click here Replacement+ballots+a+headache http://bit.ly/9YXRYS It will cost about $14,000 to reprint about 56,000 ballots--including both absentee and Election Day ballots for the GOP primary
OK: Henry Signs Bill To Up Election Fraud Penalties
http://www.newson6.com/Global/story.asp?S=12386211
SD: Feds, SD county reach voting agreement(Shannon County)
http://nativetimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3478:feds-sd-county-reach-voting-agreement&catid=51&Itemid=27 The agreement requires the county to provide election materials and information in Lakota for voters who speak that language, and to have trained bilingual election officials at polling sites.
TN: House Leader Odom solicits TBI probe
http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?pnpID=319&NewsID=979170&CategoryID=8373&show=localnews&om=1
House Democratic Leader Gary Odom sent a letter to Tennessee Bureau of Investigations Director Mark Gwyn requesting a formal investigation be conducted into possible violations of Tennessee law regarding the recent attempts to purge qualified voters in Benton County.
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stories/042810dnmetagprobe.415b8db.html http://bit.ly/8ZYXHp Allegations of mail-in ballot fraud in a Democratic primary in Dallas County are being investigated by the Texas attorney general's office, state and county officials said Tuesday.
VA: Groups ask McDonnell to drop letter requirement, revamp rights restoration process for felons
click here a_trio_of_national_groups.html http://bit.ly/bohh4x
National
Supreme Court Weighs Petition-Signers' Anonymity
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126290385
Court skeptical on keeping petitioner IDs private
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/28/AR2010042800453.html
The case, which will be decided by the court before the end of the summer, could draw a new line between voters' desire for openness in government and the right to political speech unfettered by fear of intimidation.
EAC announces the Voting Technology and Accessibility Research-Military Heroes Initiativehttp://www.eac.gov/blog-postings/eac-announces-the-voting-technology-and-accessibility-research-military-heroes-initiative This $500,000 grant competition is focused on improving voting technology and accessibility for recently injured military personnel.
Internet Voting Watch
Canada: EDITORIAL - Vote should go online(ThunderBay)
http://www.tbnewswatch.com/opinion/Default.aspx?cid=89947&headline=EDITORIAL---Vote-should-go-online
Canada: Greenstone vote going online
http://www.tbnewswatch.com/news/89984/Greenstone-vote-going-online
Municipal council in Greenstone have voted to switch to a new internet and telephone voting system for this year's municipal elections.
Canada: Province Of Ontario Lags Behind Cobourg On Voting Accessibility
http://www.northumberlandview.ca/modules.php?op=modload&name=PagEd&file=index&topic_id=2&page_id=2506
ACCESSIBILITY FOR ONTARIANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT ALLIANCE UPDATE
AS BILL 231 CREATES MAJOR OBSTACLES IMPEDING THE USE OF ACCESSIBLE TELEPHONE AND INTERNET VOTING IN PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS, SOME ONTARIO MUNICIPALITIES BLAZE THE ACCESSIBILITY TRAIL WITH THESE TECHNOLOGIES
International
India: Hacking India's Voting Machines(Rop Gonggri)
http://rop.gonggri.jp/?p=126
India's Electronic Voting Machines Proven Insecure(video available)
http://indiaevm.org/press.html and http://indiaevm.org/
In a collaborative study, a team of Indian and international experts have revealed that the electronic voting machines used in Indian elections are vulnerable to fraud. Even brief access to the machines, known in India as EVMs, could allow criminals to alter election results
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