[Votingpress] VOTING ARCHIVES

[Jack Driscoll]

2005



July 1-ALVAREZ POINT MADE?



Election commission considering interoperable registration databases.

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/3248695



June 29-ABSENTEES, SI



Mexico's Congress gives mail-in voting rights to migrants.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20050629-9999-1n29mexvote.html



Mississippi to put touch screens in every district by January 1.

http://armckese.notlong.com



June 23-TOUCHY SUBJECT



Mandating paper trial complicates process, Selker tells New Scientist.
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7562

Liberal Democrat seeks referendum on reform in UK.
http://www.epolitix.com/EN/News/200506/d3f70fea-9c4b-4ba1-99aa-6a2e3e48294c.htm



June 22-PRINTER 'ADDS COMPLEXITY'



Sen. Lott says paper trail discriminates against sight impaired.
http://www.computerworld.com/governmenttopics/government/policy/story/0,10801,102667,00.html



June 20-WHEN 'NOW' IS 'THEN'



Colorado county's count took 68 hours; BallotNow had estimated 9.
http://www.longmontfyi.com/region-story.asp?ID=2251

Three Florida election bills set for signing; ACLU wants two vetoed.
http://vettoppy.notlong.com

Blogs play role in Iran election, especially within urban middle class.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4099380.stm



June 17-MACHINE POLITICS



Angry activists gang up on Diebold at California hearing.

http://www.insidebayarea.com/dailyreview/localnews/ci_2807875



jack driscoll





June 15-HOW SLOW IS SLOW?



Colorado report reopens controversy over machine counting speed.
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_2800773

Ohio advocates claim only 4 fraudulent votes found among 9 million.
http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1118827862312460.xml&coll=2

jack driscoll



June 10-PUSHING PAPER



Activists encouraged by two-day Capitol Hill lobbying blitz

http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/cat_evoting_lobby_days.php



Congress in Mexico calls special session to consider voting from abroad.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20050609-1526-mexico-votingabroad.html



Researchers find voters are swayed by a candidate's facial looks.

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7502





June 9-MASS. CONFUSION



Mass. advocacy coalition says 9% of voters had problems in November.

http://pimekeko.notlong.com



Governor lays out voting-reform road map for Wisconsin.

http://www.wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=38372



Writer compares voting-center concept to shopping at Wal-Mart.

http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/11848329.htm





June 8-MACHINE FATIGUE



Election administrators' task force pushes concept of voting  centers.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8123391/



Florida's Harris to run against incumbent for U.S. Senate seat.

http://waroobra.notlong.com



Paper-trail activists converge on D.C. for lobbying blitz.

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=48461





June 7-AGE-OLD ISSUE



Many countries taking a look at voting age, changed by 14 since 2000.

http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/200506/kt2005060719134068040.htm



Washington State makes it even easier to vote from home.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2002315533_votebymail06.html



June 6-DÉJÀ VU ALL OVER



South Florida official roils debate, opposes touch-screen voting.

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/state/content/state/epaper/2005/06/06/m1a_voting_0606.html



AutoMARK reports equipment certified for handicap-accessible voting.

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050606/cgm003.html?.v=11





June 3-PAUSE THAT REFRESHES?



Howard Dean pushes for election days to be a holiday or on weekend.

http://www.freep.com/news/nw/holiday3e_20050603.htm



Punch cards will be no more in Chicago, Cook County by next March.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/chi-0506030303jun03,1,4023908.story?coll=chi-techtopheds-hed



June 1-LID LIFTER



Washington state court case provides heat and behind-scenes insights.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/226492_govtrial31ww.html





May 31-COMPARING RED & ORANGE



Paperless machines cost Miami-Dade twice what was budgeted.

http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/local/11764927.htm



Judge cites reasons for continuing Washington election challenge.

http://www.tdn.com/articles/2005/05/28/nation_world/news04.txt



Blackbox claims Diebold optical scan machine was hacked.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0505/S00381.htm



May 26-MASS CONFUSION?



Massive changes in voting laws being proposed in 26 states.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/26/AR2005052600449.html



And in Pennsylvania, some tinkering with rules is also going on.

http://www.heraldstandard.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14590751&BRD=2280&PAG=461&dept_id=480247&rfi=6



May 20-BALANCED REPORTING



Oregon official says she and boss collaborated on false absentee count.
http://canvexer.notlong.com



As many as 1.2 million mentally disabled barred from voting in 44 states.
http://mentalhealth.about.com/cs/legalissues/a/vote1000.htm



Ethiopia reacts to ballot-stuffing by ordering re-election at six stations.
http://lesbecto.notlong.com





May 19-GOING NEGATIVE



San Jose writer makes case against voting by mail.

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/11684353.htm



Some details of reform bill being considered in Ohio Legislature:

http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050519/EDIT/505190330/1003





May 18-RETURN OF THE COUCH POTATO



UK envisions future voting from comfort of computer or armchair.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4537835.stm



House OK's bill in Ohio allowing absentee voting without a reason.

http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050518/NEWS24/505180461



No fog this time, LA claims voting and counting went fairly well.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-votecount18may18,0,2423807.story?coll=la-home-headlines



Election expert takes stock of experiences learned by Liberia.

http://allafrica.com/stories/200505171559.html





May 17-ENGULFED WITH PRIDE



Not easy, but Parliament gives women right to vote, run in Kuwait.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4554381.stm

California--of all places--considers mail-in voting; influenced by Oregon.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/the_valley/11665933.htm

So far, monitors doubt systemic fraud occurred in Ethiopia.
http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-05-17-voa1.cfm

For early report on Ethiopia by Carter Center, see:
http://allafrica.com/stories/200505161171.html



May 16-AIN'T OVER TILL IT'S OVER



Florida still feeling reverberations from 2000; Legislature OKs bill.

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/state/content/state/epaper/2005/05/15/a4a_elex_0515.html



Blair in no hurry for shakeup of election system in UK.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/05/16/international/i003550D60.DTL



Lack of absentee balloting causes constitutional stirring in Egypt.

http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4&section=0&article=63819&d=16&m=5&y=2005





May 13-TILT?



In Albany it's lobbyists, spending an estimated $1 billion, vs. grassroots.

http://www.theithacajournal.com/news/stories/20050513/opinion/2134984.html



May 12-STATING THEIR CASES



Colorado legislature passes two reform bills.
http://www.polstate.com/archives/006952.html

Nebraska reforms pass 39-0, signed into law by governor.
http://lesbanul.notlong.com



May 11-FULL-BLOWN CRISIS?



