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E-voting criticized in movie marathon (Alameda Co., CA ) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, September 14, 2005 OAKLAND - About 30 people hunkered in the darkness of the Grand Lake Theater on Tuesday for a marathon program that eschewed slick Hollywood production in favor of fastidious cinematic presentations about the hazards of electronic voting. |
Touchscreen voting machines raise concerns in area (Alachua Co., FL) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, September 14, 2005 The purchase of controversial touchscreen voting machines that do not produce a paper record is raising concerns among residents and Alachua County commissioners, who said they were not fully informed about the machines when they approved the purchase. |
Local company is first certified to sell new voting machines (Iowa) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, September 14, 2005 WATERLOO - When counties around the state their election machines over the coming year, they likely will be buying them from a Waterloo office supply company. |
Arcata Ca. Establishes Model Voter Confidence Resolution For Nation?s Cities To Follow Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, September 13, 2005 ARCATA, Calif. ? Voter confidence has plummeted during the past two presidential elections with corporate-owned voting machine tabulations in question from coast to coast. Several organizations have advocated changes in the voting system, but one city is taking it a step further. The City of Arcata, Calif., after months of debate and consideration, has adopted what is called the Voter Confidence Resolution. |
Voters can now listen to ballots (Snohomish Co., WA) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, September 13, 2005 EVERETT - Voters in Snohomish County next week will be able to hear, rather than see, the names of candidates before casting their ballots. |
Voting machines tie up Summit election board (Summit Co. OH) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, September 13, 2005 The choice for Summit County's new voting system is now in the hands of Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell after a Board of Elections vote on what system to buy ended in a tie Monday. |
Hamilton Co. picks optical-scan voting (Hamilton Co., OH) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, September 13, 2005 Dan Bare loves the optical-scanning voting system that Clermont County has used for more than a decade. |
Electronic Voting: Voters will like touch screens, but it's a leap of faith (Utah) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Monday, September 12, 2005 Now that Utah voters have been placed in the tender care of Diebold Election Systems, they all should say a prayer. |
Touch screens will ease voting for visually impaired (Citrus Co., FL) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Monday, September 12, 2005 For the first time in Citrus County's history, visually impaired voters will be able to vote in private and without assistance. Fifty AccuVote-TSX touch screen voting machines were delivered to Citrus County in August. A touch screen machine will be at each polling location and early vote site. |
Officials fear e-vote paper-trail fraud (California) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Saturday, September 10, 2005 Elections officials across California are waging 11th-hour opposition to using paper records for verifying electronic ballots, partly arguing that the printouts ? as well as the electronic voting machines themselves ? are vulnerable to fraudulent programming. |
County OKs $8M for electronic voting machines (Monmouth Co., NJ) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Saturday, September 10, 2005 FREEHOLD ? The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders agreed last week to spend more than $8 million to purchase new touch-screen voting machines in order to comply with a federal law mandating the use of electronic voting machines by 2006. |
County board votes to upgrade voting machines to adhere to federal mandates (Macon Co., IL) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Friday, September 9, 2005 DECATUR - People living with disabilities in Macon County should have an easier time when they make their next trip to the voting booth. |
Voting research center opens Story Here Archive |
| Published:Friday, September 9, 2005 The Johns Hopkins University, in partnership with the National Science Foundation, announced in August the opening of A Center for Correct, Usable, Reliable, Auditable, and Transparent Elections (ACCURATE), which will blend public policy and computer science in an attempt to create stronger and more accurate voting technology. |
Top of Utah prepares for electronic voting machines (Box Elder and Weber Co., UT) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Friday, September 9, 2005 Residents of Box Elder and Weber counties will use Diebold electronic voting machines in June's primary elections, despite allegations that the systems are susceptible to tampering and mechanical failure. |
Restoring Election Integrity Story Here Archive |
| Published:Friday, September 9, 2005 I recently joined some of my colleagues and civil rights activists in commemorating the 40th anniversary of enactment of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a watershed moment in American history. This commemoration served as an important reminder of the brave fights that citizens have conducted to obtain and protect their right to vote. |
S.L. County Council reluctantly approves new voting machines (Utah) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, September 8, 2005 Salt Lake County leaders voted to support the state's choice of electronic voting machines Tuesday in a decision several County Council members described as a "leap of faith." |
For now, paper ballots will stay (Greene Co., PA) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, September 8, 2005 WAYNESBURG ? Greene County voters will once again make their ions by paper ballot in the November general election. |
New election laws to impact Craven (Craven Co., NC) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, September 7, 2005 Getting the correct bottom line in elections will affect the budget bottom lines of North Carolina and its counties. |
New N.C. elections equipment will add step to verify votes (Pasquotank Co., NC) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, September 7, 2005 A new state law will require most North Carolina counties to buy new voting equipment by 2006. |
Counties approve electric voting (Utah) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, September 7, 2005 For two hours Tuesday, the Salt Lake County Council took jabs at the state's new electronic voting machines. The technology is unproven, they said, too expensive and part of an "unfunded" federal mandate. |
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