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Blackwell aide says low figure was negotiating ploy Story Here Archive |
| Published:Friday, April 15, 2005 COLUMBUS, Ohio - Turns out the state's plea that it couldn't afford electronic touch-screen voting machines was a negotiating ploy - and one that paid off. |
Diebold's touch-screen system OK'd Story Here Archive |
| Published:Friday, April 15, 2005 Ohio voters will get their hands on Diebold touch-screen voting machines after all. |
Ohio picks computer voting with paper trail Computer voting plus paper tab given OK Story Here Archive |
| Published:Friday, April 15, 2005 Voters across Ohio will soon face a computer screen when they step into a voting booth. Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell on Thursday cleared the way for county election boards to replace punch-card and other paper-ballot voting systems with a touch-screen computer system that produces a paper receipt. |
Bill reworking election process back to House Story Here Archive |
| Published:Friday, April 15, 2005 The state Senate passed a bill Thursday that makes it easier for counties to switch to all-mail voting, though opponents argued that it will take away people's right to vote at the polls. |
UniLect Unelected as Computer Voting Method, Thanks to Local Voter Story Here Archive |
| Published:Friday, April 15, 2005 If Pennsylvania officials had listened to Sheila Green, the state would have fixed its electronic voting problem in Beaver and other local counties back in October. |
Renewing voters' rights Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, April 14, 2005 THE VOTING Rights Act turns 40 this year and enters an embattled middle age. It's time to renew the promise of the law's youth. |
County awaits word on e-voting Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, April 14, 2005 STOCKTON ? San Joaquin County election officials could know by next week if they can use their touch-screen voting machines again. |
Counties will be allowed to buy touch-screen voting machines Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, April 14, 2005 COLUMBUS, Ohio - The state's elections chief on Thursday reversed an earlier directive that counties can buy only optical-scan voting machines to get federal money, after negotiating a deal that will allow electronic touch-screen machines with paper printouts. |
Greene County forced to use paper ballots Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, April 14, 2005 WAYNESBURG - After the convenience of a touch-screen computer for the last six years, this election season, Greene County voters will have to once again pencil in the candidate of their choice. |
Alameda County registrar to take state appointment Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, April 14, 2005 California's new Secretary of State continued to overhaul his office Wednesday, announcing he has named Alameda County's well-regarded elections chief to a newly created executive post that will oversee the state's election process. |
Jackson Jr. calls for voting rights Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, April 14, 2005 Americans have no federal constitutional right to vote, U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. told a crowd in Packard Auditorium on Monday evening, during this year?s Tresolini Lecture in Law. |
Fate of $25M e-voting system in Miami-Dade dangling Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, April 14, 2005 APRIL 14, 2005 (COMPUTERWORLD) - Ongoing technical glitches have prompted elections officials in Florida's Miami-Dade County, famous for the hanging-chad controversy in the disputed 2000 presidential election, to consider scrapping a $25 million investment in the county's electronic voting system in favor of optical scanning gear. |
Senate passes bill making it easier for counties to switch to all-mail voting Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, April 14, 2005 The state Senate passed a bill Thursday that makes it easier for counties to switch to all-mail voting, though opponents argued that it will take away people's right to vote at the polls. |
Democrats! Paper ?Trails? Aren?t Good Enough. Count The Damn Ballots! Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, April 13, 2005 After the 2004 election I thought I would barf if I heard one more Democratic pundit or politician lament the lost election and blame it on the party's "message". As grassroots activists across the country reported thousands of election irregularities and voting machine "glitches" that overwhelmingly benefited Bush, the Democratic leadership seemed unusually willing to look the other way. John Kerry quickly conceded, former President Carter attended Bush's ignoble inauguration, and Bill Clinton now pals around with Bush the First. |
Voter identification bill heads to governor Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, April 13, 2005 INDIANAPOLIS - A bill to require Hoosiers to show a government-issued picture identification to vote is on its way to Gov. Mitch Daniels, who will most likely sign it into law. |
Washington state suit wants vote machines opened Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, April 13, 2005 An electronic voting machine maker is battling a voter rights advocate in Washington state who wants to force the company to reveal the machines' software blueprint. |
County's vote chief in line for state post Alameda Co. chief of voting promoted Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, April 13, 2005 Secretary of State Bruce McPherson has reassigned California's chief elections overseer and is expected as early as this morning to name Alameda County Registrar of Voters Brad Clark as a replacement. |
Doubts fuel touch-screen voting debate in Broward, Miami-Dade Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, April 13, 2005 Mired again in controversy, Miami-Dade County's touch-screen voting machines could be on their way out. |
County auditor: Keep voting equipment Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, April 13, 2005 The message directed at Iowa Secretary of State Chet Culver by several voters, poll workers and the Scott County auditor was clear Tuesday night: Leave the county?s voting equipment alone. |
Digital voting machines a great step, but where's the paper trail? Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, April 13, 2005 Our View: Digital voting is great, but without a real paper trail future elections could lead to mass voter distrust of the system - and possible fraud |
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