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Manual recounts may be impossible here Story Here Archive |
A spokesman for Florida Secretary of State Glenda Hood has suggested that Sarasota County and 15 others simply may not be able to conduct manual recounts of contested Nov. 2 general election races with their paperless touch-screen voting machines. |
Fair elections Story Here Archive |
Jimmy Carter's Atlanta-based Carter Center has monitored elections in 50 nations to help ensure a fair vote and accurate tally. Yet when he describes the center's activities to U.S. or foreign audiences, one question is inevitable: Why don't you observe the election in Florida? |
Wayne clerk rues Story Here Archive |
WAYNE When Wayne County Clerk Bob Pasley looks at the 600-pound metal machines he's used to vote for almost 35 years, he has a hard time imagining what they'll be used for in the future. |
Diebold Debacle Signals Need for a Paper Trail Story Here Archive |
Opinion: Some say the company's and others' voting machines need to provide a paper trail that less-than-tech-savvy elections officials can understand when something goes wrong. |
E-voting doubts surface Story Here Archive |
Citing a lack of confidence in electronic voting systems, a non-partisan voting group is urging voters in Santa Clara, Alameda and eight other California counties to use absentee ballots to cast their votes next month. ``Our advice is to cast your ballots on paper,' said Kim Alexander, president of the California Voter Foundation. ``Every voting system needs to be protected against manipulation and error, and with an electronic system the voter has to depend 100 percent on secret software produced by private companies that can't be verified.' |
Familiar technology replaces touch screens for Nov. 2 Story Here Archive |
During the March primary, San Diego County introduced voters to a $31 million state-of-the-art electronic voting system with touch screens. |
California Voter Foundation Urges Voters to Skip Paperless E-Voting Story Here Archive |
The California Voter Foundation (CVF) is urging voters in counties where electronic, touchscreen voting systems are used to instead vote by paper absentee ballot in the November 2 election. Citing security concerns and an inability to conduct meaningful audits of election results on the paperless systems, CVF president Kim Alexander said voters in 10 California counties that use touchscreen voting systems should immediately request an absentee ballot from their county elections office. |
County hails high-tech voting system Story Here Archive |
Sacramento County election officials on Monday unveiled a new, high-tech voting process for the Nov. 2 election that is expected to make ballots easier to cast and faster to count. |
Fear and voting in an electronic age Story Here Archive |
Because of what happened to thousands of people across Florida during the last presidential election, the Help America Vote Act was passed into law. |
A Day As Observer Story Here Archive |
My question: "Did I see too little and learn too much?" Hawaii's primary election on September 18, 2004 found us in the Hawaii County Counting Room as Official Observers, "the eyes and ears of the public." |
Voting safeguards Story Here Archive |
The surest way to safeguard the voting process is to get the basics right. That means ensuring voting machines are well maintained, election officials are well trained and poll watchers are vigilant. |
Do?a Ana Won't Use New Voting Machines Nov. 2 Story Here Archive |
LAS CRUCES— Seventy-five new voting machines purchased by Doña Ana County earlier this year will have to sit out the Nov. 2 general election. |
Absentee vote rise expected Story Here Archive |
As electronic-voting machines encounter mounting criticism, Riverside and San Bernardino counties are gearing up for what could be a marked increase in the number of voters who cast paper ballots this November. |
More touch screens on the way Story Here Archive |
Johnson County is expanding its inventory of touch-screen voting machines as questions about the machines continue to be raised elsewhere in the nation. |
Voting mystery stirs call for paper trail Story Here Archive |
TAMPA - In the Aug. 31 primary, the population of a small town - 12,498 voters - appeared at the polls in Hillsborough County and apparently decided not to vote in the race for state attorney. |
Could election snafu strike Pa.? Story Here Archive |
As George W. Bush and John Kerry gird for what could be a nail-biter in Pennsylvania, state and local officials are under pressure to ensure the votes are counted properly and without the controversies that jolted Florida four years ago. |
A touch of controversy Story Here Archive |
The turmoil that surrounded the 2000 presidential-vote recount in Florida prompted a national call for an overhaul of the nation's voting systems. Early on, many eyed electronic voting — specifically, touch-screen machines — as the best solution. |
Voting systems vary by county Story Here Archive |
INDEPENDENCE - Hundreds of thousands of Iowans will head to polling stations Nov. 2. Whether they push a button, fill in an oval or scratch a line will depend on the county in which they vote. Because counties - not the state or federal government - are in charge of running elections, the type of technology used to track votes varies across Iowa. Much of the equipment will be replaced in coming years to comply with a new federal law designed to make voting more accurate and accessible. |
Many places count votes very well, study reveals Story Here Archive |
Despite the many election-counting flaws discovered in Florida four years ago, democracy runs smoothly in hundreds of counties and major cities. |
E-voting machines' confidence gap Story Here Archive |
Imagine your bank teller accepting a deposit and then saying, "Oh, you don't need a receipt. It's all in the computer." On Nov. 2, that's essentially what millions of citizens will be told when they cast ballots on new electronic voting machines. Forty-two states are poised to use this latest technology, but with only 28 days left until the presidential election, some states are still debating whether to provide a paper confirmation of each voter's choices. |
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