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State promises to pay for replacment voting system in 3 counties Story Here Archive |
| Published:Friday, April 8, 2005 State officials promised Friday to pay for replacement voting systems in three western Pennsylvania counties in which the regular voting equipment has been banned because of questions about its reliability. |
Quest for reform of elections falters in House Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, April 7, 2005 ANNAPOLIS Hopes for major election reform crashed and burned last week when bills requiring upgrades to the state's voting machines and public financing of campaigns failed on the House floor. |
Diebold voting system impresses Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, April 7, 2005 COLUMBUS - Diebold Inc. unveiled its new paper vote verification system before the Ohio Board of Voting Machine Examiners on Wednesday, and while the three-member panel didn't certify the product for use in this state, it did seem impressed with the results. |
Write-in votes delay election ballot count Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, April 7, 2005 PALMYRA - Although Marion County has an optic-scan vote-counting machine at each of the 21 polling places, a delay caused by having one write-in candidate along with a small malfunction in four of the machines delayed the county's vote tally in Tuesday's election. |
All voters will need ID to cast ballot next year Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, April 7, 2005 SANTA FE - Voters in next year's general and primary elections must provide some identification before they cast their ballots at a polling place under legislation signed into law Wednesday by Gov. Bill Richardson. |
AccuPoll Successfully Completes Qualification Testing to More Stringent 2002 Federal Standards Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, April 7, 2005 TUSTIN, Calif.(BUSINESS WIRE)April 7, 2005AccuPoll, Inc. (OCTBB:ACUP), a developer of Direct Recording Electronic (DRE) voting systems, today announced that independent testing authority SysTest Labs has completed qualification testing of the company's voting system for compliance with the 2002 Federal Election Commission Voting System Standards. |
Lawmakers make peace, 4 bills headed toward passage Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, April 7, 2005 HELENA - Patching up their partisan differences Wednesday, Democratic and Republican lawmakers approved some election bills and a highway measure that had died during some retaliatory bill killing this week. |
PA Secretary of the Commonwealth Decertifies UniLect Patriot Voting System in Pennsylvania Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, April 7, 2005 HARRISBURG, Pa., April 7 /PRNewswire/ In a report issued today, Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth Pedro A. Cortes announced the decertification of the UniLect Patriot Direct Recording Electronic Voting System that only serves Beaver, Greene and Mercer counties. |
Suit filed on county vote machines Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, April 7, 2005 SEATTLE - Two Everett men filed suit Thursday to void the contract between Snohomish County and the maker of its electronic voting machines, claiming the deal illegally shifts control of vote counting from the public to a private company. |
General election e-voting plans revealed Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, April 6, 2005 The government has unveiled plans for a massive two-year electoral modernisation project that aims to pave the way for e-voting at the next general election. |
States, Counties Spar Over Election Rules Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, April 6, 2005 COLUMBUS, Ohio States and counties are quarreling over ballot counting, voting equipment and control of voter information as time runs out for complying with the election-overhaul law enacted after the fiasco in Florida in 2000. |
Tri-Cities Voters Try New Voting Machines Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, April 6, 2005 Early voters hit the polls today in one part of the Tri-Cities and not only did they avoid long lines, they also got the chance to use new voting machines. |
Electronic voting machine to get approval for disabled vote Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, April 6, 2005 COLUMBUS, Ohio - An electronic voting machine will be certified for use by disabled voters once the paperwork of its federal approval arrives, a spokesman for the state's elections chief said Tuesday. |
Man claims judges allowed illegal voting Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, April 6, 2005 An East St. Louis poll watcher who was ordered to leave a polling place said Wednesday he had been complaining about election judges allowing illegal voting. |
Voting machine on blink again Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, April 6, 2005 Since Columbia County Clerk Jeanne Miller took office in 2003, there have been problems with the two ballot-counting machines at every election. It looked like this spring might be an exception - until Tuesday afternoon. |
Voting: Something old, something new Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, April 6, 2005 EUREKA Humboldt County's optical-scan system will remain the primary voting technology used by local residents, but at least one touch-screen voting machine will be put in every polling place to allow those with disabilities better access. |
The ballot's in the mail Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, April 6, 2005 Voting booths in Skagit County will soon go the way of electric typewriters and eight-track tape players. |
Voting rights - Paper trail ensures accurate records Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, April 6, 2005 Advocates for touch-screen voting machines claim that opponents are echoing arguments against new technology similar to those launched against automatic teller machines years ago. Not so. ATM machines provide receipts that consumers can take to the bank to prove deposits were made. Touch-screen voting machines, like the ones being considered in Volusia County for disabled voters, offer no paper trail, no proof that a vote cast was recorded properly. |
All Mail Voting Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, April 5, 2005 Yakima County hopes to save money this fall by having everyone vote by mail. |
Election probe to be probed Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, April 5, 2005 After voting-rights advocates blasted Allegheny County officials Tuesday for not fixing problems that arose in the November elections, County Council members voted to form a committee with the goal of ensuring a smooth primary May 17. |
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