The documents are grouped into the following categories.
Accessibility |
 | Accessibility Analysis of Four Proposed Voting Machines | 7/28/2005 |
| Accessibility Issues | 2/25/2005 |
| Accessibility of Machines in Use | 12/3/2005 |
| Considering Avante, TTS, and OCR, by Noel Runyan | 3/9/2005 |
| Evaluation of Audio Interface - Sequoia Voting Systems AVC Edge , by Kelly Pierce (pdf version) | 7/28/2005 |
| Tactile Ballots: Alternative Voting Method for the Blind, by Mark Fresolone | 7/24/2005 |
| Utah Disability Law Center opinion on accessibility issues | 4/19/2005 |
| Voting Experience in November 2004 Election In Santa Clara County California - Using Sequoia Voting Machines, by Noel Runyan | 3/9/2005 |
Auditing |
| Audit Effectiveness Calculator | 6/24/2006 |
| Auditing Election Equipment with random samples - how much is enough? (pdf version) | 6/25/2005 |
| Auditing Election Equipment with random samples - how much is enough? Demo movie. | 6/18/2005 |
Costs |
| Cost Studies and Reports, compiled by VotersUnite.Org | 8/19/2009 |
| Conduct Your Own Operating Cost Comparison | 3/21/2005 |
| Cost Estimate for Hand Counting 2% of the Precincts in the U.S. | 6/14/2005 |
| Cost Information about Voting Systems - handout overview | 12/3/2005 |
| Costs of Internet Voting for Military and Overseas Voters in WA: One Vendor’s Estimate | 2/25/2009 |
| Lester Sola, Miami Dade Supervisor of Elections, "Desirability and feasibility of converting to an optical scan voting system" | 6/4/2005 |
| Lever Replacement Costs: Case Study of a Small New York County (County X) | 7/24/2009 |
| Lever Replacement Costs: New York City Case Study | 7/20/2009 |
| Operating Cost Comparison for Different Types of Voting Systems (Florida) | 3/2/2005 |
| Operating Cost Comparison for Different Types of Voting Systems (Florida) - addendum | 3/21/2005 |
| Touchscreen Voting Increases Election Costs in Florida | 10/5/2005 |
EAC |
| Federal Vote-Counting Accuracy Mandate Is Ignored. Violations abound, but no federal action is taken - a VotersUnite report | 12/5/2008 |
| Federal Certification Test for Vote-Counting Accuracy Cannot Determine the Error Rate of the Equipment - a VotersUnite report (pdf version) | 3/30/2009 |
| Is HAVA Being Abused? Part I - The 1990 Voting System Standards are Certainly Outdated. Are They Illegal, Too? - a VotersUnite report | 5/31/2005 |
| Is HAVA Being Abused? Part II - Good for the Goose; Why Not for the Gander? - a VotersUnite report | 6/1/2005 |
| Information Clearinghouse: Letter to the EAC urging the establishment of an info clearinghouse | 10/17/04 |
| Information Clearinghouse: Testimony to a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee about the need for | 5/7/07 |
| Information Clearinghouse: Testimony to another U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee about the need for | 2/25/08 |
| Information Clearinghouse: Testimony to the U.S. House Administration Committee about the need for | 3/7/2008 |
| Information Clearinghouse: Recommendations to the EAC for improving its 2008 Election Day Survey | 5/1/2008 |
| Information Clearinghouse: Proposal to the EAC detailing a plan | 5/2/2008 |
| Information Clearinghouse: Testimony of VotersUnite.Org to the EAC regarding the Election Day Survey | 12/8/2008 |
| Letter from VotersUnite to the EAC urging standards that ban electronic ballots | 5/3/2004 |
| Letter from VotersUnite to the EAC urging the EAC to advise against the use of DREs, even with VVPAT | 5/25/2004 |
