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Ballot through slender slot, one early vote in count Story Here Archive | ||||||
It's amazing what a public outcry can do. It turned countywide early voting from "humanly impossible" to "done" in the space of a week. Ah, the power of the citizenry to appeal to the better instincts of elected officials. Ah, the power of a lawsuit to move people to the side of right. | ||||||
Voters file suit over privacy Story Here Archive | ||||||
A group of voters has filed a lawsuit against Boulder County election officials, accusing them of violating the state's Constitution by printing serial numbers and bar codes on ballots. | ||||||
It's 2000 All Over Again Story Here Archive | ||||||
With less than two weeks to go before Election Day, it’s beginning to look a lot like 2000. Democrats are already accusing Republicans of intimidating voters in an attempt to steal the presidential election; Republicans are already accusing Democrats of committing voter fraud in an attempt to steal the Presidential election. It’s nice to know that no matter which party loses this election, it will already have an explanation why. Both sides are yelling, ‘Remember Florida! | ||||||
Supreme Court could once again decide election Story Here Archive | ||||||
It's dawning on Americans that they may go to sleep Election Night, Nov. 2, and not know for weeks who won the presidency. Close polls, technical glitches, human error and legal challenges threaten a nightmare replay of the 2000 race. | ||||||
Election observers set for U.S. challenges Story Here Archive | ||||||
VIENNA, Austria Europe's leading election monitoring agency, known for keeping tabs on voting in trouble spots such as Belarus and the Balkans, is gearing up for a super-sized challenge: observing the U.S. presidential election | ||||||
Students have parties switched by bogus petitions Story Here Archive | ||||||
Scores of college students in Pennsylvania and Oregon have had their voting registrations switched by teams of canvassers circulating bogus petitions and, in some cases, partially concealed voter registration forms students were requested to sign. | ||||||
Defiant Blackwell rips judge Story Here Archive | ||||||
MIAMI TOWNSHIP - Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell said Thursday that he would rather go to jail than rewrite his guidelines on out-of-precinct voters - even when ordered to by a federal judge. | ||||||
Blackwell blasts judge on decision Story Here Archive | ||||||
COLUMBUS - Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell - smarting from a legal dressing down a day earlier by U.S. District Judge James Carr of Toledo - claimed yesterday the judge is "legislating from the bench and in this case the judge is legislating from the beach." | ||||||
Officials divided over new provisional ballot recommendation Story Here Archive | ||||||
CHICAGO - Local election officials across Illinois are divided over whether to allow provisional ballots cast in the wrong precinct by otherwise eligible voters to count for some federal offices, a recommendation state election officials have made despite state law to the contrary. | ||||||
Election chief warns of absentee scam Story Here Archive | ||||||
People posing as election officials are visiting residents of several counties and offering to take absentee ballots. | ||||||
Foreign observers find faults with U.S. election preparedness Story Here Archive | ||||||
WASHINGTON - Foreign observers who watched election preparations in Florida and other parts of the United States have concluded that there's plenty of room for improvement. Among the changes they recommend: public financing of elections. | ||||||
Official: Vote forms with blank box valid Story Here Archive | ||||||
A legal snag that could have prevented the processing of some voter registration applications in Iowa has been resolved. | ||||||
Carter: aggrieved voters should be ready to go to court Story Here Archive | ||||||
LYNDHURST, Ohio - Americans should be prepared to go to court to enforce their voting rights, former President Jimmy Carter said Thursday. | ||||||
Federal judge: Provisional ballots in wrong precinct don't count Story Here Archive | ||||||
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Rejecting a claim by Democrats, a federal judge ruled Thursday that if voters cast provisional ballots in the wrong precinct the state doesn't have an obligation to count them. | ||||||
Mich. Worries About Provisional Ballots Story Here Archive | ||||||
LANSING, Mich. - Michigan election officials expressed concern Thursday that both voters and local precinct clerks may be confused on Election Day because of a federal judge's decision making it easier for voters to cast provisional ballots. | ||||||
Democrats decry sample ballot mistakes Story Here Archive | ||||||
A sample DuPage County ballot printed in 43 area newspapers Wednesday misplaced a Democratic candidate and instructed voters to choose two candidates where only one will be elected. | ||||||
Under the microscope Story Here Archive | ||||||
WASHINGTON - The Democratic and Republican parties are laying the groundwork for legal challenges to the outcome of the presidential election if the vote tally in any key battleground state is close on Election Day, say election experts. | ||||||
State election funding in jeopardy Story Here Archive | ||||||
OAKLAND - California is in danger of losing $169 million in federal money earmarked for new voting machines and other election system upgrades because of concerns arising from Secretary of State Kevin Shelley's previous handling of federal funds. | ||||||
Legal action, voting changes loom over election Story Here Archive | ||||||
The presidency isn't all that's at stake on Nov. 2. Haunted by memories of a 2000 election decided by a few hundred disputed votes in Florida, both campaigns are preparing unprecedented challenges of voting procedures that could once again test the integrity of the American ballot box. | ||||||
Foreign Observers See Problems in Election Story Here Archive | ||||||
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Substantial threats to the integrity of the U.S. presidential election remain despite an improvement in election practices since 2000, an international delegation of election observers reported on Thursday. | ||||||
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