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House overwhelmingly votes to pass final election reform bills Story Here Archive |
| Published:Friday, April 22, 2005 The House overwhelming voted Friday to pass the two major bills of an election reform package, which had been held up by a battle over how voters should identify themselves at the polls. |
Getting the Tally Right (Maryland) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, April 21, 2005 IT'S SLIM PROGRESS, but at least this year Maryland's lawmakers did vote for an official review of electronic voting systems that unlike the take-it-on-faith machines used last time could tell voters if their election choices were recorded correctly. The essential but missing ingredient in the current system is a paper record showing each vote cast, which can be checked by voters before their ions are officially recorded. Such paper records also would facilitate recounts and audits if needed. The legislators should have insisted on this before, despite the reluctance of Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (R) to embrace any change in the deal made for Diebold touch-screen machines. The technology exists to create audit trails, and the machines ought to be fitted and ready for next year's elections (which happen to include voting for governor). |
Mail-in ballot bill goes to governor (Washington) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, April 21, 2005 OLYMPIA A bill that would make it easier for counties to switch to all mail-in voting headed to the governor yesterday, after winning approval from the House and Senate. |
New voting machines ready for May ballot (Bay Co., MI) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, April 21, 2005 What looks like a tall printer, is a staple of democracy and has been called "our new baby?" It's Bay County's new voting machine. |
Glitches add up for electronic vote machines (Pennsylvania) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, April 21, 2005 Electronic voting machines frequently are inferior to the technologies they replace, evidenced by a string of snafus stretching from Western Pennsylvania to Miami-Dade County, elections experts say. |
Optical vote scan machines cheaper, more accurate, group says Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, April 21, 2005 A voting machine cost comparison was released last week by New Yorkers for Verified Voting in their efforts to push for optical scan machines over the direct recording electronic machines. |
Instant-runoff voting urged for Alameda County (California) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, April 21, 2005 Spurred by the nation's largest experiment in instant-runoff voting in San Francisco, activists and a handful of local politicians demanded the latest flavor of democracy for Alameda County voters. |
Greene relying on paper ballots (Greene Co., PA) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, April 21, 2005 WAYNESBURG ? Even if Greene County's voting machines achieve state recertification at an examination later this week, voters still will use an alternative method, paper ballots, in the May 17 primary, the election board decided Wednesday. |
Snarled by write-ins (Pequannock, NJ) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, April 21, 2005 PEQUANNOCK - Results of the school board election remained up in the air Wednesday as township officials counted and double-checked a flood of ballots that came in for an unusually large field of write-in candidates. |
County approves purchase of new voting machines (Woodbury Co., IA) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, April 20, 2005 Out with the arrows and in with the ovals. By as early as August, Woodbury County voters will be coloring in new shapes on their ballots as the county upgrades its election equipment to meet federal standards. |
Secretary of state to address voting (Longview, TX) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, April 20, 2005 Texas Secretary of State Roger Williams will field questions Thursday from local county officials about the Help America Vote Act. |
Elections official offers improvement plan (Mecklenburg Co., NC) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, April 20, 2005 Mecklenburg County's election process strained last fall under the weight of heavy turnout and changing rules. Now, election officials are trying to patch the leaks revealed in 2004. |
Portage might voting suit (Portage Co., OH) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, April 20, 2005 The Portage County Board of Elections voted Tuesday to its lawsuit against Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell if he agrees to some specifics about the purchase of electronic voting machines. |
Voting officials slam Diebold on instant-runoff system (Alameda Co., CA) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, April 20, 2005 Advocates of instant-runoff voting say Alameda County officials and Diebold Election Systems are dragging their feet, preventing a majority winner in a current Oakland City Council mail election and slowing efforts for instant-runoff voting in Berkeley. |
Governor to get bill making mail-in balloting easier for counties (Washington) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, April 20, 2005 A bill that would make it easier for counties to switch to all mail-in voting headed to the governor on Wednesday, after winning approval from the House and Senate. |
New bill would mandate recounts before electoral vote (Ohio) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, April 20, 2005 COLUMBUS, Ohio - A revamped elections bill would require the state to finish its recount in a presidential election six days before the vote of the Electoral College and make other changes prompted by last November's election in Ohio. |
Brown Co., IN - Officials working to make polls accessible Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, April 19, 2005 Local officials are making sure the county?s 12 polling sites meet state standards. Through the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), the county has received $44,000 through grant money to purchase machines for its voters with disabilities. The machines will allow people with hearing, sight or physical disabilities to make voting marks by pushing a button. They also come with an earphone that explains ballot choices in a step-by-step process that shows the voter their votes after each ion and then leads the voter to their next choice. |
Washington - King County Council calls for audit of elections office Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, April 19, 2005 One week after King County Executive Ron Sims appointed a blue-ribbon commission to study the flawed 2004 election, the County Council voted unanimously yesterday to commission its own audit. |
Lucas Co., OH - Touch screens, at last Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, April 19, 2005 THE process has been herky-jerky at best, but the outcome appears satisfactory: Lucas County will finally get touch-screen voting machines, paid for entirely with state and federal funds. |
Ohio - A pinball performance Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, April 19, 2005 Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell's efforts to replace punch card ballots with a new generation of voting machines calls to mind a machine of a different sort: a pinball machine. |
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