From driscoll at media.mit.edu  Wed Jul  5 09:11:48 2006
From: driscoll at media.mit.edu (Jack Driscoll)
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 09:11:48 -0400
Subject: [Votingpress] FACING REALITIES
Message-ID: <005801c6a034$92d8c0a0$24dc3d18@Jack>

Missing votes, irregularities at 1600 sites test Mexican voting system.
http://suashsay.notlong.com

Jenkins:  What we can learn about democratic voting from reality TV.
http://www.henryjenkins.org/2006/07/democracy_big_brother_style_1.html

jack driscoll



From driscoll at media.mit.edu  Fri Jul  7 09:08:39 2006
From: driscoll at media.mit.edu (Jack Driscoll)
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 09:08:39 -0400
Subject: [Votingpress] HOW CLOSE IS CLOSE?
Message-ID: <005d01c6a1c6$76acf200$24dc3d18@Jack>

Tribunal could take two months to examine challenge in Mexico.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4030009.html

Touch-screen voting a hit in Utah, survey shows, even among seniors.
http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/185364/4/

One of six forms of identification will be acceptable in Georgia.
http://www.thebrunswicknews.com/front/300619492653920.php

jack driscoll



From driscoll at media.mit.edu  Mon Jul 10 09:12:51 2006
From: driscoll at media.mit.edu (Jack Driscoll)
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 09:12:51 -0400
Subject: [Votingpress] GAME OF INCHES
Message-ID: <00c201c6a422$8c551f70$24dc3d18@Jack>

US News: progress but a long way to go, especially with machinery.
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/060709/17voting.htm

Election officials from 30 states will try to figure it out in Santa Fe.
http://www.alamogordonews.com/news/ci_4024622

Opinion:  3-headed dog complicates matters in Denver.
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/speak_out/article/0,2777,DRMN_23970_4829443,00.html

jack driscoll



From driscoll at media.mit.edu  Tue Jul 11 09:22:15 2006
From: driscoll at media.mit.edu (Jack Driscoll)
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 09:22:15 -0400
Subject: [Votingpress] MEXICAN STANDOFF
Message-ID: <009f01c6a4ed$06fb1340$24dc3d18@Jack>

How Mexico's electoral dispute resolution system evolved.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/10/AR2006071000996.html

Texas election observer relates experiences in Mexico.
http://inwriery.notlong.com

Obrador shows two videos that he says show fraud, irregularities.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4038138.html

jack driscoll



From driscoll at media.mit.edu  Thu Jul 13 09:06:35 2006
From: driscoll at media.mit.edu (Jack Driscoll)
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:06:35 -0400
Subject: [Votingpress] DEJA VIEW
Message-ID: <005f01c6a67d$2b5659c0$24dc3d18@Jack>

Federal judge rules that Georgia's revised ID law is discriminatory.
http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/ap/2006/07/12/ap2875370.html

Backlash over immigration is delaying action on Voting Rights Act.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,203113,00.html

jack driscoll


From driscoll at media.mit.edu  Fri Jul 14 09:07:07 2006
From: driscoll at media.mit.edu (Jack Driscoll)
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 09:07:07 -0400
Subject: [Votingpress] JAM SESSION
Message-ID: <006301c6a746$68d55ac0$24dc3d18@Jack>

NH judge gives deposition rights to Democrats in phone-jamming case.
http://elydatho.notlong.com

Rebellion quelled, House passes Voting Rights Act.; Senate OK expected.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,203315,00.html

jack driscoll



From driscoll at media.mit.edu  Mon Jul 17 09:26:43 2006
From: driscoll at media.mit.edu (Jack Driscoll)
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 09:26:43 -0400
Subject: [Votingpress] AND THE WINNER IS...
Message-ID: <008b01c6a9a4$a4e6d600$24dc3d18@Jack>

Arizona initiative would provide $1 million to voter chosen by lottery.
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/hourlyupdate/136353.php

Noted columnist Neal Peirce critiques Steven Hill's  new "10 Steps" book.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2003131508_nealpeirce17.html

Century Foundation gives Boston points for responsive election reforms.
http://www.tcf.org/list.asp?type=NC&pubid=1339

jack driscoll



From driscoll at media.mit.edu  Tue Jul 18 09:20:17 2006
From: driscoll at media.mit.edu (Jack Driscoll)
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 09:20:17 -0400
Subject: [Votingpress] HIGH TECH LOW POINTS
Message-ID: <000501c6aa6c$e982ef60$24dc3d18@Jack>

Part of California litany:  Poll workers allowed to take machines home.
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Dean_activists_target_evoting_honesty_in_0717.html

jack driscoll



From driscoll at media.mit.edu  Thu Jul 20 09:32:28 2006
From: driscoll at media.mit.edu (Jack Driscoll)
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 09:32:28 -0400
Subject: [Votingpress] SEEING WHAT THEY SAW THROUGH
Message-ID: <006c01c6ac00$f2408550$24dc3d18@Jack>

