443153 TX: Controversial voter ID bill threatens walkout at Texas Capitol http://www.keyetv.com/content/news/topnews/story/Controversial-voter-ID-bill-threatens-walkout-at/ll2_4o61CkKlD5LmvAxrvg.cspx TX: Democrats using talking stalling tactic http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/6437048.html TX: Get ready for the fireworks. Texas House will take the voter ID on Saturday http://blogs.lubbockonline.com/rangel/2009/05/21/get-ready-for-the-fireworks-texas-house-will-take-the-voter-id-on-saturday/ TX: After much speculation, Voter ID showdown set for Saturday http://newspapertree.wordpress.com/2009/05/21/npt-capitol-after-much-speculation-voter-id-showdown-set-for-saturday/ TX: Texas Legislative Study Group Recommends against Voter Photo Identification http://www.texaslsg.org/reports/LSGVoterID.pdf TX: Texas Legislature Online http://www.legis.state.tx.us/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=81R&Bill=SB317 <http://www.legis.state.tx.us/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=81R&Bill=SB317> (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 http://www.modernghana.com/news/217813/1/di-pushes-for-e-votingsays-indias-700m-population-.html Malaysia: EC Studies Feasibility Of Biometric Voter Registration http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsgeneral.php?id=413066 Philippines: Philippine Commentary: How To Measure the Accuracy of a Counting Machine http://philippinecommentary.blogspot.com/2009/05/how-to-measure-accuracy-of-counting.html Published by VotersUnite.Org Ellen Theisen (el...@votersunite.org <mailto:el...@votersunite.org>), Director and Managing Editor Dave Klein (klein.da...@votersunite.org <mailto:klein.da...@votersunite.org>), Editor John Washburn (washburn.j...@votersunite.org <mailto:washburn.j...@votersunite.org>), Editor Daily Voting News was founded on February 6, 2004 by John Gideon (1947-2009). 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