Problems setting up equipment delay polling sites (Stark Co., OH) Story Here Archive |
Edd Pritchard Canton REPOSITORY 08 November 2005 Some voters ran into problems when they arrived at the polls early today, as poll workers ran into delays setting up new electronic voting equipment.
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Voting machines have technical difficulties (Montgomery Co., OH) Story Here Archive |
Dayton Daily News Blog 08 November 2005 Election Day got off to a rough start Tuesday in some precincts in Montgomery County, where new touch-screen voting machines are being used for the first time.
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Voting Problem Plagues Sandy Springs Polling Place (Fulton Co., GA) Story Here Archive |
WSBTV 08 November 2005 Voters at High Point Elementary in Sandy Springs got quite a surprise when they went to vote in the city's very first election. It seems three touch-screen voting machines were malfunctioning. Several voters say they ed one candidate, but their vote was cast for another candidate.
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Voters report problems with voting machines in Roanoke Co. Story Here Archive |
WDBJ-TV 08 November 2005 Election day voting is going on across the Old Dominion, but everything has not gone smoothly in Roanoke County.
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Group rallies in support of paper ballot option (New York) Story Here Archive |
Jay Gallagher Poughkeepsie Journal 08 November 2005 ALBANY ? The state could be on the verge of making an historic mistake by failing to give counties a chance to buy voting machines that count paper ballots and forcing them instead to buy electronic machines, a group of lawmakers, union members and activists said Monday.
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Uncertain future for state's voting machines (Connecticut) Story Here Archive |
Tobin A. Coleman Stamford Advocate 08 November 2005 Today could be the last day Connecticut voters use lever-operated voting machines, but what will replace them is unknown.
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Officials confident of new touch screen (Lucas Co., OH) Story Here Archive |
IGNAZIO MESSINA Toledo Blade 08 November 2005 Lucas County Board of Elections officials know today's use of touch screens for the first time will be difficult for some voters, but they are confident the new machines and the poll workers are ready.
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Local voters head to the polls (Riverside and SB Co.s, CA) Story Here Archive |
MARISA AGHA and GREGOR McGAVIN / The Press-Enterprise 08 November 2005 Voters across Riverside and San Bernardino counties set out to vote in today's special election deciding on eight statewide propositions as well as local measures and races.
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Voters head to polls (California) Story Here Archive |
Chuck Carroll San Jose Mercury News 08 November 2005 Californians headed for the polls this morning to pass judgment on a series of ballot propositions including some pushed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger amid early reports of fairly light turnout in Santa Clara County.
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Long issues confuse some voters; new machines cause late starts (Ohio) Story Here Archive |
Associated Press 08 November 2005 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Five long statewide ballot issues confused some voters Tuesday in an off-year election with light turnout and few glitches from the use of new voting machines in about half of Ohio's 88 counties.
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Absentee Votes Returned to Senders (Los Angeles Co., CA) Story Here Archive |
Kristopher Daams The Santa Clarita Valley Signal 08 November 2005 Valencia resident William Duke takes his vote seriously. Since he graduated college in 1959, he has voted in every election he could, making sure the wheels of American democracy get his input.
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Richmond elections to be touch and go (Richmond, VA) Story Here Archive |
Jenny Smith The Commonwealth Times 07 November 2005 Touch-screen machines have made checking yourself out at the grocery store and getting money from ATMs quick and easy. On Tuesday, VCU students and other Richmond-area residents will use touch screens for a more civic-minded purpose: to vote for governor.
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O.C. to Roll Out New and Improved Election Tracking (Orange Co., CA) Story Here Archive |
Jean O. Pasco, Los Angeles Times 07 November 2005 Tallying results on election night has long been an embarrassment to Orange County, which has been plagued for years by slow counts, compared with other urban counties. But that may start changing Tuesday.
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When it comes to helping America vote, the spirit may be willing, but ... (Lebanon Co., PA) Story Here Archive |
JOHN LATIMER Lebanon Daily News 07 November 2005 Complying with the federal Help America Vote Act has been a bureaucratic nightmare for Elaine Ludwig, the county?s chief clerk of elections.
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Last hurrah for voting machines? (Lebanon Co., PA) Story Here Archive |
JOHN LATIMER Lebanon Daily News 07 November 2005 Voters who are inclined to nostalgia might want to linger behind the curtain in the voting booth tomorrow to savor the memory, because it may be the last time they pull a lever to cast a ballot on Election Day.
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Secretary of the Commonwealth Retains Certification of Danaher Voting System in Berks County Story Here Archive |
Press Release 07 November 2005 ARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 7 /PRNewswire/ Voters in Berks County will be able to go to the polls with confidence on Tuesday after the voting machines used there passed a state re-examination and retained their certification.
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Worth A Vote Of Confidence? Story Here Archive |
Michele Jacklin Hartford Courant 06 November 2005 Having abandoned her quest for governor, Susan Bysiewicz has returned to the business of running the secretary of the state's office. Tops on her to-do list is resolving the voting-machine problem that's been dumped in her lap, a problem that was aggravated by the Bush administration's stalling tactics and the Justice Department's lassitude.
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Thumbs-up for touch screen (Stark Co., OH) Story Here Archive |
David Giffels Akron Beacon Journal 06 November 2005 Columnist finds electronic voting machine easy to use, similar to ATM
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'Parallel election' to check votes (California) Story Here Archive |
Richard Halstead Marin Independent Journal 06 November 2005 Marin is one of a handful of California counties in which a cadre of suspicious poll watchers will conduct a "parallel election" on Nov. 8 to check up on government vote counts.
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Touch-screens to tally votes for county (Augusta Co., VA) Story Here Archive |
Joel Baird News Leader 05 November 2005 VERONA ? Nostalgia-minded voters in Augusta County will miss the massive mechanical appliances with levers and gears. This Election Day, they'll be greeted instead by a road-atlas-sized box with a touch-screen.
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