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E-Voting Research Delayed, Experts Say Story Here Archive | ||||||
After nearly 50,000 Michigan Democrats cast ballots over the Internet in February, academics eagerly sought election data that would help them determine what types of people voted online. But scholars around the country complain that they haven't been able to get statistics from the Feb. 7 caucus. | ||||||
It's deja vu all over again for Florida voting officials Story Here Archive | ||||||
MIAMI - It has been nearly four years since the nightmare of the 2000 "Florida long count," but the memory haunts election officials in the Sunshine State - along with fears that there could be another such fiasco on Election Day, Nov. 2. | ||||||
In Florida, the same old people problems Story Here Archive | ||||||
Miami-Dade County is home to roughly 2.5 million people, about half of whom were not born in the United States. There are about a million registered voters here, all hopped up on café Cubano and political intrigue. Elections for us are a heady, nonsensical mix of passions - as much about the old homeland as neighborhood potholes. | ||||||
New Backup Voting System May Pose Problems Story Here Archive | ||||||
Call it the law of unintended consequences. A new national backup system meant to ensure that millions of eligible voters are not mistakenly turned away from the polls this year, as happened in 2000, could wind up causing Election Day problems as infamous as Florida's hanging chads. | ||||||
Hood & Harris - spot the difference Story Here Archive | ||||||
One can't help but wonder if Glenda Hood is on the verge of darkening her hair and adding more eye shadow. The secretary of state seems to be doing all she can to become Florida's new Katherine Harris. | ||||||
Many minority votes could go up in smoke Story Here Archive | ||||||
The conduct of elections is the first, most fundamental investment we make in national security. And in opportunity. And justice. Each vote - each effort to vote - should be treated as precious, and voters needing assistance should get help, not hassles. Yet only weeks before the election of 2004, thousands of ballots in minority communities are at risk of going up in smoke, as they did in the presidential election of 2000. | ||||||
Michael Peltier: 2004 elections already a legal frenzy Story Here Archive | ||||||
TALLAHASSEE — Hopes of a seamless 2004 election to erase bitter memories of the 2000 presidential debacle in Florida are quickly becoming pipe dreams as the state again finds itself tangled in pre-election issues. | ||||||
Elections run smoothly in surprising places Story Here Archive | ||||||
Despite the many election-counting flaws discovered in Florida four years ago, democracy runs smoothly in hundreds of counties and major cities. A study of 2000 election returns by Scripps Howard News Service found that errors are least likely when state and local election officials conscientiously check for missing votes in every election. | ||||||
Poll finds scattered vote errors, widespread cynicism Story Here Archive | ||||||
With malfunctioning voting machines and confusion over registration plaguing millions of Americans, most voters believe the ballot-counting problems discovered in Florida four years ago can actually occur nationwide, a new poll finds. | ||||||
Behind the Scenes, Officials Wrestle Over Voting Rules Story Here Archive | ||||||
As President Bush and Sen. John F. Kerry enter the final weeks of a tight presidential campaign, election officials in many key states are waging less noticed but equally partisan battles that could affect the outcome of the race. | ||||||
Half of provisional ballots rejected Story Here Archive | ||||||
ST. PETERSBURG Nearly half of the provisional ballots cast in Florida's August primaries weren't counted, according to a newspaper's survey. | ||||||
Vote paper trail suit going to trial Story Here Archive | ||||||
With just 23 days to go before voters go to the polls to cast ballots for president, a federal judge on Friday set a trial date for a lawsuit seeking a paper record of ballots cast on touch-screen voting machines. The trial once considered a frivolous exercise by U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler will begin Oct. 18, the same day that early voting begins across Florida. | ||||||
1 million folks in N.M. will be eligible to vote Story Here Archive | ||||||
There will be more than 150,000 new voters in New Mexico once the dust from the voter-registration stampede clears. "New Mexico will cast more votes in this election than in any election in its history," Brian Sanderoff, president of Research and Polling and a veteran tracker of stats and trends, said Friday, just a couple of hours shy of the voter registration deadline. | ||||||
Caution Rules in Taking Felons Off Rolls Story Here Archive | ||||||
MIAMI About 1,800 new felons were removed from Florida election rolls since a controversial state database of ineligible voters was scrapped in July. But elections officials aren't reviewing old records to see if they may have missed anyone. | ||||||
ACLU gives 'info cards' to voters Story Here Archive | ||||||
In an effort to avoid a repeat of the controversial voting errors in the general election of 2000, the American Civil Liberties Union announced this week that it is distributing "voter empowerment cards." The pocket-sized cards intended to help educate voters about their rights at the polls are available in eight states, including Washington. They contain information that may help voters resolve any problems at the polls, said Doug Honig, communications director for the ACLU's Washington chapter in Seattle. | ||||||
Lawyers poised to jump in Story Here Archive | ||||||
COLUMBUS, Ohio In a cramped corner of the state Democratic Party headquarters here, David Sullivan and seven other full-time volunteers are frantically dialing lawyers to ask them to monitor Election Day polling places. | ||||||
Duval symbolizes black voters' anger Story Here Archive | ||||||
JACKSONVILLE - This Navy town bills itself the "Bold New City of the South," and the shiny skyscrapers, riverside cafes and stadium preparing to host the 2005 Super Bowl attest to the claim. | ||||||
Your vote is at risk in some states: here's why Story Here Archive | ||||||
Call them the dirty dozen of democracy. Election officials in 12 states did not report how many ballots were cast when they certified 26,349,619 votes for president four years ago, making it impossible to know how many votes were lost because of inaccurate counting machines or other tabulation errors. | ||||||
Florida secretary of state faces shower of election-related lawsuits Story Here Archive | ||||||
Florida Secretary of State Glenda Hood is fending off more than a half-dozen legal challenges over the upcoming 2004 Election, and with less than a month before voters go to the polls her office expects even more lawsuits to arise. | ||||||
Black lawmakers fear recount repeat Story Here Archive | ||||||
WASHINGTON — Four years after their unsuccessful challenge to the presidential race, the 39 black members of Congress are again among the nation’s loudest voices in the quest to ensure the Florida recount won’t be duplicated in 2004. | ||||||
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