N.C. voting machine standards bill heading to Senate floor Story Here Archive |
Published:Thursday, July 28, 2005 Associated Press 28 July 2005 RALEIGH, N.C. A bill ordering new voting machine standards for North Carolina elections was approved Wednesday by the Senate budget-writing committee, stripped of $20 million designed to help counties pay for replacement equipment.
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No funds for voting machines in bill (North Carolina) Story Here Archive |
Published:Thursday, July 28, 2005 Lynn Bonner Charlotte Observer 28 July 2005 The North Carolina legislature would give counties little, if any, state money this year to buy voting equipment that meets new requirements.
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County backs panel's report on Boulder election ills (Boulder Co., CO) Story Here Archive |
Published:Thursday, July 28, 2005 By George Merritt Denver Post 28 July 2005 Boulder County - Clerk and Recorder Linda Salas' office released its response Wednesday to why voters waited nearly three days for election results last year.
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Buena Vista County upgrades voting machines (Buena Vista Co., IA) Story Here Archive |
Published:Thursday, July 28, 2005 Storm Lake Pilot Tribune 28 July 2005 Officials in six Iowa counties including Buena Vista have announced they will partner with Election Systems & Software, Inc. to upgrade their current voting systems with optical scanning technology. Buena Vista County will use optical scan ballot tabulators and the new AutoMARK system, which enables disabled voters to mark optical scan ballots privately and independently.
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County Reaches $2M Settlement with Voting Machine Company (Marion Co., IN) Story Here Archive |
Published:Thursday, July 28, 2005 Loni Smith McKown WISH-TV8 28 July 2005 I-Team 8 has learned the Marion County Election Board has reached a more than $2 million settlement with an Omaha-based company.
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Some Missouri voters to experience touch-screen voting next week Story Here Archive |
Published:Thursday, July 28, 2005 KELLY WIESE Associated Press 28 July 2005 JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - For the first time, some voters in Missouri will be able to cast their votes using a touch-screen computer during local elections next week.
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Commissioners paperless voting machine (Brazoria Co., TX) Story Here Archive |
Published:Thursday, July 28, 2005 Michael Wright The Facts 28 July 2005 ANGLETON ? Brazoria County commissioners will consider buying electronic voting machines that don?t leave a paper trail, despite concerns the machines are vulnerable to hackers and produce results that can?t be verified.
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Supervisors' lawyer urges voting machine caution (Mississippi) Story Here Archive |
Published:Thursday, July 28, 2005 Leesha Faulkner Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal 27 July 2005 The Mississippi Association of Supervisors attorney has urged county leaders to get answers to their questions about voting machines before deciding to go with the secretary of state's plan.
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New voting system sought (Detroit, MI) Story Here Archive |
Published:Thursday, July 28, 2005 PATRICIA MONTEMURRI Detroit Free Press 28 July 2005 Detroit City Clerk Jackie Currie is challenging a state requirement for choosing a new optical-scan voting system a move that could threaten whether the cash-strapped city gets $4 million in federal money to upgrade election equipment.
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League of Women Voters, Ohio Voters File Historic Lawsuit against State Story Here Archive |
Published:Thursday, July 28, 2005 Press Release 28 July 2005 Seeking to redress decades-old Constitutional defects in the way Ohio conducts federal elections, the League of Women Voters of Ohio, the League of Women Voters of Toledo-Lucas County, and more than a dozen Ohio citizens today filed a historic, non-partisan lawsuit against the State of Ohio.
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Commissioners tackle voting machine concerns (Bucks Co., PA) Story Here Archive |
Published:Thursday, July 28, 2005 Christopher T. Edwards Doylestown Patriot 07/28/2005 When Congress passed the Helping Americans Vote Act (HAVA) in 2002, the intent was to create a system of uniform procedure at the polls.
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Coming soon: a new way to vote (San Benito Co., CA) Story Here Archive |
Published:Thursday, July 28, 2005 Luke Roney Hollister Free Lance 28 July 2005 Hollister - November?s special election - if there is one - will be the last time county voters use a punch card system to cast their ballots.
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Voters beware, changes on the way (Greene Co., IN) Story Here Archive |
Published:Thursday, July 28, 2005 Andrea McCann Linton Daily Citizen 28 July 2005 The new voting machines are in, and the voter registration division of the Greene County Clerk's Office has one set up for demonstrations.
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N.C. voting machine standards bill heading to Senate floor (North Carolina) Story Here Archive |
Published:Wednesday, July 27, 2005 Associated Press 27 July 2005 A bill ordering new voting machine standards for North Carolina elections was approved Wednesday by the Senate budget-writing committee, stripped of $20 million designed to help counties pay for replacement equipment.
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Mississippi voting enters a new era (Mississippi) Story Here Archive |
Published:Wednesday, July 27, 2005 ERIC CLARK, Mississippi Secretary of State 27 July 2005 Next year, nearly every voter in Mississippi will cast ballots on new touch-screen voting machines. These will replace out-of-date machines and greatly improve the accuracy and integrity of every election in Mississippi.
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Problem-free day at polls erases memories of past glitches, bubbles (San Diego Co., CA) Story Here Archive |
Published:Wednesday, July 27, 2005 Jeanette Steele San Diego Union Tribune 27 July 2005
SAN DIEGO ? For the first time in a while, voting in San Diego seemed to go smoothly. During Tuesday's balloting, there was no question of whether people remembered to fill in a bubble when writing in a name. There were no computer glitches to frustrate workers.
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Butler Co. first with 'e-voting' (Butler Co., OH) Story Here Archive |
Published:Wednesday, July 27, 2005 Janice Morse Cincinnati Enquirer 27 July 2005 HAMILTON - Voting is becoming more high-tech and reliable in Butler County - the first county in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky to employ touch-screen voting machines, officials say.
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Voting machine ban cost $150,000 (Beaver Co., PA) Story Here Archive |
Published:Wednesday, July 27, 2005 J. D. Prose Beaver County Times 27 July 2005 BEAVER - The Pennsylvania Department of State's decision to ban Beaver County's electronic voting system just five weeks before the May primary cost the county more than $150,000, and officials want all of it reimbursed.
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Passaic replacing its voting machines (Passaic Co., NJ) Story Here Archive |
Published:Wednesday, July 27, 2005 ASJYLYN LODER North Jersey Media Group 27 July 2005
Passaic County voters in 2006 will likely have new high-tech voting machines. The Passaic County freeholders voted 6-0 Tuesday to borrow $1.07 million to buy 650 new voting machines that comply with a federal law passed in 2002. Freeholder Sonia Rosado was absent.
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Officials on board with touch-screen voting plan (Lincoln Co., MS) Story Here Archive |
Published:Wednesday, July 27, 2005 SCOTT TYNES, DAILY LEADER 27 July 2005 Lincoln County will receive touch-screen voting machines under a bulk purchase plan sponsored by the secretary of state's office prior to a January federal deadline, officials say.
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