| Letter from VotersUnite to the EAC urging the elimination of vendors from the testing process and improving pre-election testing | 6/30/2004 |
| NASED Advisory On Voting Systems Testing Updates - 2003 | 5/31/2005 |
| NASED Advisory On Voting Systems Testing Updates - 2005 Addendum | 5/31/2005 |
| The EAC Has Failed To Meet Its Own Mission Statement - a VotersUnite report | 12/11/2006 |
| The EAC Need Not Continue Violating Federal Law - a VotersUnite report | 1/5/2009 |
Events/Actions |
| 51 Capitol March in Olympia Washington | 12/14/2004 |
| Advocate with Envelopes | 5/14/2004 |
| Computer Ate My Vote Day - July 13 | 7/14/2004 |
| Computer Ate My Vote. July 13 Speech, by Ellen Theisen | 7/16/2004 |
| Computer Ate My Vote. July 13 Speech, by John Gideon | 7/16/2004 |
| Election Center and Vendors Sponsor Election-Official Conference | 6/30/2004 |
| Kickoff Stories from VotersUnite "Mythbreakers" Hand-Delivery Event | 4/28/2004 |
| List of Patriots Holding Black Box T Parties after Election 2004 | 11/23/2004 |
| Take Action: Contact Congress to Ban Electronic Ballots! | 3/2/2007 |
Guidelines |
| Avoid Straight-Party Voting | 10/19/2008 |
| Hand Counting Guidelines | 10/5/2004 |
| Minimum Accountability Procedures for Direct Record Electronic Voting Systems (DRE) | 8/17/2004 |
| Minimum Accountability Procedures for Optical Scan Voting Systems | 7/26/2004 |
| Check Your Registration and Polling Place | 11/4/2008 |
Handouts |
| A Partial List of 2004 Electronic Malfunctions Reported in the News (map) (pdf version) | 11/22/2004 |
| A Partial List of Recent Electronic Malfunctions Reported in the News (map) | 12/2/2004 |
| Barcodes on ballots (Graphic) (pdf version) | 4/17/2007 |
| Cost comparison: DRE v Opscan (Graphic) | 2/20/2005 |
| Cost Information about Voting Systems - overview | 12/3/2005 |
| Election Directors, Not Computer Programmers, Should Control Election Processes (Graphic) | 9/28/2005 |
| Election Reform in a High-Tech World | 4/1/2007 |
| Flyers and Handouts to Distribute (page with links) | 2/22/2005 |
| HR 811 with and without amendment to ban e-ballots (Graphic) (pdf version) | 5/27/2007 |
| Incompatibility of Elections with the Software Development Process (Graphic) | 10/6/2005 |
| No unverifiable "electronic ballots" (Graphic) | 4/28/2007 |
| Paper Ballots - the Essential Ingredient (Graphic) | 2/22/2005 |
| Problems with DREs, bullet listed | 2/22/2005 |
| Problems with DREs, bullet listed, plus ten types of failures reported in the news | 7/9/2005 |
| The Need for Robust Pre-Election Testing | 7/18/2005 |
| The Same Voter Assistance; Different Kinds of Ballots (Graphic) | 4/8/2007 |
| Vote-Switching Software Provided by Vendors: A Partial List — 51 Ballot Programming Flaws Reported in the News (map) | 6/30/2006 |
| Why Recount Ohio 2004? (map of problems) (pdf version) | 6/4/2005 |
Legislation |
| A Call for an Amendment to HR 811 to Require ONLY Voter-Verified Paper Ballots - 20-pages of handouts | 4/24/2007 |
| Election Reform Bill (Rush Holt’s HR 811) Urgently Needs Reform (pdf version) | 2/28/2007 |
| H"Election Reform" Bills in the U.S. House and Senate; Why they won't actually reform our elections | 10/23/2008 |
| HR 811 Amendment Resources | 3/31/2007 |
| HR 811 Essential Revisions | 6/17/2007 |
| HR 811 marked up with essential revisions | 4/23/2007 |
| HR 811 with and without amendment to ban e-ballots — graphic handout printable pdf | 5/27/2007 |
