New Populex Voting Machine Receives Federal Approval Story Here Archive |
Press Release 16 December 2004 The federal Election Assistance Commission (EAC) and National Association of State Election Directors (NASED) have approved a new, innovative voting machine that is the first electronic system to meet new federal standards by combining the advantages, flexibility and simplicity of computer-based touch screen voting with the assurances provided by a tangible paper ballot. By using the best of both approaches, the Populex system is designed to restore voter confidence that their votes will be counted accurately.
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Republicans to sue King County over 573 ballots Story Here Archive |
Rebecca Cook Associated Press 16 December 2004 Republicans announced plans Thursday morning to sue King County over 573 newly discovered ballots that could change the outcome of the closest governor's race in Washington state history.
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Two Elections Officials Resign In Gaston County Story Here Archive |
Associated Press 16 December 2004 GASTONIA, N.C. Gaston County's elections director and the chairman of its elections board resigned after investigations revealed mishandling of vote tallies in the Nov. 2 general election.
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County to have electronic voting by 2006 Story Here Archive |
Linda Bailey Potter Alpine Avalanche 16 December 2004 Brewster County Elections Administrator Alice Tidwell d the commissioners court about Help America Vote Act (HAVA) funding at the regular meeting Monday.
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Skagit County adds 11 votes to Rossi's lead Story Here Archive |
JAMES GELUSO Skagit Valley Herald 16 December 2004 In a race where the two top candidates for governor are separated by thousandths of a percent, 11 votes is a very big deal.
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U.S. Constitution Mandates Penalties for States Where Votes Are Obstructed, Say Greens Story Here Archive |
Press Release Green Party of the US 16 December 2004 WASHINGTON December 16 Green Party leaders warned that Ohio and other states where a significant amount of voter obstruction has taken place face penalties mandated by the U.S. Constitution.
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Ohio High Court Throws Out Presidential Election Challenge Story Here Archive |
Andrew Welsh-Huggins Associated Press 16 December 2004 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) The Ohio Supreme Court's chief justice on Thursday threw out a challenge to the state's presidential election results.
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Republicans to sue King County over 573 ballots Story Here Archive |
Rebecca Cook Associated Press 16 December 2004 SEATTLE The closest governor's election in state history is sparking yet another lawsuit, as Republicans try to prevent King County from including 573 newly discovered ballots in the hand recount.
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Berkeley Pries Open Votergate, Calls for Immediate U.S. Election Investigation Story Here Archive |
Press Release City of Berkeley 16 December 2004 Berkeley, CA (PRWEB via PR Web Direct) December 16, 2004 The day after electors cast votes at state capitols nationwide, at the regular meeting of the Berkeley City Council, half the public speakers expressed concern for democracy, given problems on Nov. 2 including minority and student vote suppression. By unanimous consent, the Berkeley City Council adopted the "Resolution Supporting the Request that the Government Accountability Office Immediately Undertake an Investigation of Voting Irregularities in the 2004 Elections." Drafted by Berkeley's Peace and Justice Commission, the Resolution also lists 17 measures to improve elections.
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Lawmaker Seeks Inquiry Into Ohio Vote Story Here Archive |
TOM ZELLER Jr. New York Times 15 December 2004 The ranking Democratic member of the House Judiciary Committee, Representative John Conyers Jr. of Michigan, plans to ask the Federal Bureau of Investigation and a county prosecutor in Ohio today to explore "inappropriate and likely illegal election tampering" in at least one and perhaps several Ohio counties.
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The Ballot Botch Story Here Archive |
Rick Anderson and Chuck Taylor Seattle Weekly 15 December 2004 It's hard to disagree with Democratic King County Council Chair Larry Phillips when he says: "More work has to be done to raise the level of confidence that the system is working." A glitch in the county's voting system that Phillips personally discovered this week could turn him into a political kingmaker, reversing the tentative outcome of a historic and excruciatingly narrow gubernatorial race by putting fellow Democrat Christine Gregoire in the Olympia mansion. On the other hand, who can argue with Mary Lane, the state Republican Party's communications director, when she describes some King County vote-counting results as "bizarre . . . and it always seems to happen in Christine Gregoire's favor." The stunning discovery this week of 573 "wrongly discarded" county absentee ballots?likely to favor Gregoire in Democrat-happy King County?is the reason everyone from Republican Gov.-elect Dino Rossi (he's won twice?and counting) to Joe Sixpack had to be thinking this voting thing flat sucks.
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GOP will contest found ballots Story Here Archive |
Jerry Cornfield Everett Herald 15 December 2004 A pivotal hearing this afternoon in King County should decide the fate of hundreds of newly found ballots - and possibly the outcome of the governor's race.
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County votes to be decided today Story Here Archive |
Rebecca Cook Associated Press 15 December 2004 OLYMPIA The state Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously rejected the Democratic Party's petition to reconsider about 3,000 invalidated ballots in the hand recount of the extremely close governor's race.
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Thurston County finishes Story Here Archive |
BRAD SHANNON THE OLYMPIAN 15 December 2004 Thurston County finished its hand tabulation of votes in Washington's governor's race Tuesday, and certification is planned for 11 a.m. today. The civil and uneventful process added five votes to Christine Gregoire's total and two to Dino Rossi's, county Auditor Kim Wyman said. Libertarian Ruth Bennett had no change in vote total.
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Vermonters urge Jeffords to challenge Electoral College results Story Here Archive |
Kathryn Casa | Vermont Guardian 15 December 2004 MONTPELIER ? A small delegation of Vermonters is calling on Sen. James Jeffords to refuse to certify the Electoral College vote until all ballots cast on Nov. 2 are verified.
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Cost of Recount $1.4 Million; State Wants Money by Thurs. To Start Story Here Archive |
Andy Lenderman Albuquerque Journal 15 December 2004 SANTA FE? For $1.4 million, two presidential candidates and some voting rights advocates may get a statewide recount of New Mexico's recent presidential election.
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Area recound goes ... slowly Story Here Archive |
JOE MIZER The Times Reporter 15 December 2004 The Tuscarawas County Board of Elections recessed its presidential race recount efforts Tuesday night after three hours of hand-counting a portion of ballots cast in the Nov. 2 general election.
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Butler County to begin its presidential recount today Story Here Archive |
Cox News Service 15 December 2004 HAMILTON ? The Butler County Board of Elections will begin its presidential recount process today.
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Warren Co. recount goes public Story Here Archive |
Erica Solvig Cincinnati Enquirer 15 December 2004 LEBANON - Even as Warren County elections officials recounted votes Tuesday - this time, publicly - questions lingered about how the votes were tallied the first time.
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Triad left unofficial Ohio results on website Story Here Archive |
John Byrne | RAW STORY 15 December 2004 Triad Governmental Systems, the firm accused by a county employee of tampering with tabulating machines and attempting to plant false information into the Ohio recount, left some unofficial results publicly available on their website, RAW STORY has learned.
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