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Deja vu already Story Here Archive | ||||||
The general election is nearly a month away, but already Ohio is starting to resemble Florida in the month following the 2000 presidential vote. Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell, the state's chief elections officer, has been embroiled in fights for more than a year now concerning everything from electronic voting machines (his push to have them installed for the 2004 elections was rebuffed, mainly because of security concerns) to Ralph Nader (because of allegedly fraudulent petition signatures and other deficiencies, Blackwell has ruled that Nader's name won't appear on Ohio ballots). | ||||||
Officials warned not to defy ballot order Story Here Archive | ||||||
The battle over who gets to vote in Ohio escalated yesterday, even as Democrats and Republicans said they’re recruiting thousands of lawyers here and in other key states to monitor voting Nov. 2 for potential problems. | ||||||
Senators: Blackwell must resign Story Here Archive | ||||||
The debate over provisional ballots in Ohio heated up yesterday when Cuyahoga County election officials said they will be defying Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell's provisional ballot directive and will give provisional ballots to every person that asks for one, the Cleveland Plain Dealer said. | ||||||
"Election Protection" Protects Voter Rights, Counters Intimidation Story Here Archive | ||||||
Washington - The need to protect voter rights in the face of attempts to suppress and intimidate voters especially minority voters is crucial this election year, People For the American Way Foundation (PFAWF) president Ralph G. Neas said today at a Capitol Hill news conference with members of the Congressional Black Caucus and House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer of Maryland. | ||||||
Criticisms Mount Over Ohio Election Chief Story Here Archive | ||||||
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Voter advocates are closely watching Ohio's preparations for the presidential election, worried that the secretary of state's instructions could lead to the kind of confusion and legal challenges that Florida went through in 2000. | ||||||
Volusia lacking in early voting sites, groups say Story Here Archive | ||||||
DAYTONA BEACH Local, state and national elected officials joined NAACP leaders and an alliance of ministers on Monday to protest the lack of an early voting site in east Volusia County. Meanwhile, county election workers processed more than 8,000 registrations on Monday, the last day to sign up to vote in the Nov. 2 election. They also prepared to mail out what's expected to be a record number of absentee ballot requests. | ||||||
Panel: Voting rights must be expanded Story Here Archive | ||||||
Americans must fight particularly hard this year to make sure more citizens can vote - and that their votes count, voting rights experts said last night at a panel discussion at the Kimmel Center. | ||||||
U.S. Elections Under a Microscope Story Here Archive | ||||||
As the self-appointed guardians of democracy, Americans are used to monitoring elections overseas in contested hot spots and fledgling democracies. But amid memories of Florida 2000 and concerns about electronic voting and voter-registration lists, Americans are finding the tables have turned. | ||||||
Poll watchers to ensure every vote counts Story Here Archive | ||||||
Nancy Frishberg remembers helping her father register people to vote when Adlai Stevenson mounted his second doomed campaign against Dwight D. Eisenhower. She was ``clean for Gene' in 1968, before Hubert Humphrey beat Eugene McCarthy for the Democratic nomination. | ||||||
Botched forms exclude many voters Story Here Archive | ||||||
Broward County residents who skipped over a box on their voter registration form will be barred from voting in the presidential election, while Miami-Dade residents who made the same omission will be allowed to cast ballots. | ||||||
Cuyahoga County officials to defy Blackwell's provisional-ballot order Story Here Archive | ||||||
Cuyahoga County election officials said Monday they will give provisional ballots to every voter who asks for one on Election Day, defying a controversial order from Secretary of State Ken Blackwell. | ||||||
FDLE investigating suspicious Leon County voter applications Story Here Archive | ||||||
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating 1,500 voter registration forms received by the Leon County elections office that apparently were altered to register local students as Republicans. | ||||||
As Deadlines Hit, Rolls of Voters Show Big Surge Story Here Archive | ||||||
A record surge of potential new voters has swamped boards of election from Pennsylvania to Oregon, as the biggest of the crucial swing states reach registration deadlines today. Elections officials have had to add staff and equipment, push well beyond budgets and work around the clock to process the registrations. | ||||||
Major Parties Already Honing Recount Strategy Story Here Archive | ||||||
WASHINGTON — Haunted by the specter of the 2000 Florida recount, both major presidential campaigns have begun lining up thousands of lawyers across the country, just in case the election again is too close to call. | ||||||
Mahoning takes steps to ensure integrity of vote Story Here Archive | ||||||
YOUNGSTOWN — Not wanting questions to be raised about how it runs elections, the Mahoning County Board of Elections is spending about $20,000 for security improvements to its office and voting machines. | ||||||
Count every vote Story Here Archive | ||||||
Libertarian types often warn of the unintended consequences of well-intended laws. The Help America Vote Act, or HAVA, designed and passed by Congress to allay concerns raised by the 2000 presidential election, may well turn out to be a distressing confirmation of that truism. | ||||||
New Investigation Uncovers More Racism, Voter Intimidation and Faulty Poll Machines Story Here Archive | ||||||
BLACK people intimidated at the polling booth. Voting machines that register ballots wrongly. Welcome to the disaster-waiting-to-happen that is the US presidential election of November 2004. An investigation by the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP) into voter intimidation recounts a catalogue of incidents designed to suppress the black vote. | ||||||
Figures don't add up Story Here Archive | ||||||
There are four counties in Ohio where voter registration has exceeded the number of voting-age people, according to 2003 U.S. Census population estimates: Franklin, Delaware, Fayette and Mercer. | ||||||
Federal agency to spend $1 million to recruit poll workers, help Florida precincts Story Here Archive | ||||||
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. The Election Assistance Commission plans to spend more than $1 million by Election Day to recruit poll workers nationwide and help Florida precincts devastated by hurricanes, but the federal agency expects far more of its funding will go toward collecting data about voting. | ||||||
Registrars assail Shelley handling of voting funds Story Here Archive | ||||||
After Florida's voting system was thrown into chaos nearly four years ago over hanging paper chads, confusing ballot designs and allegations of voter intimidation, Congress responded with the Help America Vote Act. | ||||||
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