| HR-2239, HR-550, What Now? | 11/22/2006 |
| Letter to Clerks - HAVA Allows Continued Use of Hand-Counted Paper Ballots | 8/5/2005 |
| No unverifiable "electronic ballots" | 4/24/2007 |
| Open Letter to Congress calling for open hearing on electronic ballots (pdf version) | 3/21/2007 |
| Rush Holt's HR 811 Does More Harm than Good (pdf version) | 6/12/2007 |
| S.1487: A Deconstruction - Bob Bancroft (pdf version) | 6/20/2007 |
| Senator Feinstein’s Election Reform Bill Takes Elections Out of the Hands of the People (pdf version) | 6/10/2007 |
| Statement of Concern Regarding H.R. 811 and the Problems of Electronic Voting Technologies and Electronic Ballots. Puerto Rican Legal Defense Fund | 5/9/2007 |
| TAP Principles (Tabulated, Accessible, Paper Ballot Principles) | 5/25/2007 |
| The Impact of an HR 811 Amendment to Ban Electronic Ballots (pdf version) | 3/15/2007 |
| TIMELINE for Equipment Requirements in Rep. Holt's 2009 Election Reform Bill | 6/23/2009 |
Malfunctions |
| 2006 E-Voting Train Wreck: Another Week, Another Wild – and Unfortunate – Ride… | 5/24/2006 |
| 2006 E-Voting Train Wreck: Dear Commissioners, It's now time the Election Assistance Commission assist. Not later this year or sometime next year. Right now. | 6/6/2006 |
| 2006 E-Voting Train Wreck: Investigations and Problems Continue to Spread | 5/24/2006 |
| 2006 E-Voting Train Wreck: The Wheels Begin to Come Off | 5/24/2006 |
| 2006 E-Voting Train Wreck: Too Much, Too Fast, More than They Can Chew | 6/9/2006 |
| 2006 E-Voting: The Approaching Train Wreck (John Gideon) | 5/24/2006 |
| 2006 E-Voting: The Approaching 'Train Wreck' Continues On Course | 5/24/2006 |
| 2006 E-Voting: The Approaching 'Train Wreck'; Are We Making Headway or Losing The Battle? | 5/24/2006 |
| A Sampling of Election 2004 News Reports | 12/10/2004 |
| AVS Malfunctions in the News | 7/21/2005 |
| Ballot-Scanner Voting System Failures in the News — A Partial List | 5/22/2009 |
| Danaher Malfunctions in the News | 7/21/2005 |
| Diebold Malfunctions in the News | 9/24/2006 |
| Electronic Voting, a Failed Experiment. 28 pages of nearly 200 recent DRE failures | 3/10/2007 |
| ES&S Letter to Guilford County NC, regarding counting backwards | 11/11/2004 |
| ES&S Malfunctions in the News | 6/25/2006 |
| Hart InterCivic Malfunctions in the News | 11/5/2006 |
| Hart InterCivic Voting Systems User Warning | 10/10/2005 |
| Malfunctions and Miscounts, Sorted by State | 3/4/2007 |
| Malfunctions and Miscounts, Sorted by Vendor | 9/27/2004 |
| MicroVote Executives talk about the inadequate testing for voting equipment. | 7/1/2004 |
| Microvote Malfunctions in the News | 6/9/2006 |
| Recalls: No failed voting machines have been recalled -- yet | 6/3/2008 |
| Sequoia Malfunctions in the News | 1/17/2007 |
| Sequoia Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) Malfunctions in WA - Theisen's testimony to the WA voting systems panel | 5/20/2008 |
| Sequoia Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) Malfunctions in WA - Gideon's testimony to the WA voting systems panel | 5/20/2008 |
| Unilect Malfunctions in the News | 7/21/2005 |
| Vote-Switching Software Provided by Vendors — A Partial List Reported in the News | 9/8/2006 |
| Vote-Switching Software Provided by Vendors — A Partial List Reported in the News (sorted by state) | 9/8/2006 |
| VTI Malfunctions in the News | 6/10/2006 |
| What, exactly, is an election meltdown? | 11/9/2006 |
Reference |
