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Touch Screen Voting - The lack of a verified paper trail for recounts has critics concerned Story Here |
| Published:Friday, February 20, 2004 "The core of our American democracy is the right to vote. Implicit in that right is the notion that that vote be private, that vote be secure, and that vote be counted as it was intended when it was cast by the voter". |
The DRE Borg Story Here Archive |
| Published:Friday, February 20, 2004 There are about two dozen direct recording electronic vendors from which states could choose, but the big boys are Diebold, ES&S, Sequoia, and Hart. |
What the Studies Say and Who Is Certified in Texas? Story Here Archive |
| Published:Friday, February 20, 2004 A compilation of errors found in various studies of voting machines and a list of those vendors certified in Texas |
Lawmakers unveil e-vote security bill Story Here Archive |
| Published:Friday, February 20, 2004 SACRAMENTO - California's reliance on electronic-voting technology came under renewed scrutiny Thursday when two state lawmakers unveiled a measure to create new safeguards and a voting-rights group urged voters not to rely on touch-screen machines in next month's election. |
Blackwell wants $128M for voting machines Some legislators say security risks not resolved Story Here Archive |
| Published:Friday, February 20, 2004 COLUMBUS Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell will request $128 million from the state Controlling Board on March 8 to buy new voting machines despite calls from legislators to reject the proposal. |
Crashing the Vote Story Here Archive |
| Published:Friday, February 20, 2004 No one wants a repeat of the Florida election fiasco in 2000. That's why both Republicans and Democrats in Congress joined together and passed the Help America Vote Act, which requires states to upgrade their electoral systems. |
One person, one vote, but many problems Story Here Archive |
| Published:Friday, February 20, 2004 About once in a geologic era, an event changes one's perception of a whole organization. For me, that event happened last November when California became the first state to mandate that touch-screen electronic voting machines, now in common use around the country, producing a paper trail when the vote is cast. |
Dispute veers to absentee approach BALLOTS: An election group urges Inland voters to avoid using touch-screen systems. Story Here Archive |
| Published:Friday, February 20, 2004 SACRAMENTO - Escalating a dispute over the reliability of touch-screen voting machines, a non-partisan election group Thursday urged voters in Riverside, San Bernardino and several other counties to obtain absentee ballots for the March 2 election. |
E-Voting Activists: Vote Absentee Story Here Archive |
| Published:Friday, February 20, 2004 Activists in two states launched campaigns to urge voters to cast paper absentee ballots in their March primaries, warning that the electronic, paperless voting machines used in those states are open to fraud and may not count votes accurately. |
Florida shuns paper backup of computer ballots Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, February 19, 2004 It is 'extremely unlikely' that Florida voters in November will be able to check their machine-vote ballots against a paper printout before leaving the polls, the head of the state's election process told the Legislature on Wednesday. |
Touch-screen voting lacks accountability Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, February 19, 2004 Next week when Tomah citizens head to the polls for the Feb. 17 primary election, they'll do so with the assurance that the system that records their votes is simple, accurate and accountable.Unfortunately, not every voter in America has that guarantee. |
Judge rebuffs suggested safeguards for e-voting Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, February 19, 2004 SACRAMENTO - Saying there is no evidence that California's primary election is in danger of being manipulated, a skeptical Sacramento County judge Wednesday rebuffed an attempt to impose new safeguards on 19 counties that use electronic-voting equipment. |
County commission OKs agreement to buy 115 new touch-screen voting machines Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, February 19, 2004 Valencia County voters will be using new touch-screen voting machine at the municipal elections on March 2. |
Maryland Approves Electronic Voting Machines Despite Security Flaws Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, February 19, 2004 New electronic voting machines that will be used in the upcoming March 2nd election have minor security problems, according to a state report released last September. The report, issued to Maryland legislators in the fall, stated that there were security weaknesses present in the new voting machines and cited statements from an original study conducted in July by Aviel D. Rubin, associate professor of computer science at Johns Hopkins University. |
Voter Group Issues Warning on Electronic Voting Systems, Urges Use of Absentee Ballots in Certain Counties Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, February 19, 2004 Davis, CA ? The California Voter Foundation (CVF) is urging voters in counties where electronic, touchscreen voting systems are used to instead vote by paper absentee ballot in the March 2 election. |
AVS Sidesteps Wireless Security Issues Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, February 19, 2004 Electronic voting machine manufacturer Advanced Voting Solutions has published a press release touting users positive experiences using their electronic voting system (see Wireless Use in Presidential Primary Draws Positive Reviews.) |
Touch-screen machines attract bipartisan opposition Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, February 19, 2004 COLUMBUS - A pair of Senate Republican and Democratic leaders yesterday sought to block Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell from awarding contracts for the purchase of new voting technology. |
Ex White House chief questions internet voting Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, February 19, 2004 Electronic voting raises concerns security, privacy, fraud DETROIT ? John Podesta, former White House chief of staff in the Clinton administration, has doubts about the security of Internet voting. |
Going digital in the polling place: County using touch-screens in primary Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, February 19, 2004 Voting has officially come to the digital age, at least in San Bernardino County, as more than half a million registered voters will now use electronic machines to cast their votes. |
Judge denies electronic voting challenge to March 2 elections Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, February 18, 2004 Sacramento County Superior Court judge denied a legal challenge Wednesday to California's March 2 elections over allegations that new electronic voting systems are vulnerable to hackers. |
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