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Counting ballots, counting dollars Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, February 26, 2004 Representatives of Election Systems & Software (ES&S) visited a meeting of Missoula’s Election Advisory Committee on Wed., Feb. 18, to familiarize the committee with new voting hardware and software that the city will use in this year’s elections. Most voters will use an ES&S optical scanner unit with a memory card that holds all election data. |
Blunt will set rules for voting by touch screen Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, February 26, 2004 Any touch-screen voting machines used in Missouri elections must also churn out a paper ballot so voters can review them in the booth, says Secretary of State Matt Blunt in an announcement slated to go out today. |
Out with the Old Voting Machines? Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, February 26, 2004 Local voters in three upcoming elections will be registering their choices using the old-fashioned mechanical machines with small levers and large handles that the federal government says must go by January 2006. The mechanical machines do have their problems, but finding and funding replacements is proving to be a challenge - here and across the country. |
State primary approaches Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, February 26, 2004 Berkshire voters, along with residents across the state, will go to the polls on March 2 for the presidential primary, and voters in Lee, Lenox and Pittsfield will use new voting machines that could help things run a bit smoother. |
As Primary Nears New York Lags Behind Country in Election Changes; Procedures, Voting Machines Unchanged for Tuesday's Election Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, February 26, 2004 With Super Tuesday just days away, New York is lagging behind the rest of the country in election reform. The state will not be prepared to meet the mandates of federally-ordered changes at polling places. |
As Primary Nears, the Focus Is on Machines In Georgia, Maryland; Voter Confidence Is Crucial Test on Super Tuesday Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, February 26, 2004 Most polling places in Maryland and Georgia have changed drastically since 2000. And as Super Tuesday approaches, the security of voting machines used in both states has been called into serious question, leading voters to wonder whether they can trust the machines they are voting on to accurately count their votes. |
As Primary Nears, Gradual Election Changes in New England; What to Watch in Tuesday's Democratic Primaries Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, February 26, 2004 A number of new rules and procedures await voters in polling places across the region as they head to the polls for Super Tuesday's pivotal primaries. |
As Primary Nears, California's Machines in Question; Voter Confidence Is Crucial Test on Super Tuesday Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, February 26, 2004 Millions of California voters will cast ballots in Tuesday's Democratic primary on electronic, touch-screen machines, a voting system that has come under question from computer experts, voter organizations and most recently, Secretary of State Kevin Shelley. |
Flaw forces elections board to reprint 150,000 ballots Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, February 26, 2004 The Lucas County Board of Elections will reprint about 150,000 primary election ballots because of an error in the database used to lay out the forms, elections board officials said. |
Jeffco voting machines concern some Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, February 26, 2004 When Jefferson County voters go to the polls to elect a president next November, they will be voting on state-of-the-art, touch-screen computer voting machines. Yet, some are concerned about the potential for fraud. |
Diebold, Electronic Voting and the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, February 25, 2004 The Governor of Ohio, Bob Taft, and other prominent state officials, commute to their downtown Columbus offices on Broad Street. This is the so-called “Golden Finger,” the safe route through the majority black inner-city near east side. The Broad Street BP station, just east of downtown, is the place where affluent suburbanites from Bexley can stop, gas up, get their coffee and New York Times. Those in need of cash visit BP’s Diebold manufactured CashSource+ ATM machine which provides a paper receipt of the transaction to all customers upon request. |
Are Bush & Cheney out to steal the elections? Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, February 25, 2004 This is the question being posed by Democrats, as more and more evidence mounts up of the vulnerability of electronic voting systems to fraud and manipulation. |
AccuPoll Notes Trend by Federal and State Leaders to Require Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail for Electronic Voting Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, February 25, 2004 Support Among Regulators and Legislators Increasing for Inclusion of Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail Feature |
No reason to fear electronic voting machines Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, February 25, 2004 Ones chosen for Florida are capable of creating paper printouts Published by news-press.com Re ?Plenty of risks associated with touch-screen voting,? Ed Kleinow, Feb. 12. Much media attention has been given to those who are advocating for voter-verifiable paper ballots for all touch screen voting machines. |
Poll sites need staff Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, February 25, 2004 Two years after a "perfect storm" slammed into Los Angeles County's March 2002 election, the problem of too few polling-place workers still plagues officials as they prepare for a confusing semi-open primary on Super Tuesday. |
Crypto stars sound off on e-voting, digital rights management Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, February 25, 2004 A panel of distinguished cryptographers at the RSA Conference here weighed in on a variety of hot button issues, including electronic voting and rights management for digital media. |
Secretary of state tells of voting changes Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, February 24, 2004 Alabama Secretary of State Nancy Worley told the DeKalb Democratic Women last week of voting changes expected in DeKalb County by 2006. |
Voting reform stymies NY lawmakers Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, February 24, 2004 ALBANY Two years after the federal government ordered states to overhaul voter technology, the Legislature Monday continued to flounder over how to fix New York's election system, passing a flurry of competing reform bills. |
County prepares for first election with touch-screen voting system Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, February 24, 2004 Even a computer science professor like Tom Wrensch isn't sure he'll use new technology to vote in next Tuesday's primary election. |
Senate, Assembly offer disparate election reforms Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, February 24, 2004 Albany Bills call for changes in voting protocol, but lawmakers have yet to meet on resolving differences The state Senate and Assembly passed packages of bills Monday aimed at reforming the state's election system to qualify for federal funding, but the measures differ on key issues and negotiations to reconcile them have not begun, lawmakers said. |
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