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Democratic National Committee Announces Ohio Election Review Team Story Here Archive |
| Published:Saturday, March 5, 2005 Washington, D.C. ? The Democratic National Committee (DNC) announced the members of its Ohio Election Task Force. This group of seasoned professionals in the electoral and technology fields are taking an in-depth look into the issues of voter registration problems, long lines at the polls, the issuance and counting of provisional ballots and voting equipment irregularities that voters faced during the 2004 presidential election in Ohio. The team has been hard at work since January, conducting surveys and reviewing election data from all across the state. The task force will submit its report to the DNC with suggestions for moving forward. |
Council vote will undergo ballot audit Story Here Archive |
| Published:Saturday, March 5, 2005 The city of Boulder will hand-count a sample of ballots following the March 8 mail-ballot election to make sure its count matches the one produced by Boulder County's electronic voting equipment, City Clerk Alisa Lewis said Wednesday. |
Warriors for voting rights keep up fight Story Here Archive |
| Published:Saturday, March 5, 2005 BIRMINGHAM ? Amid the settings of the civil rights movement that fought for voting rights 40 years ago, members of a congressional delegation said Friday the struggle continues and could escalate during the next two years in Washington. |
Every Connecticut polling place to have electronic voting machine Story Here Archive |
| Published:Saturday, March 5, 2005 SOUTHBURY Electronic voting machines will not be foisted on cities and towns, although each community will get at least one by early fall, according to Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz. |
DeLand touch-screen is only choice on deadline Story Here Archive |
| Published:Friday, March 4, 2005 It is unlikely that Volusia County will get special ballot-marking devices for disabled people after all. |
County expecting $539,000 grant to upgrade voting machines Story Here Archive |
| Published:Friday, March 4, 2005 Gregg County is expected to receive a $539,000 grant to its voting machines and has appointed a committee to evaluate new machines that must comply with new federal regulations. The county already has received $184,000. |
Voting machine bill clears Senate Story Here Archive |
| Published:Friday, March 4, 2005 LITTLE ROCK - A bill requiring computerized voting machines to leave a paper record of votes cast cleared the Senate on Thursday without a dissenting vote. |
Voting commission hears complaints Story Here Archive |
| Published:Friday, March 4, 2005 LONGMONT ? A mixture of poll watchers and voting activists shared their thoughts on Boulder County?s botched November election with the Election Review Committee at a public hearing Thursday night. |
Voting glitches haunt statistician Story Here Archive |
| Published:Friday, March 4, 2005 Brian Joiner wishes he could "just get over it." He wishes he could ignore the thousands of reported voting irregularities that occurred in the Nov. 2 election, accept the fact that George W. is going to be around another four years and just hope that we haven't created even more enemies or fallen even deeper into debt by the time 2008 rolls around. |
Counties' switch to mail-voting could hasten under bill that passed Senate Story Here Archive |
| Published:Friday, March 4, 2005 Counties will have an easier time switching to mail-only voting under a bill that passed the Senate Friday, after vigorous debate from opponents who said it will take away people's right to vote at the polls and decrease the security of votes. |
The New Voting Rights Movement Begins Here Today Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, March 3, 2005 As continuing investigations into the 2004 presidential election reveal yet more flaws in the nation?s election machinery, the call for meaningful election reform is growing across the country and in Washington, where members of Congress who opposed Ohio?s 2004 Electoral College vote have proposed sweeping reforms. It remains to be seen if a growing coalition of civil rights activists, election reformers and others can create a clamor for change that cannot be ignored ? even by the Republican-dominated Congress. |
November E-Vote a Success, Panel Says Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, March 3, 2005 Voters have largely accepted Orange County's electronic voting system, which saw its first presidential election in November, the county grand jury concluded in a report issued Wednesday. |
State throws out complaint from voting machine maker Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, March 3, 2005 BATON ROUGE The state has thrown out a protest from a voting machine manufacturer that was barred by Secretary of State Fox McKeithen's office from bidding on a contract to supply $47 million of new equipment. |
County shops for new voting machines Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, March 3, 2005 Kittitas County is shopping for new election equipment and software to track voter registration thanks to a $244,000 federal grant. The new system should be in place sometime in August. |
Conyers Forces Election Reform on House Floor Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, March 3, 2005 Rep. John Conyers forced the issue of election reform on the House floor this afternoon. |
Running in place won?t help avoid budget realities Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, March 3, 2005 Washington?s legislators need something to keep them busy while they wait to see how bad things really are. |
?Velvet Revolution? launches voting firm divestment campaign Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, March 2, 2005 The Velvet Revolution has begun! This time, however, it?s not in Ukraine, but right here in the United States. |
Accenture work behind schedule Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, March 2, 2005 Wisconsin Elections Board members and staff are concerned that Accenture LLC is already running behind in its contract to produce a statewide voter registration database for Wisconsin. |
Lucas County OKs $2.4M for touch-screen machines Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, March 2, 2005 The Lucas County commissioners agreed yesterday to spend nearly $2.4 million to pay for touch-screen voting machines, supplementing about $3 million in state and federal money to be spent on new voting equipment. |
Voting list tab from Accenture too steep, Pocan says Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, March 2, 2005 Wisconsin is paying three times what Minnesota spent to compile a federally mandated statewide voter list. |
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