Canada's Liberal minority loses key vote, refuses to step down.
http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=5771755&cKey=1115772622000

NY lawmakers can't agree, so they may let counties choose machines.
http://reoctras.notlong.com

Columnist:  Why mail-in absentee votes remain most open to fraud.
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/news/columnists/11614209.htm



May 10-TWO-IN-ONE



Maine seems to satisfy need for paper trail, handicap assisted machines.

http://www.bangornews.com/news/templates/?a=113384



Political junkie claims Florida voting machine that "fell out of sky".

http://neoziacs.notlong.com





May 9-TRAIN WRECK FORECAST



Election officials in tizzy; Selker has "lost confidence in paper trails.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-05-08-voting-machines_x.htm



British Columbia weighs single-transferable-vote system.

http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=269a7b56-ffe6-4b22-91cc-8e8084e5c1e2



Palestinian vote probed, but Hamas does well in urban centers.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L09634048.htm



Egypt awaking from slumber, begins debate on election reforms.

http://www.startribune.com/stories/484/5390448.html





May 6-SAY AGAIN?



Syndicate turns down column raising questions about 2004 election.
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000911493

Now that election is over, UK zeroes in on voter registration issues.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/frontpage/4520893.stm



May 5-DOUBLE INDEMNITY



UK fraud case could impact challenges to upcoming election.
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/b0cb9c2e-bd02-11d9-b1e3-00000e2511c8.html

US Court in Connecticut hears case on registration issues.
http://newhavenadvocate.com/gbase/News/content?oid=oid:110569



May 4-SAFETY NET



Europe's e-Vote project promises internet voting that's secure.

http://istresults.cordis.lu/index.cfm/section/news/tpl/article/BrowsingType/Features/ID/75526



UK election spawns explosion of blogs providing what people want.

http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,67414,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_6



All you want to know on British election May 5:

http://news.ft.com/indepth/ukelection





May 2-LABOURING UNDER FRUSTRATION



Vote-swapping websites seem to be taking hold in UK elections.

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7330



Pennsylvania decertifies faulty UniLect touch-screen system.

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05121/497277.stm



NAACP lawyer says ID proposal "shamelessly" violate civil rights.

http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/editorial/11536003.htm





April 29-STAMP OF DISAPPROVAL



A new claim:  thousands of faulty postal ballots sent out in UK.

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/election/story/0,15803,1473046,00.html



NY in danger of losing US dollars; "Enough already," says editorial.

http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-vphav294237312apr29,0,1417595.story?coll=ny-editorials-headlines





April 28-MON DIEU



Revelations in Canada prompt an outpouring of comment.
http://www.plastic.com/article.html;sid=05/04/26/16040348;cmt=168

Violence plus allegations of ballot-box stuffing in Togo.
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/04/28/togo.ap/

Touch-screen machines malfunctioning in Pennsylvania?
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05118/495636.stm



April 25-VOTING OVER, DEBATE BEGINS



Using low, high tech, Islamic activists fare well in local Saudi elections.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/04/24/MNGE7CE7IE1.DTL



Public advocate in N.Y. makes case for instant runoff elections.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ideas_opinions/story/303200p-259571c.html



County buses citizens to try touch-screen machines in South Carolina.

http://www.thetandd.com/articles/2005/04/23/news/doc426b117bc8a17384391446.txt



April 22-DISCOURAGING INITIATIVE



California panel wrangles over initiative petition process.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/04/21/BAGRJCC94O1.DTL

Thomas Frank essay:  What's the Matter with Liberals?
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/17982

Postal-vote challenge denied; UK election won't be delayed.
http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20050421-081729-8070r.htm

Also:
http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=55&ArticleID=1006504



April 21-CIVIL WRONGS



Exit poll indicates numerous barriers faced by Asian-Americans.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/21/content_2858975.htm



Editorial makes the case against mandating voter ID.

http://www.jsonline.com/news/editorials/apr05/319973.asp



5 charged in municipal voting scandal in Calgary.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20050421/ALDERMAN21/TPNational/Canada





April 20-'HALF-BAKED' (HE COULDN'T RESIST)



Columnist raises questions about Baker-Carter Commission.

http://www.opednews.com/swanson_041905_vote_fraud_Whitewash.htm





April 19-A NEAR-MELTDOWN?



Carter-Baker Commission presents "dizzying list" of defects.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64518-2005Apr18.html

Key Republicans now warming to idea of vote by felons in Florida.
http://www.civilrights.org/issues/cj/details.cfm?id=30277



April 18-TOUCH AND GO



Conflict questions raised regarding Carter-Baker election commission.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00158.htm



What's status of commission?  Carter disclaims having role.

http://haiquasi.notlong.com



Junior high students deployed as poll workers in Cuba.

http://www.periodico26.cu/english_new/elections/polls170405.htm



Prospective voters get unplanned wakeup calls in New Jersey.

http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050418/NEWS03/504180320/1007





April 15-OPTICAL ELUSION



In reversal, Ohio decides on touch-screen voting with paper receipt.

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1113557529251570.xml



As postal voting surges, concerns about fraud mount in UK.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,19809-1570167,00.html





April 14-'SILENT SCREAM OF NUMBERS'



Columnist continues to question whether 2004 election was stolen.
http://www.commonwonders.com/

Zimbabwe opposition releases dossier claiming election rigged.
http://www.blackanthem.com/World/2005041412.html

2 officials suspended after 1000 postal votes found hidden in UK.
http://nonzasts.notlong.com



April 13-WRONGS & RIGHTS



US  Appeals court upholds Florida's lifetime ban on voting by felons.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=548&ncid=703&e=7&u=/ap/20050413/ap_on_el_ge/felons_voting_rights

Despite fraud charges, requests for postal ballots soar in UK.
http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=55&ArticleID=996832



April 12-DEVALUING VOTES



UK citizens offer votes for sale on eBay (2d item).

