Voting

March 12, 2008 -- Washington, DC –The Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, chaired by U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), today held a hearing about in-person voter fraud, and whether requiring photo identification disenfranchises vulnerable voters.    » read more »

March 03, 2008 -- MONTGOMERY - Alabama Governor Bob Riley created a bipartisan panel and tasked it with developing a plan that will allow deployed military troops and other Alabamians overseas to vote in elections using the Internet.    » read more »

Reports No Significant Voter Problems In Alabama During Super Tuesday

March 03, 2008 -- MONTGOMERY -- Alabama Governor Bob Riley is telling a federal judge today that Alabama had no significant problems with its new voter registration system during last month’s presidential primaries and he wants to relinquish his court-appointed responsibility for the system and turn it back over to the Secretary of State.    » read more »

02 March 2008 -- With nearly all of the ballots counted, Dmitri Medvedev has 70 percent of the vote. While the result is hardly a surprise, two of his opponents are crying foul.

Speaking at a political rally on Red Square just hours after polls closed, incumbent President Vladimir Putin said his hand-picked candidate, Dmitri Medvedev, was enjoying a convincing lead in the vote count. He said victory entails enormous responsibility, adding that it will ensure continuation of what he termed the "successful policies of the past eight years."    » read more »

Feb. 11, 2008 -- Colorado Governor Bill Ritter today signed bipartisan legislation that will allow Secretary of State Mike Coffman to begin the review and recertification process for electronic voting machines that the Secretary decertified in December.

House Bill 08-1155's chief sponsors were Rep. David Balmer, R-Centennial, and Sen. Ken Gordon, D-Denver.    » read more »

02/09/2008 -- English and Spanish transcripts of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's weekly radio address, hosted this week by Secretary of State Debra Bowen, are below.

Secretary of State Bowen:

Hi, this is Secretary of State Debra Bowen, filling in for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger with another California Report.

As the state's chief election officer, I was very excited to see millions of Californians from across the state cast their votes on Tuesday.    » read more »

February 6, 2008 -- SANTA FE, NM - New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson today issued the following statement regarding the state’s Democratic Presidential caucus.

“I am proud that so many New Mexico Democrats turned out to vote in yesterday’s caucus. The unprecedented interest and activism in the primary process shows that New Mexicans take seriously their important role in choosing the next President. Make no mistake, New Mexico’s 26 delegates matter greatly."    » read more »

February 06, 2008 -- MONTGOMERY - Voting during Alabama’s Super Tuesday primaries went smoothly and efficiently all across the state as Alabama’s new voter registration system got its first real-life test.    » read more »

February 4, 2008 -- Chicago – Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced that 179 teams of assistant attorneys general and investigators will be working throughout the state tomorrow, Tuesday, February 5, to monitor the primary election in Illinois.

Madigan has assigned 135 teams to Chicago, Cook and the collar counties as well as other counties across northern Illinois and 44 teams to monitor downstate. Madigan said the teams will observe activity in and around polling places and investigate claims of voter fraud or voting irregularities.    » read more »

Washington, DC - 01/27/2008 - Nineteen percent of eligible South Carolina citizens under the age of 30 participated in the South Carolina primaries, according to preliminary analysis by CIRCLE (The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement). The primaries attracted an estimated 120,000 young voters to the polls.    » read more »

January 25, 2008 -- Trenton, NJ – New Jersey Voter registration figures have climbed by 48,000 people since the November 6 general election in advance of the February 5 presidential primary election, with a total of 4,844,213 residents eligible to cast ballots in the Republican and Democratic party contests.

However, compared to the last presidential primary election in June 2004, statewide voter registration is up more than 221,000.

The new statewide figures follow the close of registration on January 15 for the February 5 primary election.    » read more »

January 23, 2008 -- Colorado Governor Ritter and a group of bipartisan lawmakers today announced new legislation for conducting the 2008 elections by using paper ballots at polling places while maintaining voter choice through options such as early or absentee mail voting.

"One of the most basic roles of government is to provide for elections that are fair, reliable, transparent and convenient for voters," Gov. Ritter said. "Our democracy depends not only on the people's ability to vote, but also on their confidence that every vote counts.    » read more »

Statewide Recount of the Presidential Primary for both the Democratic and Republican Primaries

January 11, 2008 -- New Hampshire Secretary of State William M. Gardner announced today that Albert Howard, a candidate for nomination for the office of President of the United States in the Republican Party Primary has requested a recount of all ballots cast statewide. Mr. Howard has satisfied the requirements for initiating a statewide recount of the Republican Primary.    » read more »

Washington, D.C. - 01/09/2008 - 43 percent of eligible New Hampshire citizens under the age of 30 participated in last night’s New Hampshire primary, according to preliminary analysis by CIRCLE (The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement). The youth turnout rate rose sharply to 43 percent in 2008 compared to 18 percent in 2004 and 28 percent in 2000. Young people increased their turnout more than the older age group.    » read more »

January 9, 2008 -- Today, the Supreme Court heard arguments on Indiana's undemocratic voter identification law. While there has never been a report of voter impersonation fraud in Indiana, real voters - seniors, students, veterans, minorities and low-income families -have been disenfranchised at the polls because of this restrictive requirement.    » read more »