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Election Commission delays decision on voting equipment (Washington Co., AR) Story Here Archive |
The Washington County Election Commission decided Tuesday to delay its recommendation to the Quorum Court for the purchase of new voting equipment. The commission made its decision following a demonstration of the equipment by a representative of Election Systems & Software ? the company chosen by the state to help voting systems. |
State to test voting machine; groups upset (NY) Story Here Archive |
The state Board of Elections is being criticized for testing an electronic voting machine that does not generate a paper trail as required by state law. |
Group of professors in battle with state over voting machines (CT) Story Here Archive |
HARTFORD, Conn. A group of Connecticut academics is urging the state's top election official to scrap the bidding for new electronic voting machines, saying she favors models that could be prone to glitches. |
Wexler asks court to ensure manual recounts in close races (FL) Story Here Archive |
MIAMI - Florida's touch-screen voting machines violate people's constitutional rights because they don't create a paper record of each ballot, a lawyer for U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler said Wednesday in a federal appeals court. But a state lawyer said the ATM-like devices are accurate and don't need a paper trail. |
Voting machines may be replaced (CO) Story Here Archive |
Colorado Secretary of State Gigi Dennis could require 10 counties including Pueblo to replace their voting machines after problems that were observed in the Nov. 1 state election. |
Santa Fe County chooses new voting machines (NM) Story Here Archive |
Despite an 11th-hour protest from people who question the security and effectiveness of new electronic voting machines, Santa Fe County Clerk Valerie Espinoza has ordered touch-screen voting machines to comply with a federal mandate. |
State extends voting machine deadline (PA) Story Here Archive |
Allegheny County has more time to pick a vendor to replace its mechanical voting machines, federal, state and local election officials said Monday. |
Stand Ground. Don't give in to state's dawdling for Diebold (Volusia Co., FL) Story Here Archive |
Later this month, the Volusia County Council has an ugly decision to make. County officials face a Jan. 1 deadline to buy handicapped-accessible voting machines. They can opt for touch-screen equipment manufactured by Diebold (the same company that makes the elections equipment the county already owns) but that don't produce paper ballots. Or they can scrap the entire system and turn to a Diebold competitor, Election Systems & Software. |
State's eye on vote scanners (Colorado) Story Here Archive |
After a hand recount changed the outcome of two elections last month, the Colorado secretary of state may order 10 counties to get new voting machines before next year's high-stakes gubernatorial election. |
Every vote counts (MD) Story Here Archive |
Americans' electronic election tallies still are not safe or reliable, according to a thorough review by the Government Accountability Office, and won't be in time for the balloting in 2006. The problem: lack of meaningful national standards for how the machines should work and how to independently verify results. The solution: Fully fund and support the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, which is assigned to set these standards, and ensure states abide by them. |
Protecting election integrity Story Here Archive |
Recently, an article appeared in the Pioneer Press regarding Minnesota's rejection of certification of an election system called a Direct Recording Electronic voting system, which is ballot-less, produced by Diebold ("Kiffmeyer, counties at odds over voting equipment," Nov. 30). This system failed certification in California because of receipt jams and computer crashes. This system is not good enough for Minnesota, either, and I'd like to tell you why. |
Digital voting fears are grounded in facts (VA) Story Here Archive |
I wanted to comment on two articles I have seen on your Web site, both concerning the WINVote machines specifically and paperless electronic voting in general. |
Ballot paper trail unlikely in '06, Palm Beach elections chief says (Palm Beach Co., FL) Story Here Archive |
It has been almost a year since Arthur Anderson took office as supervisor of elections after a campaign that included a promise to "ensure there is an auditable paper trail for all touch-screen voting machines." |
KC voting booth will look different in 2006 (KS) Story Here Archive |
Kansas City voters will have a choice between two new voting procedures in 2006. The city?s election board decided last week to purchase a ?blended? system of voting machines that will include newer, more expensive touch-screen voting and an older, cheaper optical scan system. The system will replace Kansas City?s 30-year-old punch card system. |
Gale touts electronic voting (NE) Story Here Archive |
In a visit to North Platte Friday, Secretary of State John Gale said all 93 Nebraska counties are now in compliance with the federal Help America Vote Act. The act stemmed from the 2000 election, when Florida's voting system was the focus of national attention and led to changes in voting laws nationwide. The act is the result, in part, of a compromise between those who want a totally federalized voting system and the secretaries of state, who want to maintain state and local control of the voting process. |
Proposed election reforms draw criticisms (NY) Story Here Archive |
RHINEBECK - Advocates for voters' rights say regulations put forth by the state Board of Elections to guide companies that want to supply new voting machines to New York are "terrible" standards that will fail to ensure the integrity of the system. |
Porter county voters join high-tech world (Porter Co., IN) Story Here Archive |
VALPARAISO ? Arriving with a $395,800 check in hand, Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita said Friday that the era of punch-card voting machines in Porter County is over. |
Experts: E-voting has a long way to go Story Here Archive |
SACRAMENTO ? For 11 years, most states have relied on voting systems tested to minimal federal standards, the results withheld from public scrutiny and given the green light by a nongovernmental agency working on a shoestring budget. |
Board to upgrade voting machines (Mahoning Co., OH) Story Here Archive |
YOUNGSTOWN ? The Mahoning County Board of Elections approved spending $864,063 to upgrade its electronic voting machines, primarily to add a paper trail that board members don't believe is necessary. |
Vote board nervous over deadline (Guilford Co., NC) Story Here Archive |
RALEIGH ? State election officials are racing against what some call ?impossible? deadlines to prepare for the May primary and warned Thursday that voters should be prepared for problems next spring. |
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