'Daily Voting News' For September 26, 2008 Story Here |
Published:Friday, September 26, 2008 John Gideon A collection of articles from local and national media that cover voting issues
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'Daily Voting News' For September 25, 2008 Story Here |
Published:Thursday, September 25, 2008 John Gideon A collection of articles from local and national media that cover voting issues
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Don't count on machines, either (FL) Story Here Archive |
Published:Thursday, September 25, 2008 Joel Engelhardt Palm Beach Post 25 September 2008 Last week, it looked as if the machines were doing fine and the big problem with recounting paper ballots in Palm Beach County could be blamed on human error. But the monthlong recount in a judicial race has shown that the machines aren't perfect, either. They messed up a tiny fraction - about one-tenth of 1 percent of the ballots. Normally, election officials like to say, that wouldn't matter. Voters might argue about that. But the race between Judge Richard Wennet and challenger William Abramson was decided by a tiny fraction - less than one-tenth of 1 percent. Suddenly, imperfection matters.
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'Daily Voting News' For September 24, 2008 Story Here |
Published:Wednesday, September 24, 2008 John Gideon A collection of articles from local and national media that cover voting issues
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'Daily Voting News' For September 23, 2008 Story Here |
Published:Tuesday, September 23, 2008 John Gideon A collection of articles from local and national media that cover voting issues
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Dianne Wilkerson demands recount (MA) Story Here Archive |
Published:Tuesday, September 23, 2008 Edward Mason Boston Herald 23 September 2008 Ross said voters in Roxbury wards 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 complained of optical scanners not registering votes and of being denied provisional ballots that would allow them to vote if their name did not appear on the official voter list. The Wilkerson camp charges voters were confused by last-minute changes in poll locations, something the Menino administration denies.
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Do primary day glitches foretell an Election Day mess? (RI) Story Here Archive |
Published:Tuesday, September 23, 2008 Cynthia Needham Providence Journal 23 September 2008
It was hard to tell where exactly the glitches began on primary election day. First a ballot pack got locked in a Providence school and a second one temporarily disappeared. Then the computers in Woonsocket reportedly forgot to count two polling places. In Cumberland, voters used the wrong ballot pens and had to recast their votes.
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'Daily Voting News' For September 22, 2008 Story Here |
Published:Monday, September 22, 2008 John Gideon A collection of articles from local and national media that cover voting issues
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Voting system remains untested (OH) Story Here Archive |
Published:Monday, September 22, 2008 Joe Guillen Cleveland Plain Dealer 22 September 2008
Only six weeks from the presidential election, Cuyahoga County can't guarantee its new voting system will work because the machines haven't been fully tested. That has some people worried, given Cuyahoga's history of election-night calamities and Ohio's status as a crucial swing state in the race between presidential hopefuls Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain.
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'Daily Voting News' For September 21, 2008 Story Here |
Published:Sunday, September 21, 2008 John Gideon A collection of articles from local and national media that cover voting issues
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Only 35% of Isle voters turn out — a historic low (HI) Story Here Archive |
Published:Sunday, September 21, 2008 Christie Wilson Honolulu Advertiser 21 September 2008
Office of Elections spokesman Rex Quidilla reported no major glitches during voting yesterday at Hawai'i's 339 polling stations, although some voters seemed confused with the new ballots. Quidilla also reported no problems getting voting results from the polls to the election center at the state Capitol where they were tabulated. Trouble last night with the elections office Web site had to do with reporting election results to the public and had nothing to do with actual vote-counting, he said.
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'Daily Voting News' For September 20, 2008 Story Here |
Published:Saturday, September 20, 2008 John Gideon A collection of articles from local and national media that cover voting issues
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'Daily Voting News' For September 19, 2008 Story Here |
Published:Friday, September 19, 2008 John Gideon A collection of articles from local and national media that cover voting issues
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Firm Subpoenaed in Vote Tally (DC) Story Here Archive |
Published:Friday, September 19, 2008 Washington Post. September 19, 2008. By Nikita Stewart and Mary Pat Flaherty, Staff Writers More than a week after the D.C. primary, the elections board has not fully explained what caused major errors in initial vote tallies, prompting D.C. Council member Mary Cheh to issue a subpoena for records from the California-based company that supplies the city with its voting equipment and software.
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'Daily Voting News' For September 18, 2008 Story Here |
Published:Thursday, September 18, 2008 John Gideon A collection of articles from local and national media that cover voting issues
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'Daily Voting News' For September 17, 2008 Story Here |
Published:Wednesday, September 17, 2008 John Gideon A collection of articles from local and national media that cover voting issues
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Piazza: $21K needed for election computer burner (PA) Story Here Archive |
Published:Wednesday, September 17, 2008 Timesleader.com. September 17, 2008. By Jennifer Learn-Andes, Luzerne County Reporter Election bureau director says old burners don’t always work and may be a “fire hazard.” Luzerne County must find $21,000 to buy a new computer burner for the election bureau because the old burners are breaking down and may present a fire hazard, Election Bureau Director Leonard Piazza told county officials Tuesday.
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'Daily Voting News' For September 16, 2008 Story Here |
Published:Tuesday, September 16, 2008 A collection of articles from local and national media that cover voting issues
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'Daily Voting News' For September 14 and 15, 2008 Story Here |
Published:Monday, September 15, 2008 John Gideon A collection of articles from local and national media that cover voting issues
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'Daily Voting News' For September 12, 2008 Story Here |
Published:Friday, September 12, 2008 John Gideon A collection of articles from local and national media that cover voting issues
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