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/frontpage/4435677.stm



Computer security "analyst" pontificates; advocates hand counting.
http://www.chuckherrin.com/evotingquestions.htm





April 11-LOOKING BACK



Kerry claims there was "trickery and intimidation" in November.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7456686/



UK government accused of ignoring many postal fraud warnings.

http://craviutl.notlong.com



CalTech levels series of pranks at MIT's pre-frosh weekend.

http://slashdot.org/articles/05/04/11/0010245.shtml?tid=133&tid=146





April 8-FORMS NOT FUNCTIONING



Turmoil over postal votes could delay May election in UK.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/frontpage/4420295.stm

UK union leader resigns after charges of forms sent to "safe houses."
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=627360



April 7-MACHINE POLITICS



Diebold paper-printout machine gets positive vibes at demonstrations.

http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/11332545.htm



Tennessee voters give good marks to Micro-Vote Infinity machine.

http://femtisal.notlong.com



AccuPoll claims success in completing qualification test.

http://uniquels.notlong.com





April 6-UNDER THE RADAR



Private report claims 1 in 4 soldier, overseas votes uncounted in Fall.
http://www.knoxstudio.com/shns/story.cfm?pk=MILITARYVOTE-04-05-05&cat=AN

More woes in Washington:  3 election workers suspended.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/218978_elections06.html

Group calls for probe of 2004 exit-poll/vote-count discrepancy.
http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/columns/executive_tech/article.php/3495176

The National Election Data Archive analysis:
http://electionarchive.org/ucvAnalysis/US/Exit_Polls_2004_Edison-Mitofsky.pdf



April 5-'WOULD DISGRACE BANANA REPUBLIC'



UK's postal-vote scandal has broad, staggering implications.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4410743.stm



Selker taking on controversial voting issues at Oregan State.

http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles/2005/04/05/news/community/tueloc10.txt





April 4-SPECIAL DELIVERY



High court in UK finds massive rigging of Birmingham postal voting.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4408101.stm

Mugabe opposition sees new constitution, new election as only hope..
http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1112614239320610.xml

Human-rights network offers detailed Zimbabwe reform plan.
http://www.kubatana.net/html/archive/elec/050403zesn.asp?sector=ELEC



April 1-MIAMI HEAT



Miami-Dade commissioner quits due to recent election problems.

http://wauguron.notlong.com



4 counties in Washington admit failures in provisional counting.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/218434_provisional01x.html





March 31-DÉJÀ VU ALL OVER



Latest Florida glitches cloud six elections held this month.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/11271837.htm

Utah voters test 4 devices; results won't be released publicly.
http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_2631653

UK newspaper lists 8 ways to rig an election (as in Zimbabwe).
http://plageams.notlong.com



March 29-LICKING A PROBLEM



Guidelines outlined for postal voting in UK after fraud charges.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_midlands/4391841.stm



Florida county rebels over backing for Diebold audio-ballot machine.

http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/tallahassee/news/local/11262592.htm



Little doubt of outcome, but drama heightened over Zimbabwe election.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/03/30/zimbabwe.mugabe.reut/index.html





March 26-GETTING STAMP OF APPROVAL



Constitutional amendment for vote by mail gains in Mass.
http://cuzcenus.notlong.com



March 28-DON'T ASK



Michigan bill proposes no-reason, week-before absentee voting
http://www.freep.com/news/statewire/sw113573_20050327.htm

Former teacher makes case for lowering the voting age.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~24781~2785140,00.html



March 25-ENABLING LEGISLATION



Handicap-friendly voting machine demoed; mandatory in 2006.

http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdeennews/news/11227698.htm



Latinos prevail in test of new California voting rights law.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/03/24/BAGFIBTQC91.DTL



FEC seeks input on limiting campaign financing on internet.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63872-2005Mar24.html





March 24-MORE OF SAME



The Economist paints grim picture of upcoming Zimbabwe election.

http://www.economist.com/world/africa/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3793417





March 23-JUNK MAIL?



Judge views voting by mail as an "open invitation to fraud."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/4373719.stm



Kristof sneaks into Zimbabwe, finds blacks desperate (election Mar. 31).

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/23/opinion/23kristof.html?



Colgate professor relates monitoring experience in Mozambique.

http://www.colgate.edu/DesktopDefault1.aspx?tabid=730&pgID=6013&nwID=3584





March 21-SAME OLD SAME OLD



Report finds Zimbabwe failing to meet fairness benchmarks.

http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=301302005



Petition frenzy sweeps California as Schwarzenegger stirs pot.

http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/news/11191739.htm





March 17-CLEANUP CAMPAIGN



States focusing on wrong issues, says Slate:  Design is the problem.

http://slate.msn.com/id/2089310/





March 16-HOMING IN



Vote-by-mail in 2008 passes House, 58-48, in state of Washington.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/216208_elections16.html





March 15-TOUCH-SCREEN WORKAROUND



Vote-by-mail gaining traction in state of Washington.

http://www.theolympian.com/home/news/20050315/topstories/106292.shtml



Voters coalition releases analysis of 2004 election in Pennsylvania.

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050314/phm046_2.html



Some voters with disabilities continued to have rough going in N.Y.

http://news10now.com/content/all_news/?ArID=38739&SecID=83



Alaska writer takes issues with proposed cost for citizens' recount.

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/031405/opi_20050314010.shtml





March 14-UNDERCUTTING PROCESS



Backroom deals in Iraq dismaying to voters.

http://sikkasms.notlong.com



March 11-MACHINE POLITICS



Florida county balks at state mandate, votes to stay with paper.

http://rummyjig.notlong.com



Teresa Heinz Kerry, Howard Dean comment on machine voting.

http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0310-32.htm



Two election-reform bills passed by House in New Mexico.

http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/11426.html





March 10-THEY'VE HAD THEIR FILL



Half-moon votes may cause LA to shelve Ink-A-Vote system.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/11093231.htm

Machine malfunction causes Japan court to nullify election.
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20050310wo04.htm

Mail-ballot election seems to work fairly well in Boulder.
http://www.coloradodaily.com/articles/2005/03/10/news/news05.txt

But in UK, postal voting experience called "scar on democracy".
http://azygnase.notlong.com





March 9-THE FLEET'S IN



28 sedans deliver ballots in fog after laborious process in L.A.

