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Clean and Fair Elections Update: New Election Laws of Note
Christian Smith-Socaris on June 23, 2009 - 2:58pm
Clean and Fair Elections Update: New Election Laws of Note
Table of Contents:
- National Popular Vote Signed into Law in Washington
- Colorado, Indiana and Utah Legislatures Pass Internet Voter Registration
- Proof-of-citizenship for Voter Registration in GA
- New Revelations Add to Evidence that Paperless Voting is Not Safe
National Popular Vote Signed into Law in Washington
Washington became the
fifth state to pass the national popular vote (NPV) compact
when Gov. Gregoire signed the legislation on May 6th.
61 electoral
votes, 23% of the 270 needed to achieve a national popular vote are now
committed to the
compact. Washington joins Maryland,
New Jersey,
and Illinois
as members of the compact. This is the first state to pass NPV into law
in 2009.
NPV has now passed into law on both coasts and in the heartland. Additionally, legislative chambers in every region, and in states of every size, have endorsed NPV. PSN's recent Dispatch covers the continuing focus of the presidential election campaigns on a few battleground states, and the negative impacts this has for our democracy and progressives in particular.
Other movement of NPV bills this session:
AR: H 1339 passed the House. [Adjourned]
CO: H 1299 passed the House, first time. [Pending]
CT: H 6437 passed the House, first time. [Pending]
NV: A 413 passed the Assembly, first time. [Pending]
NM: H 383 passed the House, first time. [Adjourned]
OR: H 2588 passed the House, first time. [Pending]
RI: S 161 passed the Senate. [Pending]
VT: S 34 passed the Senate. [Pending]
Colorado, Indiana and Utah Pass Internet Voter Registration
Three states have approved Internet registration bills to allow allow residents with driver's licenses or state-issued ID cards to register to vote online. Two states, Arizona and Washington, currently offer Internet voter registration. Many thought that this option would only be appealing to young, Internet-savvy voters, but over 70% of voter registrations now come in online in Arizona with registration increasing 10% the first year it was available online (2007). And while some have voiced concern that registering online will decrease election security, this system is perhaps more secure than paper-based registrations, and there have been no instances of voter registration fraud with online registration to date.
Colorado: Following a two-year lobbying effort by New Era Colorado, the state is committed to providing internet registration to Colorado voters. The bill had very strong bi-partisan support in the legislature, passing unanimously in the Senate and only garnering four "no" votes in the House. Takes effect on or before April 10, 2010.
Indiana: Indiana is more famous for putting up barriers to voting with its strict government-issued photo ID requirement that was challenged all the way to the Supreme Court. Yet, Sec. of State Todd Rokita has been a leading proponent of both voter ID and internet registration. Unlike most proponents of voter ID, Sec. Rokita understands that states should use the new technology available to them to enhance access to the ballot box. While voting rights advocates strongly disagree with his position on voter ID, which he posits is essential for a secure election, we all can strongly agree with him that "[b]ecause of the technology we have, ... we can offer online registration and maintain, even enhance, the integrity of our elections." Takes effect July 1.
Utah: With zero fanfare Utah jumped onto the 21st Century voter registration bandwagon with a new law to allow internet registration. This is clear evidence that this reform is one that progressives can successfully move throughout the country. No effective date was mandated.
Other movement of
Internet registration bills this session:
OR: H 2386, by Rep. Ben Cannon, has passed the House. [Pending]
NV: A 82, a omnibus committee bill, includes internet registration and has passed its committee of origin in the Assembly. [Pending]
Proof-of-citizenship for Voter Registration in Georgia
Following Arizona's lead, Georgia has passed a law requiring that all residents prove their citizenship before they can register to vote. This is the most restrictive form of voter ID yet, and it is far more restrictive than the photo ID requirements that have been passed across the country. It has been enacted even though there is no indication that non-citizen voting is a problem in the state; in fact, Georgia election officials are confident that the current photo ID requirement is strict enough to prevent any problems from arising.
Just how disenfranchising Georgia's new law will be is indicated by a national survey of voters conducted by the Brennan Center for Justice. The survey found:
- As many as 13 million people do not have documentary proof of citizenship.
- The rate for people earning less than $25,000 is more than twice as likely to lack proof, than people earning more.
- One third of women do not have documentary proof of citizenship with their current legal name.
Perhaps most troubling about this law is that it clearly constitutes a poll tax on some voters. Unlike the Indiana photo ID law that was upheld by the Supreme Court, there is no provision for issuing free citizenship documents to poor voters in Georgia. Any person wishing to register must supply proof of citizenship, even if they don't have enough money to obtain such proof.
Fortunately, the law will not go into effect until it has been reviewed by the US Dept of Justice. While DOJ cleared the Arizona proof-of-citizenship law in the Voting Rights Act's pre-clearance process (VRA section 5), Arizona's proof-of-citizenship law was approved by the then-Bush Administration DOJ. Observers expect the review to be far more probing this time given the new administration's stated commitment to voting rights.
New Revelations Add to Evidence that Paperless Voting is Not Safe
The Premier "Delete" Button, Discarding Votes Made Easy: The California Secretary of State's Office recently completed their investigation on the cause of almost 200 lost votes in the 2008 general election in Humboldt County. Faulty software from Premier Election Solutions (formerly Diebold) was to blame, as it was in Ohio. Both California and Ohio are suing Premier over the botched product. Premier originally denied there were any flaws in its software, alternately blaming the issue on user error and anti-virus software, but has now acknowledged they are at fault.
The investigation, however, uncovered an even more troubling problem - the machines used in Humboldt County and elsewhere had an erase button that allowed the machine's audit logs to be "zeroed out" with the touch of a button. Not only does such a capability fatally undermine the security of these machines, they were built in such a way that votes could be deleted without election workers noticing they had done so. Premier was even made aware of the insanity of including such a function in their machines. An e-mail from one of the system's developers stated that "adding a Clear button is easy, but there are too many reasons why doing that is a bad idea."
