It appears that there may be some good news coming from Florida. The State House Majority Leader has said that the regressive voter suppression bill will be totally rewritten to remove almost all of the provisions that had any controversy.
This change in tone is the result a lot of hard work on the part of advocacy groups. Clearly they made it so uncomfortable for the majority party that the party had no choice but to back-off of their really bad bill. Congratulations on a great job go to all of the advocacy groups and advocates who worked long hours to kill this bill. Of course we now have to see what the changed bill will look like. Fingers crossed here….
- Featured – FL: House poised to gut controversial election bill
http://blogs.tampabay.com/buzz/2009/04/house-poised-to-gut-controversial-election-bill.html - AZ: Goddard says Pima County recount affirms ’06 result
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2009/04/23/20090423recount0423.html - FL: Opinion – Partisan tactics produce harm for Florida voters
http://www.beacononlinenews.com/opinions/opinion_commentary.php - MN: Election reform bills quietly advancing that would let Minnesota ‘catch up’ with much of nation
http://www.minnpost.com/stories/2009/04/23/8285/election_reform_bills_quietly_advancing_that_would_let_minnesota_catch_up_with_much_of_nation - NY: New York Sets its Sights on EDR
http://www.demos.org/blog.cfm?currentID=CFABA2FF-3FF4-6C82-5ED41ECC995F625C - OH: Brunner offers election reforms
http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/04/22/brunner_recommends.html?sid=101 - OH: Brunner proposes end to most special elections
http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2009/04/22/brunner_proposes_end_to_most_s.html - OH: Secretary of state Jennifer Brunner offers recommendations for improving elections
http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1240475586234500.xml&coll=2 - OH: Brunner includes proposals by GOP
Ohio election reforms to include early voting
http://www.ohio.com/news/43514077.html - TN: House Kills Bill to Require ID to Vote
http://www.myfoxmemphis.com/dpp/news/042209_House_Kills_Bill_to_Require_ID_to_Vote - TX: Judges to hear Texas Democrats’ e-voting suit against Dallas County
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-demsuit_23met.ART.Central.Edition1.4a7b737.html - Ireland: Electronic voting system to be scrapped
http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0423/evoting.html - Ireland: Electronic voting to be scrapped
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0423/breaking37.htm - Ireland: Opposition condemns e-voting ‘shambles’
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0423/breaking51.htm
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RIP J.G, thanks for the effort