`Fahrenheit 9/11' director promises to document Florida election    Story Here  Archive

Published:Wednesday, July 28, 2004 BY RAFAEL LORENTE AND BUDDY NEVINS for the South Florida Sun Sentinel BOSTON - (KRT) - Fahrenheit 9/11 filmmaker Michael Moore promised Wednesday to train his cameras on Florida come election day to prevent a repeat of what some Democrats call the stolen election of 2000.

Tribune editorial: Senator concerned about voting    Story Here  Archive

Published:Wednesday, July 28, 2004 Editorial in the Fort Pierce Tribune 28 July 2004 Florida's U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson last week wrote letters to Florida Secretary of State Glenda Hood and U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft asking for an independent audit of touch-screen voting machines being used in some of the state's counties.

Premature poll shift shouldn't be forced    Story Here  Archive

Published:Wednesday, July 28, 2004 Editorial in the Seneca Advertiser-Tribune 28 July 2004 Ohioans shouldn't allow the American Civil Liberties Union to force them into a wholesale switch from existing voting methods to new electronic election machines. Exchanging one flawed system for another questionable one isn't progress.

Elections records lost in Miami-Dade server crashes    Story Here  Archive

Published:Wednesday, July 28, 2004 by HILARY ROXE for AP MIAMI - Detailed electronic records from Miami-Dade County's first widespread use of touchscreen voting machines were lost in computer server crashes last year, prompting more questions about the use of the machines.

Ohio punch-card argument pointless    Story Here  Archive

Published:Wednesday, July 28, 2004 Editorial in the Cincinnati Enquirer 28 July 2004 When it comes to voting machines, Ohio just can't win. After the Florida 2000 election fiasco, Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell led the state's effort to get rid of punch-card systems and move to more accurate ones, such as electronic touch-screen systems. The change has been all but derailed by county elections officials and state legislators who demanded a "voter verified paper trail" for electronic ballots - a feature that punch-card ballots never had anyway.

NOVEMBER ELECTION County agrees to lease vote machines for $310K    Story Here  Archive

Published:Wednesday, July 28, 2004 In the Toledo Blade 28 July 2004 Lucas County commissioners gave final approval yesterday to leasing 386 optical-scan voting machines for use in the November general election and perhaps through next year.

Election Integrity Organizations Ask Judge to Protect Ohio Elections    Story Here  Archive

Published:Wednesday, July 28, 2004 Press Release from EFF 28 July 2004 Lawsuit Remedy Should Permit Secure, Accessible Voting Systems

Fight Over UN Election Monitors Continues in Congress    Story Here  Archive

Published:Wednesday, July 28, 2004 by Amanda Luker in New Standard News 27 July 2004 Jul 27 - As voters continue to express concerns about possible problems with November presidential election procedures, members of Congress are asking Secretary of State Colin Powell to make an official request for United Nations election observers, particularly for swing states.

The recount debate goes on    Story Here  Archive

Published:Wednesday, July 28, 2004 By Nancy Cook Lauer for the Tallahassee Democrat 28 July 2004 Experts on touch-screen election equipment battled it out before a judge Tuesday in a case that seeks to require the same recount rules for electronic votes as paper ballots.

It's no vote of confidence    Story Here  Archive

Published:Wednesday, July 28, 2004 by Paul Vitello in NewsDay 28 July 2004 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - "Mother?" said retired schoolteacher Carole Pollock to her mother, 88-year-old Naomi Mandelbaum of Lake Worth. "Would you like to try the new voting machine?"

N.J. ballot process improves but still falls short    Story Here  Archive

Published:Wednesday, July 28, 2004 BY KATHY HENNESSY for the AP 28 July 2004 New Jersey has made the voting process more accessible to more people, but the state still has a way to go to comply with new national voting standards, federal and state officials said yesterday.

County eyes new voting machines with touch screens    Story Here  Archive

Published:Wednesday, July 28, 2004 by ERIC VELASCO for the Birmingham News 28 July 2004 Jefferson County residents may soon be able to vote by touching a computer screen that would confirm their desired choice and ensure they don't accidentally overlook a race.

Supervisors opt to buy optical scan voting system    Story Here  Archive

Published:Wednesday, July 28, 2004 by Joel Hood for the Modesto Bee 28 July 2004 After a lengthy discussion Tuesday aimed at calming fears over voter fraud and election tampering, the Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors agreed to buy an electronic voting system.

Fla. loses 2002 vote data    Story Here  Archive

Published:Wednesday, July 28, 2004 by Michael Hardy for Federal Computer Week Florida officials today confirmed that votes cast on touch-screen machines in the 2002 election have disappeared from a storage system where the data had been archived.

County waits on voting equipment decision    Story Here  Archive

Published:Wednesday, July 28, 2004 By BUD CHAMBERS for the Brenham Banner-Press 28 July 2004 County Judge Dorothy Morgan and Precinct 4 Commissioner Joy Fuchs traveled to Austin Tuesday for a Secretary of State's seminar on handicapped voting machines, but joined with leaderships from numerous other counties in returning home with more questions than answers.

Michael Moore to tackle voting rights issues in Florida    Story Here  Archive

Published:Wednesday, July 28, 2004 by KEN THOMAS for the AP 28 July 2004 BOSTON - Coming soon to Florida: Filmmaker Michael Moore. Moore, the director of "Fahrenheit 9/11," said Wednesday he would make stops throughout Florida in October to focus attention on voting rights issues and try to prevent a repeat of the 2000 election debacle.

E-voting debate shifts focus to reliability, accessibility    Story Here  Archive

Published:Wednesday, July 28, 2004 News Story by Dan Verton in ComputerWorld JULY 28, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - Electronic voting system malfunctions and problems with features designed to help disabled Americans vote have led to a flurry of activity this week by grass-roots organizations that fear security concerns are overshadowing the much larger issues of system reliability and usability.

Reform groups want statewide audit of machines; state says no    Story Here  Archive

Published:Wednesday, July 28, 2004 RACHEL LA CORTE for the AP 28 July 2004 MIAMI - Election reform groups want the state to audit touchscreen voting machines in 15 counties, citing a disclosure that Miami-Dade County lost detailed electronic records from the 2002 gubernatorial primary in computer crashes last year.

Moore's cameras coming to monitor Florida elections    Story Here  Archive

Published:Wednesday, July 28, 2004 By BRIAN E. CROWLEY for Cox News Service 28 July 2004 BOSTON — Filmmaker Michael Moore is bringing his cameras to Florida in November to make sure there is a "huge spotlight" on state election officials when voters go to the polls.

Computer problems raise fears about Florida's election system    Story Here  Archive

Published:Wednesday, July 28, 2004 By BOB MAHLBURG in the Orlando Sentinel TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - In the latest blow to Florida's increasingly embattled election system, state and local officials scrambled Wednesday to try to salvage election records wiped out during a computer crash in the state's biggest county.

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