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Ensign Backs E-Voting Paper Trail Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, February 9, 2005 Nevada lawmakers introduced legislation today to require a paper trail be used with all touch-screen voting machines. In the 2004 national elections, Nevada was the only state to require e-voting machines to produce a paper backup of votes. |
N.C. legislative panel proposes requiring paper ballot Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, February 9, 2005 A divided legislative panel agreed Wednesday that every vote cast in North Carolina should generate a paper ballot starting next year, an attempt to avoid a repeat of 4,438 votes lost due to machine error in Carteret County last fall. |
New U.S. legislation would require e-voting paper trail Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, February 9, 2005 FEBRUARY 09, 2005 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - A group of U.S. lawmakers has introduced a bill that would require electronic touch-screen voting machines to allow for a so-called voter-verifiable paper trail. |
Petro says state can't mandate vote systems Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, February 9, 2005 Ohio voters should not sharpen their pencils just yet. Attorney General Jim Petro said Tuesday that the secretary of state can't force election boards to use optical-scan voting systems that rely on pencil and paper. |
Fixing America's Broken Elections Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, February 8, 2005 The election debacles in Florida's 2000 presidential election and Ohio's 2004 election clearly demonstrate that our nation still has a long way to go in the continuing fight for electoral justice. Our nation cannot withstand deficiencies in machines and procedures that foster legitimate questions about the validity of the election outcome. Our democracy is at risk, and the time is now to move forward with election reform legislation. |
How do you move and store a 47-pound voting machine? Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, February 8, 2005 The Seneca County commissioners still must determine where to store optical scan voting machines after the elections board decides between two qualified vendors. |
Election Systems & Software wins scanner contract Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, February 8, 2005 As a member of the Clark County Board of Elections, Dan Harkins was partially responsible Monday for choosing which optical scan machine voters will use in November. |
GOP wants a retally of county votes Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, February 8, 2005 Local Republicans want Mecklenburg County election officials to immediately retally election results in the wake of a ruling last week by the N.C. Supreme Court. |
Paper trail for votes to cost $4.3 million Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, February 8, 2005 Creating a paper trail for electronic voting machines will cost Riverside County a pretty penny. But at the moment no one is exactly sure where the needed funds will come from. |
New voting system in by November Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, February 8, 2005 The changes to Washington County polling places expected to prevent the voting disasters experienced in the 2000 presidential election will be ready for November's general election. |
County should be wary of voting technology Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, February 8, 2005 BEFORE Alameda County shells out big bucks for another version of Diebold's electronic voting system, officials ought to take a long, hard look at whether it's worth the investment. Being first when buying new technology isn't always best. |
Sheriff to probe voting by felons Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, February 8, 2005 The Thurston County sheriff is investigating allegations of illegal voting in the November election, saying the effort will boost the public's confidence in the election system. |
Media Alert: See AccuPoll VVPAT Voting Machines in Action Story Here Archive |
| Published:Monday, February 7, 2005 TUSTIN, Calif.(BUSINESS WIRE)Feb. 7, 2005Long Beach UAW Local 148 Union Chapter has ed AccuPoll to conduct its annual election tomorrow, February 8, 2005. Members will be making their ions using AccuPoll's electronic voting system featuring a voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT). |
Hart states its case Story Here Archive |
| Published:Monday, February 7, 2005 The Boulder County Election Review Committee heard system vendor Hart InterCivic's version of what could have caused slow 2004 election results last Friday - and as Hart and printing company EagleDirect trade jabs, ERC members are asking for all cooperation possible to prevent a repeat performance. |
Spitzer: State Legislature must act on vote system overhaul Story Here Archive |
| Published:Monday, February 7, 2005 ALBANY, N.Y. The Legislature's failure to agree on an overhaul of New York's voting system _ from new machines to computerized registration lists _ is "an embarrassment" that could cost the state $219 million in federal funds, state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said Monday. |
G.O.P. Election Reform Bill Now Before Senate Considered By Progressive Activists to Be Better Than Democratic One Story Here Archive |
| Published:Monday, February 7, 2005 Here at The Advocate, we call it like we see it and what we see as we look out on the election reform movement today is two competing and mutually exclusive election reform bills in the U.S. Senate. |
Election Officials Work on Making Changes Story Here Archive |
| Published:Monday, February 7, 2005 Flaw-proof election machines. Easy-to-read ballots. Registration systems that catch double-voters or dead voters still on the rolls. |
County launching new voting system on April 5 Story Here Archive |
| Published:Monday, February 7, 2005 Butler County's new Optech Insight optical scan voting system will be used for the first time during the April 5 election. |
Punch card cast aside in elections Story Here Archive |
| Published:Monday, February 7, 2005 Area voters will be casting their ballots in a different way in the near future. Gone will be the punch-card ballots that have garnered so much controversy since the 2000 presidential election. In their place will be what can best be described as a throwback to the bubble tests from high school those that required filling in a circle next to the correct answer with the mandated No. 2 pencil. |
Tracking of felon voting flawed Story Here Archive |
| Published:Sunday, February 6, 2005 Washington's system for taking away the voting rights of convicted felons and later giving them back is so confusing that some felons are able to register and vote illegally. |
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