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Election Reform: Mechanics of democracy Story Here Archive |
| Published:Sunday, April 10, 2005 Everyone can debate how to avoid problems with elections. But there is one bottom line for local, state and national efforts: The mechanics of elections and the counting of votes must improve. |
Kerry says citizens need to pressure lawmakers for voting reforms Story Here Archive |
| Published:Sunday, April 10, 2005 BOSTON Voters are frequently denied access to the polls through trickery and intimidation, U.S. Sen. John Kerry told a crowd of more than 100 in Boston on Sunday. |
Even Iowa has room for improvement Story Here Archive |
| Published:Sunday, April 10, 2005 owa?s good election system will be made even better as we embrace the spirit of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) and use improved technologies that will allow Iowans to vote with machines that are accessible, have lower rates of error, and provide the confidence our voters deserve. |
America?s Broken Electoral System Story Here Archive |
| Published:Saturday, April 9, 2005 Throughout 2004, the ?swing state? of Ohio was in the media spotlight. Prior to the election, it was a site of alleged voter fraud and suppression; as Extra! reported (12/04), the news media tended to portray the charges as partisan ploys rather than significant threats to the electoral process. |
Group takes look at electronic voting machines Story Here Archive |
| Published:Saturday, April 9, 2005 The ELECTronic 1242 by Danaher Controls is the fourth electronic machine the committee has reviewed. It will be on display sometime in June when the county invites members of the public to sample all of the machines being considered. |
Floridians deserve a flawless voting system Story Here Archive |
| Published:Saturday, April 9, 2005 We are disappointed that Constance Kaplan, former Miami-Dade County supervisor of elections is taking the full blame for the failure of an inherently flawed election system. In June 2004, the Miami-Dade Election Reform Coalition called on Gov. Bush to order independent audits of Florida's voting systems to determine whether they work properly. This would help increase voter confidence and show that state officials are doing everything possible to protect voters' rights |
Nashville conference discusses problems in electronic voting Story Here Archive |
| Published:Saturday, April 9, 2005 Election reform advocates have gathered in Nashville this weekend to discuss problems with electronic balloting that occurred in last year's presidential election. |
Uncounted ballots and election jokes keep coming Story Here Archive |
| Published:Saturday, April 9, 2005 It's the election that will not die. There were the recounts, the felonious voters, the lawsuit, the unreconciled votes and the problematic provisionals, all before last week's embarrassing discovery of 93 absentee ballots still uncounted in their envelopes. |
Pierce County auditor changes ballot rules Story Here Archive |
| Published:Saturday, April 9, 2005 Pierce County?s elections chief plans to adopt new measures to safeguard local elections following this week?s discovery of 14 ballots that were not counted in the disputed November election. |
Election reform package not without its troubles Story Here Archive |
| Published:Saturday, April 9, 2005 In January, lawmakers and state officials promised to restore public confidence in the state's election system after the drawn-out governor's race melted down into a contested result still being challenged in the courts. |
Prosecutor to probe Cuyahoga County recount Story Here Archive |
| Published:Saturday, April 9, 2005 CLEVELAND - Erie County Prosecutor Kevin J. Baxter is investigating whether the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections broke the law in its recount of ballots from the November presidential election. |
Paper Makes a Comeback as Electronic Elections Spur Opposition Story Here Archive |
| Published:Friday, April 8, 2005 April 8 (Bloomberg) Meet the next big thing in paperless voting: paper. |
Voting machines aren't trustworthy Story Here Archive |
| Published:Friday, April 8, 2005 We are disappointed that the Miami-Dade County supervisor of elections is taking the full blame for the failure of an inherently flawed election system. The Miami-Dade Election Reform Coalition in June called on Gov. Jeb Bush to order independent audits of Florida's voting systems to determine whether they are working properly, which would increase voter confidence, and that state officials are doing everything possible to protect the rights of voters. The response was that it was not our "goal ? to undermine voter confidence." The office of Secretary of State Glenda Hood followed with a statement that Florida has the most rigorous certification process in the country. |
Require paper trail for votes Story Here Archive |
| Published:Friday, April 8, 2005 Iowa is about to launch a $17.5 million overhaul of voting machinery that will change the way many voters cast ballots in future elections. This is a historic change, so we should get it right. A bill passed by the Iowa Senate is designed to assure that. The House should follow suit. |
Voter ID supporters lack hard evidence Story Here Archive |
| Published:Friday, April 8, 2005 In Congress and about a dozen states, recent debates over proposals to require photo identification at the polls have fallen along partisan lines. Republicans generally support ID requirements and Democrats oppose them. |
Touch screen OK not exactly a vote of confidence Story Here Archive |
| Published:Friday, April 8, 2005 DELAND Pleas for a paper ballot and a reminder from the 2000 presidential recount failed to sway the Volusia County Council Thursday. |
Security increased on voting results software Story Here Archive |
| Published:Friday, April 8, 2005 Mecklenburg elections officials are increasing safeguards on software they use to download election results, which they said should prevent a repeat of the incorrect early voting tallies they posted last November. |
County voting system invalid Story Here Archive |
| Published:Friday, April 8, 2005 BEAVER - The Pennsylvania Department of State said Thursday that Beaver County's $1.2 million electronic touch-screen voting system is unreliable and can no longer be used, even in the primary election that is only five weeks away. |
County scrambles for voting system Story Here Archive |
| Published:Friday, April 8, 2005 With barely a month before the May 17 primary, Greene County finds itself without a voting system. |
Volusia will get paperless voting Story Here Archive |
| Published:Friday, April 8, 2005 DELAND After a three-hour hearing punctuated by passionate debates about the fallibility of technology, Volusia County Council members Thursday reluctantly agreed to buy touch-screen voting machines, despite lingering concerns about the paperless system. |
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