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Kerry Lawyer Seeks Ohio Ballot Inspection Story Here Archive |
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Democrat John Kerry is asking county elections officials to allow his witnesses to inspect the 92,000 ballots cast in Ohio in which no vote for president was recorded, a Kerry lawyer said Sunday night. |
Election rules face Supreme Court test Monday Story Here Archive |
Election workers will return to their tables Monday to continue the hand recount of votes cast for governor of Washington, but the count that might decide the election could come from the state Supreme Court chambers in Olympia. The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday afternoon on the Democratic Party's lawsuit seeking to clarify ballot-counting rules. The suit asks that elections officials in at least four counties be forced to reconsider about 15,000 ballots that were rejected the first time around by canvassing boards. |
Bruce Davidson: Will paper ballots make a comeback? Story Here Archive |
Bexar County's $7.5 million electronic voting equipment performed without major problems in last month's presidential election, but the county could return to optical-scan paper ballots in the future. |
Election doubts provoke protest Story Here Archive |
OLYMPIA More than 30 people stood Saturday in the shadow of the Capitol to vent about an electoral system they say has left voters out in the cold. They're among many in the United States who believe the presidential election nearly six weeks ago was fraught with voting irregularities and other problems, putting the outcome in doubt. |
Once obscure, Ohio vote has new prominence Story Here Archive |
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio presidential election - the one that counts - has been conducted mostly in obscurity for 200 years. Not this time. |
Protesters urge delay for Ohio electors Story Here Archive |
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - As it has done for 200 years, Ohio's delegation to the Electoral College is to meet Monday to cast ballots for president and vice president - but this time, there are demands that the electors wait until after a recount. A demonstration was held Sunday as about 100 people gathered outside the Ohio Statehouse to protest the delegation's vote. |
Once obscure, Ohio vote has some new clout Story Here Archive |
COLUMBUS ? The Ohio presidential election ? the one that counts ? has been conducted mostly in obscurity for 200 years. Not this time. |
VOTE FRAUD ALLEGED Story Here Archive |
The disregard shown by the Democratic Party and the mainstream media for the serious questions and concerns about how private companies count our votes ?smacks of complicity.? Despite their oft-repeated promise that ?every vote? would ?be counted,? before the ballots could even be tallied in the crucial swing state of Ohio, Sen. John Forbes Kerry had conceded defeat. |
Cuts in precincts add to voter lines Story Here Archive |
Since the 2000 presidential election, the Summit County Board of Elections has eliminated 149 of its precincts more than any other Ohio county. |
Man or machine? Rossi-Gregoire recount prompts dispute over accuracy Story Here Archive |
With the governor's race hanging in the balance, an unprecedented third vote count is now underway in the state's 39 counties ? by real live human beings this time. The two previous tallies, both by machine, showed underdog Republican Dino Rossi to be the winner by the tiniest margin on record, 42 votes at last count. |
Election Day criticisms may yield changes Story Here Archive |
Bill R. Harris, 74, is an old hand at voting. He has cast his ballot at Hatton Elementary School since moving to Akron's Ellet area in 1955. In fact, his wife, Jackie, was a Democratic precinct committee member there for several years. But when Harris showed up at Hatton to vote on Nov. 2 just as he had for nearly half a century he was told he couldn't. |
Voting Rights Groups 'Block' Talk of Machine-Free Elections Story Here Archive |
So much for a free and fair exchange of ideas. At conferences and hearings across the country, traditional voting rights organizations have successfully blocked any serious debate on machine-free, paper-only elections. It appears that our well-entrenched so-called 'voting rights' organizations, including the NAACP and ACLU, haven't absorbed the lesson from America's election debacles. They would rather invite the industry-funded National Association of State Election Directors (NASED) to speak at their conferences, than invite researchers and activists who will argue that the machines must go. |
Former North Coast congressman jailed in Ohio after protesting Story Here Archive |
UKIAH, Calif. - Former U.S. U.S. Rep. Dan Hamburg was jailed after he attempted to deliver a letter about election irregularities to the Ohio secretary of state. |
County lawmakers unite on state vote issue Story Here Archive |
Any new voting machines used in the state should have a backup system to help ensure all votes are counted, Dutchess County lawmakers say. |
Slot-machine opponents demand for a recount Story Here Archive |
Slot-machine opponents said this week they have withdrawn their lawsuit seeking a recount of the 78,000 Broward County votes that swung the Amendment Four vote squarely to proponents. |
Democrats stress voting rights in radio address Story Here Archive |
WASHINGTON (CNN) Democrats used their weekly radio address Saturday to focus on ensuring accurate ballot counts and elections free of voter intimidation. |
Ohio county left 39 voting machines unused Story Here Archive |
COLUMBUS, Ohio - While some voters waited in long lines to cast a ballot, the Franklin County elections board left 39 voting machines unused on Election Day. |
New votes surface in recount Story Here Archive |
New votes continued to turn up yesterday in the governor's race recount, with 17 of 39 counties reporting, but Christine Gregoire still has not benefited from the hand tally commissioned last week by the state Democratic Party. |
County begins second and final hand recount Story Here Archive |
Their fingers and their lips moved silently as they counted ballots. When their job is done, the state will have a new governor. |
Vote Suppression Report Released by Watchdog Coalition Story Here Archive |
Among preliminary findings detailed in a paper called ?Shattering the Myth,? democracy advocates list nationwide polling place and equipment irregularities, absentee and provisional ballot problems, plus targeted disenfranchisement. |
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