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Registrar Says Bill Won?t Drive Up Election Costs (San Benito Co., CA) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, September 22, 2005 Hollister - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is considering whether to sign into law a bill that would require election officials to create a paper trail to audit the results of electronic voting. |
State 'receptive' to idea of paper trail for voting machines (Maryland) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, September 21, 2005 ANNAPOLIS A recommendation from a national bipartisan commission is putting new pressure on Maryland officials to revise the state's electronic voting machines system to provide a paper trail. |
Machines will be available for the November election (Hopewell, VA) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, September 21, 2005 Touch-screen voting coming soon. It's as simple as pressing the screen. Starting with this year's elections, Hopewell voters will have new voting machines that should help make casting ballots simpler. |
Election process sees few gremlins (Snohomish and Island Co., WA) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, September 21, 2005 EVERETT - Snohomish County officials reported no major hiccups in Tuesday's election, the first major test since the legal fight and legislative reforms spurred by last fall's epic ballot battle for governor. |
Bill would require all electronic voting machines to verify votes have been recorded correctly (CA) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, September 21, 2005 Gilroy - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is considering whether to sign into law a bill that would require election officials to create a paper trail to audit the results of electronic voting. |
State gets ready to change over voting machines (Connecticut) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, September 21, 2005 Election day next year is shaping up to be the first election in a century without the mechanical lever voting machines. |
Paper trail for e-votes back in play (Georgia) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, September 21, 2005 Georgians may soon get to see paper evidence of how they voted on electronic machines each election day. |
Election changes could prove costly to towns (Ulster Co., NY) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, September 21, 2005 TOWN OF ULSTER - Municipal election expenses could as much as triple when local elections are entirely taken over by counties starting Jan. 1 under the federal Help America Vote Act. |
Some counties still holding out for paper ballots (Florida) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, September 21, 2005 Volusia County on Florida's east coast and Leon County Tallahassee may temporarily violate federal and state deadlines for the purchase of electronic voting machines that meet disabled access guidelines until certified new equipment that provides paper ballots for manual recounts becomes available. |
Md. Voting Receipt Advocates Press Advantage (Maryland) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, September 21, 2005 WASHINGTON - Maryland advocates of paper records for electronic voting machines are renewing their cause after a report this week from a panel headed by former President Carter recommended receipts to alleviate voting security issues. |
Questions raised over plan to buy voting machines that improve accessibility (Allegheny Co, PA) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, September 20, 2005 Allegheny County officials gave a mixed message yesterday to people with disabilities who want greater access to the voting process. |
Law requires addition of new voting machines (Olney, IL) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, September 20, 2005 Although the county started using a new voting system earlier this year, the federal government is requiring all counties in Illinois and around the nation to have new machines installed in precincts by next year's election. |
Cox, Stephens back paper vote receipts (Georgia) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, September 20, 2005 A move to outfit Georgia's electronic voting machines with a voter-verified paper receipt took a leap toward reality Tuesday when two key state leaders on opposite sides of the political spectrum announced support for such a project. |
Ohio Voters May See Long Lines at Polls (Belmont Co., OH) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, September 20, 2005 BELLAIRE - Ohio voters should expect longer lines at the polls and more tax money to be spent for the Tuesday, Nov. 8, general election. |
Federal panel urges e-voting paper trail (California) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, September 20, 2005 For American voters to regain faith in their elections, voters should be given a unique identification card, and electronic voting machines need a paper record that voters can check and elections officials can recount, a prestigious federal panel reported Monday. |
Wood County considers election equipment options (West Virginia) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, September 20, 2005 PARKERSBURG - Wood County commissioners are considering election equipment options to comply with federal requirements, with costs ranging from $60,000 to more than $600,000. |
Pa. taps Hart InterCivic for electronic voting equipment Story Here Archive |
| Published:Monday, September 19, 2005 Electronic voting company Hart InterCivic Inc. was chosen by the Pennsylvania Department of State to provide electronic voting systems in several Pennsylvania counties. |
Reform urged to shore up voting system Story Here Archive |
| Published:Monday, September 19, 2005 Washington ? Warning that public confidence in the nation's election system is flagging, a commission headed by former President Jimmy Carter and former Secretary of State James Baker will call Monday for significant changes in how Americans vote, including photo IDs for all voters, verifiable paper trails for electronic voting machines and impartial administration of elections. |
Voting Panel Will Propose New Calendar for Primaries Story Here Archive |
| Published:Monday, September 19, 2005 WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 - A private commission led by former President Jimmy Carter and former Secretary of State James A. Baker III is proposing new steps to strengthen state election procedures and recommending that Congress require the political parties to hold four regional presidential primaries in election years rather than allowing states to hold primaries whenever they wish. |
Anyone watching Tuesday's election? (Washington) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Sunday, September 18, 2005 It's been 10 exhausting months in the world of Washington's elections. |
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