This is from the BBC, “Iran to hold election recount:”
The Guardian Council – Iran’s top legislative body – said votes would be recounted in areas contested by the losing candidates.
But a spokesman for the council told state television it would not annul the election – as moderate candidates have demanded.
The opposition says millions of ballots [...]
Also from the recent NCSL newsletter, Federal legislation that they believe may garner significant interest in 2009-10:
Joint Resolution Pertaining To U.S. Senate Vacancies
S.J. RES 7 – Sen. Russell Feingold (D-WI)
Senate Joint Resolution 7 proposes a Constitutional amendment providing that no person shall be a Senator from a state unless such person has been elected by [...]
According to a story in today’s Oregonian, the Oregon Senate will consider a change to the Oregon constitution that will allow same day registration. If it passes the Senate, it has to be put to the voters.
The current 21 day window is a consequence of the infamous “Rajneeshees” in 1984:
The 1986 vote came after followers [...]
I am listening to my old friend and colleague, Charles Franklin of the University of Wisconsin and pollster.com, on an NPR story right now about a voter registration lawsuit brought by the attorney general of Wisconsin. The program is Day to Day.
A tag line announced that my dear friend Tova Wang, Vice President for Research [...]
As were are talking about questions we get asked — and speculating about the election — here’s a good one. What will turnout be this fall? Will we see record voter turnout?
What I’ll offer at this point are some links to a variety of reports about state and local predictions about turnout:
Alabama: “Secretary [...]
In response to my post last week, “NAS VR workshop: third-party registration efforts and North Dakota”, Nathan Henderson-James from Project Vote sent along this helpful link to their “Voter Registration Guides and Surveys.” Thanks, Nathan!
The Boston Globe is reporting this morning that the Mass House did not take up the EDR bill that the Mass Senate had passed:
Major items that lawmakers neglected to take up included whether to allow residents to register to vote on election days, whether the state should ban trans fat oils in restaurants, and [...]
I hope Michael is able to post more about interoperability standards for state voter registration files. This touches upon a number of important issues in election reform, and I can think of only one potential fly in the ointment.
Data exchange standards would make it far easier for states to help check the accuracy of [...]
Doug Chapin and I have been asked about this before–if you cast an early ballot and then die, is your ballot still counted? I think we’ve agreed on a standard reply. While everyone thinks this is an issue that can be dealt with using absentee ballots, what about early in person voting? It seems to [...]
This story in Politico just came across the wire, courtesy of Project Vote.
In brief, a law passed in 2005 meant to manage third party voter registration efforts is being challenged as overly restrictive and unconstitutional.
I am not sure about the constitutional arguments, but the defenders of the law are having a hard time defending some [...]