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Printer says new ballots tested OK Story Here Archive |
The head of the printing company that delivered thousands of ballots that were unreadable to Boulder County's voting machines said his company didn't find any problems when they tested the ballots before delivery. |
Flawed count = Human error Story Here Archive |
Mecklenburg County election officials double- and triple-counted some votes last week, while leaving others completely uncounted. |
$3 million electronic investment dumped in favor of ballots Story Here Archive |
When Secretary of State Kevin Shelley decertified touch-screen voting in most counties last year, the Solano County Board of Supervisors wasn't going to wait around for Shelley to eventually change his mind. |
Hackers rigging voting machines a real possibility Story Here Archive |
I've been scalded, via e-mail, just for noting that there has been a bothersome outbreak of rigged-voting rumors in the last week. I've been called a sore loser, a 'paranoid conspiracy theoriest' and a liberal lunkhead. I've been accused of trying to help Democrats steal the election from President Bush. I've been called a Michael Moore flunky. |
Consider paper trail, but don't trash system Story Here Archive |
Incoming Supervisor of Elections Arthur Anderson promised to provide a paper trail to people worried about losing their votes in cyberspace. To do that, he suggested last week, the county might scrap its $14 million electronic voting system for optical scan ballots, like those used by absentee voters. |
E-Voting Returns Mixed Results Story Here Archive |
Makers of electronic voting machines declared victory for their technology in this year's presidential election, but computer scientists, who collected thousands of reports of voting glitches, said the results may reveal a different outcome. |
Equipment glitch delays Escambia County vote tally Story Here Archive |
With 12,408 ballots cast, 57.8 percent of Escambia County's registered voters turned out for Tuesday's election. |
Carteret Voting Issues Could Lead To Special Election Story Here Archive |
CARTERET COUNTY, N.C. Election officials in Carteret County are scrambling after a machine malfunction destroyed 13 percent of the ballots. The incident may lead to a special election in the state superintendent race that currently has Democrat June Atkinson ahead of Republican Bill Fletcher by more than 2,000 votes. |
E-voting goes (mostly) smoothly, but suspicions, critics remain Story Here Archive |
Electronic voting technology got its first major test in the Nov. 2 election, and for the most part, the machines seemed to work well. |
Editorial: Supervisor of Elections offices Story Here Archive |
We're as glad as anyone else that voting went smoothly for the most part in Florida last Tuesday. We surely did not need another election-buster on the magnitude of the butterfly ballots and hanging chads of the presidential election of 2000. We say that not for the smarmy jokes and ridicule heaped upon our state. |
Electronic Voting Systems Pass Their Big Test Maybe Story Here Archive |
NOVEMBER 08, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - Electronic voting systems avoided the virtual meltdown that some people had predicted during last Tuesday's election. But critics said the technology still has significant shortcomings that raise questions about the validity of the results tabulated by the machines. |
Sidebar: E-voting Snafus Limited in Scope, Severity Story Here Archive |
NOVEMBER 08, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - Reports of e-voting system malfunctions began trickling into various independent monitoring organizations almost as soon as the polls opened last Tuesday. But state officials characterized most of the problems as small-scale snafus. |
Voting goes smoothly Story Here Archive |
Voter turnout in Graham County was the second highest in the state, with 72.9 percent of registered voters in the county casting ballots in Tuesday's general election. |
Willacy County elections figures corrected Story Here Archive |
AUSTIN, November 7, 2004 ? In an attempt to save money on election materials, the Willacy County Clerk inadvertently gave Sen. John Kerry a false boost in the county?s tabulations. |
Board awaits state followup Story Here Archive |
WAPAKONETA Auglaize County Board of Election members say they have not heard any more from the state regarding a possible investigation after receiving notice of being placed on administrative oversight last week. |
'Florida happens' - even in North Carolina Story Here Archive |
The state Board of Elections, motto: "We generally pooh-pooh boo-boos large, small and in-between," issued an uncharacteristically stern order Friday. They did so to a previously little-known California company by the name of UniLect Corp. This is what the order said: |
Carlos Guerra: Is it wise to gamble with the integrity of our elections? Story Here Archive |
After a firestorm of voter suppression charges and election results contests in Florida paralyzed the nation for weeks in 2000, leaders in both parties vowed never to let it happen again. |
Officials tepid about ballot change Story Here Archive |
VALPARAISO | Down in the basement of the Porter County Administration Building, there is a room with huge stacks of gray attache cases that make up the technology of democracy. |
E-voting reliability still has a ways to go Story Here Archive |
It didn't take long after last week's elections for the conspiracy theories to take flight. One, in particular, started to ricochet around the Internet even before John Kerry conceded the election to President Bush and it blamed alleged tampering with electronic voting machines for Kerry's defeat. |
Sarpy County Recount: 3,000 phantom votes detected Story Here Archive |
The recount is over in Sarpy County and 3,000 phantom votes were apparently in the mix on Election Day. |
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