Magnetic resonance imaging indicates 2004 voters ignored unpleasantness.
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/DyeHard/story?id=2207788&page=1

Number of expatriates voting from US a trend to watch, says commentary.
http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/9883

Denver dumps precinct system, to have 47 centers open to all voters.
http://ragtrict.notlong.com

How's your sense of humor?  Test it out on this Onion story.
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/50640

jack driscoll



From driscoll at media.mit.edu  Fri Jul 21 09:43:36 2006
From: driscoll at media.mit.edu (Jack Driscoll)
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 09:43:36 -0400
Subject: [Votingpress] GETS CLEAN BILL
Message-ID: <004801c6accb$aab672a0$24dc3d18@Jack>

After some opposition in House, Voting Rights Act passes 98-0 in Senate.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/20/AR2006072001217.html

San Joaquin discovers value of training poll workers the hard way.
http://www.modbee.com/local/v-rssxml/story/12471225p-13189837c.html

Commentary:  Squabbling over 2004 detracts from next-election reform.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/art-levine/progressives-stop-squabb_b_25416.html

jack driscoll



From driscoll at media.mit.edu  Mon Jul 24 09:10:05 2006
From: driscoll at media.mit.edu (Jack Driscoll)
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 09:10:05 -0400
Subject: [Votingpress] GEORGIA ON THEIR MIND
Message-ID: <002c01c6af22$7b2c0870$24dc3d18@Jack>

US probe of Georgia finding fraud in registration and absentee voting.
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/060709/17voting.b.htm

How Ohio religious right has continued victory march for past two years.
http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/060731fa_fact1

jack driscoll




From driscoll at media.mit.edu  Tue Jul 25 09:23:06 2006
From: driscoll at media.mit.edu (Jack Driscoll)
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 09:23:06 -0400
Subject: [Votingpress] HONOR FOR SELKER
Message-ID: <007e01c6afed$770f7710$24dc3d18@Jack>

Selker to receive coveted disabilities award for work on voting.
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2006/voting.html

Disabled man to vote alone first time in 9 years; others benefit, too.
http://www.mlive.com/news/grpress/index.ssf?/base/news-31/1153752447144280.xml&coll=6&thispage=1

Stanford professor's trial to circumvent Electoral College catching on?
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/07/24/MNGIHK4CSQ1.DTL

jack driscoll




From driscoll at media.mit.edu  Wed Jul 26 08:39:38 2006
From: driscoll at media.mit.edu (Jack Driscoll)
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 08:39:38 -0400
Subject: [Votingpress] TESTY
Message-ID: <005201c6b0b0$8f543130$24dc3d18@Jack>

New look at electronic voting is pessimistic; suggests election-day tests.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/25/AR2006072501355.html

jack driscoll



From driscoll at media.mit.edu  Thu Jul 27 09:23:21 2006
From: driscoll at media.mit.edu (Jack Driscoll)
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 09:23:21 -0400
Subject: [Votingpress] TASTE TEST
Message-ID: <003f01c6b17f$d4dd3e70$24dc3d18@Jack>

Kansas residents vote for best ice cream, find touch-screen use "simple".
http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/articles/2006/07/26/news/news04.txt

jack driscoll





From driscoll at media.mit.edu  Fri Jul 28 09:31:53 2006
From: driscoll at media.mit.edu (Jack Driscoll)
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 09:31:53 -0400
Subject: [Votingpress] MAKING A FEDERAL CASE OUT OF IDs
Message-ID: <00c901c6b24a$306a8890$24dc3d18@Jack>

Immigration-reform advocate submits US bill pushing mandatory ID.
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=51264

Congressman Hyde sees no hardship in requiring voters to show ID.
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2006/jul/28/all_systems_go_countys_polling_places/

Only 2 contests but 100 ballots in one Kansas county will best system.
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2006/jul/28/all_systems_go_countys_polling_places/

jack driscoll



From driscoll at media.mit.edu  Mon Jul 31 09:26:40 2006
From: driscoll at media.mit.edu (Jack Driscoll)
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 09:26:40 -0400
Subject: [Votingpress] CANDID CAMERA
Message-ID: <004301c6b4a4$f523acf0$24dc3d18@Jack>

Colorado county deploys surveillance equipment to deter fraud.
http://www.greeleytrib.com/article/20060731/NEWS/107310096/-1/rss02

Has Voting Act had unintended effect of increasing race polarization?
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/07/31/voting_act_overshadows_race_debate/

Registration still largely a paper-and-pen process, Pew study finds.
http://www.allamericanpatriots.com/m-news+article+storyid-15581.html

jack driscoll