CA: Yolo's pilot voting project advances - again
http://www.dailydemocrat.com/news/ci_14690...
A bill that would bring an all-mail voting pilot project to Yolo County overcame another hurdle Tuesday, passing out of the Assembly Elections and Redistricting Committee on a 5-0 vote.

CO: Gardner No. 2 for Balink
http://www.csindy.com/colorado/noted/Conte...
Whoever believes that misrepresenting the truth doesn't get you anywhere has never met John Gardner.

For more on the incompetence of John Gardner and his "certification" of Colorado voting equipment see http://www.ejfi.org/Voting/Voting-75.htm
John Gardner's role in helping pick Accenture for the failed SCORE I voter registration database is outlined at
http://www.ejfi.org/Voting/Voting-95.htm#c...
When Gardner left the Colorado Sec. of State office former Chief Information Officer Brian Balay commented on Gardner's abilities
http://www.ejfi.org/Voting/Voting-75.htm#c...

CT: The Risks of Mail-In and No-Excuse Absentee Voting
http://www.ctvoterscount.org/?p=2978

FL: Officials break election law in Sarasota County, FL
http://bit.ly/dyDymM

FL: Criticism comes after elections officials fail to run an audit
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20100...
Sarasota elections officials drew criticism from a local watchdog group Tuesday because they did not run an audit of the school tax referendum, even though a Florida Supreme Court ruling last month required it.

GA: Georgia Questioned on E-Voting Problems and Oversight
http://www.atlantaprogressivenews.com/news...

GA: After battle, Senate OKs online voter registration (to house next)
http://bit.ly/9BBzEw

ID: Photo ID requirement a step closer to law
http://bit.ly/9EOkeY Voters would need to bring identification to the pollsA plan to require Idaho voters to show a photo ID when they show up to vote is a Senate vote and a governor’s signature away from becoming law.

KS: Parkinson names Biggs secretary of state
http://bit.ly/d5nJ9H "...elections need to be open and we need to do everything we can to get people to vote,”

LA: Former Independence Police Chief Pleads Guilty to Causing Deputies to Provide False Voter Registration Information*
http://www.neworleans.com/news/abc-26-news...
According to the factual basis, Maurer caused his deputies to provide false information on their voter registration forms indicating that they lived in the voting district when, in fact, they did not.

MD: ACORN videos were a sham (LTE)
http://bit.ly/9zUuXu

NM: State voting machines secure at private facility
http://newmexicoindependent.com/49738/stat... Automated Election Services (AES) is storing a total of 43 state-owned voting machines without charge at its Rio Rancho facility...

NM: SFR Talk: The State of the Secretary http://sfreporter.com/stories/sfr_talk_the... /
New Mexicans are enjoying yet another ethics scandal involving a powerful elected official.
...
Among other things, Salazar cited political activities conducted during state business hours, solicitation of donations by contractors and improper handling of voting machines.
...
The AG is involved. He can only say a certain amount because he’s a prosecutor...

NM: Former SoS employees who backed Salaza were incompetent Herrera says
http://newmexicoindependent.com/49788/form...

NY: Fusion Voting in New York, the Working Families Party & Close Elections
http://mayorgraham.blogspot.com/2010/03/sw...
The ability to run on separate party lines and have the totals added up is not how its done elsewhere...That's why small minor parties can wheel and deal...

SC: Legislative Happenings — Constituents concerned about school funding, jobs
http://bit.ly/bYOARD ...It proposes to amend the South Carolina Constitution to guarantee a person’s right to vote by secret ballot where local, state, or federal law requires elections for public office or ballot measures, or requires designations or authorizations for employee representation.

TN: Tennessee Bill Advances, Would Permit “Sore Losers”
http://www.ballot-access.org/2010/03/16/te... /

TX: What They Aren’t Telling You About The eSlate (Electronic Voting)
http://bit.ly/aI8sPh

UT: Small towns to vote by mail
http://www.thespectrum.com/article/2010031...
ST. GEORGE - Residents in Washington County communities with less than 500 registered voters will now conduct elections entirely by mail...

VA: Early voting gets another nay
http://hamptonroads.com/2010/03/early-voti...
The U.S. Constitution doesn't stipulate that citizens stand in long lines before they exercise their right to vote, but Virginia lawmakers can't seem to shake the notion that it does.

VT: IRV defenders outspend opponents in Burlington race
http://bit.ly/bhDmk7 Fifty Percent Matters, the group that fought unsuccessfully to retain the instant-runoff voting system for choosing a mayor in Burlington, outspent Repeal IRV, $14,033to $9,280.

National

NYTimes a No-Show on Historic ACORN Court Ruling;
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7749

Do electronic voting machines prevent voters from verifying their ballots?
http://bit.ly/bkgQt4

Project Vote is pleased to release a new research memo, Election Legislation 2010: Threats and Opportunities Assessment.
http://bit.ly/9vRzF6

Citizens United -- State Reverberations: Lawsuits, Legislation and Legal Opinions
in the States http://bit.ly/95mzNS

"ABC News Exclusive: Study Shows Money Flooding into Campaigns for
State Judgeships"
http://electionlawblog.org/archives/015507...

EAC has a new address effective March 22
http://www.eac.gov/blog-postings/eac-has-a...

Interview with Jessica Amunson, Symposium Panelist and Redistricting Expert
http://electls.blogs.wm.edu/2010/03/17/int... /

Internet Voting Watch

Hackers attacked Colombian vote count * (votes transmitted over internet)
http://bit.ly/do39KQ BOGOTA (AFP) Ivan Ribon, spokesman for Arolen, a company hired to transmit results of Sunday's voting over the Internet, told local media Wednesday that hackers struck at the moment polls closed at 2100 GMT.

FCC National Broadband Plan: What It Means For You
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,23614...
The plan also calls on the Department of Defense to conduct an Internet-based pilot that would let military personnel serving overseas vote online

Canada: City committee endorses new voting methods
http://recorder.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2...
The on-screen vote is a minor element of city clerk Sandi Seale's proposal to move to an Internet and telephone vote in October.

But it may be the only place left for people who favour traditional voting to place an X beside the name of their favoured candidate.

Norway: Analysis of an internet voting protocol (March 10 pdf file)
http://www.regjeringen.no/upload/KRD/Kampa...
The Norwegian government will trial internet voting in the 2011 local government
elections.

Setting a Technology Agenda for Overseas Voting
http://www.trustthevote.org/setting-a-tech...
Technology Pilots: Pros and Cons, Blessing or Curse

Cybersecurity Technologies a Government Priority
http://bit.ly/cT2e3o Senator Thomas. L. Carper. “The issue of Cyber Warfare is not science fiction anymore. It’s reality.”