Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

Another good reason that a mail-in primary do-over cannot happen in Florida? It is against the law. State law only allows referendums to be on a mail ballots and doesn’t allow for candidates to be named on ballots via stamp and carrier. An executive order or a law change would be needed to allow the presidential primary to be recast.

On top of today’s Mississippi primary we also had a special election for Indiana’s 7th CD and municipal elections in Florida.

Today the Iowa senate approved a bill (47-1) that will change the state to a paper ballot and op-scan state from one that had a mix of optical-scan and DRE counties. The bill now goes to the House where it is expected to pass. ...

• CO: Elections 2008: Colorado's Unending Secrecy regarding Voter Registration
  http://www.opednews.com/...ections_2008_3a__col.htm
• FL: 'Mashed Into Bits': Florida Touch-Screen Voting Machines - 28,000 of them - to be Crushed, Recycled, Repurposed...
  http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5786
• FL: Southwest Florida elections supervisor skeptical of mail-in redo
  http://www.naplesnews.co...ions-skeptical-mail--re/
• FL: Deadline To Decide On Revote Urgent
  http://www2.tbo.com/cont...decide-on-revote-urgent/
• FL: Florida Democrats mull primary vote by mail
  http://www.sun-sentinel....1sbmar11,0,7389847.story
• FL: Dems wonder what to do about Florida
  http://www.pensacolanews...11/NEWS01/803110321/1006
• FL: Changing voting machines is an expensive reality
  http://www.thevillagesda...08/03/11/news/news01.txt
• FL: Host of factors affect possible new primary in Florida
  http://www.thevillagesda...08/03/11/news/news02.txt
• FL: Hillsborough County - Plug Is Pulled On Touch Voting
  http://www2.tbo.com/cont...-pulled-on-touch-voting/
• FL: Indian River County might not be ready for do-over
  http://www.tcpalm.com/ne...ot-be-ready-for-do-over/
• FL: Palm Beach County - Palm Beach County touch-screen voting machines get final use today in 19 municipal elections
  http://www.sun-sentinel....1pnmar11,0,7136854.story
• FL: Palm Beach County - Election going smoothly so far, supervisor says
  http://www.palmbeachpost...008/03/11/0311elect.html
• IA: Culver wants a tighter rein on purchase of voting gear
  http://www.desmoinesregi...WS10/803110371/-1/LIFE04
• IA: Counties: State voting machine plan doesn't measure up
  http://www.desmoinesregi...80311/NEWS/80311034/1001
• IA: Senate approves new statewide voting system
  http://www.qctimes.com/a...p-state-ia/d8vbetqg0.txt
• IN: Today's election day in the 7th District
  http://www.indystar.com/...10/LOCAL/80310079/0/CPUB
• IN: Polls close for 7th district voting
  http://www.wthr.com/Glob...?S=8000752&nav=9Tai
• LA: East Baton Rouge Parish - Computer glitches slow EBR returns
  http://www.2theadvocate....s/politics/16485286.html
• MN: Instant-runoff voting in Minneapolis unlikely in 2009
  The election director doubts the city will have the proper equipment in place by then.
  http://www.startribune.c...tics/local/16405066.html
• MS: Your vote counts
  http://www.gulflive.com/...news/120523052191910.xml
• MS: Voting problems reported in Madison Co.
  http://www.clarionledger...=/20080311/NEWS/80311030
• NJ: Voting machine errors spur independent analysis
  http://www.nj.com/news/i...ine_errors_spur_ind.html
• OH: Almost 90,000 Ohio votes didn't count
  http://www.cantonrep.com...y=14&subCategoryID=
• OH: Editorial - Brunner should listen to voters
  http://www.cantonrep.com...ry=3&subCategoryID=
• OK: Oklahoma House passes voter identification bill in party-line vote
  http://www.kjrh.com/news...8-46d6-b6ff-ef12c44e0190
• PA: Opinion - Good staff is key to a smooth election day
  http://www.mcall.com/new...245mar11,0,7634182.story
• TX: Fight for Texas delegates won't end anytime soon
  Close count could shift either way before long
  http://www.chron.com/dis...pl/politics/5608177.html

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