The report on this fiasco by the Sec. of State sums up the scope and depth of the problem this way:
"The Clear buttons ... allow inadvertent or malicious destruction of critical audit trail records in all Gems version 1.18.19 jurisdictions, risking the accuracy and integrity of elections conducted using this voting system. Five years after the company recognized the need to remove the Clear buttons from the GEMS audit log screens, not only Humboldt, San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties in California but jurisdictions in other parts of the country, including several counties in Texas and Florida, continue to use Gems version 1.18.19...."
Public Officials in Kentucky Indicted for Stealing Electronic Elections: Political corruption and vote buying have been alleged in Clay County, Kentucky for decades. In an effort to counteract that tradition, the Department of Justice has indicted several public officials - including a judge, the county clerk, the school superintendent and members of the elections board — on vote buying and election fraud. According to the indictment, the defendants not only conspired to steal elections the old fashioned way, but also exploited a vulnerability in their new ES&S iVotronic paperless voting machines. The defendants are alleged to have duped voters into leaving the voting booth after they had pressed the "vote" button, which doesn't actually cast the vote, but brings up a review screen where a voter confirms their selections. Once the voter had left the booth, corrupt election workers went in and changed their votes.
This case is significant for a couple reasons. The first is that the major defense used by voting machine vendors regarding the flaws in their products has been that none of the problems have ever resulted in a stolen election. If the DOJ is correct, several elections were stolen in Kentucky on electronic machines. Second, the fact that using electronic voting machines is confusing enough that many voters can be tricked into leaving the booth before they have actually cast their ballot is a critical vulnerability in these systems that has not previously been appreciated.
Other Legislation of Note
Mail-in and Early Voting
Bills Passed into Law
3134, by Rep.
Barbara Fleischauer, a
vote-by-mail pilot project authorized for five municipalities. H
2464 by Del.
Sharon Spencer, expands the
potential number of early voting sites in the state.
MD: H 1179 by Del. Jon Cardin implements the early voting initiative passed by Maryland voters last November. Allows for approximately one week of early voting and mandates a minimum number of early voting centers based upon population.
ME: S 48 by Sen. President Elizabeth Mitchell, providing for an early voting pilot program in selected municipalities.
CO: H 1186, by Rep. Claire Levy, allows mail-in voters to submit their ballots at any early voting site of poll place on election day. H 1216, by Rep. Carole Murray, also allows mail-in voters to vote at a polling place if they surrender their ballots.
VA: H 1062 by Del. Robert Brink added pregnant women to the list of voters allowed to vote absentee; H 1262, by Former Del. Frank Hall, does the same for temporarily disabled and infirmed voters; S 7, by Sen. Creigh Deeds, extends this right to all disabled and infirmed voters; and H 1877/S 1070, by Del. John Cosgrove and Sen. Steven Martin respectively, adds first responders to the list. All three bills were signed into law.
UT: S 24 by Sen. Peter Knudson, requires that early voting sites be distributed based on population.
MT: S 276, by Sen. Carolyn Squires, relaxes the address verification rules for voters on the list of permanent absentee voters. Verification will now take place once per year instead of every 6 months.
NM: H 583, by Rep. Debbie Rodella, allows absentee voting in lieu of a polling places for small, isolated, rural precincts.
Still Pending
NJ: A 2451, by Asm. Joan Quigley and S 1380, by Sen. Raymond Lesniak, will provide for permanent absentee voting, and a uniform system for all mail-in ballots including those used by overseas and military voters. The bills have been reconciled and are now awaiting final passage.
CA: A 84, by Asm. Jerry Hill, would "establish a free access system that allows a vote by mail voter to find out whether his or her vote by mail ballot was counted and, if not, the reason why it was not counted." The bill has passed the Assembly.
CA: A 1228, by Asm. Mariko Yamada, authorizes a vote-by-mail pilot program for not more than three local elections in Yolo County. The bill is on third reading in the Assembly.
PA: H 333, by Rep. Babette Josephs, amends the PA constitution to allow any elector to vote by absentee ballot. The bill has passed its committee of origin.
Notable Legislative Movement in Adjourned Legislatures
GA: H 540, by Rep. Austin Scott, includes a no-excuse absentee provision. The bill passed the House and was reported favorably from committee in the Senate before the legislature adjourned.
NM: H 419, by Rep. Al Park, would allow for permanent absentee voting. The bill passed the House, but didn't advance in the Senate before adjournment.
WA: H 1572, by Rep. Sam Hunt, extends vote-by-mail statewide (currently used in all but one county). The bill passed the House.
Voter ID and Proof of Citizenship
Passed into Law
GA: S 86 has been signed by the governor (see above). This bill would require all voter applicants who submit voter registration applications after Jan. 1, 2010 to also include a copy of a citizenship document before being added to the voter rolls.This bill was substituted to require the board of registrars to provide notice to applicants that did not provide satisfactory evidence of citizenship, granting applicants 30 days to respond with appropriate proof of citizens before the application is rejected.
Additionally, this bill was substituted to allow citizens to use Georgia driver's license or identification card numbers or a copy of such cards as proof of citizenship "if the applicant has provided satisfactory evidence of U.S. citizenship to the Department of Driver Services. This requires the secretary of state to establish procedures to compare voter registration applications with the Dept. of Driver Services database.
OK: S 4, a state-issued, photo ID requirement passed both houses but was vetoed by governor, who called the bill "an unnecessary impediment to this most basic freedom." This measure will now go before the voters in 2010.
UT: H 126, by Rep. Bradley Daw, enacted a mandatory voter ID requirements for all voters, every election. The bill also removing local govt, educational institution, and employee identification as ID that can be used alone to vote. Voters with those forms of ID will need to provide a second proof of identity as well. Indigent voters seeking a free ID will be required to
sign a statement under penalty of perjury that they are indigent, and may be required to "execute a release form allowing the division to inquire with the Tax Commission whether the person has filed state income tax returns or has state income tax withholding suggesting that the person is not indigent."
Still Pending
IL: H 4077 has now passed both houses. This bill specifies which forms of identification first-time voters are required to present.
RI: H 5097 is now on the House calender. This bill requires all voters to present a document that shows the voter's name and photograph. A state voter ID would be issued upon request and voters who do not present satisfactory ID would be permitted to vote provisionally, which would be validated with a signature match.