| 2006 E-Voting Trainwreck Articles | 5/24/2006 |
| Internet Voting: Timeline of Studies – (submitted to WA legislature by John Gideon in opposition to SB-5522/HB-1624) | 2/9/2009 |
| Overview of Types of Election Equipment | 4/21/2007 |
| Previously Featured Stories | 3/31/2005 |
| Select Bibliography - Election Reform Issues - Pokey Anderson | 2/11/2005 |
| Sequoia/Palm Beach County Contract | 5/3/2005 |
| Ten Types of DRE Problems in the News | 5/3/2005 |
| Types of Precinct Equipment Used in Each State in 2006 | 5/9/2004 |
| VotersUnite Alerts | 8/2/2004 |
| VotersUnite Press Releases | 8/2/2004 |
| Voting System Alternative - Proposal to States for Building Their Own Optical Scan System | 4/4/2007 |
Reports |
| A Deeper Look at ESI’s Report of the Discrepancy-Ridden Vote Counts In Diebold Touchscreen Voting Machines | 4/8/2007 |
| Ballot Definition Files | 6/18/2006 |
| Ballot Definition Files — brief introduction (pdf version) | 6/25/2004 |
| Cassandra, Chanting: Fiction or Non-Fiction? Review of A Novel About a Plot to Steal an American Election | 6/1/2008 |
| Electronic Voting Problems in Brief - 14 pages | 5/1/2005 |
| ES&S – the Midas Touch in Reverse | 11/14/2006 |
| ES&S iVotronic Audit Log Bugs | 7/8/2004 |
| Even a Remote Chance, by Pokey Anderson (pdf version) | 7/27/2006 |
| Even a Remote Chance, by Pokey Anderson (early version) | 7/26/2006 |
| Evidence Indicates EAC’s On-Going Failure Will Continue, by Ellen Theisen (pdf version) | 3/13/2007 |
| E-Voting Failures in the 2006 Mid-Term Elections | 1/7/2007 |
| Hart InterCivic Optical-Scan Has A Weak Spot | 7/5/2005 |
| Internet Voting Testimony of Ellen Theisen to WA legislature on H.B.1624 | 2/6/2009 |
| Is HAVA Being Abused? Part I - The 1990 Voting System Standards are Certainly Outdated. Are They Illegal, Too? | 5/31/2005 |
| Is HAVA Being Abused? Part II - Good for the Goose; Why Not for the Gander? | 6/2/2005 |
| IVAS - Internet Voting Revisited (Simons, Jefferson, Rubin, Wagner) | 10/25/2006 |
| Mythbreakers: Facts About Electronic elections | 3/21/2006 |
| No Election-Data Backups! | 7/28/2004 |
| No Votes Were Lost! Officials reassure voters in response to voting system malfunctions. | 10/28/2006 |
| Peering Through Chinks in the Armor of High-Tech Elections - Pokey Anderson (pdf version) | 5/27/2007 |
| Pros and Cons of Electronic Voting | 7/21/2004 |
| Response to Jim Dickson's Recent Statements to Authorities | 7/15/2005 |
| Review of Selker/Cohen's "An Active Approach to Voting Verification", by Ellen Theisen | 5/18/2005 |
| Severe Insecurity in the ES&S iVotronic Electronic Voting System | 4/15/2007 |
| Testing and Certification Process - Excerpts from Shamos Testimony | 6/25/2004 |
| The Audit Process in Clark County, Nevada | 7/23/2005 |
| The Privatization of United States Elections. June 18, 2005. Speech to the Washington Federation of Democratic Women, by Ellen Theisen | 6/20/2005 |
| Vendors are Undermining the Structure of U.S. Elections | 8/18/2008 |
| Voter-Verified Paper Ballots — Tabulated or Hand-Counted — Support Democracy. Unverifiable ”Electronic Ballots” Undermine Democracy | 4/28/2007 |
| Why Election Equipment Audits are Necessary | 4/7/2007 |
States |
| Articles Calling for a Solution to the November 2004 Election | 9/4/2004 |
| AR - iVotronic E-Voting Machines Give Results for a Non-Existent Race | 6/2/2008 |
| CT - Information Has an Impact in Connecticut! | 5/7/2004 |
