GAB asks WI Legislature to sort out election confusion

By   /  March 20, 2013  /  Featured, News, State Government, Wisconsin  /  7 Comments

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By Kirsten Adshead  |  Wisconsin Reporter
MADISON – Election officials’ hot potato has landed in the legislature’s lap.
The Government Accountability Board on Wednesday agreed to talk to lawmakers about changing state law to give GAB staff the task of maintaining and updating the statewide voter registration list – a job that GAB largely has been handling, [...]

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WI election officials breaking law

By   /  March 14, 2013  /  News, Wisconsin  /  34 Comments

Wisconsin lawmakers reportedly are considering several changes to election law, amid ongoing systemic problems. Among those is a bill that would prohibit election clerks from extending early-voting hours.

MADISON — Wisconsin’s lawmakers are considering a wide range of changes to the state’s election administration amid new reports showing that systemic problems persist.

Nearly 200 clerks missed a mandatory deadline in January to update voter-registration data after the November election.

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OK: By the numbers: 2455 pieces of legislation; GOP & Independent registration numbers

By   /  January 19, 2013  /  Oklahoma WatchBlog  /  1 Comment

A NUMBERS GAME: Oklahoma State Election Board Chairman Paul Ziriax, in his latest report, says Republicans and Independents continue to gain strength in the Sooner State, while the traditionally dominant Democrats are losing ground.

By Patrick B. McGuigan
OKLAHOMA CITY — There is a lot more to public policy than numbers, but data can tell at least part of the story in Oklahoma.
Two more-than-bite-sized nuggets to whet the appetites of policy-watchers in Oklahoma and elsewhere: Nearly 2,500 legislative proposals have been submitted for consideration during the 2013 legislative session; while [...]

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VA: Voting wait times vary from nothing to hours

By   /  November 6, 2012  /  Virginia Watchblog  /  No Comments

Sample ballot at Alexandria City Hall

ALEXANDRIA—How long does it take to vote in Virginia?
Well, there are as many answer to that question as there are polling places in the Old Dominion, where readers reported lines as short as “non-existent” to 90 minutes. And it isn’t over yet.
Polls close at 7 p.m. As long as you’re in line by 7 p.m., you’ll [...]

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States: Obama voter fraud would be crime here, too

By   /  October 10, 2012  /  Featured, News, Politics & Elections, Vote 2012, Voter Fraud, Voter Registration  /  5 Comments

Barack Obama

Part 12 of 25 in the series Voter Fraud

 
By Watchdog.org
A staff person working on the president’s re-election campaign helped an undercover journalist register to vote in Florida despite the reporter’s expressed intention to vote for Barack Obama twice in the hotly contested presidential race, video reviewed by Watchdog.org shows.
Casting more than one ballot in the [...]

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