Article: 'Daily Voting News' For September 14 and 15, 2008

Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org Last Friday a group of volunteers for a non-partisan veteran's organization went to a Veterans Administration facility in San Francisco to meet with veterans and to provide them with an opportunity to register to vote. Just a couple weeks ago the Department of Veterans Affairs relented under pressure from state and national election officials, veteran's advocacy groups, and legislators and agreed to allow non-partisan voter registration drives in their facilities. Contrary to assurances from the DVA the volunteers were stopped and told that for them to meet with residents they would have to go through a back-ground check to ensure they were, in fact, non-partisan and each visitor would have to submit to tuberculosis screening, a process that requires two medical appointments. A federal judge has already found that the DVA cannot impose special limitations on visitors simply based on their message. The DVA, at least in San Francisco, has decided to ignore the court and impose those special limitations. ...

National: Exclusive: Dept. Of Veterans Affairs Continues To Violate Law, Block Voter Registration Drives for Wounded Warriors LINK

National: Will Americans Be Able to Trust the Vote Count in 2008? And, What Can We Do to Protect the Integrity of Elections? LINK

National: Victory in the Voting Rights Battle LINK

National: Electronic voter-registration databases put to the test LINK

National: American Statistical Association Endorses Statistical Principles of ElectionAudits.org's Post-Election Audits Document LINK

National: ATMs as voting machines: An idea whose time hasn't come As 2000's contentious election fades, so has the call to vote via ATM LINK

National: How To Steal An Election LINK

National: Election Process Made Easier for Military and Overseas Voters With the Launch of New Ballot Tool LINK

National: Voting Groups Release Guidelines for E-voting Checks LINK

AZ: It's The Ballot Count, Stupid! Florida De'j� Vu in Arizona LINK

AZ: Pima County - Pima primary vote certified, despite activists' complaints LINK

AZ: Pima County - Calls for Removal of Election Director After Arrest of Tucson, AZ Election Integrity Advocate LINK

CO: Mesa County ballot lengthy; mail-in requests up LINK

FL: Haitian Advocate Cries Foul On Voter ID Law LINK

FL: Palm Beach County says it's accounted for all but 12 missing ballots LINK

HI: Tests Ensure Voting System Ready For Primary Independent Observers Help Test System LINK

IN: Delaware County - Opinion - Ball State might not be best site for satellite voting center LINK

MI: Bad voter applications found Clerks see fraudulent, duplicate forms from group LINK

NY: Local elections officials move cautiously toward new voting process LINK

OH: Franklin County - Vote absentee to avoid long lines, county says LINK

TN: Surge in voter registrations in full swing in Sullivan County LINK

WI: McCain's mailer creates controversy LINK

WI: Editorial - Quest for zero voter fraud threatens legitimate ballots LINK

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