The Arizona Attorney General’s office has now stepped in and “informally†asked the court to allow the disputed ballots from the ’06 Pima County Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) election to be released to them. The state’s Treasurer presently has authority over the ballots but she is not sure whether to destroy them or keep them in storage. The hope is that they be released to the AG and then the AG count the ballots in an investigation to see if, in fact, there was fraud committed in that election. …
- AZ: Pima County – State seeks ballots from ’06 RTA election
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/fromcomments/281194.php - AZ: Ariz. AG asks for Pima County’s transportation election ballots
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/fromcomments/281112.php - AZ: No One Tolerates Stolen Elections …Except Those Who Profit from Them.
http://impactglassman.blogspot.com/ - CA: Humboldt County – State considers decertifying election software
http://www.times-standard.com/localnews/ci_11760632 - CO: An open letter to members of the Election Reform Commission
http://www.coloradostatesman.com/content/99818-an-open-letter-members-election-reform-commission - FL: Mayor Jack McDonald wins Palm Beach runoff recount — by one vote
http://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/news/content/news/2009/02/21/RECOUNTWHOWON.html - MS: State senator wants to put voter ID issue to a vote
http://www.djournal.com/pages/story.asp?ID=286285&pub=1&div=News - NY: Why Keep the Lever Voting Machines?
http://www.wheresthepaper.org/WhyKeepLeverVotingMachines.htm - OK: Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry will try again to boost early voting
http://www.newsok.com/oklahoma-gov.-brad-henry-will-try-again-to-boost-early-voting/article/3347596 - OK: Voter ID will keep elections honest
http://www.tulsaworld.com/opinion/article.aspx?subjectid=65&articleid=20090222_222_G3_Notsom707091 - OK: Bills seek identification for Oklahoma voters at the polls
http://www.newsok.com/bills-seek-identification-for-oklahoma-voters-at-the-polls/article/3347722?custom_click=lead_story_title - PA: Burlington County – Paper votes spark ‘hassle’
http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/news_details/article/16/2009/february/22/paper-votes-spark-hassle.html - UT: Editorial – What voter fraud?
Bills based on unfounded fears
http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_11751734 - WA: Washington Bill for Internet Voting for Overseas Voters Advances
http://www.ballot-access.org/2009/02/22/washington-bill-for-internet-voting-for-overseas-voters-advances/
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For the record: Burlington County is in New Jersey, not PA.
And not everyone found the counting a hassle:
“Some townships were already prepared for the slow process as that has been the method of choice for years. Smaller towns such as Delanco and Eastampton are fine-tuned when it comes to counting ballots by hand.
“We’re used to it here in Eastampton,” said township resident Nancy Muccolini who helped with the election. “We’re a small township and its better than spending all of that taxpayer money to get electronic machines. This worked just fine.”