TX: After much drama early in the session with the Senate exempting voter ID legislation from their cloture rule, and failed attempts by the House committee chair to broker a compromise, S 362 passed the Senate and is now out of committee in the House.
TN: S 150 requires voters to present one form of ID that bears the name, address and photo of the voter. Acceptable ID includes Tennessee driver's license or ID, passport, employee ID (with photo), or military ID. Voters who do not have acceptable ID would be allowed to vote provisionally. SB 150 was adopted by the Senate and has passed two House readings and is now held on the House desk.
Notable Legislative Movement in Adjourned Legislatures
MS: As with last session legislators were unable to come to a compromise on voter ID legislation with conservatives refusing to accept any exceptions or voting liberalizations. One lawmakers is now attempting to qualify a ballot initiative on voter ID.
MO: HJR 9, a government-issued, photo ID bill was defeated by voting rights advocates for the second year in a row when the House failed to vote on the bill before adjournment.
CO: H 1336, by Rep. Nancy Todd, exempts group home residents from the state's voter ID requirement.
Youth Voting
Passed into Law
VA: In response to some localities trying to prevent students from voting from their school addresses through intimidating mailers and misinformation, S 1188, by Sen. Harry Blevins, was passed to simplify the residence provision for voters. The law now requires that a voter live in a locality with an intention to remain, and have a physical place where they dwell. The Sec. of State is also tasked with promulgating rules for determining residence to ensure uniform practices throughout the state. However, registrars in college towns who are part of the Sec. of State's taskforce studying the issue are still looking to change law.
CT: H 6439, a committee bill, implements the recent amendment to the State Constitution that allows seventeen year olds, who will have attained the age of 18 by the time of the next general election, to vote in the primary for that general election.
Bills Still Pending
RI: H 5005, by Rep. Edwin Pacheco, providing for pre-registration of 16 and 17-year-olds, has passed the House. Companion bill S 85, by Sen. Rhoda Perry, has passed the Senate.
CA: A 30, by Asm. Curren Price, provides for pre-registration of 16 and 17-year-olds. The bill is on third reading in the Assembly.
NC: H 1260, by Rep. Angela Bryant, providing for pre-registration of 16 and 17-year-olds, is on the floor calendar in the House.
TX: H 2209, by Rep. Aaron Pena, mandates a voter educator program for high school seniors, which includes the opportunity to register to vote. The bill has passed the House.
Notable Legislative Movement in Adjourned Legislatures
NM: H 274, by Rep. Gail Chasey, would allow 17-year-old citizens to register and vote in primary elections if they would be 18 before the general election. The bill passed two committees in the House, but didn't advance to a floor vote.
Voter Registration Modernization
by Rep.
Steve Simon and Sen.
John Marty, respectively, would
provide for the automatic registration of voters. This would
be the first law of its kind in the nation! So far it has
passed both houses. [Pending]
WA: SB 5270, by Sen. Joe McDermott, has been signed into law. Under this bill, voter registration applicants who do not provide satisfactory proof of eligibility, or whose information cannot be confirmed in government databases, are registered to vote provisionally. The bill also revises voter registration deadlines so that an applicant can mail in a voter registration application up to 29 days before an election, and register in-person up to eight days before an election. This would ease current voter registration restrictions by two and nine days, respectively. NVRA agencies will now have only three days to transfer voter registration applications to the Sec. of State. [Passed]
Election Day Registration
387, by Rep.
Dennis Fields, would establish
provisions for challenging voter registrants who attempt to complete
voter registration applications on Election Day. This bill allows any
person to observe Election Day Registration and challenge the
eligibility of a voter applicant after the applicant's name and address
had been publicly announced by the election clerk. The bill passed the
Senate in amended form and was sent back to the House for concurrence.
CT: H 6435, a committee bill, was reported to the Joint Committee on Appropriations. This bill would allow a qualified citizen to register and vote on Election Day. [Pending]
NM: H 52 by Rep. Jim Trujillo, a full EDR bill, passed the House but failed to advance in the Senate before the end of session. [Adjourned]
Third-Party Voter Registration
S 62, by Sen.
Janet Howell, requires voter
registration forms to have a receipt that is given to the registrant if
the form is collected by a third party for delivery to election
officials. The registrant would then be able to use the
receipt to confirm that they have been registered. [Passed]
NV: A 82, and omnibus committee bill, authorizes the Secretary of State to charge a fee to political parties or other entities that requests more than 50 applications to register to vote by mail. The bill also (1) requires registration and training for the organizer of a registration drive collecting more than 10 registration applications; (2) requires completed voter registration forms to be mailed to the County Clerk within 10 days, or forms must be mailed the same day during the two weeks prior to registration deadline; and (3) increases the penalties for several election crimes from gross misdemeanors to felonies. [Pending]
Voter List Maintenance and Purging
TX: H 208 provides procedures for the secretary of state to review voter rolls in order to remove the deceased and non-citizens on a quarterly basis. This bill would grant the secretary of state access to local registrars of death as well as the information of potential jurors who were excused or disqualified from duty for non-citizenship. The secretary of state would then provide this information to each registrar in order to cancel the registrations of those who were found on the lists of deceased voters. It would require voters questioned on the basis of citizenship to respond to a notice from the registrar asking for proof of citizenship. If the voter does not provide such information, his or her voter registration would be canceled. The bill has been reported from committee.[Pending]
Felon Voting Restrictions
1517, by Rep.
