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Board Says Dual System Delayed Vote Count Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, September 16, 2004 The D.C. elections board said yesterday that a three-hour lapse Tuesday night in releasing results of the District's primary contests stemmed in part from a delay in receiving cartridges from one of the two types of voting machines used in the city. |
Electronic machines pose threat to integrity of electoral process Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, September 16, 2004 The bitter wounds opened by the 2000 presidential election continue to fester four years later. But if we do not act immediately to address the dangers of electronic voting machines, the 2004 election will be far worse, with potentially devastating and irreparable consequences for democracy. |
Custody of Voting Machine Argued in Montgomery Court Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, September 15, 2004 A volunteer Maryland election worker touched off a frenzied legal effort in Montgomery County yesterday after he refused to return a touch-screen voting machine, telling state election officials he intended to let an expert hired by CBS News examine it. |
Johnson Aide Wins Democratic Primary Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, September 15, 2004 The Board of Elections had technical difficulties last night compiling results. Election workers said the main modem to receive results from the polls had malfunctioned. Election officials said there were no major problems at polls throughout the day. |
Barry unseats Allen in his comeback Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, September 15, 2004 Other campaigns reported similar problems in at least two other wards. Election officials were not available late last night to comment. Sources close to the vote count said the modems that are supposed to transmit results were malfunctioning. |
Confusion in Cranston Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, September 15, 2004 Cranston election officials hired extra police officers for yesterday's contentious mayoral primary because they expected problems outside the polls. The problems, however, were inside. |
Nonpartisan voters baffle ballot machines Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, September 15, 2004 Casting and counting the ballots of nonpartisan voters yesterday proved cumbersome — and for some voters, maddening — under the state's new primary-election system. |
Montgomery County man surrenders voting machine Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, September 15, 2004 A retired history teacher from Montgomery County has surrendered the touch-screen voting machine that stymied Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski last weekend, but not before an expert hired by the television show 60 Minutes was allowed to examine it and a judge ordered its return. |
Court Rejects Electronic Voting Lawsuit Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, September 15, 2004 ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The state's highest court on Tuesday rejected a demand that citizens who do not trust touch-screen voting machines be given the option of using a paper ballot and that Maryland be required to take additional steps to protect the security of the Nov. 2 election. |
Experts criticize companies' recount proposals Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, September 15, 2004 TALLAHASSEE — Manufacturers of the touch-screen voting machines used by more than half of Florida's electorate said they can perform manual recounts if necessary, but at least one company said it probably won't be ready by the general election on Nov. 2. |
Missed votes change Humboldt County Commission race Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, September 14, 2004 There was a change in the outcome of the Humboldt County Commission primary race after it was discovered that votes from three outlying areas weren't counted in the election night total. |
Judge stalls bid to suspend Maryland elections chief Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, September 14, 2004 Removing Maryland Elections Administrator Linda H. Lamone from office two months before the presidential election could "create chaos" and destroy public confidence in the Nov. 2 vote, a circuit judge said yesterday in temporarily blocking the State Board of Elections' attempt to suspend her. |
Montgomery County to buy 21 voting machines Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, September 14, 2004 CHRISTIANSBURG - The Montgomery County Board of Supervisors agreed Monday night to buy 21 electronic voting machines that the county registrar hopes to have ready for voters to sample in November. |
Voting machines get careful exam Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, September 14, 2004 EVERETT - In an unprecedented security check, Snohomish County election officials took apart several touch-screen machines Monday to verify each is using the correct vote-counting software before today's primary election. |
University expert casts doubt on new voting machines Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, September 14, 2004 Billed as the best way to eliminate voting errors, electronic voting machines may actually cause more problems, a computer science expert said Saturday at the Princeton Public Library. Edward Felten, professor of computer science at Princeton University and the author or co-author of many works on computer security, technology law and Internet software, spoke as part of the New Jersey libraries' "September Project," which encourages a dialogue on democracy and civil engagement. |
Touch screens not ruled out Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, September 14, 2004 Wayne County voters will vote on a touch-screen system in November unless. John Groh, senior vice president for Election Systems & Software (ES&S), expects the iVotronic voting machines Wayne County bought to be a fully certified in the next 10 days or so. |
Board seeks to force return of voting machine Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, September 14, 2004 ROCKVILLE Montgomery County's election board sought a court order today to force a local election judge to return an electronic voting machine that he kept for testing after a problem arose during a weekend demonstration with U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski. |
Appeals Court Rejects Electronic Voting Suit Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, September 14, 2004 ANNAPOLIS, Md. The state's highest court on Tuesday rejected a demand that citizens who do not trust touch-screen voting machines be given the option of using a paper ballot and that Maryland be required to take additional steps to protect the security of the Nov. 2 election. |
Changes made to avoid March repeat Story Here Archive |
| Published:Monday, September 13, 2004 In March, San Diego County election officials trusted a new $31 million electronic voting system and suffered the consequences when it malfunctioned. Paralyzed by an easy-to-fix computer glitch, more than one-third of polling places opened late and an unknown number of voters were turned away. |
Mikulski sees voting problems firsthand Story Here Archive |
| Published:Monday, September 13, 2004 Takoma Park, MD, Sep. 13 (UPI) Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., tested an electronic voting machine at a Maryland folk festival and the device failed to accurately record her vote. |
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