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E-voting worries    Story Here  Archive
Herbert H. Thompson SearchSecurity 01 November 2004
Palm Beach County, Florida is famous for its luxurious country clubs, affluent residents and extravagant homes. Thanks to punch cards in the 2000 presidential election, it's also well known for voting controversy. Few of us will forget the pictures of election officials scrutinizing punch card ballots with magnifying glasses and the infamous "hanging chads."

Activists fear e-voting security glitches    Story Here  Archive
Bill Brenner, SearchSecurity 01 November 2004
It's a recurring nightmare for many political activists and IT experts: electronic voting machines around the country suffer security breaches on Election Day, affecting the outcome of a bitterly-contested White House race and other key battles.

E-voting: Have we rushed to market?    Story Here  Archive
Anne Saita SearchSecurity 01 November 2004
Anxiety over the accuracy of millions of electronic votes cast tomorrow comes from a question raised often in the IT security community: Did we rush a product to market despite unresolved or even unknown security issues?

Questions remain about touchscreen voting machines    Story Here  Archive
Paul Andrews Seattle Times 01 November 2004
Snohomish County election officials are hoping tomorrow's vote goes better than the September primary.
They think they've addressed and fixed the problems that caused 65 out of 860 touchscreen voting machines to be taken out of service during the primary. The number was considered "unacceptably high" by County Auditor Bob Terwilliger, whose concerns prompted an investigation by Sequoia Voting Systems, vendors for the e-voting machines.


Maine in no hurry to adopt new ways of voting    Story Here  Archive
By SUSAN M. COVER, Blethen Maine News Service 01 November 2004
AUGUSTA ? Paper ballots are still counted by hand in 80 percent of Maine communities on Election Day. And despite a national movement toward computerized voting machines, Maine officials want to tread lightly when it comes to changing what has worked.

The big election beta test    Story Here  Archive
By Robert Lemos CNET News.com November 1, 2004
Nearly 30 percent of registered voters are expected to use computerized ballot systems, according to Election Data Servicesmaking this election the biggest test yet for the controversial technology in the United States.

Most Towns Still Count Ballots By Hand    Story Here  Archive
BY JAMES JARDINE The Caledonian-Record 01 November 2004
NORTHEAST KINGDOM VERMONT About 176 of 241 Vermont towns still tabulate votes the old-fashioned way; they count them by hand.

Feds Issue Test Copies of E-voting Software    Story Here  Archive
Dan Verdon ComputerWorld 01 November 2004
NOVEMBER 01, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - Federal officials last week released a set of software files submitted by five vendors of e-voting systems and voting verification tools, saying that election officials can use the code and related digital signatures to check whether the software they have bought has been modified without their knowledge.

Are Electronic Voting Machines Reliable?    Story Here  Archive
Stefan Lovgren for National Geographic News 01 November 2004
Determined to avoid the fiasco of the 2000 U.S. presidential race?with its dimpled ballots and hanging chads?election officials around the country looked to new technology for tomorrow's U.S. presidential vote.

Florida Wary on Election Eve    Story Here  Archive
By Jacob Ogles WiredNews 01 November 2004
It's been almost four years since the electoral chaos that would damage Florida's reputation like no hurricane ever could.
Following 36 days of recounts and a 537-vote certified victory for George W. Bush, the Florida Legislature passed the largest election reform package in state history. Punch-card ballots were outlawed, statewide standards for recounts were established and new voting technology was certified.


E-voting's big test comes Tuesday    Story Here  Archive
By Grant Gross IDG News Service 01 November 2004
uesday's U.S. general election will not only be a test for the presidential candidates, but also for electronic voting machines.

Counties confident in machines as they prepare for Tuesday's vote    Story Here  Archive
Jim Wasserman Associated Press 01 November 2004
SACRAMENTO - County elections officials predicted California's 28,000 electronic voting machines would work smoothly and count accurately Tuesday, as they prepared to count up to 12 million votes and manage long lines during a 13-hour election day marathon.

Paper ballots available, sort of    Story Here  Archive
Oakland Tribune 31 October 2004
California's electronic-voting counties agreed this summer to make paper provisional ballots available for voters wary of touchscreen machines.

Voting machines 'simple' to use    Story Here  Archive
WANDA T. WILLIAMS Hagarstown Herald-Mail 31 October 2004
Ever ordered a sandwich using the computerized touch screen menu at an area Sheetz convenience store? Or, withdrawn money from an ATM?
If so, you'll be fine using Maryland's new electronic voting machines, according to a technician who services the machines in Washington County.


Punch card ballot prevails in Ohio, despite problems    Story Here  Archive
JAMES DREW KnoxNews 31 October 2004
In February, Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell wrote, "With Ohio slated by both national parties as a battleground state, the possibility of a close election with punch cards as the state's primary voting device invites a Florida-like calamity."

Enough Voting Machines?    Story Here  Archive
KEITH EPSTEIN and BRAD SMITH The Tampa Tribune 30 October 2004
TAMPA - It's a common question among Floridians waiting in long lines at early voting sites, and it might be asked as well come Election Day

Metro short of voting machines    Story Here  Archive
By CARLOS CAMPOS Atlanta Journal Constitution 30 October 2004
Elections officials could be overwhelmed by the record 3 million Georgians expected to cast ballots Tuesday, according to an analysis of registered voters, voting machines and poll workers in 10 metro Atlanta counties.
Six counties surveyed by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution do not have enough voting machines deployed on Election Day, based on a formula recommended by the Georgia secretary of state's office.


Hope for the voters    Story Here  Archive
By Palm Beach Post Editorial 30 October 2004
Florida Secretary of State Glenda Hood did just enough to convince a federal judge that the state could conduct a hand recount of touch-screen ballots, but not enough to avoid the suggestion that voters need a verifiable paper trail.

Don't Expect To Find Electronic Voting Machines    Story Here  Archive
By TED MANN The Day New London, CT 30 October 2004
If you're not a born lever puller, you may be among those hoping to find an electronic voting machine waiting for you Tuesday morning at the polls.
You won't.


Ex-candidate campaigning for election integrity in Md.    Story Here  Archive
Stephanie Desmon Baltimore Sun 30 October 2004
TAKOMA PARK The first time Linda Schade saw an electronic voting machine was on Election Day two years ago, when her name was on the ballot as a candidate for a seat in the Maryland legislature.
She knew nothing about the touch-screen system being tested in Montgomery County that day, nothing about the questions that would come up even as it was being expanded into nearly every precinct in the state. She quietly cast her ballot and went on her way.


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