DN!: Supreme Court Considers Voter ID Law//Electronic Voting Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:59:50 -0500 DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST January 10, 2008 = = = = = = = = = * Read Amy Goodman's latest column * "The Broadcasters' Big Payday" http://www.freepress.net/news/29466 Consider writing your local newspaper and asking for them to carry the column, distributed by King Features. Many papers across the US have done so already. If you see the column in your paper, please mail us a copy of the full page, to: Democracy Now! 100 Lafayette St New York, NY 10013 Thank you! = = = = = = = = = Immediate opening for TV Graphic Designer Democracy Now!, a New York City based daily independent TV/Radio/Internet news hour, seeks part-time live TV graphic designer. High level of skill in Photoshop and ability to handle the pressure of live broadcast required. This position is available immediately for 1-3 morning shifts (typically 6:45am - 9am) per week. Please email a resume and cover letter to job@democracynow.org with ³Graphics² as subject. = = = = = = = = = TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!: * FBI Issues Subpoenas in Investigation of Machetero Puerto Rican Independence Group * At least three Puerto Ricans in New York City have been subpoenaed to appear before a Brooklyn federal grand jury investigating local links to the Macheteros, the three-decade-old violent Puerto Rican independence group. Democracy Now! co-host Juan Gonzalez, who writes about the case in his latest column in the Daily News, discusses the story. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/1/10/fbi_issues_subpoenas_in * Supreme Court Considers Voter ID Law that Could Disenfranchise Thousands of Poor and Minority Voters * The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday on a case that many describe as the most important voting rights case since the decision that sealed the 2000 presidential election. Itıs over a challenge to a 2005 law in Indiana that requires voters to show government-issued photo identification when voting. We speak with Justin Levitt, counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law School. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/1/10/supreme_court_considers * Will Your Vote Be Counted in 2008? Electronic Voting Machines and the Privatization of Elections * With less than a month before Super Tuesday, every vote counts. But will every vote actually be counted? One-by-one, states across the country are finding critical flaws in the accuracy and security of electronic voting machines. We speak with Clive Thompson, the author of a New York Times Magazine cover story titled ³Can You Count on Voting Machines?² Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/1/10/will_your_vote_be_counted_in * Study: Of Over 2,000 Sunday Talk Show Questions to Candidates, Only Three on Global Warming * A new study by the League of Conservation Voters found that the five major Sunday morning political shows asked the presidental candidates well over 2,000 questions in 2007. Just three of the questions mentioned global warming. We speak with, the president of the League of Conservation Voters, Gene Karpinski. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/1/10/study_of_over_2_000_sunday * Headlines for January 10, 2008 * Study Estimates 151,000 Civilian Deaths in Iraq U.S. Launches Massive Air Raids in Iraq Lone Officer Charged in Abu Ghraib Scandal Has Conviction Dismissed Report: Blackwater Dropped Toxin on Crowded Checkpoint Pentagon Wants 3,000 More U.S. Troops in Afghanistan In Mideast Visit, Bush Affirms Support for Israeli Settlement Blocs Bush Warns Iran on Naval Dispute Ex-CIA Official Demands Immunity for Videotape Testimony NSA: ³No Attack Happened² in Gulf of Tonkin Cuba Marks 49th Anniversary of Cuban Revolution Richardson to Withdraw from Democratic Presidential Race New Principal Hired at N.Y. Arabic-Language School Following Founderıs Ouster Chicago Approves $20M Settlement in Torture Case Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/1/10/headlines = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now!'s daily news summaries are now available in Spanish: Read Thursday, January 10, 2008: http://www.democracynow.org/es To subscribe to these "Titulares de Hoy" by email, send a blank message to: boletin-sub@list.democracynow.org = = = = = = = = = COMING UP ON DEMOCRACY NOW! Friday, January 11, 2008: * Friday marks the sixth anniversary of the arrival of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. We'll go to Sudan to speak with the brother of detained Al Jazeera cameraman Sami Al Haj. 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