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Changing numbers call state's election accuracy to question Story Here Archive |
| Published:Sunday, February 20, 2005 As she watched hundreds of votes appear and disappear in the dramatic recounts of last year's governor's race, Michelle Anderson wondered why the numbers were changing so much. |
Idea of closer scrutiny met with mixed reaction Story Here Archive |
| Published:Sunday, February 20, 2005 Most Washington counties inspect every ballot before it's counted the first time. King and a handful of others don't. |
Elections chief offers goals Story Here Archive |
| Published:Sunday, February 20, 2005 SANFORD Newly appointed Seminole County Elections Supervisor Michael Ertel wants to make the office more than just the place that runs elections. |
Editorial: Voter ID doesn't get to real election problems Story Here Archive |
| Published:Sunday, February 20, 2005 One person, one vote has become the bedrock foundation of American democracy, ensuring every legal citizen's vote matters, is accurately counted and thereby influences elected officials to reflect the intent of the majority of the electorate. |
Election fix? Lawmakers still groping for answers Story Here Archive |
| Published:Saturday, February 19, 2005 The courts still are weeks away from a definitive word on whether Washington's oddball 2004 election for governor will stand, but lawmakers are hip-deep in potential fixes for what ails the state's election system. |
Bill to reform elections administration in Maryland gets poor reception in House Story Here Archive |
| Published:Friday, February 18, 2005 A bill designed to prevent a repeat of the state Board of Elections' attempt to fire Elections Administrator Linda H. Lamone last year got a rough reception in the House of Delegates yesterday, where voting rights advocates and elections officials from both parties said it would ruin Maryland's election system. |
Worker says he misplaced some ballots Story Here Archive |
| Published:Friday, February 18, 2005 Some of Boulder County's provisional ballots ? which should not have been counted on Election Day in November ? were placed in incorrect envelopes and scanned with the rest of the votes, an election judge said Thursday. |
Survey: Voters prefer screens to paper Story Here Archive |
| Published:Friday, February 18, 2005 If Johnson County voters use a different ballot system for the fourth time in four trips to the polls, County Clerk Jill Jackson hopes it?s the version the county sticks with. |
New technology coming for voting machines Story Here Archive |
| Published:Friday, February 18, 2005 OTTUMWA - New technology will change the way people vote in upcoming elections, but the adjustments are minor. |
2004 electronic voting logs sought Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, February 17, 2005 The 2004 presidential election is history, but the investigation of it continues for some hardy activists. |
Statement on the Introduction of the Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, February 17, 2005 Ralph G. Neas, President of People For the American Way (PFAW), spoke at a news conference on Capitol Hill marking the introduction of the ?Count Every Vote Act? by Senators Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), John Kerry (D-MA) and Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ). |
Kerry, Clinton Offer Bill to Revamp Election Laws Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, February 17, 2005 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Failed U.S. presidential nominee John Kerry and fellow congressional Democrats offered a bill on Thursday to address voting problems like those reported last November in the pivotal state of Ohio. |
Va. official: E-voting security not easily breached Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, February 17, 2005 Judy Flaig remembers sitting at her desk, watching as technical employees randomly walked by and tried to hack into the electronic voting machine she was recommending to Fairfax County, Va., residents. |
Governor proposes election reforms Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, February 17, 2005 SANTA FE - With the legislative session half over, Democratic Gov. Bill Richardson has proposed a package of election changes that includes a requirement for voters to present some identification. |
Election reform package passes Senate committee Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, February 17, 2005 Lawmakers pushed ahead with their promise to tackle election reform Thursday as a Senate committee passed several bills while House Republicans announced their agenda on the emotion-charged issue. |
Senators Clinton and Boxer, Representative Tubbs Jones and others unveil major election reform bill Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, February 17, 2005 WASHINGTON, DC- U.S. Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA) today unveiled comprehensive voting reform legislation to make sure that every American is able to vote and every vote is counted. Senators Clinton and Boxer announced the legislation today in a press conference joined by Representative Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH), who will sponsor the legislation in the House of Representatives, and voting rights advocates. |
Trip to voting booth could be longer soon Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, February 16, 2005 Guilford County wants to be one of 10 guinea pigs for a proposed experiment that would send voters to consolidated voting centers rather than traditional precincts on Election Day. |
Investigator calls voting machine problems a shock Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, February 16, 2005 HARRISBURG - About halfway into Tuesday's five-hour hearing on voting machine irregularities in Beaver and Mercer counties last November, the man hired by the state to investigate called the incidents "disturbing." |
Diverse Coalition Mobilizes To Support Voter-Verified Paper Ballots Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, February 16, 2005 An unusual alliance of liberal and conservative organizations as well as nonprofit, public interest groups are joining forces in support of the Georgia Vote Count Protection Act, nonpartisan legislation drafted by the Georgia Voter Choice Coalition, that mandates the provision of voter-verified paper ballots for Georgia's paperless Diebold Election System. The growing momentum includes in the mix the Georgia Green Party, Libertarian Party, Constitution Party and Independent Party; the Christian Coalition of Georgia, the Cobb County National Organization of Women (NOW); and the Georgia Eagle Forum. Nationally, the act is endorsed by Common Cause, the National Ballot Integrity Project, Veterans for Common Sense, Verifiedvoting.org, VotersUnite and Votewatch. |
A Vote Of No Confidence For New Election Equipment Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, February 16, 2005 This is getting more confusing by the day. Connecticut's top elections official, Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz, says a 2002 federal law, co-authored by U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd, won't allow the state to buy the most trustworthy voting technology available. |
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