{"id":7124,"date":"2009-05-06T15:58:04","date_gmt":"2009-05-06T22:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=7124"},"modified":"2009-05-06T15:58:04","modified_gmt":"2009-05-06T22:58:04","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-may-06-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/?p=7124","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Daily Voting News&#8217; for May 06, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Co-Editors: <a href=\"mailto:Klein.Dave@votersunite.org\">Dave Klein<\/a> and <a href=\"mailto:Washburn.John@votersunite.org\">John Washburn<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Under the current Voting Rights Act, U.S. Department of Justice approval will be needed to implement a newly passed Georgia law requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote, a law which &#8220;opponents say would keep the poor, elderly and minorities away from the ballot box.&#8221; Will a Supreme Court decision on the VRA nullify or uphold this law? The anticipated &#8220;stricter&#8221; Texas Voter ID law appears to be in progress&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>NAtional: Electronic voting machines in U.S. at risk from foreign hackers attacking military computers <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/x-1969-Boston-Progressive-Examiner~y2009m5d5-Electronic-voting-machines-in-US-at-risk-from-foreign-hackers-attacking-military-computers\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/x-1969-Boston-Progressive-Examiner~y2009m5d5-Electronic-voting-machines-in-US-at-risk-from-foreign-hackers-attacking-military-computers<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: Saving Dollars, Saving Democracy&#8211;Cost Savings for Local Elections Officials Through Voter Registration Modernization <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uspirg.org\/home\/reports\/voting--civic-participation\/voting--civic-participation\/saving-dollars-saving-democracy---cost-savings-for-local-elections-officials-through-voter-registration-modernization (Executive summary)\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.uspirg.org\/home\/reports\/voting&#8211;civic-participation\/voting&#8211;civic-participation\/saving-dollars-saving-democracy&#8212;cost-savings-for-local-elections-officials-through-voter-registration-modernization (Executive summary)<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: All-mail voting pilot project for Yolo County gets state panel&#8217;s OK <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailydemocrat.com\/news\/ci_12300992\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.dailydemocrat.com\/news\/ci_12300992<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IL: New-age voting idea meets old-time politics in Illinois <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stltoday.com\/stltoday\/news\/stories.nsf\/politics\/story\/60E497DEA68E9E28862575AE000A7A04?OpenDocument\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.stltoday.com\/stltoday\/news\/stories.nsf\/politics\/story\/60E497DEA68E9E28862575AE000A7A04?OpenDocument<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IN: Indiana bill would allow online voter registration <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/chi-ap-in-xgr-electionlaws,0,5267248.story\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/chi-ap-in-xgr-electionlaws,0,5267248.story<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IN: Arrows may give way to ovals; Ballots, machines could change by 2010 election <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.corydondemocrat.com\/Articles-i-2009-05-05-210608.114125_Arrows_may_give_way_to_ovals.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.corydondemocrat.com\/Articles-i-2009-05-05-210608.114125_Arrows_may_give_way_to_ovals.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>GA: Georgia follows Arizona on citizenship-proof for voters <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/ap\/article\/ALeqM5jKbnt8hNDF4uWrTudYii_cvprHcwD980CHNO2\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/ap\/article\/ALeqM5jKbnt8hNDF4uWrTudYii_cvprHcwD980CHNO2<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>GA: Secretary of State Handel Announces Consent Order with Fulton County Regarding Dumping of Voter Registration Cards <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sos.ga.gov\/pressrel\/2009_releases\/may\/20090504Secretary%20of%20State%20Handel%20Announces%20Consent%20Order%20with%20Fulton%20County%20Regarding%20Dumping%20of%20Voter%20Registration%20Cards.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.sos.ga.gov\/pressrel\/2009_releases\/may\/20090504Secretary%20of%20State%20Handel%20Announces%20Consent%20Order%20with%20Fulton%20County%20Regarding%20Dumping%20of%20Voter%20Registration%20Cards.htm<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MN: With Specter Switch, Minnesota Senate Race Could Drag On for Months&#8211;or Longer <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2009\/05\/04\/specter-switch-minnesota-senate-race-drag-months-longer\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2009\/05\/04\/specter-switch-minnesota-senate-race-drag-months-longer\/<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MS: City office primary election results <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.picayuneitem.com\/local\/local_story_126014958.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.picayuneitem.com\/local\/local_story_126014958.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Campaigners fined for illegal &#8217;08 votes <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dispatch.com\/live\/content\/local_news\/stories\/2009\/04\/29\/three_voters.ART_ART_04-29-09_B1_PIDMRUK.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.dispatch.com\/live\/content\/local_news\/stories\/2009\/04\/29\/three_voters.ART_ART_04-29-09_B1_PIDMRUK.html<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>SC: GOP Seeks Voting Changes; Opponents See Chilling Effect <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.free-times.com\/index.php?cat=11012506084548046&#038;ShowArticle_ID=11010605093054550\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.free-times.com\/index.php?cat=11012506084548046&#038;ShowArticle_ID=11010605093054550<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TX: NEW voter ID proposal circulated in Legislature <br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kristv.com\/global\/story.asp?s=10314171\" target=\"_blank\"><i>http:\/\/www.kristv.com\/global\/story.asp?s=10314171<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Published by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votersunite.org\">VotersUnite.Org<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:ellen@votersunite.org\">Ellen Theisen<\/a>, Director and Managing Editor<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:Klein.Dave@votersunite.org\">Dave Klein<\/a>, Editor<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:Washburn.John@votersunite.org\">John Washburn<\/a>, Editor<\/p>\n<p>Daily Voting News was founded on February 6, 2004 by John Gideon (1947-2009). 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Articles are selected for inclusion to inform subscribers&#8217; ability to draw their own conclusions based on noteworthy and credible news, research, legislation, and debate bearing on the integrity of elections.**<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Co-Editors: Dave Klein and John Washburn Under the current Voting Rights Act, U.S. Department of Justice approval will be needed to implement a newly passed Georgia law requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote, a law which &#8220;opponents say would keep the poor, elderly and minorities away from the ballot box.&#8221; Will a Supreme [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7124\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}