Clermont joins suit on voting system Story Here Archive |
Published:Wednesday, May 25, 2005 Steve Kemme Cincinnati Enquirer 25 May 2005 BATAVIA - Clermont County is joining a suit against Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell to gain more time to decide which of two non-electronic voting systems to .
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Activists: Miami-Dade had procedural problems in November vote Story Here Archive |
Published:Wednesday, May 25, 2005 Associated Press 25 May 2005 A voter's rights group said Wednesday that its audit of November's presidential election ballots in Miami-Dade County showed counting problems during the voting and an unintentional but worrisome instance of ballot stuffing.
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Voting made easier (Hidalgo Co., TX) Story Here Archive |
Published:Wednesday, May 25, 2005 Victoria Hirschberg The Monitor 25 May 2005 EDINBURG ? Hidalgo County Commissioners Court unanimously has approved a new electronic voting machine system, often called "direct recording electronic devices," at a cost of $1.8 million.
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Summit joins elections suit (Summit Co., OH) Story Here Archive |
Published:Wednesday, May 25, 2005 Lisa A. Abraham Akron Beacon Journal 25 May 2005 The Summit County Board of Elections is joining a lawsuit against Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell over the deadline for choosing a new voting system.
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Electronic voting to be available in 2006 (Arkansas) Story Here Archive |
Published:Wednesday, May 25, 2005 Mark Scott The Courier 25 May 2005 All voters in Arkansas will have access to electronic, touch-screen voting machines by next May?s party primary elections as required by the Federal Help America Vote Act, although access will likely be limited in most areas, according to the Secretary of State?s office and local officials.
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Vote's out on city meeting new fed law (New York, NY) Story Here Archive |
Published:Tuesday, May 24, 2005 FRANK LOMBARDI New York Daily News 24 May 2005 The city's election chief painted a dismal picture yesterday about the prospects of meeting a federal mandate to replace all antiquated voting machines by the 2006 elections.
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Seventeen counties now in lawsuit (Ohio) Story Here Archive |
Published:Tuesday, May 24, 2005 Associated Press 24 May 2005 COLUMBUS, Ohio - At least 20 counties have joined a voting-machine maker's lawsuit to extend the state's deadline for qualifying touch-screen systems and the judge in the case has given other counties until Friday to join it.
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Election board picks voting system (Tuscarawas Co., OH) Story Here Archive |
Published:Tuesday, May 24, 2005 RENEE BROWN The Times-Reporter 24 May 2005 For the second time in less than four months, the Tuscarawas County Board of Elections chose a new voting system for use in 2006.
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Voting machines may cost up to $600K (Vigo Co., IN) Story Here Archive |
Published:Tuesday, May 24, 2005 Howard Greninger Terre Haute Tribune-Star 24 May 2005 A federal law requiring voting machines be accessible to the blind and visually impaired may cost Vigo County taxpayers up to $600,000 next year.
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Diebold: No instant runoffs soon (Alameda Co., CA) Story Here Archive |
Published:Tuesday, May 24, 2005 Ian Hoffmann Tri-Valley Herald 24 May 2005 Delivering instant-runoff voting to Alameda County and its cities will cost just under
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Get cracking on voting fixes (New York) Story Here Archive |
Published:Monday, May 23, 2005 Editorial Poughkeepsie Journal 23 May 2005 For reasons that completely defy logic, New York lawmakers have failed to make the necessary changes to the state's voting laws.
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State considers new voting systems with ties to Tier (New York) Story Here Archive |
Published:Monday, May 23, 2005 Editorial Binghampton Press and Sun-Bulletin 23 May 2005 The federal government is requiring states to upgrade voting procedures and New York, as usual, is dragging its feet.
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League of Women Voters Offers Voting RFP Findings (Louisiana) Story Here Archive |
Published:Monday, May 23, 2005 Bayoubuzz 23 May 2005
The League of Women Voters of Louisiana has carefully reviewed the Request for Proposals (RFP # 2198751) for the Voting System for the State of Louisiana and the subsequent addendums with the following findings:
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Guest Viewpoint: Ballots cast on machine require scrutiny Story Here Archive |
Published:Monday, May 23, 2005 Kat L'Estrange Eugene Register-Guard 23 May 2005 Voters typically believe the people have the power to vote unpopular leaders out of office. The reality, as was discovered in 2004, is that dirty tricks and schemes designed to disenfranchise voters make free and fair elections impossible today.
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Helping us vote (Cumberland and Perry Co., PA) Story Here Archive |
Published:Sunday, May 22, 2005 John Hilton, The Sentinel May 22, 2005 It's been four-and-a-half years since widespread voting problems in Florida spurred a national crisis that threw the presidential election outcome into the Supreme Court.
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Voting machine critics continue to request receipts (Sarasota Co., FL) Story Here Archive |
Published:Sunday, May 22, 2005 Jack Gurney Pelican Press 22 May 2005 A segment of local voters will remain unhappy with Sarasota County's paperless touch-screen voting machines until they can see tangible evidence their ballots have been accurately recorded by computers, and printed copies are available for recounts.
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MIKE: SCRAP PAPER TRAIL FOR VOTE BOOTHS Story Here Archive |
Published:Saturday, May 21, 2005 DAVID SEIFMAN New York Post 21 May 2005 May 21, 2005 Technology is so advanced these days that there's no need for paper backups when the city buys new electronic voting machines, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday.
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Instant runoffs not on county's horizon (Alameda Co., CA) Story Here Archive |
Published:Saturday, May 21, 2005 Ian Hoffman The Daily Review 21 May 2005 Delivering instant-runoff voting to Alameda County and its cities will cost just under $1 million ? less than half previous estimates ? but is unlikely before the 2008 elections, according to Diebold, the county's voting-machine vendor.
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Changing the system (Hidalgo Co., TX) Story Here Archive |
Published:Saturday, May 21, 2005 Victoria Hirschberg The Monitor 21 May 2005 EDINBURG ? Four companies showed off hi-tech machinery to voters and officials Friday in a multimillion-dollar competition to supply Hidalgo County with a new voting system.
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Counties work to meet electronic voting mandate (Miller Co., AR) Story Here Archive |
Published:Saturday, May 21, 2005 Megan Hawkins Texarkana Gazette 21 May 2005 Touch-screen voting will soon become a reality for counties across the nation.
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