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Trust in the Tally (Maryland) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, August 23, 2005 THANKS TO Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s curious and continuing blind faith in certifiably untrustworthy voting machines, voters in the state will never know whether their election choices were recorded correctly last year or what to believe when the "results" of key state elections are rolled out next year. Computer experts across the country and most notably in the governor's back yard, at Johns Hopkins University have warned repeatedly that although the touch-screen machines in use in Maryland can, at their best, be as accurate as they are efficient, no one can know for sure, because they are not equipped to produce paper trails showing each vote cast. |
'Perfect Voting System' Makes Sure Every Vote Counts Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, August 23, 2005 DENVER, Aug. 23 /PRNewswire/ Promising to make the voting process as transparent and trustworthy as state lotteries, the "Perfect Voting System" was introduced today at the U.S. Election Assistance Commission meeting in Denver. The vote tabulation software developed by David Biddulph of New Smyrna Beach, Florida, allows citizens to make sure their vote was counted exactly as intended. They can also review other anonymous ballots to confirm the accuracy of the official tally. |
Electronic voting comes to county (McLennan Co., TX) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, August 23, 2005 Paper ballots are pretty much a thing of the past for McLennan County elections. About 500 electronic voting machines were delivered to the local elections office Monday, ushering in a new era of ballot casting. They will replace the so-called optical scan machines the county has been using, which had voters fill in ovals on a paper ballot. |
Clark: Voting-machine price should be low despite smaller order (Mississippi) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, August 23, 2005 Counties' decision not to buy machines hiked per-unit cost $387, secretary of state says |
Lobbying effort not seen here (Washington Co., WV) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, August 23, 2005 MARIETTA - Washington County Board of Elections members said they have not been pressured or offered money to a particular voting machine, as other counties in the state reported last week. |
Paper primary ballots predicted (Erie Co., NY) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, August 23, 2005 Erie County election officials are preparing for a Sept. 13 primary that could see up to one-third of voters casting their ballots the old-fashioned way - on paper. |
Computer experts to review voting machines (Franklin Co., OH) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Monday, August 22, 2005 COLUMBUS, Ohio - A county elections board has asked a team of computer experts to test its recently purchased touch-screen voting machines to ensure the devices' programs are sound. |
Call in backups for computer voting (Indiana) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Monday, August 22, 2005 Our position is: Indiana should join 25 other states in requiring a paper trail for computerized balloting. |
Elections staff to begin training for voting system (Hidalgo Co., TX) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Monday, August 22, 2005 EDINBURG ? The "dinosaur-ish" Shoup voting machines have officially been put to rest in Hidalgo County, making way for touchscreen voting machines ready for use later this year. |
New voting machines will fade as issue (Mississippi) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Sunday, August 21, 2005 VICKSBURG ? In two years, perhaps less, the vast majority of Mississippians will wonder what all the fuss was about, says Secretary of State Eric Clark. |
County shops for new voting machine (Beaver Co., PA) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Sunday, August 21, 2005 BEAVER - Beaver County officials are expecting to return from a convention in Philadelphia this week with potential replacements for the county's banned Patriot touch-screen voting system. |
Voter access lagging (Indiana) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Sunday, August 21, 2005 Unsteadied by Parkinson's disease, Michael V. Houghton Sr. no longer participates in the binding civic rite of Election Day voting. |
Montgomery and Other Counties May Not be Ready For Voters (Alabama) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Sunday, August 21, 2005 There's an election battle brewing in Alabama and it has nothing to do with the candidates. A deadline is looming for the entire state to change its voting system. Dozens of counties may not be ready when the next election rolls around in June. Those are the fears of probate judges across the state who are now trying to get an extension. Why won't we meet the deadline and who's responsible? |
HAVA and the Rush to Poor Judgment Story Here Archive |
| Published:Saturday, August 20, 2005 If you liked the Orwellian-named ?Clear Skies Initiative?or the ?No Child Left Behind? Act, you should really love the ?Help America Vote Act?, another farce brought to you by our esteemed leaders in the White House and Congress. |
Herbert finishes voting machine pitch (Utah) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Saturday, August 20, 2005 LOGAN - His ambitious campaign completed, now Lt. Gov. Gary Herbert will just have to wait for the final tally as county officials decide the best way to comply with the 2002 Help America Vote Act. |
Questions raised on voting machine paper backups (Utah) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Saturday, August 20, 2005 SALT LAKE CITY Questions have been raised as to whether paper backups produced by the state-ed electronic voting machines will qualify for election recounts. |
Challenge to election process possible (Utica, Hinds Co., MS) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Saturday, August 20, 2005 UTICA ? Mayor Charles Stokes' re-election was validated Friday morning after a meeting with the Hinds County Election Commission confirmed a recount of Tuesday's elections was accurate. |
Supervisors say no to secretary of state's plan (Lee Co., MS) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Saturday, August 20, 2005 TUPELO - Lee County supervisors took less than 20 minutes Friday to vote 4-1 against Secretary of State Eric Clark's plan for touch-screen voting machines. |
Diebold hires top Dem for PR blitz Story Here Archive |
| Published:Saturday, August 20, 2005 With a phone call and a retainer, Diebold CEO Walden O'Dell has launched former Democratic National Committee chairman Joe Andrew on a 50-state ambassadorship for electronic voting. |
76 counties sign up for voting machines (Mississippi) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Saturday, August 20, 2005 Most of Mississippi's 82 counties joined a $22.5 million state contract to purchase voting machines after the deadline for a decision passed Friday. |
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