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/11089877.htm



Review of machines used in Maryland County uncover problems.

http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=25&sid=440855



Sequoia, Smartmatic join forces.

http://dimmanin.notlong.com



March 8-CAMPUS TESTBEDS



University of Illinois students vote online for candidates, referenda.

http://www.dailyillini.com/news/2005/03/08/News/Election.Opens.Online-888205.shtml



Iowa State applying lessons from last year to online voting.

http://www.iowastatedaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/03/07/422bdc3c25feb



UCal Davis trying out "choice voting"; called too complicated by some.

http://www.davisenterprise.com/articles/2005/03/07/news/300new1.txt





March 7-STANDARD BEARERS



Voting-machine companies express frustration over future.

http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2005/0307/tec-evote-03-07-05.asp



How Texas county used Voting Act to become a model for state.

http://www.courier-gazette.com/articles/2005/03/04/news/news03.txt



Letter writer makes case that photo ID requirement is discriminatory.

http://hidroald.notlong.com





March 4-HYPOTHETICAL VS. REAL



Surprise Conyers maneuver forces reform issue on House floor.
http://spukrium.notlong.com

Too late for Schwarzenegger to redistrict, some experts believe.
http://pimgamai.notlong.com

Article claims a growing coalition seeks meaningful reform.
http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2005/1179



March 3-CRISP SUGGESTIONS



Task force in state of Washington offers specific recommendations.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002195248_elections03.html



Voters have month to cast ballots in Oakland's all-mail-in election.

http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/peggystinnett/ci_2592863



Seesaw provisional-vote battle nears resolution in North Carolina.

http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/news/local/11034336.htm





March 2-PROBABILITY IN EVIDENCE



Harvard/MIT report finds Venezuelan electoral fraud.

http://www.vcrisis.com/index.php?content=letters/200409061610



Zimbabwe allowing accredited observers--sort of.

http://uptrafle.notlong.com



How "managed democracy" in Kyrgyzstan managed election.

http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav030105.shtml



Governor's move could lead to 4th California special election in 4 years.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/03/02/SCHWARZENEGGER.TMP





February 25-GRINDING SPEED



A mini-attempt to allow online voting runs into obstacles.
http://www.alligator.org/pt2/050225court.php

Cost of optical-scan voting causes Ohio county to blink.
http://www.indeonline.com/left.php?ID=1947&r=1

Some close scrutiny of 1965 Voting Rights Act.
http://www.bayoubuzz.com/articles.aspx?aid=3376



February 23-GETTING INTO THE ACT



US panel holds hearings in Ohio today on provisional voting.
http://www.wtol.com/Global/story.asp?S=2985994

Weyrich proposes several changes to Voting Act.
http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/weyrich/050222

jack driscoll



February 18-WINDS OF CHANGE



Gov. Richardson proposes set of reforms for New Mexico.

http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/10644.html



In state of Washington the legislature takes the lead for reform.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/212605_election18.html



Florida package includes controversial call for state voter database.

http://lauwinas.notlong.com





February 17-IN STATE OF ACTIVITY



Voting-center experiment creates positive vibes in North Carolina.

http://www.news-record.com/news/government/elect_021605_hp.htm



But idea of camera in voting booth causes uneasiness in same state.

http://deuticum.notlong.com



And, still in same state, bill for deciding contested elections passes test.

http://cuzcenis.notlong.com



Vote certified, Iraq expected to take 10 months to draft constitution.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2005-02-17-iraq-election_x.htm



February 16-FACTS IN THE PACTS



Forbes analyzes implications of "electoral pacts" in Iraq election.
http://www.forbes.com/business/2005/02/15/cz_0215oxan_iraq.html

What Hillary Clinton and Democrats are proposing in voting bill:
http://blog.democrats.com/node/3266



February 15-LOST & FOUND



Associated Press version of residual-vote findings.

http://www.wired.com/news/evote/0,2645,66602,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_6



Iraq commission reports complaints filed but gives few details on why.

http://eyephese.notlong.com





February 14-NO RUSH TO JUDGMENT



Even in 2006, Vote Act changes won't be in place in most states.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-02-14-voting_x.htm



Fascinating study on level of activity in Ohio campaign.

http://jowpokos.notlong.com



February 11-CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?



Voting machines with headphones among demos at vendor fair.

http://www.thestarpress.com/articles/5/034407-1265-004.html



Mix of exuberance, solemnity as many Saudis vote for first time.

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/world/3034542





February 10-CAPITOL IDEAS



Bill in U.S. Congress would require voter-verifiable paper trail.

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,119628,00.asp



US election commissioners report "success story" to Congress.

http://www.civilrights.org/issues/voting/details.cfm?id=28137



Women watch as municipal elections are held in Saudi Arabia.

http://gudgelph.notlong.com





February 9-WELL, I DECLARE



NH bill would prevent primary voters from "undeclaring" for 90 days.

http://www.theunionleader.com/articles_showfast.html?article=50627



"Marooned" voters were conference focus, reports Harvard Crimson.

http://www.thecrimson.com/today/article505575.html



Iraq results delayed by need to recount ballots from 300 boxes.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-02/09/content_416041.htm



jack driscoll (resident of Rye, NH)



February 8-DUST SETTLING

Liberia plans October election in wake of civil war from 1989-2003.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/34fe6d5325f054821249f9ce8722f1da.htm



Details continue to trickle in of blatant abuses in Iraq election.

http://bizcacal.notlong.com



February 4-NOT BLACK & WHITE



Diebold's printer plan gets mixed reviews from scientists.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6909775/



Newsweek columnist lauds coalition seeking uniform standards.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6885237/site/newsweek/



Iraqi, US officials warn against overinterpreting early returns.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/04/international/middleeast/04vote.html?oref=login



February 3-HEAT INDUCED?



Overvotes and undervotes decreased by 83% in Florida, report finds.

http://rechomas.notlong.com



Counting ballots is a fascinating process in Iraq.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/03/international/middleeast/03counting.html



February 2-THE SETTLING IN PROCESS





As expected, Iraq complaints grow over voting irregularities.

http://www.freep.com/news/nw/iraq2e_20050202.htm



Shortage of ballots in Sunni areas raises reprisal fears.

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4080542



Families, friends hail Iraqi victims as "martyrs."

http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/02/01/news/islam.html







February 1-ON GETTING CARDED



Opinions differ on Indiana bill calling for voters to show ID card.
http://www.post-trib.com/cgi-bin/pto-story/news/z1/02-01-05_z1_news_19.html

And Wisconsin is going through the same process.
http://www.wkowtv.com/$spindb.!query.1listnews.storeview.13951.news

But Arizona would allow a variety of identification methods.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2005/01/31/state1808EST7008.DTL



Meanwhile, some in Maine continue push for "instant runoff" system.

http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/state/050201voting.shtml





January 31-FORGING THE FUTURE



As counting begins, first steps in permanent process begin in Iraq.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49905-2005Jan30.html



Untrained Iraqis and foreigners-from-afar handle oversight.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/31/international/middleeast/31observers.html





January 28-POPULAR VOTE



Diebold designs printer for voter-verified paper trail.
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,119481,00.asp

Candidacy (and voting) at age 18 being considered in Scotland.
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4056330



January 27-BUCK STOPS WHERE?



