California election official wants more testing for voting machines Story Here Archive |
KEVIN YAMAMURA Sacramento Bee 20 December 2005 SACRAMENTO, Calif. Secretary of State Bruce McPherson asked Tuesday that memory cards made by Diebold Election Systems be reviewed by national testing officials, further delaying state certification of the company's controversial electronic voting technology.
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St. Louis is going with Diebold Election Systems (MO) Story Here Archive |
Jo Mannies St. Louis Post Dispatch 20 December 2005 The St. Louis Election Board has chosen Diebold Election Systems to provide a new hybrid voting system for the city. Officials said they were impressed by the firm's operations and equipment.
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Voting machine decision to wait (Bucks Co., PA) Story Here Archive |
Hal Marcovitz The Morning Call 20 December 2005 Bucks County commissioners will wait at least until January to decide on buying new voting machines, giving proponents of 'voter verified paper ballots' a few more weeks to convince them that the new machines should provide hard-copy backups to electronic ballots.
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Democrats question vote results (AK) Story Here Archive |
LISA DEMER Anchorage Daily News 20 December 2005 The official vote results from the 2004 general election are riddled with mistakes and discrepancies, are impossible for the public to make sense of, and should be corrected as soon as possible, the Alaska Democratic Party says.
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State gives three choices for voting machines (Benton Co., AR) Story Here Archive |
Jennifer Turner The Benton County Daily Record 20 December 2005 Quorum Court members here will decide this week between three options for new voting machines as set forth by the state.
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Some new voting machines need repair (WY) Story Here Archive |
PETER GARTRELL The Gillette News Record 20 December 2005 New voting machines delivered to four Wyoming counties, including Campbell County, will need to be repaired or replaced after a keypad malfunction was discovered by workers testing the equipment last week.
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Voting machines rejected (CA) Story Here Archive |
Edwin Garcia Contra Costa Times 20 December 2005 SACRAMENTO - Suggesting the "security and integrity" of electronic voting could be at risk, Secretary of State Bruce McPherson on Tuesday refused to approve the use of thousands of electronic voting machines pending a federal evaluation.
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Council to rethink mail-only vote (Snohomish Co., WA) Story Here Archive |
Jeff Switzer Everett Herald 19 December 2005 The Snohomish County Council is setting the table for a January vote to say goodbye to electronic voting machines and switch to all-mail ballots.
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County will miss voting-machine deadline (Santa Cruz Co., CA) Story Here Archive |
Brian Seals Santa Cruz Sentinel 19 December 2005 Santa Cruz County will not meet a Jan. 1 deadline requiring disabled access voting systems to be in place at polling sites.
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New federal election rules require assistive machines (Kandiyohi Co., MN) Story Here Archive |
Carolyn Lange West Central Tribune 17 December 2005 WILLMAR ? The Jan. 1 deadline for states to be in compliance with new federal election rules is putting the squeeze on Minnesota counties who are rushing to hold hearings and get their plans approved.
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Volusia dumps Diebold voting system (Volusia Co., FL) Story Here Archive |
JAMES MILLER Daytona News-Journal 17 December 2005 DELAND The Volusia County Council ditched controversial voting equipment company Diebold Election Systems on Friday in hopes of securing paper ballots for voters with disabilities.
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Summit voters will use optical scanners (Summit Co., OH) Story Here Archive |
Doug Oplinger Akron Beacon Journal 17 December 2005 Summit County voters next year will give up their punch-card ballots and begin using pencil and paper on Election Day.
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Changes in how we vote (CT) Story Here Archive |
BRAD DURRELL, Perspective Bridgeport News 17 December 2005 When Bridgeport voters cast their ballots in the fall of 2006, they likely won't use the mechanical lever machines of the past.
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Voting machines won't be retested, state officials say (Florida) Story Here Archive |
MARC CAPUTO Miami Herald 16 December 2005 TALLAHASSEE - Top computer scientists and voting experts said Thursday that Florida must re-examine the way it tests voting machines and needs to verify claims by a Tallahassee elections official who said hackers could alter some computerized election results.
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Test drive falls short (Bucks Co., PA) Story Here Archive |
CHRISTOPHER T. EDWARDS Advance of Bucks County 14 December 2005 Bucks Officials unveil only two HAVA compliant options. Bucks County Commissioners Charles H. Martin, Sandra A. Miller and James F. Cawley, Esq., county chief operating officer David M. Sanko and solicitor Guy Matthews are in a quandary.
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Area voting machines could have flaws (Humboldt Co., CA) Story Here Archive |
Shane Mizer, The Eureka Reporter 16 December 2005 AccuVote machines used in Humboldt County elections may be vulnerable to hacking, according to a recent test in Florida.
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Volusia to decide future of its system (Volusia Co., FL) Story Here Archive |
JAMES MILLER Daytona News-Journal 16 December 2005 DELAND Volusia County Council members are almost sure to get an earful today about the reported hack into the Leon County voting system.
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Sancho to scrap voting machines (Leon County, FL) Story Here Archive |
Jeff Burlew Tallahassee Democrat 16 December 2005 The Leon County Supervisor of Elections Office is replacing all of its voting machines after a dispute with the Diebold company over the use of equipment that leaves a paper trail of how people vote.
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New tests fuel doubts about vote machines (Leon Co., FL) Story Here Archive |
MARC CAPUTO AND GARY FINEOUT Miami Herald 15 December 2005 A top election official and computer experts say computer hackers could easily change election results, after they found numerous flaws with a state-approved voting-machine in Tallahassee.
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Elections board picks optical-scan system (Forsyth Co., NC) Story Here Archive |
Jim Sparks Winston-Salem Journal 15 December 2005 The Forsyth County Board of Elections decided yesterday to recommend that county commissioners buy voting machines that scan paper ballots instead of buying touch-screen machines that record votes electronically.
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