From driscoll at media.mit.edu Mon Apr 3 09:00:08 2006 From: driscoll at media.mit.edu (Jack Driscoll) Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 09:00:08 -0400 Subject: [Votingpress] A HOT TIME Message-ID: <003201c6571e$899693a0$24dc3d18@Jack> Activists lead protest on behalf of displaced New Orleans voters. http://www.thejacksonchannel.com/news/8428138/detail.html Broder takes issue with move to reform Electoral College. http://ezekylly.notlong.com A fun idea to attract more voters becomes ballot initiative in Arizona: http://pilgeboo.notlong.com jack driscoll From driscoll at media.mit.edu Wed Apr 5 08:56:02 2006 From: driscoll at media.mit.edu (Jack Driscoll) Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 08:56:02 -0400 Subject: [Votingpress] TASTE TEST SATISFIES Message-ID: <006001c658b0$4b11e470$24dc3d18@Jack> Candidate for governor urges Vermont-wide adoption of instant runoff. http://syriamme.notlong.com jack driscoll From driscoll at media.mit.edu Thu Apr 6 09:11:29 2006 From: driscoll at media.mit.edu (Jack Driscoll) Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 09:11:29 -0400 Subject: [Votingpress] PUSH OVER Message-ID: <007e01c6597b$9e301ac0$24dc3d18@Jack> Allegheny County dumps push-button machine, turns to touch screen. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06096/679896-85.stm Tabulation software at seat of problem in another Pennsylvania county. http://www.timesherald.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16430320&BRD=1672&PAG=461&dept_id=33380&rfi=6 jack driscoll From driscoll at media.mit.edu Mon Apr 10 09:15:21 2006 From: driscoll at media.mit.edu (Jack Driscoll) Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 09:15:21 -0400 Subject: [Votingpress] TURNING POINT Message-ID: <007801c65ca0$d22fab60$24dc3d18@Jack> Sides lining up over expiring federal oversight in Voting Rights Act http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/04/07/MNGS9I4SP51.DTL jack driscoll From driscoll at media.mit.edu Tue Apr 11 09:01:32 2006 From: driscoll at media.mit.edu (Jack Driscoll) Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 09:01:32 -0400 Subject: [Votingpress] TWO-BIT ACT Message-ID: <007701c65d68$0e752ce0$24dc3d18@Jack> Online ballot box stuffed in Washington vote for design of a quarter. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12258512/ jack driscoll From driscoll at media.mit.edu Wed Apr 12 08:46:30 2006 From: driscoll at media.mit.edu (Jack Driscoll) Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 08:46:30 -0400 Subject: [Votingpress] A CALL TO ARMS Message-ID: <005101c65e2f$1f1b6240$24dc3d18@Jack> NH Democrats go to court over election phone-jamming allegations. http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2006/04/on_april_26_chu.html Hundreds of scattered New Orleans residents respond to early voting. http://www.picayuneitem.com/articles/2006/04/11/news/11novoting.txt jack driscoll From driscoll at media.mit.edu Thu Apr 13 09:09:06 2006 From: driscoll at media.mit.edu (Jack Driscoll) Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 09:09:06 -0400 Subject: [Votingpress] OHIO TAKING STOCK Message-ID: <008301c65efb$72185f80$24dc3d18@Jack> Ohio still simmers; state official's stock in Diebold creates latest buzz. http://www.rockrivertimes.com/index.pl?cmd=viewstory&cat=4&id=12899 jack driscoll From driscoll at media.mit.edu Fri Apr 14 08:59:52 2006 From: driscoll at media.mit.edu (Jack Driscoll) Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 08:59:52 -0400 Subject: [Votingpress] NO ID ON ID ARTICLE Message-ID: <006301c65fc3$51ffd520$24dc3d18@Jack> US official admits writing anonymus article on ID program he ruled on. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/12/AR2006041201950.html jack driscoll From driscoll at media.mit.edu Mon Apr 17 09:33:38 2006 From: driscoll at media.mit.edu (Jack Driscoll) Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 09:33:38 -0400 Subject: [Votingpress] PHOTO FINISH Message-ID: <008001c66223$889aedb0$24dc3d18@Jack> Federal judge upholds Indiana's stringent photo-id law; election May 2. http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060415/NEWS02/604150478/-1/ZONES01 Post-It Notes simulation of touch-screen voting called "scary". http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/story/5658071p-5075934c.html Indianapolis county jettisons touch-screen machines; cites readiness. http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/story/5658071p-5075934c.html jack driscoll From driscoll at media.mit.edu Fri Apr 21 09:58:47 2006 From: driscoll at media.mit.edu (Jack Driscoll) Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 09:58:47 -0400 Subject: [Votingpress] LOST & FOUND Message-ID: <007201c6654b$b5e58bb0$24dc3d18@Jack> Stewart's paper on reduction in "lost votes" in Election Law Journal. http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=612366 The URL for Election Law Journal subscribers is: http://www.liebertpub.com/publication.aspx?pub_id=101 Indiana may fine voting machine companies; software issue surfaces. http://madburms.notlong.com jack driscoll From driscoll at media.mit.edu Mon Apr 24 09:43:58 2006 From: driscoll at media.mit.edu (Jack Driscoll) Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 09:43:58 -0400 Subject: [Votingpress] BORN-AGAIN ELECTIONEERING Message-ID: <002301c667a5$2395ea50$24dc3d18@Jack> Bill Moyers on "the money game" and its impact on political process. http://kedaquee.notlong.com It comes down to a Nagins-Landrieu runoff on May 20 in New Orleans. http://ktla.trb.com/news/la-na-elex23apr23,0,1752929.story?coll=ktla-news-1 jack driscoll From driscoll at media.mit.edu Tue Apr 25 09:15:25 2006 From: driscoll at media.mit.edu (Jack Driscoll) Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 09:15:25 -0400 Subject: [Votingpress] BUCKING THE TREND Message-ID: <00aa01c6686a$50e7fa00$24dc3d18@Jack> Analyst calls shift to absentee voting "amazing"; costs create concern. http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=2907 jack driscoll From driscoll at media.mit.edu Wed Apr 26 09:04:06 2006 From: driscoll at media.mit.edu (Jack Driscoll) Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 09:04:06 -0400 Subject: [Votingpress] GET 'EM WHILE HOT Message-ID: <005001c66931$e67466e0$24dc3d18@Jack> Immigrant protests being geared up to push voter registration. http://news.pacificnews.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=131a5389f5fb180cecefa2061d137ce7 US District Court hears Maine challenge to pre-election ad provision. http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/news/local/2670106.shtml jack driscoll From driscoll at media.mit.edu Thu Apr 27 09:51:11 2006 From: driscoll at media.mit.edu (Jack Driscoll) Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 09:51:11 -0400 Subject: [Votingpress] MAN VS. MACHINE Message-ID: <002401c66a01$a4d45c10$24dc3d18@Jack> Inadequate training becomes focus of case in Federal Court. http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_447485.html jack driscoll From driscoll at media.mit.edu Fri Apr 28 09:07:00 2006 From: driscoll at media.mit.edu (Jack Driscoll) Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 09:07:00 -0400 Subject: [Votingpress] TELLING SENTENCES Message-ID: <008a01c66ac4$a2bdcd80$24dc3d18@Jack> New book, "Conned", shows haphazard set of prisoner laws in US. http://pazappui.notlong.com Missouri official claims ID rule will impact 200,000 seniors, disabled. http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/14606/ NH moves to protect its hold on first-in-national presidential primary. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/27/AR2006042701384.html jack driscoll