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October 3, 2012

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National News: Voter ID rules fail court tests across country | Future of voter ID in other states unclear | Setbacks for voter ID laws in Pa., other states could be short-lived | US wrestles with voter ID laws

Overseas Voting News: DOD slams report that military absentee ballots are down due to DOD error

Alabama: Local officials at odds over election equipment

Alaska: Borough assembly election a cliffhanger

Arizona: Political parties united in dislike of top-two primaries

Arkansas: Learning to vote

California: Judge OKs trial for Alarcon, wife on voter fraud, perjury charges | Complaints of voter fraud probed | Proposition D would change election schedule | Longtime election workers commended

Colorado: 2012 general election will be held as vote center in Morgan County

District of Columbia: DC eyes online registration

Florida: Does your vote count? | Voter registration fraud ongoing problem in Duval County | Pasco audit finds voter registration fraud | Faulty voter registrations in Bay County investigated | NAACP speaks up for restoring voting rights for felons | Opponent accuses Cowels of ballot machine testing violations | Election supervisor refutes company's claim | Fewer troops requesting absentee ballots in Fla. | Longest ballot in Pinellas history could cause epic lines on Election Day

Hawaii: State officials will oversee voting on Nov. 6 in Hawaii County | State takes over election operations from county

Illinois: Cook County voters get smartphone tool

Iowa: Schultz criticized for use of federal funds in voter fraud probe

Kansas: Voting options: Advance voting and help with the process

Massachusetts: Town clerk says Election Day 'will be busy' | Worcester election commission gets $65K to hire reinforcements for Nov. 6 | Council OKs merging Ward 2 polling places

Michigan: Legal system gets workout over ballot issues on road to Mich. election | Some mailed absentee ballots with envelope error

Mississippi: Voter ID law getting federal scrutiny | No voter ID ruling before election | Hinds Co. election commissioners spar over absentee ballots

Nevada: Election officials take steps to prevent fraud

New Mexico: County clerk race pits Ellis against Connor

New York: BOE staffers hold voting equipment demonstrations | Elections board fires Soos after Forester attack

North Carolina: Judge dismisses lawsuit againt elections chief and board | Laptop stolen from Robeson elections board sparks ID theft concerns

North Dakota: ND counties utilizing vote-by-mail service

Ohio: Voter access | New early-voting site has critics, fans on first day | Husted wants local decision on vacancy

Pennsylvania: 'Just Vote!' gives students chance to register | Activists on voter ID ruling: Happy but still working | Montco moving forward with voter ID plans | Judge halts Pa. voter ID law | Court sets voter ID aside for November elections | Something for everyone in judge's ruling | Corbett leaning against appealing voter ID ruling | Elections bureau getting additional help for election | Seven polling places relocated for Election Day

Rhode Island: ACLU: Supreme Court should order manual recount in House 58

South Carolina: Justice Dept. clears SC's online voter registration law | SC launches online voter registration system at SCVotes.org

South Dakota: Secretary of state, senator clash over voter info pamphlet

Tennessee: 'Easily avoidable' errors cost 3K Shelby Co. residents their votes | State investigation into Shelby elections released | Audit details election commission faults

Texas: 'Dead' voter controversy raises even more concern | Hidalgo County cracks down on voter fraud

U.S. Virgin Islands: St. Thomas-St. John's primary to be recounted

Virginia: Fairfax works to minimize potential voting chaos | Virginia GOP cancels contract with vendor over voter registration issues

Wisconsin: Group hopes to inspect recall ballots | Extend overseas voting, Romney campaign asks Wisconsin | Nearly 100 Wisconsin ballots sent late to military, overseas voters | Madison council moves student voting center

electionlineWeekly

May 23, 2013

San Francisco’s voter guide is one for the books
At 500+ pages, guide will cost almost $2M to produce and send

It certainly doesn’t stack up to David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest, Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged or Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace, but this fall’s voter’s guide in San Francisco will certainly help prop open just about any door.

The voter’s guide for the 2013 fall election will clock in at more than 500 pages.

The phonebook-sized guide is courtesy of a city law that requires the full text of a referendum, as it was presented during the signature drive, to appear in the voter’s guide.

The legal text for the referendum — regarding the height of a condo project — includes numerous pages of text from the city’s planning commission, board of supervisor meeting testimony and environmental studies.

“If printed with the referendum, this would be San Francisco's largest voter guide,” explained Jon Arntz, director of elections for San Francisco. Read More…

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electionlineToday

May 24, 2013

N.H. Senate removes student IDs as indisputable ID for voting
The state Senate Thursday passed with strict party line votes legislation that changes the current state voter identification law by removing its clear statutory reference to student IDs as an acceptable form of voter ID. John DiStaso, New Hampshire Union.

Fraud just a tiny blip of 2012 vote
0.002397 percent. That’s how much voter fraud there was in Ohio last year, according to a report released yesterday by Republican Secretary of State Jon Husted. Out of about 5.63 million votes cast in a presidential election in this key swing state, there were 135 possible voter-fraud cases referred to law enforcement for more investigation. Joe Vardon, The Columbus Dispatch.

Also in electionlineToday news: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Iowa, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island (7:40 a.m. 05/24/13).