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Accessibility
link to documentAccessibility Analysis of Four Proposed Voting Machines

7/28/2005
link to documentAccessibility Issues

2/25/2005
link to documentAccessibility of Machines in Use

12/3/2005
link to documentConsidering Avante, TTS, and OCR, by Noel Runyan

3/9/2005
link to documentEvaluation of Audio Interface - Sequoia Voting Systems AVC Edge , by Kelly Pierce (pdf version)

7/28/2005
link to documentTactile Ballots: Alternative Voting Method for the Blind, by Mark Fresolone

7/24/2005
link to documentUtah Disability Law Center opinion on accessibility issues

4/19/2005
link to documentVoting Experience in November 2004 Election In Santa Clara County California - Using Sequoia Voting Machines, by Noel Runyan

3/9/2005

Auditing
link to documentAudit Effectiveness Calculator

6/24/2006
link to documentAuditing Election Equipment with random samples - how much is enough? (pdf version)

6/25/2005
link to documentAuditing Election Equipment with random samples - how much is enough? Demo movie.

6/18/2005

Costs
link to documentCost Studies and Reports, compiled by VotersUnite.Org

8/19/2009
link to documentConduct Your Own Operating Cost Comparison

3/21/2005
link to documentCost Estimate for Hand Counting 2% of the Precincts in the U.S.

6/14/2005
link to documentCost Information about Voting Systems - handout overview

12/3/2005
link to documentCosts of Internet Voting for Military and Overseas Voters in WA: One Vendor’s Estimate

2/25/2009
link to documentLester Sola, Miami Dade Supervisor of Elections, "Desirability and feasibility of converting to an optical scan voting system"

6/4/2005
link to documentLever Replacement Costs: Case Study of a Small New York County (County X)

7/24/2009
link to documentLever Replacement Costs: New York City Case Study

7/20/2009
link to documentOperating Cost Comparison for Different Types of Voting Systems (Florida)

3/2/2005
link to documentOperating Cost Comparison for Different Types of Voting Systems (Florida) - addendum

3/21/2005
link to documentTouchscreen Voting Increases Election Costs in Florida

10/5/2005

EAC
link to documentFederal Vote-Counting Accuracy Mandate Is Ignored. Violations abound, but no federal action is taken - a VotersUnite report

12/5/2008
link to documentFederal Certification Test for Vote-Counting Accuracy Cannot Determine the Error Rate of the Equipment - a VotersUnite report (pdf version)

3/30/2009
link to documentIs HAVA Being Abused? Part I - The 1990 Voting System Standards are Certainly Outdated. Are They Illegal, Too? - a VotersUnite report

5/31/2005
link to documentIs HAVA Being Abused? Part II - Good for the Goose; Why Not for the Gander? - a VotersUnite report

6/1/2005
link to documentInformation Clearinghouse: Letter to the EAC urging the establishment of an info clearinghouse10/17/04
link to documentInformation Clearinghouse: Testimony to a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee about the need for5/7/07
link to documentInformation Clearinghouse: Testimony to another U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee about the need for2/25/08
link to documentInformation Clearinghouse: Testimony to the U.S. House Administration Committee about the need for3/7/2008
link to documentInformation Clearinghouse: Recommendations to the EAC for improving its 2008 Election Day Survey5/1/2008
link to documentInformation Clearinghouse: Proposal to the EAC detailing a plan5/2/2008
link to documentInformation Clearinghouse: Testimony of VotersUnite.Org to the EAC regarding the Election Day Survey12/8/2008
link to documentLetter from VotersUnite to the EAC urging standards that ban electronic ballots

5/3/2004
link to documentLetter from VotersUnite to the EAC urging the EAC to advise against the use of DREs, even with VVPAT

5/25/2004
link to documentLetter from VotersUnite to the EAC urging the elimination of vendors from the testing process and improving pre-election testing

6/30/2004
link to documentNASED Advisory On Voting Systems Testing Updates - 2003

5/31/2005
link to documentNASED Advisory On Voting Systems Testing Updates - 2005 Addendum

