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Reconsidering E-Voting Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, July 15, 2004 My e-column last week, in which I attempted to get my brain around the experts' astoundingly different opinions on electronic voting machines, generated a huge number of reader responses. (Incidentally, shortly after the e-mail went out, I got word that my "CBS News Sunday Morning" segment on the topic has been rescheduled for August 1-and may shift yet again, which isn't uncommon in the TV news business. If you woke up early or took the time to set the VCR last Sunday, my most frustrated apologies.) |
Commission to seek Justice Dept.'s help in Florida voting matter Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, July 15, 2004 WASHINGTON - (KRT) - The chairwoman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights said Thursday she intends to send a letter asking the Justice Department to look into whether the state of Florida broke the law in the way it put together the controversial, and now discarded, potential felon voter list. |
Civil rights panel says disenfranchisement of voters was deliberate Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, July 15, 2004 WASHINGTON - (KRT) - The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights said Thursday it will ask the Department of Justice to investigate whether Florida's use of a flawed database to remove felons from the voter rolls was a deliberate attempt to block some voters from casting ballots. |
Delaware vows to watch ballots after low vote count Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, July 15, 2004 Delaware officials are defending their 2000 election results despite initial alarm at discovering some voters were less likely to have their presidential votes register than were voters in ballot-troubled Florida. |
E-voting backup is demanded Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, July 14, 2004 Bytes shouldn't replace ballots. That was the cry of a group at the state Capitol on Tuesday who handed Utah election officials a 2,000-signature petition calling for some type of paper record to back up new election technology. |
Two more Southern California counties allowed to use e-voting Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, July 14, 2004 RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Riverside and San Bernardino counties will be allowed to use electronic voting machines in the November election after reaching an agreement with California's secretary of state to enact new ballot protections. |
County should take time before changing systems Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, July 14, 2004 The problem with touch-screen voting in Beaufort County is that it would replace a system that is working well. That affords this community the opportunity to let the dust settle on the controversial national rush to touch-screen voting before changing. |
Riverside County abandons vote challenge Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, July 14, 2004 RIVERSIDE The county Tuesday ped its voting lawsuit against the state and reached terms for conducting the Nov. 2 election with touch-screen machines. Roy Wilson, chairman of the Riverside County Board of Supervisors, said he and colleagues voted 5-0 in closed session not to appeal last week's unfavorable federal court ruling, which rebuffed Riverside's bid to throw out Secretary of State Kevin Shelley's rules for electronic-voting counties. |
Votes that count Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, July 14, 2004 Election supervisors are sighing with relief over the state's decision to back off a voter-roll purge of suspected felons that could have barred tens of thousands of people from casting ballots this fall. Their sentiments are understandable: Independent investigations had already turned up numerous problems with the list. |
2 Counties, State Reach a Deal on E-Vote Machines Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, July 14, 2004 Riverside and San Bernardino county officials reached an agreement Tuesday with the California secretary of state to use electronic voting machines for the November presidential election. |
Plan to buy voting machines faces heat Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, July 14, 2004 S.C. Attorney General Henry McMaster was asked Tuesday to halt the State Election Commission’s plan to buy new touch-screen voting machines. Meanwhile, the State Law Enforcement Division confirmed it is investigating the commission’s original plan to buy new machines from Election Systems Software. |
Address Flaws So System Works Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, July 14, 2004 There's plenty to second-guess about touch-screen voting machines. But wringing hands and lamenting past decisions won't change the reality staring starkly at voters and election supervisors: What we've got is what we've got, so let's make it work as well as possible. |
Accord rescues e-voting Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, July 14, 2004 Supervisors in Riverside and San Bernardino counties reached a truce Tuesday with Secretary of State Kevin Shelley that will allow Inland voters to use touch-screen voting in November's presidential election. The unanimous vote by the two boards came one week after a federal judge upheld Shelley's right to decertify the electronic systems. In deciding to out of the lawsuit against Shelley, the two boards also agreed to provide paper ballots at polling places as an alternative to electronic machines, as Shelley had demanded. |
Felon voter list cost state millions Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, July 14, 2004 TALLAHASSEE A database of almost 48,000 "potential felons," so riddled with errors that it had to be scrapped, cost state taxpayers nearly $2 million to compile and defend, officials said Tuesday. |
Even with new chief, election doubts linger Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, July 14, 2004 TALLAHASSEE - Florida and its elections chief were vilified by Democrats, excoriated in newspaper editorials and carved up by late-night comedians after the contested 2000 election. |
Paper trail called key to voting reform Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, July 14, 2004 Activists delivered their own "paper trail" of nearly 42,000 signatures to Gov. George Pataki on Tuesday, demanding that the state buy only electronic voting machines that create verification records to prevent mistakes, miscounts and fraud. |
Electronic ballot critics reiterate their concerns Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, July 14, 2004 EVERETT - The national debate on the security of electronic voting machines played out in Everett on Tuesday as critics of the machines urged reform to a small crowd that included the county's chief election official. |
Voting system bidding probed Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, July 14, 2004 COLUMBIAThe state is investigating alleged contract bidding improprieties by the South Carolina Election Commission, authorities announced Tuesday, the same day voter advocates around the nation expressed growing concerns that electronic voting systems simply offer a new way to cheat. |
Report: Touchscreen Voting Flawed in Fla. Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, July 14, 2004 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Touchscreen voting machines didn't perform as well as devices that scanned paper ballots in this year's Florida Democratic presidential primary, raising questions about the state's voting process for the November election, a newspaper reported Sunday. |
ATM-style voting booths likely to be back this fall Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, July 14, 2004 Riverside County’s voters will use electronic touch- screen voting machines and have the option of using paper ballots in November’s election in a deal that could come as early as today. |
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