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Flunking the Carter standard Story Here Archive |
| Published:Monday, March 28, 2005 MANY ASPERSIONS were cast in the wake of the 2000 presidential election debacle. A common theme involved former President Jimmy Carter, trusted monitor of more than 50 elections around the world, and how his talents were more needed at home. |
Indiana's proposed voter ID law strictest in nation Story Here Archive |
| Published:Monday, March 28, 2005 INDIANAPOLIS | Democrats are so vehemently opposed to a controversial voter ID bill they have even proposed that voters should copy Iraq elections by dipping their finger in ink to prove they only voted once. |
Campaign strategists say many use paid workers to transport absentee ballots Story Here Archive |
| Published:Monday, March 28, 2005 The indictment of Orlando's mayor and the investigation of a Broward County commissioner this month for their use of paid workers to handle absentee ballots has veteran campaign experts puzzled. |
State to replace old voting machines Story Here Archive |
| Published:Monday, March 28, 2005 NEW BRITAIN The state of Connecticut is replacing its voting machines, and the League of Women Voters believes that everyone should understand exactly how this may affect them. |
McConnell backs ID for voters Story Here Archive |
| Published:Monday, March 28, 2005 WASHINGTON If Sen. Mitch McConnell has his way, voters in future elections would have to show a photo ID or driver's license and could be unregistered if they didn't vote in two federal contests in a row. |
Diebold to tally local votes Story Here Archive |
| Published:Monday, March 28, 2005 Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell has chosen Canton-based Diebold, Inc., to provide Athens County its optical-scan voting system after the Athens County Board of Elections deadlocked on the choice in February. |
Committee ready to write Story Here Archive |
| Published:Monday, March 28, 2005 The Boulder County Election Review Committee, formed to investigate delays or other problems with the 2004 county election process, decided last Friday it has gathered enough information to begin writing its final report. |
Legislation might grow absentee voter rolls Story Here Archive |
| Published:Monday, March 28, 2005 It could mean more work for her office, but a move toward no-reason absentee voting would please Saginaw County Clerk Susan Kaltenbach. |
Voter reform plans have merit Story Here Archive |
| Published:Sunday, March 27, 2005 Coloradans voted in record numbers last November despite worries about new voting rules, unreliable machines and other potential election flaws. |
Utah beats most states in counting provisional ballots Story Here Archive |
| Published:Sunday, March 27, 2005 If you voted a provisional ballot in Utah during last year's election, it had a good chance of being counted compared to similar ballots cast in other states. |
Paper ballot backup needed Story Here Archive |
| Published:Sunday, March 27, 2005 The N.C. General Assembly has introduced legislation that would prevent the kind of fiasco that happened in Carteret County this past November, where 4,438 votes were lost giving North Carolina "the worse election problem in the country," according to David L. Dill of Stanford University. |
GOP felon-voter list inspires range of reactions statewide Story Here Archive |
| Published:Sunday, March 27, 2005 Skagit County Auditor Norma Hickock-Brummett was so sure her voter-registration list was clean, she was shocked to hear Republicans claim a felon had voted in her county. |
Editorial: Election reform/Carter, Baker tackle it Story Here Archive |
| Published:Saturday, March 26, 2005 American University's Center for Democracy and Election Management has bestowed an incredible gift on the nation: It has organized a bipartisan project that will examine the American election system and propose improvements. Better yet, the effort will be led by former President Jimmy Carter and former Secretary of State James Baker, and will include former Sen. Tom Daschle and former Rep. Lee Hamilton, among others. Congress should be underwriting this, but it's not going to, so American University's effort is most welcome. Congress must, however, heed the results. |
Illegal voting investigation targets hundreds in 12 Colorado counties Story Here Archive |
| Published:Saturday, March 26, 2005 DENVER - Hundreds of Coloradans are under investigation for alleged voting violations in the November election, including casting multiple ballots, forging signatures or voting when they were ineligible, county officials say. |
Ousted voting machine makers try again Story Here Archive |
| Published:Saturday, March 26, 2005 Four voting machine companies disqualified from competing for a $47 million state contract will get a last chance to convince state elections officials that they meet the necessary standards. |
Improve the election process Story Here Archive |
| Published:Saturday, March 26, 2005 In last year's election, several North Carolina counties experienced failures in their voting systems. |
Touch-screen voting makes debut in Augusta County Story Here Archive |
| Published:Saturday, March 26, 2005 VERONA ?Video gamers, ATM users, and shoppers familiar with credit card check-out systems will have no trouble finding their way around Augusta County's new touch-screen voting machines, says Susan Miller, the county's general registrar. |
Reforms for voter fraud unveiled Story Here Archive |
| Published:Friday, March 25, 2005 Colorado Secretary of State Donetta Davidson on Thursday outlined a package of voting reforms designed to fix problems that surfaced during last year's elections. |
County checking vote fraud claims Story Here Archive |
| Published:Friday, March 25, 2005 Boulder County is one of 12 counties statewide in which officials are investigating the possibility of voter fraud, officials said Thursday. |
New voting machines to help disabled people cast ballots Story Here Archive |
| Published:Friday, March 25, 2005 Those with disabilities in South Dakota and across the nation will get some help in the election booth thanks to a new handicap-friendly voting machine. |
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