5/31/2005
link to documentThe EAC Has Failed To Meet Its Own Mission Statement - a VotersUnite report

12/11/2006
link to documentThe EAC Need Not Continue Violating Federal Law - a VotersUnite report

1/5/2009

Events/Actions
link to document51 Capitol March in Olympia Washington

12/14/2004
link to documentAdvocate with Envelopes

5/14/2004
link to documentComputer Ate My Vote Day - July 13

7/14/2004
link to documentComputer Ate My Vote. July 13 Speech, by Ellen Theisen

7/16/2004
link to documentComputer Ate My Vote. July 13 Speech, by John Gideon

7/16/2004
link to documentElection Center and Vendors Sponsor Election-Official Conference

6/30/2004
link to documentKickoff Stories from VotersUnite "Mythbreakers" Hand-Delivery Event

4/28/2004
link to documentList of Patriots Holding Black Box T Parties after Election 2004

11/23/2004
link to documentTake Action: Contact Congress to Ban Electronic Ballots!

3/2/2007

Guidelines
link to documentAvoid Straight-Party Voting

10/19/2008
link to documentHand Counting Guidelines

10/5/2004
link to documentMinimum Accountability Procedures for Direct Record Electronic Voting Systems (DRE)

8/17/2004
link to documentMinimum Accountability Procedures for Optical Scan Voting Systems

7/26/2004
link to documentCheck Your Registration and Polling Place

11/4/2008

Handouts
link to documentA Partial List of 2004 Electronic Malfunctions Reported in the News (map) (pdf version)

11/22/2004
link to documentA Partial List of Recent Electronic Malfunctions Reported in the News (map)

12/2/2004
link to documentBarcodes on ballots (Graphic) (pdf version)

4/17/2007
link to documentCost comparison: DRE v Opscan (Graphic)

2/20/2005
link to documentCost Information about Voting Systems - overview

12/3/2005
link to documentElection Directors, Not Computer Programmers, Should Control Election Processes (Graphic)

9/28/2005
link to documentElection Reform in a High-Tech World

4/1/2007
link to documentFlyers and Handouts to Distribute (page with links)

2/22/2005
link to documentHR 811 with and without amendment to ban e-ballots (Graphic) (pdf version)

5/27/2007
link to documentIncompatibility of Elections with the Software Development Process (Graphic)

10/6/2005
link to documentNo unverifiable "electronic ballots" (Graphic)

4/28/2007
link to documentPaper Ballots - the Essential Ingredient (Graphic)

2/22/2005
link to documentProblems with DREs, bullet listed

2/22/2005
link to documentProblems with DREs, bullet listed, plus ten types of failures reported in the news

7/9/2005
link to documentThe Need for Robust Pre-Election Testing

7/18/2005
link to documentThe Same Voter Assistance; Different Kinds of Ballots (Graphic)

4/8/2007
link to documentVote-Switching Software Provided by Vendors: A Partial List — 51 Ballot Programming Flaws Reported in the News (map)

6/30/2006
link to documentWhy Recount Ohio 2004? (map of problems) (pdf version)

6/4/2005

Legislation
link to documentA Call for an Amendment to HR 811 to Require ONLY Voter-Verified Paper Ballots - 20-pages of handouts

4/24/2007
link to documentElection Reform Bill (Rush Holt’s HR 811) Urgently Needs Reform (pdf version)

2/28/2007
link to documentH"Election Reform" Bills in the U.S. House and Senate; Why they won't actually reform our elections

10/23/2008
link to documentHR 811 Amendment Resources

3/31/2007
link to documentHR 811 Essential Revisions

6/17/2007
link to documentHR 811 marked up with essential revisions

4/23/2007
link to documentHR 811 with and without amendment to ban e-ballots — graphic handout printable pdf

5/27/2007
link to documentHR-2239, HR-550, What Now?

