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State's primary in February? (New Jersey) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Friday, May 27, 2005 TRENTON ? New Jersey voters would pick a presidential candidate in a late February primary and polling places would be equipped with electronic machines that produce a paper record, under election reforms approved yesterday by a Senate committee. |
AccuPoll Demonstrates Unprecedented Scalability in Successful Election for UAW Local 148 Story Here Archive |
| Published:Friday, May 27, 2005 Tustin, CA (ArriveNet - May 27, 2005) AccuPoll, Inc. (OCTBB: ACUP), a developer of Direct Recording Electronic (DRE) voting systems, today announced the successful completion of this week?s runoff election ing leaders for the United Auto Workers Local 148 (Long Beach). More than 1,600 UAW members cast their ballot on 50 AccuPoll voting units over the course of the day, demonstrating unprecedented scalability for one location. |
Counties in lawsuit now at 32 (Ohio) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Friday, May 27, 2005 COLUMBUS, Ohio - Twelve more counties have joined a voting-machine maker's lawsuit to extend the state's deadline for qualifying touch-screen systems, bringing the total to 32, the manufacturer said Friday. |
County opts not to join lawsuit (Clark Co., OH) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Friday, May 27, 2005 The Clark County Board of Elections voted 3-1 against joining a lawsuit concerning voting machines against the Ohio Secretary of State?s office. |
Recount coming in Uxbridge election (Uxbridge, MA) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Friday, May 27, 2005 UXBRIDGE Citing the close finish, Robert Finnegan yesterday announced he will petition for a recount of this week's Board of Selectmen election the second for him and the town in two years. |
Cook dumps punch-card ballots (Cook Co., IL) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Friday, May 27, 2005 Six years after Cook County's punch-card ballots were held up to national ridicule, suburban county voters will use pencil and paper, and in some cases a computer touch screen, to cast their vote. |
'Vote centers' could be future of elections (Montrose Co., CO) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Friday, May 27, 2005 MONTROSE - Cross-town drives, precinct confusion and a longer turnaround time for counting votes could be a thing of the past if Montrose County decides to utilize "vote centers," officials and members of the public were told Thursday afternoon. |
More counties adopt mail-only voting, cite savings and absentees (Washington) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, May 26, 2005 SHELTON, Wash. ? A push for all-mail voting appears to be gathering steam in Washington state. |
Cook Co. switching to optical scan ballots (Cook Co., IL) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, May 26, 2005 Cook County voters will be using optical scan equipment in future elections and doing away with the old-style punch cards ballots, the voting method blamed for Florida's 2000 election nightmare, the county clerk announced Thursday. |
Paperless voting costs soar (Miami-Dade Co., FL) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, May 26, 2005 Long-term costs of using Miami-Dade County's touch-screen voting machines will likely go far beyond their original $24.5 million price tag, which could lead to a switch to optical scan machines. |
Balloting Irregularities (Pima Co., AZ) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, May 26, 2005 Pacing as he talks, John Brakey believes he has uncovered serious problems with November's election results in Pima Countyresults that could have national implications. |
Frost: Fight the (voting) machine (Mass.) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, May 26, 2005 Last Saturday, Bev Harris, "founding mother of the movement to... expose the dangers of electronic voting machines" - dubbed by some "the Erin Brockovich of Elections" - spoke in Cambridge. If you've had questions about recent vote counts, Harris's talk would confirm them. |
Town waits for decision (Uxbridge, MA) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, May 26, 2005 UXBRIDGE As residents await a decision about a second recount, Town Clerk Holly Gallerani yesterday explained the close man's race at Tuesday's election and praised election workers. |
Voting system switch bogus? (Beaver Co., PA) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, May 26, 2005 BEAVER - After reviewing preliminary results from last week's primary election, county officials said Wednesday that there wasn't much difference between the accuracy of paper ballots and the county's recently banned electronic voting system. |
New Voting Machines (New York) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, May 26, 2005 This fall will be a historic election, not because New Yorkers will be deciding who the next mayor will be ? we do that every four years ? but because we will be doing it for the last time on the familiar voting machines that have shown up in our churches, schools and community centers every fall for more than four decades. |
Kanawha to use touch-screen voting machines (Kanawha Co., WV) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, May 26, 2005 Kanawha County officials have decided to use touch-screen voting machines to replace the aging punch card system. The new machines will be in place for the 2006 election cycle. The county made the decision after deciding the other choice optical scan machines would be too expensive and time-consuming to install. |
An Opportunity To Make Elections More Secure (Connecticut) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, May 26, 2005 Connecticut is affectionately called "The Land of Steady Habits." Our state does not generally embrace change, especially when there is no emergency or crisis to precipitate the change. |
Bysiewicz Assures Public Influence In Voting Machine Selection (Connecticut) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, May 26, 2005 This is the next installment in a series about how Newtown and the state are preparing to accommodate directives of the Federal Help America Vote Act (HAVA), and issues related to incorporating electronic voting terminals at Connecticut polls by the next Election Day. |
Investigation needed in election programs (Reading, PA) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, May 26, 2005 The Issue: Because of errors in programming, 463 people in four city voting precincts will have to participate in a special election. Several races hang in the balance. |
King County ballot numbers don't add up (King Co., WA) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, May 25, 2005 Half a year after the closest governor's election in state history, King County officials still can't say for sure how many people voted Nov. 2 or, in many cases, who voted. |
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