Help America Vote Act leaves Indiana officials in state of frustration.

http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/trib/regional/s_297406.html



Diebold's low bid $3.3 million, Illinois county may seek tax increase.

http://www.dailyherald.com/kane/main_story.asp?intID=3837961



Arizona first to require proof of citizenship when registering to vote.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/20050126-0334-immigrationlaw.html





January 26-ARMY OF TUTORS



Behind the scenes, well-funded election training process in Iraq.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36582-2005Jan25.html?sub=AR



At-a-glance procedures for Iraqi election.

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4048385



Milwaukee website identifies holes in Wisconsin voting system.

http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/jan05/296224.asp





January 25-A VOTE FOR BIPARTISANSHIP



State of Washington "placed public service over partisanship".

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/209165_paulloeb.html



How an Illinois county is wrestling with quick overhaul of voting system.

http://redherna.notlong.com



Whistle blower sees $2.6 million Diebold settlement as vindication.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/209250_diebold25.html





January 24-MACHINE WATCHABLE



Same Unilect machine model lost votes in Pennsylvania, No. Carolina.

http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050123/APN/501230693&cachetime=5



Bad printing caused some ballots to be uncountable  in Colorado.

http://www.coloradodaily.com/articles/2005/01/23/news/news03.txt



At least 129 convicts voted in Washington's election: margin 129.

http://budgedes.notlong.com





January 21-HIGH DRAMA



Supreme Court tangles with issue of states' vs. parties' rights.
http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/analysis.aspx?id=14720


January 20-KID STUFF



Age of questioners, lack of training affected exit polls, study finds.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/20/politics/20exit.html?oref=login

Tons of ballot boxes worth millions arrive in Iraq.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/01/20/news/vote.html

Also:
http://muncutal.notlong.com



January 19-FIRM DEADLINE



Report on exit polls to be disclosed this week by media group.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-01-18-exit-polls_x.htm



Press release claims votes missing, evidence erased in New Mexico.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0501/S00192.htm





January 18-HOME SWEET?



Concern raised over secrecy as Korea plans for voting from home.

http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200501/200501180047.html



Kerry to file legislation on heels of charging voters were suppressed.

http://andverid.notlong.com



The lesson of North Carolina fiasco:  Recount mechanism a must.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/18/opinion/18tues1.html?oref=login





January 17-SECURITY WEAPONS



Iraqis plan drastic safety moves, less strict registration rules.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/01/16/MNG5LAR86B1.DTL



AVANTE gets patent for auto-marking mark-sense paper voting.

http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2005/Jan/1108328.htm



State legislature about to take on reform in Washington.

http://tarwrior.notlong.com



No more photos of politicians voting in India.

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050117/asp/nation/story_4262265.asp





January 14-BIGGER IS BETTER?



Centralized voting centers being mulled in Colorado.
http://rockymountainnews.com/drmn/election/article/0,1299,DRMN_36_3469924,00.html

Likewise in Florida, but exception would be made for seniors.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/local_news/epaper/2005/01/14/s3b_voting_0114.html



Laws bar mentally disabled from voting in 44 states.

http://mentalhealth.about.com/cs/legalissues/a/vote1000.htm





January 13-OPTICAL ALLUSION



Ohio opting for optical scanner as its primary voting system.
http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050113/NEWS01/501130364/1077

The elements that make up Iraq's "imperfect election".
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1016971,00.html

Meanwhile, war-torn Nepal set to plunge ahead with election.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3154578a12,00.html

Deep problems threaten polling industry; a need to adapt.
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.01/start.html?pg=2?tw=wn_tophead_6



January 12-EDITORIALLY SPEAKING



Provocative lead editorials in New York Times and Wall St. Journal:



Iraq postponement may avoid election as "starting gun for civil war".

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/12/opinion/12wed1.html?oref=login



Stolen election in Washington state?  A "mountain of evidence".

http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB110549299604823602,00.html?mod=todays_us_opinion

-0-

For the record:

Ohio voters ask state's high court to drop their election suit.

http://conquias.notlong.com



US Supreme Court refuses to hear Nader's Pennsylvania case.

http://rigotage.notlong.com

-0-

Some 250,000 in 5 US cities expected to vote in Iraq election.

http://www.dailyherald.com/news_story.asp?intid=38364101



Taiwan looks to US as it considers dropping stamp-on-paper system.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2005/01/12/2003219052





January 11-TINY BUBBLES IN THE AIR.



Voter intent vs. ballot instructions the crux of San Diego cases.

http://washingtontimes.com/national/20050110-095924-4465r.htm



Improperly programmed touch-screen still hanging up N.C. result.

http://newsobserver.com/news/story/2010514p-8392594c.html



Arkansas picks Omaha firm as "clear choice" for registration system.

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/evoting/2005-01-11-evote-reg_x.htm





January 10-MAIL MUST GO THROUGH

How Washington state responded to Justice Department prod.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2002146775_military10m.html



Senator Boxer's statement on her Ohio objection.

http://cruyffle.notlong.com



January 7-PROCESSING



Democrats force debates on Ohio in "symbolic challenge".
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6794307/

8 dead people reportedly voted in state of Washington.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/206969_dead07.html

Israeli court refuses to allow thousands of prisoners vote.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/206969_dead07.html



January 6-NOT OVER TILL IT'S OVER

Congressional objections could delay certification of US election.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,143452,00.html



State GOP claims "bombshell" findings of flaws in Washington.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6793577/



Estimated 1 million voters eligible outside Iraq.

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/3c98b956-5f4f-11d9-8cca-00000e2511c8.html



January 5-KEY WORD:  STEALTH



Climate of fear puts clamps on candidates, changes rules in Iraq.

http://mugfulge.notlong.com



4,438 lost votes create chaos in North Carolina state election.

http://www.news-record.com/news/government/troxler_010505_hp.htm



Michael Kinsley applauds the "rite" of convenience voting.

http://www.yankton.net/stories/010505/opEd_20050105003.shtml



January 4-LET THERE BE LIGHT



Palestinian voting paraphernalia includes battery-operated lanterns.

http://untwenti.notlong.com



The Sunni perspective:  Elections will prolong the occupation.