11/22/2006
link to documentLetter to Clerks - HAVA Allows Continued Use of Hand-Counted Paper Ballots

8/5/2005
link to documentNo unverifiable "electronic ballots"

4/24/2007
link to documentOpen Letter to Congress calling for open hearing on electronic ballots (pdf version)

3/21/2007
link to documentRush Holt's HR 811 Does More Harm than Good (pdf version)

6/12/2007
link to documentS.1487: A Deconstruction - Bob Bancroft (pdf version)

6/20/2007
link to documentSenator Feinstein’s Election Reform Bill Takes Elections Out of the Hands of the People (pdf version)

6/10/2007
link to documentStatement of Concern Regarding H.R. 811 and the Problems of Electronic Voting Technologies and Electronic Ballots. Puerto Rican Legal Defense Fund

5/9/2007
link to documentTAP Principles (Tabulated, Accessible, Paper Ballot Principles)

5/25/2007
link to documentThe Impact of an HR 811 Amendment to Ban Electronic Ballots (pdf version)

3/15/2007
link to documentTIMELINE for Equipment Requirements in Rep. Holt's 2009 Election Reform Bill

6/23/2009

Malfunctions
link to document2006 E-Voting Train Wreck: Another Week, Another Wild – and Unfortunate – Ride…

5/24/2006
link to document2006 E-Voting Train Wreck: Dear Commissioners, It's now time the Election Assistance Commission assist. Not later this year or sometime next year. Right now.

6/6/2006
link to document2006 E-Voting Train Wreck: Investigations and Problems Continue to Spread

5/24/2006
link to document2006 E-Voting Train Wreck: The Wheels Begin to Come Off

5/24/2006
link to document2006 E-Voting Train Wreck: Too Much, Too Fast, More than They Can Chew

6/9/2006
link to document2006 E-Voting: The Approaching Train Wreck (John Gideon)

5/24/2006
link to document2006 E-Voting: The Approaching 'Train Wreck' Continues On Course

5/24/2006
link to document2006 E-Voting: The Approaching 'Train Wreck'; Are We Making Headway or Losing The Battle?

5/24/2006
link to documentA Sampling of Election 2004 News Reports

12/10/2004
link to documentAVS Malfunctions in the News

7/21/2005
link to documentBallot-Scanner Voting System Failures in the News — A Partial List

5/22/2009
link to documentDanaher Malfunctions in the News

7/21/2005
link to documentDiebold Malfunctions in the News

9/24/2006
link to documentElectronic Voting, a Failed Experiment. 28 pages of nearly 200 recent DRE failures

3/10/2007
link to documentES&S Letter to Guilford County NC, regarding counting backwards

11/11/2004
link to documentES&S Malfunctions in the News

6/25/2006
link to documentHart InterCivic Malfunctions in the News

11/5/2006
link to documentHart InterCivic Voting Systems User Warning

10/10/2005
link to documentMalfunctions and Miscounts, Sorted by State

3/4/2007
link to documentMalfunctions and Miscounts, Sorted by Vendor

9/27/2004
link to documentMicroVote Executives talk about the inadequate testing for voting equipment.

7/1/2004
link to documentMicrovote Malfunctions in the News

6/9/2006
link to documentRecalls: No failed voting machines have been recalled -- yet

6/3/2008
link to documentSequoia Malfunctions in the News

1/17/2007
link to documentSequoia Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) Malfunctions in WA - Theisen's testimony to the WA voting systems panel

5/20/2008
link to documentSequoia Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) Malfunctions in WA - Gideon's testimony to the WA voting systems panel

5/20/2008
link to documentUnilect Malfunctions in the News

7/21/2005
link to documentVote-Switching Software Provided by Vendors — A Partial List Reported in the News

9/8/2006
link to documentVote-Switching Software Provided by Vendors — A Partial List Reported in the News (sorted by state)

9/8/2006
link to documentVTI Malfunctions in the News

6/10/2006
link to documentWhat, exactly, is an election meltdown?

