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County auditor says 120,000 ballots to be reprinted Story Here Archive |
The Cass County auditor says 120,000 county ballots for the Nov. 2 general election will be reprinted because of mistakes in the wording involving a proposed constitutional amendment. |
You touch it, you voted for it. Story Here Archive |
A potential user-interface problem has surfaced with the touch-screen voting machines being used during early voting in San Antonio. The problem also could affect voters nationwide. |
Techs' help not sought in vote wait Story Here Archive |
A communication breakdown may be to blame for delays that have forced hundreds of people to wait in line for hours this week to cast early votes in the presidential election. |
Judge: Paper votes 'logical,' but not issue Story Here Archive |
FORT LAUDERDALE — A federal judge called a voter-verified ballot paper trail a "logical" idea Wednesday, but said that isn't the issue in a lawsuit by U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler that claims paperless electronic voting is unconstitutional. |
Voting problems are surfacing Story Here Archive |
At least two Tarrant County voters have been unable to cast ballots and 23 voters have received provisional paper ballots because of problems with electronic voting machines that critics contend are proof of the unreliability of electronic balloting. |
Early voting going briskly Story Here Archive |
Voters now have until Oct. 30 to cast an early ballot for the November election. One-Stop Absentee Voting is in full swing at seven sites around Forsyth County. |
Evidence of intent key vote suit issue Story Here Archive |
FORT LAUDERDALE — Resurrecting arguments from Florida's 2000 presidential election dispute, lawyers and witnesses sparred in federal court Tuesday over determining "voter intent" during ballot recounts. |
Fewer problems on early vote's second day Story Here Archive |
Ann Dean spent eight hours — five on Monday and three on Tuesday — before she finally managed to vote. The Boca Raton resident was one of scores stuck in voting limbo Tuesday morning when six touch-screen voting machines at the county branch library off Palmetto Park Road wouldn't start, forcing elections workers to order replacements. |
Waiting, confusion impede early vote Story Here Archive |
Frustration gripped voters throughout Palm Beach County and across Florida as those who decided to take advantage of the first statewide exercise in early voting were greeted with long lines, malfunctioning machines and few people who could answer their questions. |
Suit seeks to halt electronic voting in 15 N.J. counties Story Here Archive |
TRENTON - Arguing that electronic voting machines are faulty and vulnerable to fraud, a coalition of voting-rights activists sued the state yesterday, seeking to force election officials to use old-fashioned paper ballots. |
Glitches tracked as vote lines shorten Story Here Archive |
TAMPA - Lines were shorter and voting was quicker around the Tampa Bay area Tuesday, the second day of early voting, but questions persisted about what knocked out computer systems at polling sites a day earlier. |
Problems with e-voting? Blame the humans Story Here Archive |
Voters worried that an electronic voting machine might accidentally eat their vote on Nov. 2 would be better off pointing the finger of blame at clueless poll workers than at shiny new touchscreen machines, according to information released by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA). |
Voting group calls for paper ballots, more training for Georgia elections Story Here Archive |
ATLANTA - Georgia's voting machines should create paper ballots and poll workers should get more training, a group of international election observers said in a report released Wednesday. The California-based Fair Election International ed Georgia to study because it is one of only two states that will exclusively use paperless electronic voting this year. |
States hope to improve on missing vote tally Story Here Archive |
America's top election officials, reacting to growing public anxiety over the voting errors made in Florida four years ago, are promising they will scrutinize next month's election results like never before. At least 1.6 million ballots did not record a preference for president in 2000, or nearly 2 percent of the vote. Such an electoral fog could easily obscure a clear winner in the current, tight race for the White House. |
Lawsuit to seek ban on use of electronic voting machines Story Here Archive |
TRENTON, N.J. Some 8,000 electronic voting machines should not be used by state residents on Election Day because they are unreliable, according to a lawsuit expected to be filed Tuesday. |
California Pollworkers Told to Withhold Information From Voters Story Here Archive |
SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CA - October 18- Pollworkers in Santa Clara County are being trained not to offer voters a chance to use paper ballots instead of electronic voting machines, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has learned. California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley mandated in May that all polling places offer a paper ballot option, which would allow people concerned about e-voting machine reliability a chance to vote on paper ballots at the polls. But pollworkers in Santa Clara County are being instructed not to tell voters that this option is available. Instead, they will make paper ballots available only if voters specifically request them. |
Glitches, lines hamper early voting Story Here Archive |
Long lines and technical glitches hampered the county's early polling places Tuesday, the second day of early voting leading up to the Nov. 2 presidential election. |
Computer Crash Story Here Archive |
When early voting ends October 28th election commission officials will know how many people voted, but they won't know how they voted. It's a process that leaves some voters wondering if they're ballot is in good hands until November 2nd. |
Future of electronic voting may hinge on success this year Story Here Archive |
Las Vegas Donna Matthews headed to the mall Saturday intent on casting her ballot. The 63-year-old, who has voted in every presidential race since she was 18, said it couldn't have been simpler. She touched a computer screen, reviewed her choices then watched as a paper receipt confirmed her picks. |
Election 2004: Blunders and wonders do not cease Story Here Archive |
Amazing. Brenda Snipes and her crew at the elections office have a whole year to get this 2004 presidential election right, and they blow it out of the starting gate. |
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