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Election Problems Story Here Archive |
The Issue: Troubleshooting the voting process. Our View: Overseer suggests a sensible approach. |
Electronic Voting 1.0, and No Time to Upgrade Story Here Archive |
I TRUST computers. When I first used A.T.M.'s, nearly 30 years ago, I carefully saved receipts in a folder and matched them with the bank's monthly statement. Now I sometimes stuff the receipts in my wallet, but I almost never look at them again. The only banking error I've encountered in all those years was when a human teller left a final zero off a deposit I had made. |
Four More Years to Finally Get It Right Story Here Archive |
Dec. 6 issue - Almost a month after the presidential election, I'm still getting missives from people who insist that things don't smell right. They draw on a litany of irregularities that are well-circulated in the blogosphere, the Blue States and maybe even subterranean corners of the Red nation. Some are of the dead-canary-in-the-coal-mine variety, like the computer in Ohio that delivered Bush 4, 258 votes when only 638 humans actually cast ballots. Others are more sweeping, like the charges that e-voting peculiarities could have somehow lost Kerry 260,000 votes in Florida. Not all of these people charge fraud, but clearly many believe the worst. And if they go to the popular blackboxvoting.org site, a headline assures them it's ok to say the f-word. |
Paper ballots key to honest elections Story Here Archive |
Because of events in Florida during the 2000 election, many election officials around the country have become gun-shy of ballot recounts. In New Hampshire, we aren?t afraid of recounts. In fact, our laws encourage them. |
State election commission director satisfied with new voting machines' performance Story Here Archive |
COLUMBIA, S.C. - New touch-screen voting machines are expected to be shipped next month to the state's remaining 31 counties. |
Lawmakers want ban on paperless voting machines Story Here Archive |
MADISON ? Two Democratic lawmakers say they'll push for a ban on electronic voting machines in Wisconsin, if such machines don't record a vote on paper each time a ballot is cast. State Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Madison and state Sen. Jeff Plale, D-South Milwaukee, say this year's presidential election revealed problems with electronic voting systems in three states that might have disenfranchised some voters. The lawmakers want to prevent problems that could occur in Wisconsin if communities adopt electronic voting systems, Plale said. |
Panel pushes paper vote trail Story Here Archive |
As the state deals with the fallout from the loss of more than 4,400 ballots by a Carteret County voting machine, some members of a new legislative committee are ready to push for paper backup records of computerized ballots. |
Legislator ready to consider printers on voting machines Story Here Archive |
The incoming chairman of a key committee in the Florida Legislature said he is prepared to reopen the debate about requiring paper trails for computerized voting machines. |
Election chief happy with ballot machines Story Here Archive |
COLUMBIAState Election Commission Director Marci Andino is breathing a little easier these days. |
North Carolina's ballot blues Story Here Archive |
North Carolina's election problems will not be that easily remedied. This year's disaster shows that many election workers are in over their heads. |
With new machines, a smooth election Story Here Archive |
South Carolina made election history, again, on Nov. 2, when near-record numbers of registered voters went to the polls to elect leaders at the national, state and local levels. |
Election paper trail would lead to trust Story Here Archive |
Georgia Secretary of State Cathy Cox has been so giddy about the electronic voting machines used by millions on Election Day that the Ohio-based manufacturer features her in its online sales pitch. |
Recount confirms treasurer unseated Story Here Archive |
Tuckerman explained that a computer disk containing votes was accidentally backed up into the voting machines twice by an election worker, causing it to look like there was an overcount. |
Bringing the election process into the 21st century Story Here Archive |
While the presidential race was settled with little controversy this election, we're not so lucky in Washington state. Our gubernatorial race is the closest in history and surrounded by controversy. |
Not every Utah voted counted, but more did than in 2000 Story Here Archive |
Utah voters learned the lessons of the 2000 Florida election fiasco, and the result appears to be a considerable in the number of spoiled ballots, undervotes and election mistakes in the most recent election. |
Database Flawed, Not Malevolent Story Here Archive |
TALLAHASSEE, Florida Florida elections officials were lax in their oversight of the company that created a flawed database of felons and dead voters, but there was no intent to disenfranchise anyone, an internal audit of the project found. |
Report on Election Day problems provided to state officials Story Here Archive |
Critics of the electronic voting machines used in nearly every precinct in Maryland on Election Day delivered an unflattering report to the state Board of Elections yesterday, detailing hundreds of complaints they fielded as voters tried and sometimes failed to cast their ballots. |
Unilect vote device causes uproar Story Here Archive |
DUBLIN - EVER SINCE the touch-screen voting system known as the Patriot was introduced in 1992, it came with the claim "never lost even a single vote." |
E-Voting Problems Found in Maryland Story Here Archive |
Poll observers in about 6 percent of Maryland's precincts recorded 201 problems with electronic voting machines during the November 2 general election, according to a report released this week by TrueVoteMD.org. |
Richardson offers revamp of elections Story Here Archive |
Gov. Bill Richardson today called for sweeping election reform in New Mexico. |
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