Electronic voting component wasn't fully tested Story Here Archive |
Published:Saturday, March 13, 2004 By Helen Gao for the San Diego Union Tribune State election officials knew in the days leading up to the March 2 election that a key component of San Diego County's electronic voting system had not undergone the full testing set forth by federal standards, according to internal government correspondence.
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O.C. Ballot Glitch May Affect Race Story Here Archive |
Published:Friday, March 12, 2004 By Stuart Pfeifer and Ray F. Herndon, LA Times Staff Writers Although Orange County election officials have said they don't believe mistakes with electronic ballots last week affected the outcomes of any races, one low-profile contest is now separated by just five votes — leading one candidate to suggest that no one will ever know who really won.
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Delay in State E-Voting Is Suggested Story Here Archive |
Published:Friday, March 12, 2004 By Eric Bailey and Stuart Pfeifer, LA Times Staff Writers SACRAMENTO — With electronic voting problems buffeting several counties during last week's presidential primary, a bipartisan pair of state senators called Thursday for mothballing the new machines until all the glitches can be worked out.
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Voting machine ion may be in secret Story Here Archive |
Published:Friday, March 12, 2004 By Thomas Burr for the Salt Lake Tribune Should a state committee charged with deciding how Utahns will vote in the future close their meetings to the public?
Some officials think so.
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E-voting bug plagued San Diego County Story Here Archive |
Published:Friday, March 12, 2004 By Michelle Morgante for the AP SAN DIEGO - A computer battery problem affected about 40 percent of polling stations in San Diego County, delaying and frustrating voters who lined up to cast electronic ballots in last week's primary election, according to a county report issued Wednesday.
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Lawmakers press against touchscreens Story Here Archive |
Published:Friday, March 12, 2004 By Ian Hoffman, STAFF WRITER Two California lawmakers' call Thursday for a halt to touchscreen voting the nation's first such step back from e-voting probably comes too late.
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Senators assail touch-screen voting Story Here Archive |
Published:Friday, March 12, 2004 By Ed Fletcher Bee Capitol Bureau Citing Election Day problems with touch-screen voting machines, a bipartisan duo of state senators Thursday called for the state to abandon use of the high-tech systems for the upcoming presidential election.
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Lost E-Votes Could Flip Napa Race Story Here Archive |
Published:Friday, March 12, 2004 by Kim Zetter for WiredNews Napa County in Northern California said on Friday that electronic voting machines used in the March presidential primary failed to record votes on some of its paper ballots, which will force the county to re-scan over 11,000 ballots and possibly change the outcome of some close local races.
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Florida senior voters have trouble with electronic voting machines Story Here Archive |
Published:Friday, March 12, 2004 BY JEREMY MILARSKY for South Florida Sun-Sentinel FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - (KRT) - Broward County's senior voters apparently had more trouble than most with relatively new electronic voting machines during this week's Democratic presidential primary, a development that has local party leaders worried about flawed ballots in November's presidential race.
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County OK to use new voting system Story Here Archive |
Published:Friday, March 12, 2004 by Scott Hall for the Johnson County Journal State officials ruled this week that Johnson County can use the same electronic voting system in the May primary that it used in the November election.
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Disagreement over electronic voting Story Here Archive |
Published:Thursday, March 11, 2004 By: BRENT FLYNN , STAFF WRITER for the Allen American (TX) County voters and elections officers say they trust the accuracy of touch screen electronic voting machines but would like to see some kind of paper trail added to assist in recounts.
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Election panel OKs Illegal software Story Here Archive |
Published:Thursday, March 11, 2004 By Mary Beth Schneider for IndyStar The Indiana Election Commission voted late Wednesday to let four counties use illegal voting software after hearing desperate appeals by county clerks who feared primary election disasters if they didn't get help.
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Problems, recount issues confront elections officials Story Here Archive |
Published:Thursday, March 11, 2004 By DENISE ZOLDAN for Naples News When Jennifer Edwards went to bed after Tuesday night's Democratic presidential primary and Marco Island City Council elections, the Marco voting numbers had certain totals. When she got up Wednesday, those numbers had changed.
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Senators aim to bar touch-screen voting Story Here Archive |
Published:Thursday, March 11, 2004 By Elise Ackerman for Mercury News Warning that the presidential election is at risk, two state lawmakers said Wednesday that they would ask Secretary of State Kevin Shelley to ban the use of touch-screen voting machines in the November ballot.
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Report says poll workers needed more training Story Here Archive |
Published:Thursday, March 11, 2004 by Gig Conaughton for the North County Times SAN DIEGO Poll workers didn't have enough training and county officials lacked adequate backup plans to deal with the widespread electronic voting system problems that forced some precincts to turn voters away in last week's presidential primary, according to a preliminary report released by county managers Wednesday.
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$15M plan for voter education questioned Story Here Archive |
Published:Thursday, March 11, 2004 By Spencer Hunt for the Cincinnati Enquirer COLUMBUS - Secretary of State Ken Blackwell wants to spend $15.3 million to teach voters how to use and trust the new electronic voting machines he wants installed across Ohio.
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Two nail-biters leave Broward election losers disenchanted, winners elated Story Here Archive |
Published:Thursday, March 11, 2004 BY SAMUEL P. NITZE AND BETH REINHARD for Miami Herald Davie Vice Mayor Susan Starkey walked out of Broward County's election warehouse savoring victory Wednesday, after a recount certified a nine-vote victory in Tuesday's Town Council election.
About an hour earlier, Lauderhill candidate Hayward Benson left the same Fort Lauderdale warehouse in disappointment, his bid for a recount denied.
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Senators call for paper trail in e-voting Story Here Archive |
Published:Thursday, March 11, 2004 CNN WASHINGTON (CNN) Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Bob Graham called Wednesday for a paper trail to back up electronic voting throughout the country.
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Call us old-fashioned, but we like hard copy Story Here Archive |
Published:Thursday, March 11, 2004 Editorial in the Great Falls (MT) Tribune In a kind of bad-dream déjà vu, Florida's election system is in federal court again.
Three and a half years ago, it took a 5-4 ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court more than a month after the national election to sort out Florida voting irregularities and declare George W. Bush president-elect.
Monday, a Democratic congressman from Florida filed suit in federal court to block the new, replacement voting system in the Sunshine State.
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Senators ask to suspend e-voting Story Here Archive |
Published:Thursday, March 11, 2004 By Ian Hoffman, STAFF WRITER for the Tri-Valley Herald The state Senate's elections leaders are expected to call today on Secretary of State Kevin Shelley to suspend use of touchscreen voting machines for November.
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