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Touch-screen voting anomalies found Story Here Archive |
| Published:Friday, April 22, 2005 HARRISBURG An expert hired by state elections officials discovered anomalies Friday as he retested touch-screen voting machines used in Beaver, Greene and Mercer counties. |
Getting the Tally Right (Maryland) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, April 21, 2005 IT'S SLIM PROGRESS, but at least this year Maryland's lawmakers did vote for an official review of electronic voting systems that unlike the take-it-on-faith machines used last time could tell voters if their election choices were recorded correctly. The essential but missing ingredient in the current system is a paper record showing each vote cast, which can be checked by voters before their ions are officially recorded. Such paper records also would facilitate recounts and audits if needed. The legislators should have insisted on this before, despite the reluctance of Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (R) to embrace any change in the deal made for Diebold touch-screen machines. The technology exists to create audit trails, and the machines ought to be fitted and ready for next year's elections (which happen to include voting for governor). |
Glitches add up for electronic vote machines (Pennsylvania) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, April 21, 2005 Electronic voting machines frequently are inferior to the technologies they replace, evidenced by a string of snafus stretching from Western Pennsylvania to Miami-Dade County, elections experts say. |
Optical vote scan machines cheaper, more accurate, group says Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, April 21, 2005 A voting machine cost comparison was released last week by New Yorkers for Verified Voting in their efforts to push for optical scan machines over the direct recording electronic machines. |
Mail-in ballot bill goes to governor (Washington) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, April 21, 2005 OLYMPIA A bill that would make it easier for counties to switch to all mail-in voting headed to the governor yesterday, after winning approval from the House and Senate. |
Instant-runoff voting urged for Alameda County (California) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, April 21, 2005 Spurred by the nation's largest experiment in instant-runoff voting in San Francisco, activists and a handful of local politicians demanded the latest flavor of democracy for Alameda County voters. |
Greene relying on paper ballots (Greene Co., PA) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, April 21, 2005 WAYNESBURG ? Even if Greene County's voting machines achieve state recertification at an examination later this week, voters still will use an alternative method, paper ballots, in the May 17 primary, the election board decided Wednesday. |
Snarled by write-ins (Pequannock, NJ) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, April 21, 2005 PEQUANNOCK - Results of the school board election remained up in the air Wednesday as township officials counted and double-checked a flood of ballots that came in for an unusually large field of write-in candidates. |
New voting machines ready for May ballot (Bay Co., MI) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, April 21, 2005 What looks like a tall printer, is a staple of democracy and has been called "our new baby?" It's Bay County's new voting machine. |
County approves purchase of new voting machines (Woodbury Co., IA) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, April 20, 2005 Out with the arrows and in with the ovals. By as early as August, Woodbury County voters will be coloring in new shapes on their ballots as the county upgrades its election equipment to meet federal standards. |
Secretary of state to address voting (Longview, TX) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, April 20, 2005 Texas Secretary of State Roger Williams will field questions Thursday from local county officials about the Help America Vote Act. |
Elections official offers improvement plan (Mecklenburg Co., NC) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, April 20, 2005 Mecklenburg County's election process strained last fall under the weight of heavy turnout and changing rules. Now, election officials are trying to patch the leaks revealed in 2004. |
Portage might voting suit (Portage Co., OH) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, April 20, 2005 The Portage County Board of Elections voted Tuesday to its lawsuit against Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell if he agrees to some specifics about the purchase of electronic voting machines. |
Voting officials slam Diebold on instant-runoff system (Alameda Co., CA) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, April 20, 2005 Advocates of instant-runoff voting say Alameda County officials and Diebold Election Systems are dragging their feet, preventing a majority winner in a current Oakland City Council mail election and slowing efforts for instant-runoff voting in Berkeley. |
Governor to get bill making mail-in balloting easier for counties (Washington) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, April 20, 2005 A bill that would make it easier for counties to switch to all mail-in voting headed to the governor on Wednesday, after winning approval from the House and Senate. |
New bill would mandate recounts before electoral vote (Ohio) Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, April 20, 2005 COLUMBUS, Ohio - A revamped elections bill would require the state to finish its recount in a presidential election six days before the vote of the Electoral College and make other changes prompted by last November's election in Ohio. |
Washington - King County Council calls for audit of elections office Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, April 19, 2005 One week after King County Executive Ron Sims appointed a blue-ribbon commission to study the flawed 2004 election, the County Council voted unanimously yesterday to commission its own audit. |
Lucas Co., OH - Touch screens, at last Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, April 19, 2005 THE process has been herky-jerky at best, but the outcome appears satisfactory: Lucas County will finally get touch-screen voting machines, paid for entirely with state and federal funds. |
Ohio - A pinball performance Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, April 19, 2005 Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell's efforts to replace punch card ballots with a new generation of voting machines calls to mind a machine of a different sort: a pinball machine. |
AccuPoll Receives Certification for Electronic Voting System in Louisiana Story Here Archive |
| Published:Tuesday, April 19, 2005 TUSTIN, Calif.(BUSINESS WIRE)April 19, 2005AccuPoll Inc. (OTCBB:ACUP), a developer of Direct Recording Electronic (DRE) voting systems, today announced the receipt of state certification for its voting system in the state of Louisiana. The designation marks yet another state where AccuPoll's electronic voting system featuring a voter verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) is now available. AccuPoll has also been extended an invitation to participate in public demonstrations of certified voting systems across the state April 26-28. |
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