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Blackwell ends paper chase Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Wednesday, September 29, 2004 Under fire from voting-rights advocates, Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell retreated yesterday from a directive that critics said would slow voter-registration efforts and even block some people from casting a ballot Nov. 2. | ||||||
Vote recount lawsuit dismissed Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Tuesday, September 28, 2004 A Superior Court judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by Linda Soubirous seeking electronic audit logs and other records associated with a recount of the March 2, District 1 Riverside County supervisorial race. | ||||||
Observers Foresee Snags in U.S. Election Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Tuesday, September 28, 2004 WASHINGTON - Problems loom for the presidential election including voting equipment changes that could delay the outcome past Nov. 2, a group of international observers said Tuesday in a report. | ||||||
Nonprofit group asks for beefed up ballot security Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Tuesday, September 28, 2004 IOWA CITY Local election officials may face increasing costs to keep ballots and voting equipment secure before the Nov. 2 presidential election. The Election Center, a nonprofit organization regulated by the Internal Revenue Service, has sent letters to county auditors' offices suggesting security measures officials should consider before the election. | ||||||
Three States to Let Overseas Soldiers Vote by E-Mail Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Tuesday, September 28, 2004 For the first time, members of the U.S. armed forces stationed in Iraq or other international hot spots can use e-mail to vote in the Nov. 2 election if their legal residence is Missouri, North Dakota or Utah. Those three states are pioneers in trying to make it easier for U.S. troops based overseas to cast absentee ballots. But the effort is not without its critics, who say the program raises privacy concerns and fears about possible vote tampering | ||||||
Florida officials castigate Carter Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Tuesday, September 28, 2004 Florida officials yesterday accused former President Jimmy Carter of a politically motivated effort to undermine voter confidence after the Democrat said in a newspaper column that the state is "likely" to repeat the voting problems that plagued the 2000 presidential election. | ||||||
Democrats say Blackwell trying to limit ballot access Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Tuesday, September 28, 2004 COLUMBUS | Ohio Democrats took Republican Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell to court Monday, charging that he is trying to limit where some voters may cast their ballots in violation of the federal Help America Vote Act. | ||||||
Gov. Bush defends Florida elections, calls criticism `nonsense' Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Tuesday, September 28, 2004 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - (KRT) - Gov. Jeb Bush lashed out at Jimmy Carter on Tuesday, saying the former president was off base in criticizing Florida elections. | ||||||
Early Voting Begins In Presidential Battlegrounds Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Monday, September 27, 2004 DES MOINES Iowa kicked off a surge of early voting in presidential battlegrounds, where more voters than ever will cast ballots away from polling places ahead of Election Day. The fast start showed why so many Americans embrace the trend and why it makes others nervous. | ||||||
New rules may tangle vote Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Monday, September 27, 2004 Results of tight races in November's election could hinge on a hodgepodge of conflicting federal, state and local voting rules. Since Florida in 2000, when the outcome of the presidential election was in doubt for five weeks after the balloting, much attention has been paid to eliminating snags that kept as many as 3 million votes from being counted nationwide. Measures passed to prevent further problems, however, are raising new concerns. | ||||||
Democrats sue over ballot access Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Monday, September 27, 2004 COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio Democratic Party sued Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell on Monday to allow voters to be able to cast ballots - even at the wrong polling place - as long as they are in the county where they are registered. Blackwell, a Republican, sent county boards of elections a directive on Sept. 16 ordering them to deny provisional ballots to voters who show up at the wrong polling place. Instead, poll workers must call the board and find out the correct polling place and send the voter there. | ||||||
Election boards overwhelmed Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Sunday, September 26, 2004 For the armies of canvassers registering Ohio voters, citizen interest this election year is a dream come true. But to election boards across the state, inundated with tens of thousands of new registration cards, it's turning into a nightmare. | ||||||
Polling sites fall short for disabled Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Saturday, September 25, 2004 A May survey found that 95 percent of Johnson County's polling sites are not compliant with a federal law requiring accessibility for disabled voters. The eye-opening data has county officials sweating a 2006 deadline requiring all sites to meet the American with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines under the Help America Vote Act. | ||||||
Ohio won?t count ballots cast at incorrect precincts Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Saturday, September 25, 2004 Thousands of Ohio voters are at risk of not having their ballots counted on Election Day under state guidelines for handling provisional ballots, critics of those rules say. | ||||||
Poll monitors mobilize for Election Day Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Saturday, September 25, 2004 Members of Georgia's legal community are organizing efforts to monitor the polls on Election Day. About 110 people — most of them lawyers, paralegals and law students — took part in a training session this week at the King and Spalding law firm's downtown offices. | ||||||
Observers try to prevent repeat of Florida controversy Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Friday, September 24, 2004 A team of international monitors is spending this week in five key states across the US observing preparations for the November vote. The team of 20 intends to focus on three issues that have arisen in the wake of the controversial Florida vote in the 2000 election: concerns that some eligible voters are excluded from registering or voting, doubts over the security of voting electronically and worries about campaign financing. | ||||||
Advocates: Ohio backing away from vow to tell released felons of voting rights Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Friday, September 24, 2004 CINCINNATI (AP) Advocates who contend that Ohio elections officials haven't properly informed released felons about their right to vote say the state has backed away from a promise that led to the settlement of a lawsuit. The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction said Thursday it has not agreed to give written notice to felons about their right to resume voting after they are released. | ||||||
Blacks: `Does my vote really matter?' Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Friday, September 24, 2004 After black Americans fought for generations for the right to vote, black South Carolinians are less likely than whites to cast ballots on Election Day. Slightly more than half of registered nonwhite voters in South Carolina cast ballots in 2002, according to State Election Commission figures. | ||||||
Report: R.I.?s voting laws concerning felons are among country?s strictest Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Friday, September 24, 2004 PROVIDENCE Rhode Island’s laws prohibiting convicted felons from voting are the most restrictive in New England, and felon disenfranchisement is particularly notable in the state’s urban areas, according to a new report issued this week. | ||||||
All soldiers deserve secret ballot Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Friday, September 24, 2004 It is shameful to ask soldiers serving overseas to sacrifice the right to privacy in order to vote. Indiana should change the practice. The state allows soldiers to fax their absentee ballots to their home counties. The deadline to apply for fax balloting is Nov. 1, the day before the general election. | ||||||
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