Jeannie Darneille, eases the
restoration of voting rights for felons who are no longer in Washington
state custody but owe court-ordered fines and restitution. It takes
effect July 26. "We have come to understand we can't create a debtor's
prison here," said Gov. Gregoire in signing the bill. [Passed]
HI: S 619, by Sen. Will Espero, would allow incarcerated persons to vote by absentee ballot during the final two years of confinement. Passed the Senate and its first committee in the House. [Pending]
TN: S 440, by Sen. Doug Overbey, would amend election law to require convicted felons to only regain voting rights after the person has paid all restitutions, fines, and court costs assessed against the person following their conviction. The bill has passed the Senate. [Pending]
NV: S 238, by Sen. David Parks, would permit the State Board of Pardons to provide an expedited process for restoring the civil rights, in whole or in part, of a person who submits an application to the Board to have his or her civil rights restored. The bill has passed both houses. [Pending]
AL: S 167, by Sen. Hank Sanders, limiting the requirement that individuals who have lost their right to vote pay all fines and fees before being reenfranchised, was reported favorably out of committee but has been indefinitely postponed. [Defeated]
PA: H 1072, by Rep. Ronald Waters, would provides inmates with voter registration materials upon release, passed committee of origin. [Pending]
MN: H 545/S 763, by Rep. Bobby Champion and Sen. Mee Moua, respectively, would require the Dept of Corrections or probation officers to give offenders a certificate of rights restoration upon release or completion of sentence. The bill has passed both the House and the Senate. [Adjourned]
GA: S11, by Sen. Ronald Ramsey, would re-enfranchise felons 30 days after completion of their sentence. Bill passed Senate Ethics committee. [Adjourned]
KY: H 70, by Rep. Jesse Crenshaw, would allow automatic reenfranchisement of most felons at the completion of their sentence. The bill passed the House but was not taken up by the Senate. [Adjourned]
Campaign Finance
by Sen.
Mimi Stewart, imposes
contribution limits for state campaigns after the 2010 election.
NM is currently one of only five states that have no limits
at all. [Passed]
AL: H 140 by Rep. Randy Hinshaw, requiring disclosure of funding for electioneering communications, has passed the House and moved through committee in the Senate. [Pending]
FL: S 216 by Sen. Charlie Justice would prohibit local governments from spending public funds on political advertisements of electioneering communications related to a ballot measure or other issue put to a vote of the people. The bill has passed both houses. [Pending]
MN: S 80, by Sen. Ann Rest, would, among other things, impose a contribution limit on judicial candidates, which are currently unlimited. The bill has passed the Senate. [Pending]
Public Financing
120, by Rep.
Rick Glazier, would establish a
pilot program for public financing of municipal elections. The bill has
passed the House. H
586, also by Rep. Glazier, would
expand the number of statewide races that allow public
financing. That bill has passed out of its committee of
origin. [Pending]
WV: S 311 by Sen. Jeffrey Kessler, would implement a public financing pilot program for the 2010 and 2012 Supreme Court elections. Passed out of its committee of origin. [Pending]
Machines, Ballots and Post-Election Audits
A host of Post-Election Audit bills have moved so far this session:
- MT: S 155, a weak audit bill. [Passed]
- NM: S 72, audit bill. [Passed]
- VA: S 292, audit pilot, authorization for study of auditing procedures. [Passed]
- IA: H 682, audit bill, passed the House. [Pending]
- WV: S 648, adds recount of one randomly-selected precinct per county to current recount statute. [Pending]
893, by Del.
Sheila Hixson, requires a
uniform voting system statewide, selected and purchases by the State
Board of Elections. [Passed]
VA: S 52/H 1476, by Sen. Mary Whipple and Rep. Thomas Rust, respectively, carves out an exemption from the wireless communications prohibition on voting systems. Election officials will now be able to use wireless features of machines when the polls are closed in order to transfer election results. S 536, by Sen. George Barker, expands the grounds for decertifying a voting machine to include problems experienced and not remedied in other states. [Passed]
NJ: A 3648, by Asm. Joan Quigley, suspends the requirement that voting machines in the state have a voter verified paper record. Economic problems and a lack of appropriate technology were sited as the justification for the suspension. [Passed]
MS: H 1137, by Rep. Thomas Reynolds, creates an Elections Voting Device Research Panel to "examine the various voting machines and devices used in Mississippi elections, the maintenance of the machines and devices, methods for technology update and financing of such equipment and adequate usage of technological advances to promote accurate voter roll and information." [Passed]
Caging and Voter Challenges
NH: H 276, challenge reform bill by Rep. David Pierce, has passed the House; this bill would specifically prohibit challenges of EDR voters. H 387 (see EDR section above) has also passed the House and the Senate in amended form. This bill specifically allows for EDR voter challenges and, therefore, the House has passed two conflicting bills. [Pending]
Provisional Ballots
894, by Sen.
Steve Faris, requires the
secretary of state to establish a system to allow provisional voters to
determine whether their vote was counted, and if not, the reason it was
not counted. The bill also creates a presumption that a provisional
ballot is valid if "it is cast by a registered voter and is the correct
ballot ... for the precinct of the voter's residence." [Passed]
CA: S 740 by Sen. Gilbert Cedillo, would require provisional ballots to be rejected if the ballot envelope is not signed. Also requires that elections officials retain voted provisional ballots and envelopes for a specified period after the election. Passed the Senate. [Pending]
85, by Rep.
Eddie Jackson Sr., creates a
commission within the State Board of Elections to study an recommend a
system of voting via the Internet at elections in 2012. The bill passed
the House but has stalled in the Senate. [Defeated]
MT: S 367, by Sen. Bradley Hamlett, allows electronic registration and voting for overseas and military voters. The bill, which has been signed into law, would allow internet voting for these voters if such a system is approved by the Sec. of State and available to election adminstrators. [Passed]
MD: H 391 by Del. Samuel Rosenberg, would make several changes regarding the training of poll workers and election day procedures. This bill prohibits an poll worker from requesting voter ID beyond that specified under state law; requires poll worker training on voters' legal rights; allows an election judge to give a voter a provisional ballot if he or she determines that there is a problem outside of the voter's control that causes the voter to be unable to vote a regular ballot; requires poll workers to extend polling place hours under certain circumstances; among other provisions. Passed the House. [Adjourned]
RI: H 5094, by Rep. Christopher Fierro, providing for US Senate vacacies to be filled by special election, has passed the House. [Pending]
ME: H 945, by Rep. Diane Russell, proposes a ranked choice voting pilot program in up to 10 municipalities. The bill was the subject of a work session on May 13th.