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/85100608-5df6-11d9-ac01-00000e2511c8.html



37 voters mount court challenge in Ohio, hoping to improve voting law.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6784389/





2004



December 30-SECURITY VS. INSECURITY



Iraqis want to vote but unsure what/who they're voting for.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=370919



Candidate draws scoffs with call for revote in Washington.

http://adoxitol.notlong.com



Making the case in favor of the recount in Ohio.

http://web.morons.org/article.jsp?sectionid=2&id=5847





December 29-MUCH ADIEU



At cost of $1.5 million, Bush wins Ohio recount by 300 fewer votes.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,142784,00.html



Biggest Sunni group pulls out of Iraqi election; cites security.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2004/12/29/2003217191





December 24-ACTIVE DUTY



Ansolabehere explains why poll workers have become "essential".
http://www.theconnection.org/shows/2004/12/20041223_b_main.asp



Democrat is apparent winner in Washington; GOP weighs options.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/205149_governor24.html



Ohio seen as "a roadmap to a second generation of issues."

http://ataxited.notlong.com



US gives Utah $16 million to help get rid of punch-card voting.

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/evoting/2004-12-23-utah-vote-tech_x.htm



Competing in first election, Hamas seems to have fared well.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=357570





December 23-COMPARISON COUNTS



Dramatic drop in voting-procedure complaints in 2004, Selker reports.

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2004/election-wrap.html



Recounters can correct errors, top Washington state court rules.

http://judaqual.notlong.com



Swiss Voting System piques some interest in Colorado.

http://www.coloradodaily.com/articles/2004/12/22/news/news01.txt



December 22-HOW CLOSE IS CLOSE?



Seven weeks later recount shows razor-thin margin in Washington.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/12/21/state2327EST7145.DTL



Iraq election:  "A jungle of ambiguity" in a sea of uncertainty.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/edit/archives/2004/12/22/2003216254



Stuffed-box claims part of bid in Namibia high court to nullify election.

http://www.namibian.com.na/2004/december/national/04854F3CD5.html





December 21-TRYING TO PATCH THINGS UP?



No supervision in room when machine checked out before Ohio recount.

http://www.wired.com/news/evote/0,2645,66072-2,00.html?tw=wn_story_page_next1



5 other counties added ballots to recount in Washington; Now what?

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/204621_governor21.html



Scripps' sampling shows 1 in 10 ballots failed to reflect vote for 
President.

http://www.knoxstudio.com/shns/story.cfm?pk=MISCOUNT-ELECT-12-20-04&cat=AN



"Tip of iceberg" lobbying by vote-machine companies reported in N.Y.

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/evoting/2004-12-21-evote-spending_x.htm



December 20-FOUND & LOST



Decision to block count of lost ballots could be pivotal in Washington.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6720574/



Dismantled tabulation computer further stirs the pot in Ohio.

http://www.wired.com/news/evote/0,2645,66072,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_3



Diebold to pay California $2.6 million for fraudulent security claims.
http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3449691



NY Times editorial implores:  Count every vote.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/20/opinion/20mon1.html?oref=login



Turkmenistan officials carry ballot boxes from door to door.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4682181,00.html



December 17-A TOUCH DIFFERENT



Populex machine OK'd; you vote on screen, hard copy becomes ballot.
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/business_story.asp?intid=38338160

GOP to challenge 573 found ballots in tight Washington recount.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6720574/

Ohio chief dismisses suit contesting presidential results--and his election.
http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1103279754222531.xml



December 16-DEJA VIEW



Shades of Florida in 2000 as Ohio recount drones on; about a week to go.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6719213/



Harvard Crimson columnist takes aim at voting machine companies.

http://www.thecrimson.com/today/article505126.html





December 15-LOST & FOUND



Stewart estimates 1 million votes saved in 2004 by election reform.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6714782/



Studies of early voting provide grist for researchers.

http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/10419331.htm?1c



State court in Washington rules out rejected ballots in recount.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6708517/





December 14-STATING THEIR CASES



State high court called on as Washington recount bumps along.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62923-2004Dec14.html



Likewise, Ohio court is petitioned as electors affirm victory for Bush.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62052-2004Dec13.html



Judiciary panel hears charge of vote-company tampering in Ohio recount.

http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_14473.shtml





December 13-WIN SOME/LOSE SOME



Selker, others take it on the chin after D.C. conference.

http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Dec2004/Landes1211.htm





December 10-NO WILL, NO WAY



Monitoring head outlines hoped-for changes in Ukraine election.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4211403



And OSCE spokesman voices concern despite passage of reforms.

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/deb1f6c2-4a13-11d9-b065-00000e2511c8.html



More details emerge on how fraudulent activities played out in Ukraine.

http://slate.msn.com/id/2110858/



Sequoia Voting Systems reportedly up for sale.

http://saffmaly.notlong.com





December 9-CLOSING THE VENT



House Judiciary hearing points up need for coherent, consistent standards.

http://www.thenation.com/thebeat/index.mhtml?bid=1&pid=2056



US needs to be a model, take guesswork out of voting, columnist writes.

http://valvaght.notlong.com



Five weeks later:  Errors linger, lessons being learned.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1209/p03s01-uspo.html





December 8-EASIER SAID THAN DONE?



US consultants doubt proper Iraq vote possible in January.

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/ny-woelec1208,0,4700439.story?coll=ny-world-big-pix



Amid the flaws in US, Selker cites success of LA County campaign.

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/special_packages/election2004/10361260.htm?1c



One news account claims Ohio outcome "increasingly in doubt".

http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2004/975





December 7-AFTER-THE-FACT PEERING



Stewart, others enumerate inadequacies of Berkeley's Florida study.

http://www.wired.com/news/evote/0,2645,65896,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_2



Clash erupts between Democratic Underground and Bev Harris.

http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,65928,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_6



Flaws surface after postal voting in Australia.

http://baywhaga.notlong.com



Ohio Republicans say recount could cost counties $1.5 million.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,140689,00.html





December 6-PRINTOUT NIGHTMARE

Second recount--this one by hand--will take till Dec. 23 in Washington.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/202462_votes06.html



MEANWHILE, IN OHIO...

