NY: Board of Elections employee testifies in front of grand jury
http://www.troyrecord.com/articles/2010/12/09/news/doc4d01238475c98703711821.txt
OR: Oregon Republicans want partial recount in governor's race to test Multnomah Countyh ttp://blog.oregonlive.com/mapesonpolitics/2010/12/oregon_republicans_want_partia.html
"Simply put, it's cheap insurance to make sure the tabulation was accurate," said Oregon Republican Chairman Bob Tiernan...
OH: Dispute leaves elections in limbo
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20101209/NEWS0108/12100327/Dispute-leaves-elections-in-limbo Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner will apparently have to decide how the Hamilton County Board of Elections will carry out a court-ordered review of provisional ballots in the as-yet-undecided juvenile court race, because the board is split along party lines.
OR: Recount starts in State Senator election
http://www.ktvl.com/articles/state-1198050-election-bates.html
MEDFORD, Ore. -- The election for District 3 Oregon State Senator is far from over, as the recount in the Bates-Dotterrer race began Wednesday.
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"People have to have a real confidence in democracy -- a real confidence in how we run a vote count, and I think when this is done they will feel that way," Bates said.
SD: Election crime deprives at least one student vote
http://www.sdsucollegian.com/news/election-crime-deprives-at-least-one-student-vote-1.1824755 Law enforcement investigating who's responsible turning in voter registration forms past deadline
TX: 2010 ELECTION: 1,545 local ballots found (Tom Green County)
http://www.gosanangelo.com/news/2010/dec/08/ballot-box-left-out-of-vote-totals-nov-2/
Votes would not have changed election results
"Once we realized it was something to do with early voting, we realized one of the mobile ballot boxes was missing," McKerley said. "We found a shelf that had our training equipment, and somehow that piece of equipment had gotten set on those shelves."
...
McKerley said her office first realized something was wrong during the week of Thanksgiving
TX: Inept step: Decision to disrupt voter registration at naturalization ceremonies ill-consideredhttp://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/7330909.html
Internet Voting Watch
The Call for Papers for the Conference on Electronic Democracy is extended until January 16th, 2011. http://www.e-voting.cc/
National
FVAP: Overseas Citizens Post-Election Survey
http://www.fvap.gov/reference/overseassurvey.html The survey is one of the few tools we have to gauge what you and other overseas U.S. citizens think of the absentee voting process.
International
India: Bihar opposition want end to voting machines
http://gulfnews.com/news/world/india/bihar-opposition-want-end-to-voting-machines-1.726994 Parties cite examples of US and Germany which have done away with the practice
Mogeria: Thieves steal voting equipment at Nigeria airport
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2013632378_apafnigeriaelection.html
Thieves infiltrated Nigeria's main international airport and stole just-arrived equipment needed to register voters in the oil-rich nation ahead of next year's hotly contested presidential election, an official said Thursday.
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The theft, while not immediately linked to corrupt politicians, is a troubling sign heading into Nigeria's election. The West African nation emerged from dictatorships into an unsteady democracy only a decade ago, with thuggery and fraud a common feature in local, state and federal elections.
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http://www.troyrecord.com/articles/2010/12/09/news/doc4d01238475c98703711821.txt
OR: Oregon Republicans want partial recount in governor's race to test Multnomah Countyh ttp://blog.oregonlive.com/mapesonpolitics/2010/12/oregon_republicans_want_partia.html
"Simply put, it's cheap insurance to make sure the tabulation was accurate," said Oregon Republican Chairman Bob Tiernan...
OH: Dispute leaves elections in limbo
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20101209/NEWS0108/12100327/Dispute-leaves-elections-in-limbo Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner will apparently have to decide how the Hamilton County Board of Elections will carry out a court-ordered review of provisional ballots in the as-yet-undecided juvenile court race, because the board is split along party lines.
OR: Recount starts in State Senator election
http://www.ktvl.com/articles/state-1198050-election-bates.html
MEDFORD, Ore. -- The election for District 3 Oregon State Senator is far from over, as the recount in the Bates-Dotterrer race began Wednesday.
...
"People have to have a real confidence in democracy -- a real confidence in how we run a vote count, and I think when this is done they will feel that way," Bates said.
http://www.sdsucollegian.com/news/election-crime-deprives-at-least-one-student-vote-1.1824755 Law enforcement investigating who's responsible turning in voter registration forms past deadline
TX: 2010 ELECTION: 1,545 local ballots found (Tom Green County)
http://www.gosanangelo.com/news/2010/dec/08/ballot-box-left-out-of-vote-totals-nov-2/
Votes would not have changed election results
"Once we realized it was something to do with early voting, we realized one of the mobile ballot boxes was missing," McKerley said. "We found a shelf that had our training equipment, and somehow that piece of equipment had gotten set on those shelves."
...
McKerley said her office first realized something was wrong during the week of Thanksgiving
TX: Inept step: Decision to disrupt voter registration at naturalization ceremonies ill-consideredhttp://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/7330909.html
Internet Voting Watch
The Call for Papers for the Conference on Electronic Democracy is extended until January 16th, 2011. http://www.e-voting.cc/
National
FVAP: Overseas Citizens Post-Election Survey
http://www.fvap.gov/reference/overseassurvey.html The survey is one of the few tools we have to gauge what you and other overseas U.S. citizens think of the absentee voting process.
International
India: Bihar opposition want end to voting machines
http://gulfnews.com/news/world/india/bihar-opposition-want-end-to-voting-machines-1.726994 Parties cite examples of US and Germany which have done away with the practice
Mogeria: Thieves steal voting equipment at Nigeria airport
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2013632378_apafnigeriaelection.html
Thieves infiltrated Nigeria's main international airport and stole just-arrived equipment needed to register voters in the oil-rich nation ahead of next year's hotly contested presidential election, an official said Thursday.
...
The theft, while not immediately linked to corrupt politicians, is a troubling sign heading into Nigeria's election. The West African nation emerged from dictatorships into an unsteady democracy only a decade ago, with thuggery and fraud a common feature in local, state and federal elections.
Voting News by Joyce McCloy. Archives here at http://votingnews.blogspot.com/
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