Reports and Research
US Electorate Most Diverse in History: Pew Research Center [report] and Project Vote [report] have broken down the new census data on the 2008 election and it shows that there was a huge surge in voting by minority voters, particularly young people, which resulted in the most diverse electorate in American history. There was also a regional component, with southern states with large African-American populations leading turnout gains as well. Black women had the highest turnout, a first, and turnout of African-Americans under thirty increased 9%. Asian-American youth turnout increased 9.6% and for Latino youth it was 5.2%. In total, 4.9 million more young people of color turned out in 2008 then in 2004, which amounts to 91% of the 5.4 million new voters added in total.
Saving Dollars, Saving Democracy - Cost Savings for Local Elections Officials Through Voter Registration Modernization - U.S. PIRG takes a hard look at the costs of voter registration in 100 counties nationwide and find that errors, extra staff near election time, and provisional ballots drain tens of millions of dollars from local election budgets every year. They recommend modernizing voter registration systems to make it more streamlined and automatic by linking government databases to the voter rolls.
Public Attitudes on State Election Administration, Goals, and Reforms - The University of Missouri has released a survey of voters opinions of a variety of election reform issues - EDR, Mail-in Voting, Early Voting, and Voter ID. They find majority support for Early Voting and Voter ID and for government action to increase turnout.
The Youth Vote in 2008 - CIRCLE has an analysis of the 2008 election census survey that confirms exit polls showing strong turnout of voters under the age of 30. Young peoples' participation has risen for three election cycles and hit 51% last year, 2 percentage points higher than in 2004 and 11 points higher than 2008. This increase was mainly driven by young women who have an 8 point higher turnout than young men.
Access to Democracy: Identifying Obstacles Hindering the Right to Vote - Women's Voices Women's Vote has compiled a very comprehensive guide to the disparate laws that control access to voting in the states, with a focus on their disenfranchising effects. The report includes data on the current voting rules for all states, and the appendices are a particularly handy resource.
Ohio Election Summit: Framework for Reform- This Brennan Center writeup outlines a broadly endorsed approach to protecting voting rights, based on Ohio's experiences, by improving early voting procedures, strengthening statewide voter registration databases, improving poll worker recruitment and training, simplify provisional voting processes and expand post-election audits.
The Census CPS Voting and Registration Supplement - Michael McDonald of the George Mason Univ. US Elections Project has analysis of the Census survey data on who voted and who was registered. Headline findings are that African-American turnout jumped 4.9% while White turnout decreased 1.1%, putting African-American turnout only .9% below that of Whites; and while there were 9.5 million new registrations, the registration rate declined marginally.
The Census CPS - Project Vote Analysis - Doug Hess at Project Vote analyzes the Census survey and finds that young people of color made the strongest gains in voter participation in 2008, leading to a more representative electorate.
2008 Survey of the Performance of American Elections - The major academic survey of election conduct and voting experience has been released for the 2008 election. Key findings are that 4 million voters didn't vote because of adminstrative problems beyond their control; while almost 80 million eligible voters did not participate in teh election.
America Goes to the Polls - The Nonprofit Voter Engagement Network released their analysis of voter turnout in 2008, which offers the best description of the demographic shifts that drove increases in turnout last year. It also highlights election trends such as the continued focus on battleground states, and successful reforms like election day registration and early voting.
Report on Election Auditing - A comprehensive report on best practices for election audits has been released by the League of Women Voters.
Lessons Learned From the 2008 Elections - Common Cause presented testimony cataloging the most serious problems encountered in the 2008 elections and how to respond to the challenges that voters and election administrators faced.
Election Protection 2008: Helping Voters Today, Modernizing the System for Tomorrow - The Election Protection Network has released their post-mortem on the 2008 elections. Presented at the Senate Rules Committee hearing on voter registration, the report finds that the largest problem in the 2008 election was voter registration problems, which effected over a third of the voters seeking assistance through the election protection hotline.
The Millennial Pendulum and Yes We Can - Two new reports from the New America Foundation outline the overwhelmingly progressive political views of young voters ("millennials") as well as their emergence as a coherent political generation.


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Editor's note: This is the sixth in a series of commentaries in support of The Fair Tax.
By DAVID LEAKE
The stock market has recovered. Home and car sales are increasing. Yet, America's unemployment remains too high. Millions can't find work. Millions of others are in part-time jobs or in jobs for which they are over qualified. Millions more have simply given up looking.
A major cause is the American income tax system. It discourages productivity. It drives jobs overseas. At an estimated 73,000 pages of tax laws, rules and court decisions, it frustrates everyone.
Taxing income discourages savings. Taxing businesses (the U.S. currently has the highest business taxes in the world, up to 35 percent) discourages existing businesses from expanding here. Is it any wonder they are moving operations and jobs to countries that tax them less?
Did you know, when the Titanic sank, there was no tax on income? We had an income tax briefly, from 1862 to 1872, to pay off Civil War debts. The Supreme Court in 1895 declared a new income tax passed by Congress unconstitutional. Aside from that, we survived from 1620 until 1913 without a tax on personal or business income.
What this country needs is not more patches on a broken tax system. It needs to replace that system with one that does not punish working people; one that lets them keep more of their hard-earned income. It needs a system that creates jobs by encouraging existing businesses to grow, and new businesses to be created in this country.
Such a tax system has been proposed. It is backed by over $22 million in research. It is a progressive tax that has been heralded in large part by conservatives. It sets a tax rate of 0 percent on families living at or below the poverty line. It taxes middle income families in a range from 1 percent to 16 percent. Only the very wealthy would approach the highest rate, at 23 percent.

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Recently, The Brooklyn Hospital Center celebrated the Kids Kicking Sickle Cell (KKSC ) program's first anniversary. To mark the occasion, it held an Awards/Belting Ceremony for participants in its martial arts empowerment program. The ceremony was held at The Brooklyn Hospital Center (TBHC) in Fort Greene , Brooklyn on Wednesday, February 9 th at 6 pm in the cafeteria, and honored all of these young heroes for their achievements. Rabbi Elimelech Goldberg, Founder and National Director, and Dr. Susan Gardin, National Program Director, was in attendance, and refreshments followed.
