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Add voting machine paper trail Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, March 10, 2005 Despite some criticism, Georgia's standardized electronic voting machines have proved a major improvement over the hodgepodge of obsolete methods that sometimes produced unreliable results in past elections. But the time is nearing when the state's 24,500 touch-screen machines can ? and should ? be made even better by equipping them with printers that crank out a tangible record of every ballot cast. |
Voting machine maker bought Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, March 10, 2005 OAKLAND ? Sequoia Voting Systems, a major U.S. electronic voting machine maker, has been purchased for $16 million by the company that supplied voting machines for last year's elections in Venezuela. |
Elections system's safeguards effective Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, March 10, 2005 Among the goals we have for elections ? accuracy, security, fairness and accessibility ? we undoubtedly must include public confidence. Although 90 percent of Georgians surveyed last year said they were confident their vote would be accurately counted, we'd love to push that level of approval even higher. |
Ferrer Adviser Is Being Paid to Lobby the Legislature Against Paper Ballots Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, March 10, 2005 The chief political adviser for Fernando Ferrer accepted a $120,000-a-year contract last month to lobby state lawmakers to block passage of legislation in New York that would require voters to use paper ballots. |
Voting machine purchase presents dilemma Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, March 10, 2005 After years of waiting, Volusia's visually impaired voters are on the verge of getting the equipment they need to vote independently. |
Voting choice Delay purchase of touch-screen machines Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, March 10, 2005 Volusia County Supervisor of Elections Ann McFall is between a rock and a hard place. State law says she has to provide 179 machines one for each precinct for voters with disabilities by July 1. At the same time, the Florida Division of Elections says she has to purchase a state-certified machine for these voters one she believes is inferior to the county's current system or face criminal penalties. |
Sequoia Voting Systems and Smartmatic Combine to Form Global Leader in Electronic Voting Solutions Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, March 10, 2005 Sequoia Voting Systems and Smartmatic Combine to Form Global Leader in Electronic Voting Solutions |
Board of Elections still waiting for decision on new voting machines Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, March 10, 2005 In a case of true irony, the decision on new voting machines for Athens County could be delayed because the Athens County Board of Elections may have voted improperly. |
Republicans maneuvering to get Voting Rights Act killed Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, March 10, 2005 Beware the stranger bearing gifts. Or as the law teaches, caveat emptor, buyer beware. Look before you leap. All these warnings apply to the emerging Republican positioning on the Voting Rights Act. |
Put polling machines to a vote Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, March 9, 2005 ALBANY - Like pushy car dealers, industry reps for voting machines are hawking top-of-the-line cream puffs with lots of bells and whistles here while keeping their economy models under wraps. Unless lawmakers smarten up in a hurry, voters across the state could get stuck with expensive lemons. |
FEDERAL ELECTION MANDATE WILL AFFECT LOCAL TAXPAYERS Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, March 9, 2005 Federal changes in election laws, made in the wake of the 2000 Presidential voting fiasco in Florida, will have a trickle down effect in Guthrie County during the 2005-2006 budget year. |
Voting machine bills may advance Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, March 9, 2005 ANNAPOLIS ? Support for a major upgrade to the state's electronic voting machines appears to be growing in the House of Delegates, while the state has ordered Diebold to investigate why some of its machines failed on Election Day. |
Virtues of Optical-Scan Voting Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, March 9, 2005 New York is on the verge of ing its next generation of voting machines. The Legislature appears poised to do one important thing right: to require that touch-screen voting machines produce voter-verifiable paper records. But it is in danger of doing another important thing wrong: giving short shrift to optical-scan voting, the most reliable and cost-effective of the current technologies. As it finalizes voting machine legislation, Albany should ignore lobbyists for high-priced voting machines and come out strongly for optical-scan machines. |
Deadline looms to repair voting Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, March 9, 2005 The facts are simple: New York needs to change its outdated voting machines. If it doesn't have a plan in place by 2006, the state will lose $216 million in federal funds. You do the math. However, the legislators have been acting as if the rules don't apply to them. |
Our View: Digital revolution in voting must leave paper trail. Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, March 9, 2005 The digital revolution once promised to usher in the paperless office. But with the advent of electronic voting, paper all of a sudden is making a comeback - and not a moment too soon. |
Court nullifies e-voting election result Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, March 9, 2005 The Nagoya High Court on Wednesday declared void a city assembly election held in Kani, Gifu Prefecture in July 2003 after finding a temporary malfunction of electronic voting machines had gravely affected the election result. |
Towns to Receive Electronic Voting Booths Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, March 9, 2005 SOUTHBURY - All those in favor of advanced voting technology, say 'aye'. By an act of the state Legislature, every city and town in Connecticut should have at least one electronic voting booth per polling place by January 1, 2006. |
King County Challenges 99 Felons On Voter List Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, March 9, 2005 SEATTLE King County is challenging the voter registrations of 99 convicted felons believed to have voted illegally in last November's election, Prosecutor Norm Maleng said. |
Securing the Right to Vote as a Citizenship Right Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, March 9, 2005 The right to vote is the fundamental citizenship right that protects all other rights. Maybe that explains the shape we're in. |
First ?Grass Roots? Parallel Election Project Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, March 8, 2005 Bill Moyers, famous journalist, researcher and problem solver has said ?Most issues of importance have been solved by local people, the ?Grass Roots? of the nation. |
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