| FL - Bug after Bug, Problem after Problem! Miami Dade Florida | 5/29/2005 |
| FL - Lester Sola, Miami Dade Supervisor of Elections, "Desirability and feasibility of converting to an optical scan voting system" | 6/4/2005 |
| FL - More Bugs Show up in Florida | 4/1/2005 |
| FL - Palm Beach County 2006 Election, SoV Parallel Testing Findings | 3/10/2007 |
| MD - It's Undeniable! Maryland is Fortified with Facts | 5/29/2004 |
| ME - Congratulations Maine! | 5/1/2004 |
| MO - Missouri Guaranteed Visible Ballots! | 7/21/2004 |
| MT - Montana Discovers Myth Breakers! | 5/28/2004 |
| NC - Mecklenburg County 2004 Recount Data | 11/5/2004 |
| NC - North Carolina Chooses Paper ... and More | 8/14/2005 |
| NM - "Phantom Votes Are Not Possible" says New Mexico's Secretary of State | 2/22/2005 |
| NM - 2004 and 2006 New Mexico Canvass Data Shows Undervote Rates Plummet in Minority Precincts When Paper Ballots are Used | 4/1/2007 |
| NM - A Successful Campaign in New Mexico | 4/15/2005 |
| NM - Brief Summary of New Mexico State Election Data, by Ellen Theisen and Warren Stewart | 1/4/2005 |
| NM - Did We Bounce An Election?, by Warren Stewart (New Mexico 2004) | 1/4/2005 |
| NM - Impossible Phantom Votes in New Mexico, by Warren Stewart (pdf version) | 1/4/2005 |
| NM - New Mexico Canvass Data Shows Higher Undervote Rates in Minority Precincts where Pushbutton DREs Were Used | 9/22/2005 |
| NM - Phantom Votes in New Mexico's Certified Election Results (2004) (pdf version) | 12/24/2004 |
| NM - Summary Report on New Mexico State Election Data, by Ellen Theisen and Warren Stewart | 1/3/2005 |
| NY - Calling It a "Pilot" Doesn't Make it So | 6/3/2009 |
| NY - New York's New Plan for Deploying Optical Scanners Is Dependent on Historically Undependable Vendors and Proper Functioning of Their Historically Defective Equipment (pdf version) | 6/12/2009 |
| NY - Research Results from New Yorkers for Verified Voting | 5/2/2005 |
| NY - Statement Against the Use of Money Allocated under the Help America Vote Act for the Purchase of Electronic Voting Systems for New York, by Teresa Hommel | 10/18/2004 |
| OK - Trail-Blazin' Suffragettes in Oklahoma and Beyond! | 5/8/2004 |
| PA - Mercer County Report on 2004 Electoin | 4/12/2005 |
| PA - Pennsylvania's UniLect Flop ... and Flip Flop | 4/16/2005 |
| SC - Letter from VotersUnite to Attorney General of South Carolina | 7/26/2004 |
| SC - South Carolina Election Commission in Action — A Brief History | 7/26/2004 |
| The States of Affairs of Some States | 3/11/2005 |
| TN - David G. Mills vs. Shelby County Election Commission | 8/25/2005 |
| TX - San Antonio District 7 City Council Election | 5/21/2005 |
| UT - Utah Disability Law Center opinion on accessibility issues | 4/19/2005 |
| VA - Virginia Has Myth Breakers! | 7/27/2004 |
| VT - Congratulations Vermont! | 4/29/2004 |
| WA - Congratulations, Washington Activists!! | 5/4/2005 |
| WA - Don't Outsource Democracy - Paul Lehto | 1/30/2005 |
| WA - Lehto and Wells v. Sequoia and Snohomish County | 4/8/2005 |
| WA - Up the Rabbit Hole: A day of transparent, participatory democracy | 5/23/2008 |
| WA - Urgent Election Situation in Washington State (2004 Primary) | 8/23/2004 |
| WA - Urgent Election Situation in Washington State (Letter regarding 2004 Primary) | 8/30/2004 |
| WA - Washington General Election Software Never to Be Examined | 6/5/2005 |
| WA - Why We Need Audits In Washington State | 1/18/2007 |
| WV - West Virginia Citizens Have a Plan | 6/5/2005 |