The Brooklyn Hospital KKSC program joins children together in a supportive community where they learn to use the techniques of the martial arts to focus on their inner strengths and capabilities in confronting the pain associated with sickle cell disease. By teaching breathing, relaxation imagery and karate movements, the children become partners in their treatment and learn to transcend the pain and fear of their disease. According to Maura Connelly , MS , CCLS, Director of Child Life at TBHC, KKSC is a leader in its field: "When children take part in this program, they also have the chance to socialize with other kids with the same illness."
The KKSC program at The Brooklyn Hospital Center is a pilot project. The first of its kind for kids living with this chronic disease, KKSC opened in February 2004. A second program has since started in Detroit . Kids Kicking Cancer (KKC), the parent organization, was founded by Rabbi Elimelech Goldberg in Michigan to help ease the pain of pediatric cancer patients, while empowering them physically, spiritually and emotionally. The Kids Kicking Sickle Cell program was established utilizing this same model. The Kids Kicking Sickle Cell program is currently being sponsored by the national Kids Kicking Cancer organization until KKSC is able to raise its own funds. Rabbi Elimelech Goldberg is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Wayne State University Medical SchoolRead more >


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Date: August 28, 2009
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NBA referee and East County author Bob Delaney will be at Bayshore Elementary School Sept. 1 to welcome the newest members to the school's Bob Delaney Leadership Academy.
The academy serves to foster leadership qualities in fifth-grade students at the school.
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Exploring the Gentoo File Manager
KDE users choose Konqueror, Gnomers use Nautilus, and commandline
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Original recipe yields 6 servings
- Peel the potatoes and add to a large pot of boiling salted water. Cook until tender but still firm, about 15 minutes. Drain, cool and cube. Place into a large bowl and set aside.
- In a double boiler, bring vinegar to a boil. Gradually beat in eggs and cook over simmering water until thickened. Stir in butter and cook 1 minute. Whisk in cream, parsley, onion, mustard, salt, pepper and cayenne. Pour over hot potatoes and combine. Cool, sprinkle with parsley and refrigerate until serving time.
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First off I made the serving size to 4 which made the ingredients list all weird, but followed it as best I could. I didn't have any parsley - which didn't matter. But what I did do, was put all the seasoning into the cream before I boiled the vinegar (which didn't boil) but got really hot. I thought I had messed it up because the eggs kind of cooked scrambled, but I whisked in the cream real quick. It was so so good, I hate hard boiled eggs - This was a great Potato Salad I'll be making this again
Kaye Lynn
I don't know why the unkind review but I think this recipe sounds wonderful and I plan to try it very soon. The sauce is basically homemade mayonnaise, which is delicious. I don't see how you could go wrong with a recipe that contains real cream, it has to be rich and creamy. Only thing I would do is add some chopped hard boiled eggs, I gotta have them in my potato salad. Also, I will make this the day before so it's icy cold.
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Sorry but this is not good at all.waste of potatoes!
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Amount Per Serving (6 total)
- Calories
- 364 cal
- 18%
- Fat
- 21.2 g
- 33%
- Carbs
- 36.7 g
- 12%
- Protein
- 7.9 g
- 16%
- Cholesterol
- 177 mg
- 59%
- Sodium
- 520 mg
- 21%
Based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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By Mike Redmond
— Dear Celebrities who somehow believe you make our lives worth living, even though most of you have no discernible talent ... I have a request.
Would you please stop making sex tapes? We'd all be grateful. And by "we" I mean every single American who fires up his computer, opens a newspaper, or leafs through a magazine only to find that another of you has been stupid enough to record for posterity your expertise in doing the horizontal mambo.
You would think that people in your line of work, whatever that is, would have this figured out by now: There is no such thing as privacy anymore.
You do something dumb (see above under What Were You Thinking?) and there is a 100 percent chance it is going to be out of your control in a matter of days. Once that happens, it will be on the web in a matter of minutes.
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Then again, maybe not. Personally, I believe that sex is a lot of things, most of them ranging from good to spectacular, and I intend to try it again one of these days very soon.
No, I could care less who you are sparking with, or how. What I am tired of is the inevitable Drama (capital D) that comes in the wake of a released personal video.
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Then the dust settles, we wait a week, and it happens again with a different celebrity.
And it's all very tiresome. I'm serious. Rolling your eyes all the time because of something so unpardonably stupid will wear a person out. And it's not just you. It's equally tiring just to sit through all the thumping commentary from the people who have to watch the tape 50 or 60 times to make sure of how horrible it is.
So stop. Just stop. The world has real problems and you're just cluttering it up. Not to mention, eeuuww.
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Rusty Staub
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Staub at Citi Field in 2010.
|Right fielder / Designated hitter / First baseman
April 1, 1944
New Orleans, Louisiana
|Batted: Left
|Threw: Right
|MLB debut
|April 9, 1963 for the Houston Colt .45s
|Last MLB appearance
|October 6, 1985 for the New York Mets
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Daniel Joseph "Rusty" Staub (born April 1, 1944) is an American former Major League Baseball right fielder, designated hitter, and first baseman. He enjoyed a 23-year baseball career with 5 different teams. He was an original member of the Montreal Expos and that team's first star; though the Expos traded him after only 3 years, his enduring popularity led them to retire his number in 1993.
Playing career[edit]
Houston Colt .45s/Astros[edit]
Staub signed his first professional contract with the expansion team Houston Colt .45s organization in 1961.[1] He spent the 1962 season in the Class B Carolina League, and at season's end he was named one of the league's all-stars.[2] Following that season, Staub was signed to a US$100,000 Major League contract under the Bonus Rule.[3] In his first season, at only 19 years of age, Staub played regularly, splitting time between first base and the outfield, but hit only .220. He became only the second major league rookie since 1900 to play 150 games as a teenager; the first had been Bob Kennedy, also 19, with the Chicago White Sox in 1940.[4] The following season, he hit only .216 for the Colts and was sent down to the minor leagues at one point.[5] His numbers began to steadily improve in the 1965 season for the now-renamed Astros, and he had a breakout 1967 season, where he led the league in doubles with 44 and was selected to the All-Star team. He was also an All-Star for the Astros in 1968.