Ohio lawmakers having second thoughts about DRE's in future.
http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1102329036295934.xml

Two actions planned to challenge the process, not results.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38036-2004Dec5.html



Conyers plans Wednesday "hearing" in DC on Ohio allegations.

http://proxgous.notlong.com



December 3-ALL OR NOTHING

Kerry joins Ohio suit; seeking recount in all counties.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002108016_ndig03.html

Peter Galbraith vote-by-mail article creates spirited exchange.
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml%3Fi=20041220&s=webletters



December 2-"SUPER" SUPPORT

Florida officials back 11-day voting season, abolition of precincts.

http://www.freep.com/news/nw/ukraine-bar12e_20041202.htm



Some of irregularities in Ukraine are brought to light.

http://www.freep.com/news/nw/ukraine-bar12e_20041202.htm



"Logistic problems" in local Nigerian election:  No ballots.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L02272682.htm



North Carolina reform group sets goal to restore public confidence.

http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/10317885.htm?1c





December 1-POINT OF NO RETURN

Dramatic turn: Ukraine Parliament votes to oust Yanukovych government.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2004-12-01-ukraine_x.htm



It's critical to take the doubt out of next election, says Steven Levy.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6595385/site/newsweek/



An overview of election-day errors nationwide:

http://muldmond.notlong.com



November 30-GRANITE STATE



11-precinct recount in NH nears completion; seems uneventful.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/evoting/2004-11-30-nh-recount-progress_x.htm

Recount in Puerto Rico evokes ghosts of 1980.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/30/opinion/30montero.html?oref=login



November 29-YOUTH SERVED



Teen recounts how he was inspired by Selker to become an inventor.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/28/magazine/28LIVES.html



Why Fallows chose paper ballot instead of using touch-screen machine.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/28/business/yourmoney/28techno.html?oref=login



Ohio watchdog group seeks hand check of registration cards.

http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,65851,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_11





November 26-OVER AND OUT



Florida study shows drastic reduction in number of discarded votes.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,139570,00.html



Protest escalates; Ukraine Supreme Court steps in; top meeting looms.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/11/26/ukraine/



Washington State recount "absurdly close":  Rossi by 42 votes.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2004/11/25/news/washington.html





November 24-PARTY GETTING ROUGH



4 Ukrainian diplomats join in US condemnation of suspected fraud.

http://watfixis.notlong.com



US Office to focus investigation on counting technology, procedures.

http://news.com.com/E-voting+faces+new+scrutiny/2100-1028_3-5465309.html?tag=st.prev



TrueVoteMD observers describe Maryland polls as "error prone".

http://dogdraph.notlong.com



System disenfranchised minorities and poor, Neas writes.

http://macmessy.notlong.com





November 23-UNFAMILIAR TERRITORY



Behind the protests, serious charges of election abuses in Ukraine.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3591-2004Nov22.html



British observer claims vanishing ink used to rig Ukraine voting.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200411/s1249234.htm





Conferees say incentives needed to draw in all "reasonable forces" in Iraq.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6549647/



Some Iraqis intimidated by non-violent jostling to deter voting..

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2004/11/23/2003212242







Financial support, freedom to move seen as key to Palestinian elections.

http://tenolaea.notlong.com





November 22-SEEIN'S BELIEVIN'



Selker finds Berkeley study lacking in believability.

http://www.berkeleydaily.org/text/article.cfm?issue=11-19-04&storyID=20116



Lost ballots result in three unresolved North Carolina races.

http://newsobserver.com/news/story/1852104p-8179802c.html



Ohio voters get chance to relate experiences at four-hour hearing.

http://londizzy.notlong.com



November 21-STATES WRONGS



NYTimes Editorial:  provisionals' reform good, rules bad.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/21/opinion/21sun1.html?oref=login



November 19-STRANGER THAN FICTION



NH recount slow; shows some "odd" but possibly plausible results.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/evoting/2004-11-19-nh-recount_x.htm

Berkeley study claims 260,000-vote discrepancy for Bush in Florida.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/11/19/VOTERFRAUD.TMP

League of Women Voters wants inquiry; emphasis on registration, lines.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0411/S00225.htm

Winning Bush margin 10,000 votes in Iowa (unofficial).
http://foxglomb.notlong.com





November 18-SEAT SQUIRMING REDUX



261-vote margin triggers automatic recount for governor in Washington.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,138936,00.html



Bilingual-ballot pilot said to work smoothly in Georgia.

http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/news/politics/10205984.htm



So did carefully-worked-out Chinese assistance program in Illiniois.

http://www.pioneerlocal.com/cgi-bin/ppo-story/localnews/current/pa/11-18-04-434329.html



UC Berkeley Study Questions Florida E-Vote Count
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/041118/sfth040_1.html

Dayton Daily News (Ohio) raises major questions about undercounts
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/11/18/81752/231



Warning system analyzed after storage exceeded in North Carolina system.

http://bicolmon.notlong.com



Two 3d-party candidates say they'll seek statewide recount in Ohio.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4174551



November 17--MAN VS. MACHINE



Sloppy practices, procedures seen as culprits in Selker's Tech Review 
article.
http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/04/11/wo_selker111704.asp

Prof. James Galbraith envisions voting by mail as the remedy; cites Oregon.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/11/16/opinion/main656039.shtml



Machine company said to overestimate storage capacity in North Carolina.

http://disjoirs.notlong.com

Washingon governor's count continues; computer problem in one county.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,138799,00.html

Mainstream media accused of voting irregularities' coverup.
http://sexhorda.notlong.com





November 16-LONGSHOT?



Florida county absentee ballots were 94% in favor of slot-machine amendment.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=255431



68 machines in storage in Ohio county; lines 2 to 7 hours long.

http://www.freepress.org/columns/display/3/2004/990





November 15-TANGLED WEB



FEC gets nudge to stick its toe into political activity on internet.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/13/internet.politics.ap/index.html



Eying 2006, Ohio reforms don't question results but do question process.

http://kurmolex.notlong.com



Almost 20,000 "affidavit ballots" handed out in Albany region.

http://buxualve.notlong.com



Quick California-Diebold settlement prevents evidence study by activists.

http://www.techweb.com/wire/security/52601449



Still counting, New Mexico has yet to declare a winner

http://judgebec.notlong.com



Friedberg writes open letter to NYTimes with Voting Project reference.

http://www.opednews.com/friedberg_111504_media_whitewash.htm



(This story apparently ran several days ago, but I missed it):

Inability of scholars to get data impairs public confidence, Alvarez says.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/10/missing.data.ap/index.html





November 12-TWO TIMES



Voting Project report is key element in two N.Y. Times stories.
http://dystosel.notlong.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/12/politics/12evote.html?oref=login&8bl

Programming error in optical-scan machine causes recount in Indiana.
http://www.indystar.com/articles/1/194039-4421-098.html

Kerry lawyers scrutinize Ohio absentee/provisional ballots and equipment.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6460869/

jack driscoll



November 11--HALF BAKED



55% of provisional votes rejected as New Mexico completes counting.

http://www.abqjournal.com/elex/257113elex11-11-04.htm



Broder tells story of Congressman re-elected without being on ballot.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41304-2004Nov10.html



Information on voting receipt raises questions.

http://www.boingboing.net/2004/11/10/how_a_ballotreceipt_.html



Unable to get absentee ballot, student launches complaint website.

http://favonery.notlong.com



Diebold pays $2.6 million plus undisclosed sum to settle California suit.

