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Senate candidate wants recount Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, September 29, 2004 The Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate, who fell 100 votes short of winning a spot on the general election ballot, is asking a judge to make state election officials put his name there anyway. J. Mills, a member of the Libertarian Party of Washington, claims that the computer software used to count ballots in the Sept. 14 primary election could be unreliable and might not have counted all the votes he got. |
Paper Trail Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, September 29, 2004 For our grandchildren, and for their children, the future of electronic voting is limitless. Indeed, by the time they are of voting age, even the term "electronic" may be archaic. Future generations will likely be voting from their homes on secured devices unimagined today. But today, we are in the pioneer age of electronic voting. These touch-screen devices we will be using Nov. 2 are the Model-Ts of electronic voting. There is much to learn from experience, much that we do not know. And that's why citizens concerned about the integrity of the voting process worry that the system Vanderburgh County will be using this fall does not provide for a paper trail of the votes cast. |
Pending fiasco Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, September 29, 2004 What can save the Florida election now? It's a dispiriting question. The stage is set for disaster. Fifteen counties will be using a paperless, touch-screen voting system that has a deeply troubling record of inaccuracy, and state officials have managed to tangle up valid challenges long enough to make it unlikely a more reliable method can be found. (Volusia and Flagler counties use the more reliable optical-scan voting machines, which produce paper ballots.) |
Computerized voting is just a gateway to fraud Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, September 29, 2004 "Those who cast the votes decide nothing. Those who count the votes decide everything." Words of wisdom from one of the 20th century's worst tyrants, Josef Stalin. With the climate being rife with political slogans, smear campaigns and a noted absence of any deep discussion about relevant national issues, it can only mean one thing: another election day is just around the corner. |
Ex-Diebold employee to run Solano elections Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, September 29, 2004 FAIRFIELD Diebold Election Systems may have lost Solano County's voting machine contract, but that didn't stop the county from hiring a former Diebold employee to run local elections. |
As the November Election Draws Near, Congress Should Require That Electronic Votes Leave a Paper Trail Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, September 28, 2004 On September 14, the Maryland Court of Appeals - the state's highest court issued a crucial ruling. In its decision, it rejected a challenge to Maryland's current electronic touch-screen voting machine system - slated to be used on November 2, everywhere in the state but in Baltimore. |
Observers Foresee Snags in U.S. Election Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, September 28, 2004 WASHINGTON - Problems loom for the presidential election including voting equipment changes that could delay the outcome past Nov. 2, a group of international observers said Tuesday in a report. |
Touchscreen voting machine found abandoned in city Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, September 28, 2004 ANNAPOLIS Members of the State Board of Elections were surprised to hear reports today that Diebold touchscreen voting machines similar to those used in Maryland were found abandoned recently on a street and in a bar in Baltimore. |
Duval, of optical scan system, told to add touchscreens for blind Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, September 28, 2004 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A federal judge Tuesday ordered Duval County to install touchscreen voting machines for blind and manually disabled voters who cannot use the county's optical scan machines without help. He said they had to be installed in time for the November election. |
Wexler doesn?t expect paper trail in time for Nov. 2 Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, September 28, 2004 U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler yesterday claimed victory after a federal appeals court revived his lawsuit seeking a paper trail for Florida’s new touch-screen voting machines, but said he does not expect to win the case before the Nov. 2 presidential election. “It’s a huge victory for people who want a paper trail for their election machines,” Wexler, a Democrat from Boca Raton, told the Boca News yesterday. “It probably won’t happen before Nov. 2, but I’m confident there will be a paper trail in the long run.” |
Federal court revives congressman's petition seeking paper trail for voting machines Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, September 28, 2004 With the presidential election a little more than a month away, a federal appeals court on Monday morning revived a Democratic congressman's quest to give Florida voters paper receipts for the state's touch-screen voting machines, in case a recount is needed. |
Court revives voting machine lawsuit Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, September 28, 2004 TALLAHASSEE - Florida's election system, ridiculed and maligned during the 2000 presidential election and then rebuilt with new technology, was thrown into chaos again Monday with five weeks to go before Election Day. |
County wins e-voting recount suit Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, September 28, 2004 An Indio judge ruled Monday that Riverside County properly recounted the electronic ballots cast in March in the 1st District supervisorial race between three-term incumbent Bob Buster and challengers Linda Soubirous and Kevin Pape, a former Lake Elsinore mayor. In ruling thus, Riverside County Superior Judge James S. Hawkins threw out of court Soubirous' legal challenge against the county's touch-screen system, at a time when electronic voting has come under increasing scrutiny throughout the nation. |
Commissioners support 'paper trail' for electronic voting system Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, September 28, 2004 Vanderburgh County Commissioners on Monday voiced support for a state law requiring that computerized voting systems have a mandatory "paper trail." The Nov. 2 election will be Vanderburgh's second one with a new touchscreen voting system manufactured by Election Systems & Software. No problems were reported in the May primary, but some people say they still worry about hacking and accidental malfunctions. |
More federal lawmakers want paper records of electronic ballots Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, September 28, 2004 Just five weeks before election day, federal legislators are increasingly casting doubt on electronic voting terminals and demanding that touchscreen computers produce paper records. |
Court Orders Judge to Hear Fla. Suit on Vote Machines Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, September 28, 2004 MIAMI (Reuters) - Florida's attempts to avoid a repeat of the 2000 election fiasco took another hit late Monday when federal judges ordered a lower court to hear a lawsuit demanding that electronic voting machines be equipped to print receipts for voters. While it was unclear whether any ruling on the lawsuit would be issued before the Nov. 2 presidential election, electoral reform activists and state officials alike warned on Tuesday that with barely a month to go, there would not be enough time to comply anyway. |
Schwarzenegger signs bill banning paperless voting systems Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, September 28, 2004 SAN FRANCISCO - In a major victory for computer scientists and voter advocates, a new bill signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger bans the use of electronic voting machines that don't produce paper records of every ballot cast. |
Political parties want your vote ? ASAP Story Here Archive |
| Published:Monday, September 27, 2004 WASHINGTON - In Arizona, any voter may cast a presidential ballot starting this Thursday, and election officials in Maricopa County predict that more than half the votes will be cast before Election Day on Nov. 2. In Charleston, W.Va., the nonprofit Mountaineers Educational Research Fund will put a trolley on the streets on Oct. 13 - the first day of early voting there - to take voters to county courthouses to cast their ballots. |
Anxiety surges around electronic voting Story Here Archive |
| Published:Monday, September 27, 2004 What if? What if you voted for Bush and the voting machine counted it for Kerry? What if the machine ate your vote? What if there was a recount, but no ballots to count? |
State's E-Vote Trust Builds Slowly Story Here Archive |
| Published:Monday, September 27, 2004 Counties across California are preparing for another election day, as determined as ever to convert from paper to electronic voting. But because of a series of blunders in the March primary, fewer Californians will cast their ballots on touch-screen voting machines in November. |
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