Montreal Expos[edit]
Staub was traded to the Expos before the start of their inaugural season in 1969 as part of a trade for Donn Clendenon and Jesús Alou.[1] The trade became a source of controversy as Clendenon refused to report to the Astros and attempted to retire; the deal had to be resolved by Commissioner of Baseball Bowie Kuhn who ruled that the deal was official, but that Clendenon was to stay with the Expos. Montreal eventually dealt Jack Billingham, Skip Guinn, and $100,000 as compensation.[6]
He was embraced as the expansion team's first star, and became one of the most popular players in their history. Embraced by French Canadians because he learned their language,[7] he was nicknamed "Le Grand Orange" for his red hair (his more common nickname of "Rusty" has the same origin). The #10 worn by Staub during his first stint in Montreal was the first number retired by the Montreal Expos organization. He is also the franchise's career leader in on-base percentage (.402), among players with 2,000 or more plate appearances with the franchise.[8] He is also the first player to win the Expos Player of the Year award.
New York Mets[edit]
After three seasons in Montreal, the New York Mets made a blockbuster trade for Staub in 1972 in exchange for first baseman-outfielder Mike Jorgensen, shortstop Tim Foli, and outfielder Ken Singleton.[1] He batted .313 for the Mets is 1972 until June 3 of that year, when he was hit by a pitch from [George Stone] of the [Atlanta Braves], fracturing his hand in the process. He played through the pain until going on the disabled list a few weeks later. He didn't return to the line-up until September 18, 1972. In the Mets' 1973 victory over the Cincinnati Reds in the National League Championship Series, Staub hit three home runs and drove in five runs. He made an outstanding play defensively, when he robbed Dan Driessen of an extra-base hit in the 11th inning. However, while making the play in right field, he crashed into the fence extremely hard and separated his right shoulder.[9] The resulting injury to his shoulder forced him to throw underhanded and rather weakly in the World Series.[9] Despite the injury, he batted .423 against the Oakland Athletics including a home run and six RBIs.
In 1975, he set a Mets record with 105 runs batted in—the first Met player ever to surpass 100 RBIs—that would not be matched until 1986, when it was tied by Gary Carter, and not surpassed until 1990 when Darryl Strawberry recorded 108.[10]
Detroit Tigers[edit]
Before the 1976 season, he was traded to the Detroit Tigers with pitcher Bill Laxton for pitcher Mickey Lolich and outfielder Billy Baldwin.[1]
In his three plus seasons with the Tigers, Staub hit .277 with 70 home runs.[11] He was voted to start the 1976 All-Star Game, where he went 2-for-2.
In 1978, Staub became the first player to play in all 162 regular-season games exclusively as a designated hitter.[12] Not playing the field at all proved beneficial, as Staub finished second in the Major Leagues with 121 RBI and finished fifth in American League Most Valuable Player voting. He was selected to the Sporting News American League All-Star team at the end of the season as the designated hitter.[13]
Staub held out to start the 1979 season,[6] and eventually he was dealt to the Montreal Expos in July of that same season.[1]
Later career[edit]
After spending the 1980 season with the Texas Rangers, Staub returned to the Mets in 1981 as a free agent and served as a player-coach in 1982. In 1983, he tied a National League record with eight straight pinch-hits and that same season also tied the Major League record of 25 RBIs by a pinch hitter.[9] In his last at bat in the season Staub hit a three-run home run off the LHP Dave Roberts to push his average to .300 for the season.
Retirement and honors[edit]
|Rusty Staub's number 10 was retired by the Montreal Expos in 1993.
Staub's career ended at the age of 41 in 1985. He was only 284 hits shy of the 3000 hit milestone. He was the only major league player to have 500 hits with four different teams.[9] He, Ty Cobb, and Gary Sheffield share the distinction of being the only players to hit home runs before turning 20 years old, and after turning 40 years old.[14]
Staub was inducted into the New York Mets Hall of Fame in 1986. In 2004, he received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Niagara University.[15] Jesuit High School, where Rusty graduated, annually gives the Rusty Staub Award to the leader of the varsity baseball team.[16] In 2006, Staub was inducted into the Texas Baseball Hall of Fame [14] and six years later, in 2012, he was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.[17] On May 26, 2012, the New York Mets featured a Rusty Staub promotional giveaway bobblehead as part of their 50th anniversary celebration.[18]
Career outside baseball[edit]
Staub established the "Rusty Staub Foundation" to do charitable works, and in 1986, founded the New York Police and Fire Widows' and Children's Benefit Fund. During its first 15 years of existence, the Fund raised and distributed $11 million for families of policemen and firefighters killed in the line of duty.[19] Since September 11, 2001, Staub's organization has received contributions in excess of $112 million,[19] and has played a vital role in helping many families affected by the attack. Staub went on to work as a television announcer for Mets ball games.
He owned and ran two well-received restaurants in Manhattan, New York City. Rusty Staub's opened in 1977, and Rusty Staub's on Fifth in 1989.[20] Both have since closed. In July 2006, Staub teamed with Mascot Books to publish his first children's book, Hello, Mr. Met.
See also[edit]
- List of top 300 Major League Baseball home run hitters
- List of major league players with 2,000 hits
- List of Major League Baseball players with 400 doubles
- List of Major League Baseball players with 1000 runs
- List of Major League Baseball doubles champions
- List of Major League Baseball players with 1000 RBI
- ^ a b c d e "Rusty Staub Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-11-07.
- ^ Bob Hurte. "Steve Blass". Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
- ^ "Wynn of the Losers". Time. 2007-07-07. Retrieved 2008-09-26.
- ^ The Sports Encyclopedia: Baseball, 6th Edition, 1984.
- ^ "SABR Minor Leagues Database: Rusty Staub". Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved 2008-09-26.
- ^ a b Charlton, James. "Rusty Staub from the Chronology". BaseballLibrary.com. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
- ^ Mulvoy, Mark (1970-07-06). "In Montreal They Love Le Grand Orange". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2008-10-18.