11/9/2006

Reference
link to document2006 E-Voting Trainwreck Articles

5/24/2006
link to documentInternet Voting: Timeline of Studies – (submitted to WA legislature by John Gideon in opposition to SB-5522/HB-1624)

2/9/2009
link to documentOverview of Types of Election Equipment

4/21/2007
link to documentPreviously Featured Stories

3/31/2005
link to documentSelect Bibliography - Election Reform Issues - Pokey Anderson

2/11/2005
link to documentSequoia/Palm Beach County Contract

5/3/2005
link to documentTen Types of DRE Problems in the News

5/3/2005
link to documentTypes of Precinct Equipment Used in Each State in 2006

5/9/2004
link to documentVotersUnite Alerts

8/2/2004
link to documentVotersUnite Press Releases

8/2/2004
link to documentVoting System Alternative - Proposal to States for Building Their Own Optical Scan System

4/4/2007

Reports
link to documentA Deeper Look at ESI’s Report of the Discrepancy-Ridden Vote Counts In Diebold Touchscreen Voting Machines

4/8/2007
link to documentBallot Definition Files

6/18/2006
link to documentBallot Definition Files — brief introduction (pdf version)

6/25/2004
link to documentCassandra, Chanting: Fiction or Non-Fiction? Review of A Novel About a Plot to Steal an American Election

6/1/2008
link to documentElectronic Voting Problems in Brief - 14 pages

5/1/2005
link to documentES&S – the Midas Touch in Reverse

11/14/2006
link to documentES&S iVotronic Audit Log Bugs

7/8/2004
link to documentEven a Remote Chance, by Pokey Anderson (pdf version)

7/27/2006
link to documentEven a Remote Chance, by Pokey Anderson (early version)

7/26/2006
link to documentEvidence Indicates EAC’s On-Going Failure Will Continue, by Ellen Theisen (pdf version)

3/13/2007
link to documentE-Voting Failures in the 2006 Mid-Term Elections

1/7/2007
link to documentHart InterCivic Optical-Scan Has A Weak Spot

7/5/2005
link to documentInternet Voting Testimony of Ellen Theisen to WA legislature on H.B.1624

2/6/2009
link to documentIs HAVA Being Abused? Part I - The 1990 Voting System Standards are Certainly Outdated. Are They Illegal, Too?

5/31/2005
link to documentIs HAVA Being Abused? Part II - Good for the Goose; Why Not for the Gander?

6/2/2005
link to documentIVAS - Internet Voting Revisited (Simons, Jefferson, Rubin, Wagner)

10/25/2006
link to documentMythbreakers: Facts About Electronic elections

3/21/2006
link to documentNo Election-Data Backups!

7/28/2004
link to documentNo Votes Were Lost! Officials reassure voters in response to voting system malfunctions.

10/28/2006
link to documentPeering Through Chinks in the Armor of High-Tech Elections - Pokey Anderson (pdf version)

5/27/2007
link to documentPros and Cons of Electronic Voting

7/21/2004
link to documentResponse to Jim Dickson's Recent Statements to Authorities

7/15/2005
link to documentReview of Selker/Cohen's "An Active Approach to Voting Verification", by Ellen Theisen

5/18/2005
link to documentSevere Insecurity in the ES&S iVotronic Electronic Voting System

4/15/2007
link to documentTesting and Certification Process - Excerpts from Shamos Testimony

6/25/2004
link to documentThe Audit Process in Clark County, Nevada

7/23/2005
link to documentThe Privatization of United States Elections. June 18, 2005. Speech to the Washington Federation of Democratic Women, by Ellen Theisen

6/20/2005
link to documentVendors are Undermining the Structure of U.S. Elections

8/18/2008
link to documentVoter-Verified Paper Ballots — Tabulated or Hand-Counted — Support Democracy. Unverifiable ”Electronic Ballots” Undermine Democracy

4/28/2007
link to documentWhy Election Equipment Audits are Necessary

4/7/2007

States
link to documentArticles Calling for a Solution to the November 2004 Election

9/4/2004
link to documentAR - iVotronic E-Voting Machines Give Results for a Non-Existent Race

6/2/2008
link to documentCT - Information Has an Impact in Connecticut!

