Today a very heated debate began in the Texas legislature over a more robust Voter ID law than the state presently has. The new legislation would require a photo identification or the use of alternative forms of identification such as utility bills or bank statements on top of a voter registration card or other personal identification. The GOP will call witnesses to include officials from Georgia and Indiana, two of the states that require a photo identification. Democrats will be calling witnesses from civil rights organizations.

Al Franken’s attorneys, in Minnesota, have said they will probably rest their case tomorrow. ...

• CA: Los Angeles County - Counting Ballots and Sifting Through the Results
  http://www.citywatchla.com/content/view/2080/75/
• FL: Touch-screen voting resurfaces in court
  http://www.heraldtribune...903100284/-1/NEWSSITEMAP
• FL: Florida: Court Hears Arguments on Voting Law
  http://www.votetrustusa....;id=3009&Itemid=113
• MN: Flashback: Coleman Said To Spare State Cost Of Recount --- But Is Now Angling For Multi-Million Dollar Election
  http://tpmdc.talkingpoin...multi-million-dollar.php
• MN: Coleman vs. Franken continues. Will Arctic ice cap melt before Minnesota gets new senator?
  http://latimesblogs.lati.../03/coleman-v-frank.html
• MN: Franken, in D.C., says he sees 'a light at the end of the tunnel'
  http://www.startribune.c...yc:aU7DYaGEP7vDEh7P:DiUs
• MN: Democrats Will Not Seat Franken Until Minnesota Courts Are Done
  http://www.cqpolitics.co...;docID=news-000003071109
• MN: Smaller vote pool may hurt Coleman
  http://www.startribune.c...O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUI
• MN: Franken's case to rest Wednesday
  After a week of testimony and evidence, Franken's lawyers say they are satisfied they have made their case.
  http://www.startribune.c...:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUsZ
• MS: Opinion - Voter ID: Supporters missed opportunity
  http://www.clarionledger...0100/OPINION01/903050316
• MS: Senate bid to revive voter ID fails
  http://www.clarionledger...0504/903100355/1001/news
• MT: Opinion: Mail ballots expansion just makes good sense
  http://www.billingsgazet...te/50-gazetteopinion.txt
• NY: A Love Affair With Lever Voting Machines
  http://cityroom.blogs.ny...h-lever-voting-machines/
• NY: Paper Ballot Votes Handcounted in Staten Island Election
  http://www.opednews.com/.../diarypage.php?did=12451
• NY: Schuyler Co. Facing $100,000 Deficit Under HAVA
  http://www.weny.com/News....asp?ARTICLE3864=9142957
• NY: Schuyler County Voting Machine Concerns
  http://www.wetmtv.com/ne...piRyWFUefrNk0fVg1Ng.cspx
• NY: Schuyler seeks state OK to keep lever voting
  http://www.stargazette.c...0090310/NEWS01/903100308
• OH: Scholars to study Ohio's high use of provisional ballots
  http://www.columbusdispa...nal_ballots.html?sid=101
• TN: Carter County - Voter Confidence Act must be implemented by 2010
  http://www.starhq.com/ne...nw-electioncomm3-09.html
• TX: Contested Progreso election thrust into voter ID debate
  http://www.themonitor.co...le.html/voter_state.html
• TX: Voter ID battle heads to Senate
  http://www.chron.com/dis...etropolitan/6302093.html
• TX: Democrats decry voter ID bill ahead of hearing today
  http://www.dallasnews.co...ntexvoterid.4ad0910.html
• TX: Viewpoint: ID bill a waste of time
  http://www.dailytexanonl....com/1.1602032-1.1602032
• TX: Voter ID expert witness wasn’t confirmed for federal post
  http://www.statesman.com...ter_id_expert_witne.html
• TX: Voter ID: 1 million voters without a driver’s license?
  http://www.statesman.com...million_voters_with.html
• TX: Debate over voter ID opens in Senate
  http://www.chron.com/dis...y.mpl/ap/tx/6303814.html

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