Tuesday, 09 October 2012

October 9, 2012

National News: All mail elections beneficial in some states | Four controversial changes to 2012 election rules

Alabama: Alabaster, Chelsea, Pelham, Helena among Shelby County runoff elections

Arizona: Pima County readies its aged counting devices for election | Some Mesa voters to be sent to Tempe polls on Election Day | Prop 121 would end partisan primaries

California: Few early voters seen at Tulare County elections office | California makes it easier to vote, unlike other states

Colorado: County clerks blast Gessler for 'errors and oversights' | Voter signature investigations | Election activists, Boulder County clerk spar over absentee ballots

Florida: In voter registration fraud case, it's not Mickey Mouse you have to worry about | As voter registration deadline looms, PBC elections supervisor helps hundreds | Pinellas extends elections office hours | Printing error on Collier absentee ballots

Guam: In-office voting begins at Guam election commission

Illinois: Illinois law requires offices to be open until 5pm Christmas Eve for election filings

Iowa: There's a new app for voting in Iowa

Kansas: Voters' ID rules clarified

Kentucky: Ky. county moving polling places, sites or sale

Maryland: Maryland officials not concerned about voter-registration fraud | Mayor says community center safe for voters

Michigan: Johnson drops citizenship checkbox from ballot | Clinton Township renews efforts to dump clerk | Absentee ballots could account for nearly one-third of Genesee County voters

Minnesota: Voter ID: Arne Carlson, Mary Kiffmeyer to debate amendment Tuesday

Missouri: As registration deadline looms, officials announce Saturday ballot times

Montana: Elections coming to a close for some in Montana

Nevada: Online system registered 34,867 new voters

New Hampshire: Voter ID voucher offered by NH secretary of state | Photo ID vouchers available for voters

New Mexico: RR voters herded to five voting sites

North Carolina: NC governor says she's proud of voter ID veto | Republicans lead in absentee ballot requests

Ohio: Early voting limits impact black voters disproportionately study says | Absentee ballots could make a big difference in Ohio | Cuyahoga County BOE prepares for a busy Tuesday

Oregon: Suspicious robocalls warn of voter registration problems

Pennsylvania: ID aside, one task remains for would-be voters: Registering

South Carolina: Online voter registration is a hit, but fewer register this year in SC

Texas: Voter ID push likely will be renewed | Hays County considers effects on proposed ID law | Travis County preparing for more choices, longer ballots in November | County, Clear Channel partner to inform voters that early voting starts Oct. 22 | Officials make final push to register voters before Tuesday's deadline

Utah: State poll workers prepare for early voting | Utah purges tens of thousands from voter rolls

Virginia: Election edict tests Fairfax County | Some absentee ballot applications don't go directly to state board of elections

Washington: Elections officials urge Washington voters not to procrastinate

Wisconsin: Wisconsin elections board warns about confusing mailers | Absentee ballots get numbered to smooth election night

electionlineWeekly

June 13, 2013

First Person Singular: Larry Lomax
Is that a full-time job? A question I am repeatedly asked

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Clark County, Nev. Clerk (retiring)

1997: “All you have to do is put on two elections a year. How hard can that be?” As a 30-year retiring Air Force colonel, I am joking with some fellow instructors at the Air War College as I prepare to leave for my new “civilian” job as the assistant registrar in Clark County, Nevada. I am headed to Las Vegas, cocky, confident and totally unprepared.

Over the next 15 years, I’ll eat those words many times. Read More…

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electionlineToday

June 19, 2013

Arizona lawmakers push changes in voter law
Arizona lawmakers at the state and federal level are working on separate efforts that would make it harder to vote in what Democrats are calling an attack on low-income and Latino voters. The Associated Press.

Hidalgo County delays vote centers proposal
Hidalgo County delayed a plan to test vote centers in November, putting the pilot program off for at least two more years. Jared Janes, The Monitor.

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