“Kentucky Senate Designates Electronic Military Voting Chief Priority”

WFPL -Louisville, Kentucky reports on pending legislation reducing the number of military voters unable to cast ballots.  

Giving Kentucky service members and their spouses the ability to cast absentee ballot electronically is the priority of the Kentucky State Senate heading into the 2013 legislative session, Senate President-elect Robert Stivers said on Monday.  Stivers says he’s taking recommendation from Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes to allow electronic voting for overseas military personnel.   

The measure will be Senate Bill 1 – the title that usually goes to the chamber’s chief legislative priority every year.  And Stivers says that if the legislation can be written in time. the Senate plans to pass it completely by the end of the session’s first week.

Will the incoming Committee on House Administration or the Senate Rules Committee make military voting and their oversight of the MOVE Act a priority?  In the House, the last hearing on the issue appears to be almost 2 years ago, Feb 2011. 

“Colin Powell’s Rank Falsehoods”

 Hillyer: “I and others have rightly blasted some of Colin Powell’s cheap shots in his Meet the Press interview yesterday, but I missed one of them until just now. He accused Republicans of deliberately “making it hard for these minorities to vote, as they did in the last election.” He also said “the courts struck most of that down.” Both parts of that allegation are incorrect.”

“Republicans soften voter ID stance”

The Charlotte Observer reports:  Gov. Pat McCrory and House Speaker Thom Tillis said they favor allowing
voters to show other forms of identification that don’t include a photo,
such as a registration card or other government documents. “I would
still like a photo on it, but I would also be willing to accept other
options,” McCrory said. “I’ll let the legislature work to develop those
bills. I expect a voter ID bill to be passed in the very near future.”

“Republicans soften voter ID stance”

The Charlotte Observer reports:  Gov. Pat McCrory and House Speaker Thom Tillis said they favor allowing
voters to show other forms of identification that don’t include a photo,
such as a registration card or other government documents. “I would
still like a photo on it, but I would also be willing to accept other
options,” McCrory said. “I’ll let the legislature work to develop those
bills. I expect a voter ID bill to be passed in the very near future.”

Democrat Nevada Secretary of State pitches different type of photo ID concept

In Nevada, the Secretary of State looks for a compromise to the partisan standoff over photo ID.  It appears from this story that he is getting some Republican support.  Despite the fact that with the concept voters don’t have to lift a finger, some Democrats are still unsure whether to support it. 


Miller, a Democrat, was complimented by many in the audience for what
he called “stepping into the lion’s den,” and presenting his plan to a
group of Republicans.

Yet Miller could get a better
reception from the GOP than from his own party, noted State Senate
Majority Leader Mo Denis, D-Las Vegas, who spoke earlier in the day and
questioned the $10 million possible price tag for the bill.

Miller’s
proposal would provide for voter photos be included in election board
resister and rosters for early voting and provide for the Department of
Motor Vehicles to provide color photos of voters to the secretary of
state and county registrars.

Democrat Nevada Secretary of State pitches different type of photo ID concept

In Nevada, the Secretary of State looks for a compromise to the partisan standoff over photo ID.  It appears from this story that he is getting some Republican support.  Despite the fact that with the concept voters don’t have to lift a finger, some Democrats are still unsure whether to support it. 


Miller, a Democrat, was complimented by many in the audience for what
he called “stepping into the lion’s den,” and presenting his plan to a
group of Republicans.

Yet Miller could get a better
reception from the GOP than from his own party, noted State Senate
Majority Leader Mo Denis, D-Las Vegas, who spoke earlier in the day and
questioned the $10 million possible price tag for the bill.

Miller’s
proposal would provide for voter photos be included in election board
resister and rosters for early voting and provide for the Department of
Motor Vehicles to provide color photos of voters to the secretary of
state and county registrars.