5/7/2004
link to documentFL - Bug after Bug, Problem after Problem! Miami Dade Florida

5/29/2005
link to documentFL - Lester Sola, Miami Dade Supervisor of Elections, "Desirability and feasibility of converting to an optical scan voting system"

6/4/2005
link to documentFL - More Bugs Show up in Florida

4/1/2005
link to documentFL - Palm Beach County 2006 Election, SoV Parallel Testing Findings

3/10/2007
link to documentMD - It's Undeniable! Maryland is Fortified with Facts

5/29/2004
link to documentME - Congratulations Maine!

5/1/2004
link to documentMO - Missouri Guaranteed Visible Ballots!

7/21/2004
link to documentMT - Montana Discovers Myth Breakers!

5/28/2004
link to documentNC - Mecklenburg County 2004 Recount Data

11/5/2004
link to documentNC - North Carolina Chooses Paper ... and More

8/14/2005
link to documentNM - "Phantom Votes Are Not Possible" says New Mexico's Secretary of State

2/22/2005
link to documentNM - 2004 and 2006 New Mexico Canvass Data Shows Undervote Rates Plummet in Minority Precincts When Paper Ballots are Used

4/1/2007
link to documentNM - A Successful Campaign in New Mexico

4/15/2005
link to documentNM - Brief Summary of New Mexico State Election Data, by Ellen Theisen and Warren Stewart

1/4/2005
link to documentNM - Did We Bounce An Election?, by Warren Stewart (New Mexico 2004)

1/4/2005
link to documentNM - Impossible Phantom Votes in New Mexico, by Warren Stewart (pdf version)

1/4/2005
link to documentNM - New Mexico Canvass Data Shows Higher Undervote Rates in Minority Precincts where Pushbutton DREs Were Used

9/22/2005
link to documentNM - Phantom Votes in New Mexico's Certified Election Results (2004) (pdf version)

12/24/2004
link to documentNM - Summary Report on New Mexico State Election Data, by Ellen Theisen and Warren Stewart

1/3/2005
link to documentNY - Calling It a "Pilot" Doesn't Make it So

6/3/2009
link to documentNY - New York's New Plan for Deploying Optical Scanners Is Dependent on Historically Undependable Vendors and Proper Functioning of Their Historically Defective Equipment (pdf version)

6/12/2009
link to documentNY - Research Results from New Yorkers for Verified Voting

5/2/2005
link to documentNY - Statement Against the Use of Money Allocated under the Help America Vote Act for the Purchase of Electronic Voting Systems for New York, by Teresa Hommel

10/18/2004
link to documentOK - Trail-Blazin' Suffragettes in Oklahoma and Beyond!

5/8/2004
link to documentPA - Mercer County Report on 2004 Electoin

4/12/2005
link to documentPA - Pennsylvania's UniLect Flop ... and Flip Flop

4/16/2005
link to documentSC - Letter from VotersUnite to Attorney General of South Carolina

7/26/2004
link to documentSC - South Carolina Election Commission in Action — A Brief History

7/26/2004
link to documentThe States of Affairs of Some States

3/11/2005
link to documentTN - David G. Mills vs. Shelby County Election Commission

8/25/2005
link to documentTX - San Antonio District 7 City Council Election

5/21/2005
link to documentUT - Utah Disability Law Center opinion on accessibility issues

4/19/2005
link to documentVA - Virginia Has Myth Breakers!

7/27/2004
link to documentVT - Congratulations Vermont!

4/29/2004
link to documentWA - Congratulations, Washington Activists!!

5/4/2005
link to documentWA - Don't Outsource Democracy - Paul Lehto

1/30/2005
link to documentWA - Lehto and Wells v. Sequoia and Snohomish County

4/8/2005
link to documentWA - Up the Rabbit Hole: A day of transparent, participatory democracy

5/23/2008
link to documentWA - Urgent Election Situation in Washington State (2004 Primary)

8/23/2004
link to documentWA - Urgent Election Situation in Washington State (Letter regarding 2004 Primary)

8/30/2004
link to documentWA - Washington General Election Software Never to Be Examined

6/5/2005
link to documentWA - Why We Need Audits In Washington State

1/18/2007
link to documentWV - West Virginia Citizens Have a Plan

6/5/2005

 
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