“Democrats challenge election results of 98th House District”. Apparently a voter not knowing their own birthdate is a “hypertechnical” reason to invalidate their ballot. The story:
Arguing that votes were tossed out for “hyper-technical” reasons, such as filling in an incorrect birth date or address, House Democrats are pushing to allow more votes to be counted in a race they lost in November by a razor-thin margin.
The 98th House District, which includes all of Tuscarawas and most of Holmes County, was decided by eight votes out of more than 46,700 cast, with Rep. Al Landis, R-Dover, edging out Democrat Joshua O’Farrell.
In a rare procedural move not seen in a century, O’Farrell, with backing from House Democrats, challenged the certified results, asking the full Ohio House to allow 39 rejected votes to be counted, and allow the review of another 13 votes that, because they were not clearly marked, may not have been counted.
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“No scam: County elections department request for voter information is real”
NC voter ID heads to floor for vote
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Weakness of Election Day Registration revealed in Wyoming felon voting
The Billings Gazette reports of a “Wyoming Felon Accused of Improperly Voting” after registering and voting on the same day, not allowing for time to verify the eligibility of the voter.
Elections officials say Phillips registered on Election Day 2008 and
then voted. The Campbell County elections clerk says that after every
voter’s name was later run through a database to check for felons,
elections officials learned Phillips was convicted in 2003 of forgery.
Court documents say Phillips’ registration was revoked, and she was
warned not to vote again This entry was posted in Uncategorized on .Wisconsin GAB Avoids Scrutiny
“Despite the Republicans’ ongoing criticism of the state ethics and elections board, the agency has avoided an audit, at least for now.
‘We were told (Friday) they had other priorities,’ said Reid Magney, a spokesman for the Government Accountability Board, the nonpartisan state agency that oversees elections and campaign ethics laws.”
Madison.com.Intrigue and Drama at Ohio Elections Board
Changes to the Bipartisan NY State Board of Elections?
A Democrat governor wants to reconstitute the way elections are run.
Nashville Election Chief Responds to Probe
Link: “Problems included failing to open the polls on a Saturday during early voting; machines that sometimes defaulted to the Republican ballot during the primary; and shortages of poll workers, printed forms, parking and phone lines on Election Day.”
GOP Election Official Targeted for Helping Democrats
Denver Post.
“The legislation’s chief features are mailing ballots to every voter in the state, including those who were previously considered inactive, and allowed registration all the way to Election Day.”
Inactive?Senators Ask for Delay on Perez Vote