County picks e-voting (Median Co., OH) Story Here Archive |
Published:Friday, April 29, 2005 Julie Wallace Akron Beacon 29 April 2005 Come November, voters in Medina County will cast their ballots in the most up-to-date way.
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Counting error overstates votes (Kershaw Co., SC) Story Here Archive |
Published:Friday, April 29, 2005 KRISTY EPPLEY RUPON The State 29 April 2005 Human error is being blamed for a mistake that overturned results from Tuesday?s Republican primary in a special election for Kershaw County Council.
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Lawyers sue over Snohomish County?s electronic voting machines (Washington) Story Here Archive |
Published:Friday, April 29, 2005 Cydney Gillis Real Change News 29 April 2005 In many ways, last year?s doomsayers were right: In the November election, electronic voting machines across the nation added votes, lost votes, broke down and switched votes.
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UniLect voting machine remains barred in Pennsylvania Story Here Archive |
Published:Friday, April 29, 2005 MARC LEVY Associated Press 29 April 2005 HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) ? State election officials on Friday refused to lift their ban on a touch-screen voting machine that was used in three western Pennsylvania counties despite the manufacturer's attempts to get them to reconsider.
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In Mason County: Upgrade for voting machines planned (Kentucky) Story Here Archive |
Published:Friday, April 29, 2005 DANETTA BARKER Maysville Ledger Independent 29 April 2005 Counties across the state are struggling to bring voting polls into compliance not only under the American with Disabilities Act but also under the Help America Vote Act of 2002.
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3 counties here choose paper ballots (Pennsylvania) Story Here Archive |
Published:Thursday, April 28, 2005 Tom Barnes Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 28 April 2005 HARRISBURG With still no word from the state on the reliability of a touch-screen voting system, three Western Pennsylvania counties have decided to use paper ballots in the May 17 primary election.
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Porter County election officials should vote for paper ballots (Porter Co., IN) Story Here Archive |
Published:Thursday, April 28, 2005 Opinion Northwest Indiana Times 28 April 2005 The issue: Elections Our opinion: As Porter County replaces its voting machines, it should make sure that there is a paper record in case it is needed for a recount.
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AP INTERVIEW: Diebold CEO: Spotlight on E-voting business waning Story Here Archive |
Published:Thursday, April 28, 2005 M.R. KROPKO Associated Press 28 April 2005 CANTON, Ohio - The leader of touch-screen voting machine maker Diebold Inc. said on Thursday that he believes the now extinguished spotlight of last year's contentious presidential election will help stabilize the company's elections machine business.
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New voting machines would help disabled (Wharton Co., TX) Story Here Archive |
Published:Thursday, April 28, 2005 BARRY HALVORSON Victoria Advocate 28 April 2005 WHARTON - The Wharton County could have 26 new voting machines by November.
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Pierce County reveals uncounted votes (Pierce Co., WA) Story Here Archive |
Published:Thursday, April 28, 2005 GREGORY ROBERTS Seattle Post-Intelligencer 28 April 2005 The votes of 50 Pierce County voters were mistakenly left out of the tally for the November election because workers overlooked ballots earmarked for machine tabulation, county Auditor Pat McCarthy said yesterday.
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County examines election machines (Midland Co., TX) Story Here Archive |
Published:Thursday, April 28, 2005 Stephanie A. Miller Midland Reporter Telegram 28 April 2005 As soon as this fall, Midland voters might be able to cast their ballots with the help of a breath device, touch screen and other state-of-the-art features.
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Critics Want Electronic Vote Proposals Tossed (Connecticut) Story Here Archive |
Published:Thursday, April 28, 2005 John Voket The Newtown Bee 28 April 2005 There were no protest signs or chanting throngs, just a few mild-mannered professionals gathered in the upper meeting room at Edmond Town Hall Wednesday evening. But the gauntlet that was thrown down may have far-reaching implications in relation to the way Connecticut voters regard the future integrity of local, state, and federal elections.
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Don?t Trust, Even If You Verify (Pennsylvania) Story Here Archive |
Published:Thursday, April 28, 2005 MARTY LEVINE Pittsburgh City Paper 28 April 2005 The prospect that Pennsylvania may re-certify the electronic voting machines recently de-certified for Beaver, Mercer and Greene counties has paper-ballot advocates from all over the country in arms ? not to mention the local activists who cheered the state?s original move.
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The franchise (Augusta Co., VA) Story Here Archive |
Published:Wednesday, April 27, 2005 Kat L'Estrange Opinion Augusta Free Press 27 April 2005 It's been shown that electronic-voting machines favor Republicans (especially apparent in the last presidential election and the California recall in 2003). UniLect machines have just been discovered to spit out different results depending on how they're programmed. Leave it to the CEO of UniLect to make that clear to elections officials in Pennsylvania.
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Voters in primary will pick a party (Virginia) Story Here Archive |
Published:Wednesday, April 27, 2005 TYLER WHITLEY Richmond Times-Dispatch 27 April 2005 Virginians who go to the polls in the June 14 primaries will have to tell a precinct official whether they want to vote Democratic or Republican. They won't be able to do both.
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Paper ballots a quick fix (Pennsylvania) Story Here Archive |
Published:Wednesday, April 27, 2005 Bobby Kerlik Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 27 April 2005 Voters in three Western Pennsylvania counties will not use touch-screen voting machines for the May primary even if the state recertifies the machines.
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County nears decision on purchase of new voting machines (Wabash Co. IL) Story Here Archive |
Published:Wednesday, April 27, 2005 Jami Maday - Daily Republican Register 27 April 2005 In the steps of obtaining a mandatory new voting system for 2006, County Clerk Marie Kolb informed the Wabash County Board of Commissioners Monday of what will need to be paid for the new voting devices after the county receives federal funding.
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Salem BOE candidate wants a new election (Salem, NJ) Story Here Archive |
Published:Wednesday, April 27, 2005 PHILIP SEAN CURRAN Today's Sunbeam 27 April 2005 SALEM A city woman who narrowly lost her race for the Salem Board of Education said that she would ask a state judge to order a new election.
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County finds few options for voting machines (Utah Co., UT) Story Here Archive |
Published:Wednesday, April 27, 2005 Arnie Rose Provo Daily Herald 27 April 2005 A Utah County study has found only one of four possible alternatives to direct-recording electronic voting machines meets federal voting standards but the county's quest to find a cheaper voting system continues.
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Butler Co. s e-voting machines (Butler Co., OH) Story Here Archive |
Published:Wednesday, April 27, 2005 Janice Morse Cincinnati Enquirer 27 April 2005 HAMILTON - Computer touch-screen voting is coming to Butler County - and elections officials say they think voters will find the high-tech machines user-friendly, fast and accurate.
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