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Winner rejoices, then deflated (AR) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, May 22, 2008 “What happened last night was there was a procedural error in the reading of the PEBs [Programmable Electronic Ballots],” said Thomas. “Last night we read early votes from the PEB's and it doubled it.” |
Editorial - We Deserve Better (AR) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, May 22, 2008 It’s not easy being a voter these days. The closure of rural voting sites, newfangled election devices, growing voter apathy and other factors can cause the public as a whole to wonder if casting a ballot is even worth the hassle. As if that’s not enough of a reason to discourage voters, now comes news of the complete disaster that was the May Primary election in White County Tuesday night. |
Voting problems (AR) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, May 22, 2008 Primary election results were delayed and disputed Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning after no voting machines functioned properly at any of the 32 White County voting sites Tuesday. By late Wednesday night, a set of revised unofficial vote totals revealed Mark Derrick - deemed the winner earlier Wednesday - had actually lost to Tom Hughes in the race for circuit judge, district 17. A programming error with time settings caused a domino effect of further complications, names were left off ballots and a vote-counting machine failed. Candidates, citizens and supporters waited in the second floor courtroom of the White County courthouse until 1 a.m. to get a hard copy of the unofficial results. No preliminary results were announced during the night and little if any explanations were provided as to the delay. |
'Daily Voting News' For May 21, 2008 Story Here |
| Published:Wednesday, May 21, 2008 A collection of articles from local and national media that cover voting issues |
Printers slow voting machines (WV) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, May 21, 2008 While the iVotronic Touch Screen Voting System was implemented to make voting easier for voters, Cabell and Wayne county clerks found out during the primary election that kinks need to be worked out before the November general election. |
'Daily Voting News' For May 20, 2008 Story Here |
| Published:Tuesday, May 20, 2008 A collection of articles from local and national media that cover voting issues |
Loan provided to maintain software of NM voting equipment Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, May 20, 2008 SANTA FE—The secretary of state has received a $153,000 emergency loan to help pay for maintenance of the paper ballot voting systems used for elections in New Mexico. |
'Daily Voting News' For May 18 and 19, 2008 Story Here |
| Published:Monday, May 19, 2008 A collection of articles from local and national media that cover voting issues |
City discovers error (TX) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Monday, May 19, 2008 According to City Manager Mike Ahrens, the mistake was made by Hart InterCivics who programmed the machine for the election, however, did not program it so that only District 1 voters could vote in that particular election. As it turns out, although only 41 residents of District 1 were signed in to vote, the number of combined votes received by the District 1 candidates was 198. Some 365 voters cast ballots in the city-wide election. |
Recount affirms: Abington approves another override (MA) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Sunday, May 18, 2008 When a machine count of the override vote held on April 26 showed a one-vote differential, Walnut Street resident Daniel McDonnell petitioned for a recount, quickly gathering the required 10 signatures from each of the town's four electoral precincts. Abington uses optical-scan machines to count ballot votes. Voters are required to mark their choices by using pencils to darken small circles. "These optical-vote machines carry a 3 percent margin of error," said McDonnell, who opposed the override. "That alone calls for a recount." |
'Daily Voting News' For May 17, 2008 Story Here |
| Published:Saturday, May 17, 2008 A collection of articles from local and national media that cover voting issues |
Report: Voting errors caused by two factors (OH) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Saturday, May 17, 2008 The report does not provide a definitive answer to exactly why the issues occurred, but narrows down two possible problems: Software used for counting votes conflicted with virus software, and local elections officials did not understand error messages that happened as a result. |
'Daily Voting News' For May 16, 2008 Story Here |
| Published:Friday, May 16, 2008 A collection of articles from local and national media that cover voting issues |
'Daily Voting News' For May 15, 2008 Story Here |
| Published:Thursday, May 15, 2008 A collection of articles from local and national media that cover voting issues |
Paper problems, low turnout in Hancock County primary (WV) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, May 15, 2008 NEW CUMBERLAND — Some of the electronic voting machines used in Hancock County’s primary election Tuesday were temporarily out of service due to their running out of the paper used to back up voters’ selections. |
A few problems on Election Day (WV) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, May 15, 2008 There were also some electronic issues with some of the voting machines that caused a delay in tallying the votes. Six said they had the usually concerns of keeping campaign materials the proper distance from polling locations and other concerns. However, one of the biggest problems some voters faced was people who were not affiliated with a particular party being able to get the primary ballot they wanted to vote on. |
Mecklenburg, Wake find vote flaws (NC) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, May 15, 2008 MECKLENBURG & WAKE COUNTIES Vote tallies are changing in the state’s two largest counties, after certain ballots were counted twice in Mecklenburg and Wake counties. |
Incumbents allege fraud (IL) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, May 15, 2008 A group of candidates for the local school council at Benito Juarez High School in Pilsen has petitioned Chicago Public Schools to rerun the April 16 LSC election, citing irregularities in the voting process and during the counting and recording of ballots. The group has hired a lawyer and filed a challenge with CPS. |
Thousands of votes missed in Tuesday tallies (NC) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, May 14, 2008 An estimated more than 4,000 votes were not counted when the Onslow County Board of Elections tabulated the results from Tuesday's election and one-stop voting. |
Final vote tallies complete; Onslow winners unchanged (NC) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, May 14, 2008 "I looked at the votes, and I knew there was a problem," he said. "If you look at certain races, you can see where the problem is ... As an example, for House District 14, (it) showed 84 people casting a one-stop ballot and that is impossibly low." Whitehurst said that the issue has been dealt with and is no longer an issue. "I have already spoken to the (N.C. State) Board of Election regarding Friday and they are handling it," she said. |
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