electionline Today

Sep 02, 2010

National News: Foreclosures could cause trouble on election day

Arkansas: Election cost dispute continues

California: San Joaquin County looking at absentee-only voting ballots  |  County, postal service nearing deal on ballots

Colorado: Most counties deny Marks ballot inspection

Connecticut: Bysiewicz joins secretaries in declaring September National Voter Registration Month

District of Columbia: Voting card error affects 7,500 voters

Florida: Sheffield not satisfied with recount

Georgia: Former sheriff being investigated for voter fraud

Guam: Ballot tabulators being tested

Hawaii: Absentee ballots printed incorrectly

Iowa: Mauro lauds new voting process

Kansas: Newby reappointed as chief of Johnson County elections  |  Arizona fame propels Kobach's Kansas hopes

Maryland: Early voters can start casting ballots on Friday  |  State officials push early voting  |  Voters cool to early option?

Massachusetts: County clerk lays blame for ballot snafu

Michigan: Holly resident is candidate for secretary of state

Minnesota: Continuing 2008 election fall-out

Montana: Secretary encourages eligible voters to get registered this month

Nevada: Online voter registration now available in Clark County

New York: Primaries to test new voting machines  |  Nassau County introduces new voting machines

Ohio: Election board to rethink voting site  |  Cuyahoga elections board agrees to limited bilingual ballots

Texas: Harris County plans for electronic voting  |  Tax assessor, non profits spar over Harris County voter rolls

West Virginia: Officials canvas primary votes  |  Mineral consolidating precincts for fall election

Aug 31, 2010

Alaska: Alaska Senate candidate raises voter fraud concern  |  Senate race heats up over ballot counting

Arizona: Arizona Dems allege voter fraud

California: San Joaquin considers response to grand jury report  |  Ballots redesigned for machines to verify them

Connecticut: New Web feature facilitates voting process

District of Columbia: DC residents start early voting for primary  |  Nearly 1,100 voters cast first-ever early votes in District

Florida: Close win triggers election dispute

Georgia: Ga. policy halts voting by illegal immigrants backers say  |  New elections manager starts job in Cobb County

Guam: More residents casting their ballots early

Illinois: Kendall clerk looks at cutting election judges

Indiana: Board rejects satellite voting for second time

Iowa: Mauro: Election law changes shape campaigns

Maryland: Early voting starts Friday in Md.

Massachusetts: Poor voter turnout prompts change to central polling place

New Mexico: Herrera calls for secrecy of ballots

North Carolina: Several candidates for judge mean ranked voting

Tennessee: Firing of Rutherford administrator rescinded  |  Rutherford County elections administrator put on paid leave

Texas: Harris County OKs $13.6M to purchase new voting machines  |  Plan to avert catastrophe after fire  |  Voter fraud vs. voter suppression debate returns to Texas  |  County enters agreements with voting machines supplier  |  Back to paper ballots for some of Harris County

Virginia: Statewide computer glitch still causing problems

West Virginia: Election cost $20.50 per vote

Wisconsin: Clerks prepare for primary  |  More than 66,000 voters don't match  |  18,000 could be cut from the voter rolls

Aug 28-30, 2010

Overseas News: DOD denies four states military ballot law waiver

Alaska: New ballots could boost Murkowski  |  More than 20,000 votes still to be counted

Arizona: Election night glitch delays vote count

Arkansas: Commission: No offsite early voting in November

California: Illegal voting feared

Colorado: State sues Arapahoe County over ballot drops

District of Columbia: Early voting starts today in DC

Florida: Glitch holps up results in Lee County race

Georgia: Georgia's voter ID verification law now one of the toughest in nation  |  Disputed election: Voter says he was following instructions  |  Feds approval of voter verification law could affect future elections  |  Cobb names new elections director

Hawaii: Federal law could delay November election tally

Indiana: Primary to see new voting machines  |  Dems draft plan to consolidate Lake precincts

Louisiana: Lafourche gets new registrar of voters

Maryland: Early voting: Fear vs. the facts  |  Md. withdraws military voting waiver request

Massachusetts: Mass. gets deadline waiver on military ballots

Michigan: Runoff needed in GOP secretary race

New Mexico: AG confirms probe of Herrera's office

New York: Counties ready for new voting machines  |  Voting finally enters modern age  |  Experts fear new voting process may cause confusion  |  Poll workers train, prep for primary

Ohio: 5,800 dead still on Ohio voter rolls

Tennessee: Lakewood sues, claims fraud in one-vote loss  |  Penuel's attorney blasts firing process

Texas: Officials still investigating cause of fire that destroyed voting machines  |  Emergency meeting to address elections  |  10,000 voting machines burned in fire  |  County clerk makes plans for election despite fire  |  Tarrant may send voting machines to Harris County

Washington: Washington gets waivers for overseas ballots

West Virginia: Special election nearly problem free  |  Special primary pulled off with few problems

Wisconsin: Wisconsin officials to discuss ballot waiver denial