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'Daily Voting News' for June 18, 2009

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by Ellen Theisen, Dave Klein and John Washburn

Today's news has a lot of variety, including commentaries and speculation about the Iranian election and the pending Supreme Court decision on the Voting Rights Act...

  • National: A John Linder attempt to defund the Voting Rights Act LINK

  • National: Senator Leahy: "Striking Down the Voting Rights Act Would be Conservative Activism Pure And Simple" LINK

  • National: Senators Warn Court Against 'Activism' on Voting Rights Law LINK

  • National: Wyle Laboratories, Inc - Draft Test Plan Documents for Unisyn OpenElect Voting System (Release 1.0) LINK

  • CA: Head of CA GOP Voter Registration Firm Pleads Guilty to Voter Registration Fraud LINK

  • CA: Two nearly identical proposed initiatives to require photo voter ID, and other election-related matters. LINK

  • CA: Death by a thousand cuts: California legislators take aim at state's initiative process LINK

  • CA: California Constitution Initiative Constitutional Amendment LINK

  • CA: Community Still Missing the Boat on Voter Registration LINK

  • FL: Fla. justices strike signature revocation law LINK

  • KS: Voter fraud claims tough to prove LINK

  • MA: Recount leaves Mendon election results the same LINK ("Town Clerk Margaret Bonderenko said the machines were acting strangely that day, but did not think a recount would make a big difference in the results." - Diebold optical scan)

  • MD: Chevy Chase considers allowing legal aliens to vote in elections LINK

  • OH: Election settlement troubling LINK

  • PA: EDITORIAL: Black Panther double standards LINK

  • WA: Reed's claim of full compliance contradicted by flawed voter database LINK

  • Iran: Iran election turnouts exceeded 100% in 30 towns, website reports LINK

  • Iran: Iran body to hear vote complaints LINK (Good videos.)

  • Iran: Are You Ready for War with a Demonized Iran? LINK

  • Iran: Iran accuses U.S. of role in election crisis LINK (No Iranian official is quoted as accusing the U.S. in this article.)

  • Iran: Robert Fisk: Secret letter 'proves Mousavi won poll' LINK

  • Iran: Unconvincing (to me) Use of Benford's Law to Demonstrate Election Fraud in Iran LINK

  • Iran: What Do We Really Know About Iran's Election? LINK

  • Philippines: Poll automation can fail due to human factors LINK
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