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« May 2008 | Main | July 2008 » June 20, 2008 "Indiana voter ID law challenged again"This time, the challenge is under the Indiana Constitution. Posted by Randy Riddle at 11:43 AM | Permalink. . . VRA challenge by Alaska Native Americans"Plenty of attention has been paid to the importance of the Native vote this election season, but less scrutiny has focused on whether American Indians - especially those who are largely proficient in their tribal languages over English - have been given sufficient resources to understand ballots and other election materials. The issue is reaching a boiling point for members of four tribal communities in Alaska, who are currently arguing in federal court that state and local election officials haven't provided them with effective oral language assistance and voting materials in their traditional Yup'ik language. Yup'ik is the primary form of communication for Natives in the Bethel, Alaska, region. The American Civil Liberties Union and the Native American Rights Fund, both of which are representing the Native plaintiffs in the case, say that with the exception of two poorly translated radio ads in 2006, no other election information has been provided to date in the Yup'ik language." The article is here. Posted by Randy Riddle at 9:56 AM | Permalink. . . Lawsuit filed to challenge rejection of SD initiative petition"The California Elections Code states that notice of a petition drive must be published in a local newspaper, and a signed affidavit of publication must then be filed with the city clerk within 10 days. Kneebone and Mercado filed their affidavit more than two months late. "As the city's elections official, it is my ministerial duty to ensure compliance with all procedural mandates," Norris said." The article is here. Posted by Randy Riddle at 9:52 AM | Permalink. . . June 19, 2008 "Diebold Summer Sale Offers Used Voting Machines"The Wired News article is here. Posted by Randy Riddle at 11:31 AM | Permalink. . . June 18, 2008 "Changing method of redistricting makes ballot"From the SF Chronicle: "An initiative to take redistricting out of the hands of the Legislature will be on the November ballot, backed by a couple of strange political bedfellows. Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and former state Controller Steve Westly, a Democrat who lost his primary bid to challenge Schwarzenegger in 2006, are co-chairs of the effort to change the way California draws most of its political boundaries. Westly and Schwarzenegger also worked together in 2004 as co-chairs of the group backing Propositions 57 and 58, which were designed to ease the state's budget woes. "This is not a Democratic or Republican initiative at all," said Jeannine English, state president of the AARP, one of the sponsors of the ballot measure. "We think this is fair and has broad-based support." The initiative, which backers have dubbed the California Voters First Act, will create a 14-member redistricting commission with responsibility for drawing the boundaries for Assembly, state Senate and Board of Equalization districts after the 2010 census. The district boundaries must follow geographic, city and community lines and ignore partisan political considerations. Eight commissioners would be selected by the state auditor's office in a random drawing of candidates selected by a review panel. Those eight would choose the other six members from the applicant pool." Posted by Randy Riddle at 9:31 AM | Permalink. . . June 11, 2008 Woman, 97, battles voter ID law"A 97-year-old Surprise woman who has voted in the past 19 presidential elections said she finds herself a casualty in the voter ID battle. Shirley Preiss cannot register in Arizona for the November elections without proof of citizenship. "I'm a legal American," Preiss said. "I'm born here. Born and raised in America." The Arizona law was approved by voters in 2004 as Proposition 200 on that year's general election ballot. It requires voters to produce specified types of identification when casting ballots at polling places and to provide proof of citizenship when registering to vote either for the first time or in a different county. Preiss was born in 1910 in Clinton, Ky., before birth certificates were issued. She said she no longer has a driver's license and never had a passport. "You can see my mother's not a national threat," said her son Nathan Nemnich. "Been voting since 1932." Nemnich produced the files documenting his attempts to get her registered." The article is here. Posted by Randy Riddle at 8:59 AM | Permalink. . . |
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