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New federal election official finds obstacles to voting reform Story Here Archive |
| Published:Saturday, June 19, 2004 WASHINGTON - DeForest Soaries has been chairman of the federal Election Assistance Commission only since December, but he's already come close to quitting. Created in the wake of the 2000 election dispute to help enact voting improvements, the commission was given such a tiny budget it couldn't even rent office space. Lawmakers and administration officials who'd clamored for reform were focused on other issues. Soaries even had trouble getting some of them to return his calls. |
Shelley, Tuteur still at odds over e-voting Story Here Archive |
| Published:Saturday, June 19, 2004 California's Secretary of State Kevin Shelley believes electronic touchscreen voting is the wave of the future, but until it's perfected, he will continue to take a cautious approach. Shelley said he feels reports of his alleged disagreements with local registrars of voters, including Napa County's John Tuteur, have been exaggerated. |
Paper ballots staying Story Here Archive |
| Published:Saturday, June 19, 2004 Amid a brewing national debate over the accuracy and reliability of electronic voting machines, voters in Larimer County will continue to use paper ballots for the August primary and November general election. |
Stuart News editorial: Where's the patch? Story Here Archive |
| Published:Saturday, June 19, 2004 The manufacturer of the touch-screen voting machines used in Martin and nine other Florida counties has known since November 2002 that its machines had a flaw that made it difficult, if not impossible, to accurately audit an election. The problem didn't get a lot of attention until press reports began appearing in May, according to a June 16 article in The Miami Herald. |
Elections officials say software flaw won't alter touchscreen votes Story Here Archive |
| Published:Saturday, June 19, 2004 Despite concerns among critics with a software flaw in touchscreen voting machines, Lee and Collier county election officials are confident the system "glitch" will not alter votes cast in an election. This involves a post-election function and in no way affects votes or the tabulation of votes, said Sharon Harrington, Lee County's supervisor of elections. |
At-Risk Voters Story Here Archive |
| Published:Friday, June 18, 2004 MARYLAND VOTERS had better hope that all goes well for them at the polls come November and we're not talking about who wins. Each month, more studies raise serious questions about the risks in using paperless touch-screen voting machines, yet the state administration doesn't seem all that concerned. The operative word is paperless: When the touch-screen machines are working well, they are as good as, or better than, the old familiar systems that have left chads and results hanging in the balance. But when malfunctions occur, useful recounts are not possible without a paper record. |
County fall ballot may use optical scan voting Story Here Archive |
| Published:Friday, June 18, 2004 It appears that Rodney Miller is not the type to procrastinate. The county clerk is recommending that the county purchase new voting equipment for the November election. |
Voters May Use Old System in November Story Here Archive |
| Published:Friday, June 18, 2004 Voters in Trumbull County will likely be using the old punch card system in the November election. The Diebold Electronic Systems planned to be used then are still undergoing federal and state recertification. |
The Man From Sacramento Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, June 17, 2004 With the presidential election less than five months away, concerns over the security and accuracy of new high-tech voting machines are intensifying, fueled in no small part by the top elections official in the nation's most populous state. |
Democrats approve do-over for flawed District 4 primary Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, June 17, 2004 The June 8 Democratic primary for Charleston County Council's District 4 seat was flawed enough to warrant doing the election over again, possibly as early as Tuesday, the county's Democratic Party decided Wednesday. |
2nd vote possible in Jasper County primary Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, June 17, 2004 RIDGELANDA series of problems could lead to a do-over in the Jasper County Democratic primary. The county and state parties will decide today whether to hold another vote after a litany of complaints, including questionable tallies and 280 absentee ballots thrown out by the Jasper County Election Commission for failing to have proper paperwork. |
GOP seems blind to appearances on voting issues Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, June 17, 2004 You know that edgy, finely honed sensitivity you feel after an ugly argument with your spouse? That icily polite interregnum that progresses from glum silence to a period of extra accommodation and anticipation, as you try to avoid anything that might re-ignite the fight? |
Secretary of state finally sees the e-voting light Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, June 17, 2004 When a posse of computer scientists first raised dire warnings about untrustworthy new voting machines in late 2002 and early 2003, California's top voting official thought they were ``a bunch of nut jobs.' |
Diebold Reveals Software Illegally Used in Maryland Elections Story Here Archive |
| Published:Thursday, June 17, 2004 Diebold Election Systems, Inc. has admitted that the electronic voting machines used in the March 2004 primary in Maryland contained software that had not been federally qualified (which makes it use in the Maryland primaries ILLEGAL). Maryland law requires that voting systems and any modifications to those systems comply with applicable federal qualification standards before the State Board of Elections may certify them for use in an election. |
E-VOTING DEAL IS A STEP TOWARD SECURE ELECTION Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, June 16, 2004 Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters Jesse Durazo cooperated. Secretary of State Kevin Shelley compromised. Together, they made a deal in the interest of an orderly presidential election. On Monday, Shelley recertified the county's new touch-screen voting system after the county responded to Shelley's demands for a secure and accurate election in November. The county has five months to put those measures in place. |
THE STORY SO FAR Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, June 16, 2004 Touch-screen voting machines used in 11 Florida counties, including Miami-Dade and Broward, have a software glitch that causes a failure to provide a consistent electronic log of the vote when the machine is asked to reproduce what happened during an election. |
County again sees election results contested Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, June 16, 2004 RIDGELAND, S.C. - A series of problems could lead to a do-over in the Jasper County Democratic primary. The county and state parties will decide Thursday whether to hold another vote after a litany of complaints, including questionable tallies and 280 absentee ballots thrown out by the Jasper County Election Commission for failing to have proper paperwork. |
A vote glitch casts doubt Keep testing touch-screen details Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, June 16, 2004 The latest touch-screen "glitch" report detailing inconsistencies in a certain data procedure involving iVotronic machines is disturbing. Though the flaw appears to be limited in scope, it inflames doubts about "black box" balloting, in which votes are recorded electronically rather than on paper. |
State OKs paper trail for e-voting Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, June 16, 2004 California approved the nation's first standards Tuesday for a paper record to be produced by electronic voting machines and verified by voters. Congress and at least 20 states are debating laws requiring that electronic voting machines produce a "voter-verified paper trail" so voters can be sure their electronic vote was properly recorded and so local officials would have something to recount. |
Paperless-vote support recalled Story Here Archive |
| Published:Wednesday, June 16, 2004 The League of Women Voters rescinded its support of paperless voting machines Monday, after hundreds of angry members argued that paper ballots were the only way to safeguard elections from fraud, hackers and computer malfunctions. About 800 delegates who attended the nonpartisan league's biennial convention in Washington voted to adopt a resolution that supports "voting systems and procedures that are secure, accurate, recountable and accessible." |
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