- ^ "Washington Nationals Batting Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
- ^ a b c d Turetzky, Ken. "The Ballplayers - Rusty Staub". BaseballLibrary.com. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
- ^ Noble, Marty (2007-09-16). "Notes: Lawrence gets nod for Monday". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
- ^ "Detroit Tigers Batting Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
- ^ "Swinging for the Record Books". Sports Illustrated. 1993-04-05. Retrieved 2008-09-30.
- ^ "Rusty Staub". Retrosheet. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
- ^ a b "Texas Baseball Hall of Fame - Rusty Staub Bio". Texas Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2008-09-30.
- ^ "Nearly 1,000 Students to Graduate from Niagara University During the Weekend of May 15–16, 2004". Niagara University. 2004-04-06. Retrieved 2008-10-23.[dead link]
- ^ "JayNotes - The Magazine of Jesuit High School in New Orleans (Graduation 2007, Page 5)" (PDF). Jesuit High School (New Orleans). 2007. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
- ^ http://baseballhalloffame.ca/museum/inductees/rusty-staub/
- ^ http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120214&content_id=26685934&vkey=pr_nym&c_id=nym
- ^ a b "New Mets are a hit with Rusty Staub". Westchester County Business Journal. 2005-06-20. Retrieved 2008-09-30.
- ^ "Diner's Journal", Bryan Miller, New York Times
External links[edit]
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
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- American philanthropists
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The street-legal trail bike, the 2012 Zero X, has most of the accoutrements of its trail-only counterpart, but is available exclusively with lights. The 2012 Zero X has 33 percent more overall power than ever before, and can hit a top speed of 54 MPH. While it may not have the same acceleration off the line as the dirt-only model, the Zero X opens up a whole host of trail riding options with the ability to ride through city streets. Direct drive gearing and weight-optimized components create a strong and swift machine that aggressively flies up hills, soars over jumps, and zips along streams.
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On Tuesday, a day after his debut collection as the new designer for storied French fashion house Yves Saint Laurent, Hedi Slimane posted a bizarre and cheaply Photoshopped diatribe against the New York Times' fashion critic Cathy Horyn, who, just hours before, had published a less than stellar review about the runway show. Slimane's show was wildly anticipated by the fashion world, but as the story developed, it was reported that Slimane and YSL were so protective of the collection that they had been intimidating journalists and, in some cases, rescinding invites to the runway show from some of the most respected reporters in fashion, including Horyn, who was not invited. So what really happened? We give you all the facts.
There's a new designer at Yves Saint Laurent?
Yes. Hedi Slimane, the man who is credited with inventing skinny jeans as the menswear designer at Dior Homme from 2000-07, was given his first womenswear job at YSL after the previous designer, Stefano Pilati, was unceremoniously let go. Monday was his very first collection for the house, which he also renamed and rebranded as Saint Laurent Paris, a move that confused longtime admirers. In France, YSL is something of a national treasure since it was founded by Saint Laurent in the 1960s; France's first lady, Valerie Trierweiler, even sat front row at Monday's show.
Why wasn't the fashion critic from The New York Times invited to one of the biggest fashion events of the year?
Horyn claims it's because of spite: "I was not invited. Despite positive reviews of his early YSL and Dior collections, as well as a profile, Mr. Slimane objected bitterly to a review I wrote in 2004—not about him but Raf Simons. Essentially I wrote that without Mr. Simons's template of slim tailoring and street casting, there would not have been a Hedi Slimane…" And Slimane seems to prove the validity of this claim later with his Twitter rant, in which he said about Horyn: "…as far as I'm concerned, she will never get a seat at Saint Laurent…"
Was Horyn's review of Slimane's show super mean?
Since she wasn't invited, Horyn could only view photos digitally once they published online, and she was disappointed: "Considering that Mr. Slimane was an avatar of youthful style, I expected more from this debut. I had the impression from the clothes of someone disconnected from fashion of the past several years."
Damn, Slimane tweeted what about Horyn?
That she's a "schoolyard bully," "a bit provincial," that "her sense of style is seriously challanged," and most damningly, that she has an agenda that is "thick and perfectly predicatable," alluding to her preference for newly-minted Christian Dior designer and supposed Slimane-rival Raf Simons.
Did any other critics get dissed?
Yes. Imran Amed, the editor-in-chief of The Business of Fashion, claims that the Saint Laurent PR team had been sending him intimidating e-mails all summer about the relaunch, and when he did not cooperate with their request to change an old article he had written about the brand, he was banned from the show and received an e-mail saying that they did not like his "tone of voice."
Was Slimane's show really that bad?
The reviews were mixed, but more bad than good. Lisa Armstrong at The Telegraph called the show "underwhelming," and Suzy Menkes, longtime journalist at The International Herald Tribune, labeled some of it "awkward." The Times of London's Laura Craik was perhaps the most damning: "I don't know if it was intentional, but you didn't make journalists feel very welcome at your show…that all those glum-looking indie kids in black drainpipes got to see the clothes from the front row seemed a little insulting." Lady Gaga, on the other hand, tweeted her support: "Monsters, check out @hedislimanetwit garments for YSL this season … a true punk visionary. Modern, forward, LA VERITE."
So why was Horyn singled out?
There's some history to Horyn-bashing. She's been previously banned from Giorgio Armani shows for writing mixed reviews, and just two weeks ago, designer Oscar De La Renta fired off insults at her after she wrote a review that he didn't like. Even Lady Gaga has blasted her and the Times; Horyn is, quite easily, the toughest critic in the business.
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Chad Kolarik scored three goals to power the Connecticut Whale past the slumping Norfolk Admirals, 5-2, in an American Hockey League game Saturday night at the XL Center in Hartford, Conn.
Norfolk (7-10) never led as it dropped its fifth straight and has lost 10 of 13 after starting the season 4-0. The Admirals got goals from John Kurtz and Emerson Etem.
Kolarik gave Connecticut a 1-0 lead when he put in his own rebound past Admirals goalie Frederik Andersen. Kurtz tied it when he put in a rebound of a Chris Wagner shot past Whale netminder Cameron Talbot.
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