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/10148181.htm?1c





November 10--DOES IT ADD UP?



Glitches, anomalies fuel speculation; lead to calls for GAO probe.

http://woozieds.notlong.com



Lessig weighs in:  Claims are bunk but obvious puzzles need to be resolved.

http://www.lessig.org/blog/archives/002282.shtml



Ohio Democrats put together a reform package.

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1100082892218050.xml





November 9--2 DOWN, 46 TO GO



High court declines two cases on felons' rights; other cases on horizon?.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/09/politics/09scotus.html?oref=login



NPR report card on e-voting taps Common Cause, EPIC guests.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4159121





November 8-THE LATEST LINE



Early voting was endurance test; adjustments needed.

http://dodkille.notlong.com



The down side of election:  It went too smoothly, says Selker.

http://www.oaklandtribune.com/Stories/0,1413,82~1865~2515704,00.html



3 House Democrats petition GAO for voting-machine inquiry.

http://www.wired.com/news/evote/0,2645,65623,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_7



Gillmor doubts tampering but thinks we dodged a bullet.

http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/10121628.htm



Labor leader questions whether "new kind of fraud" was unreported.

http://ithonial.notlong.com



Hartmann purports anomalies in Florida's optical-scan voting.

http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1106-30.htm





November 6--BEAT GOES ON



Machine error gave Bush 3,893 extra votes in Columbus, Ohio.

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/evoting/2004-11-06-ohio-evote-trouble_x.htm



Results are official in Iowa:  Bush wins, has 286 electoral votes.

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/10115177.htm?1c



It's a bit of a mess in New York state senate race.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/06/nyregion/06spano.html



State officials tell NPR they would like more simplified system.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4145499





November 5-RAIN IN SPAIN



Policymakers at Spain meeting doubt there ever will be voting via internet.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=228744



Storage capacity mistake appears to cause 4500 lost votes in N.C.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=227766



Software glitch delays ranked-choice results in San Francisco.

http://pigwarii.notlong.com



Harper's writer makes case as to why Kerry won Ohio, New Mexico.

http://www.tompaine.com/articles/kerry_won_.php



Architects of news polling system are miffed about exit data.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/05/politics/campaign/05poll.html



Voting machine companies are crowing.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6408755/



No quick answer expected as to who won in Iowa.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/vote2004/ia.htm



Did some Fairfax County voters take blue cards for a walk outside polls?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26547-2004Nov4.html?sub=AR



Bev Harris says group will file freedom-of-information request for all audit 
logs.

http://www.straight.com/content.cfm?id=6199





November 4-THE DAY AFTER THE DAY AFTER



Voting technologies "seemed to have worked very well," says Alvarez.
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/Stories/0,1413,206~22097~2512232,00.html

Umbrella monitoring group reports 1,100 problems nationwide.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/11/03/electronic.voting.ap/index.html

New Orleans' booting problem probably the worst glitch reported so far.
http://asia.cnet.com/news/personaltech/0,39037091,39199951,00.htm

Voting Project aims for simple shoring up of basics in short term.
http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/firstglance/index.ssf?/base/news-1/1099543818219480.xml

"It's not about fancy toys," says Selker.  "It's execution."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59554-2004Oct24.html

Most difficulties were "process-based", says Alvarez.
http://www.thestandard.com/internetnews/000551.php

Some concerns borne out; "I expected worse," says Selker.
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996620

Watchdog group wonders if glitches affected non-presidential races.
http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/11/03/HNevoteok_1.html

A nationwide survey of e-voting reporting around the country:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15310-2004Oct7.html

Many, including some bloggers, jumped to conclusions based on exit polls.
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,65589,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_6

Software snafu delays count of San Francisco's first ranked-choice vote.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/11/04/SFSUPES.TMP

Some random quotations from here and there:
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2004/voting-quotes.html



November 3-WATCHING & WAITING

THE UPSIDE:  Some machine problems reported but human errors cause most.

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=221408



THE DOWNSIDE:  Watchdog groups receive many, varied complaints.

http://www.wired.com/news/evote/0,2645,65579-2,00.html?tw=wn_story_page_next1



Touch-screen errors appear to be people problems, says Selker.

http://www.sptimes.com/2004/11/03/Tampabay/Lines_pose_biggest_pr.shtml



On election day US Appeals court overturned Ohio ban on journalists.

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000697509





November 2-V-DAY



In reversal, US Appeals court allows challengers in Ohio; a victory for GOP.
http://www.newsday.com/news/ny-usohio1103,0,1783941.story?coll=ny-election-stories



Testing in Georgia provides "gold-star" improvements, says Selker.
http://comtumna.notlong.com

And Selker says need for paper trail is vastly overrated.
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Vote2004/story?id=207027

Voter bailout due to long lines in concern in Virginia, elsewhere.
http://www.fredericksburg.com/News/apmethods/apstory?urlfeed=D863AUV81.xml

How networks intend to improve their performance in this election.
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,65557,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1

Even in California, poll finds concern high regarding electronic voting.
http://dumkanic.notlong.com

Voting Project gets backhanded compliment from Dan Gillmor.
http://weblog.siliconvalley.com/column/dangillmor/





November 1-PAPER TALES



US Judge bars party challengers of registrations in Ohio ruling.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/11/01/ohio.challengers/



One in 20 printers have jammed in early Nevada voting, Selker says.

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5433101.html



A weekend of snags and snafus around the country:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/10/29/politics/main652342.shtml



Why voting-machine testing and standards aren't working.

http://www.wired.com/news/evote/0,2645,65535,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1



Web-based tool designed to answer questions, provide information.

http://www.internetweek.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=51201424



October 29-POLL AXING



Hurricanes ruin 90-plus Florida poll sites; absentee-ballot forwarding OK'd.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=207902



A brief rundown of lawsuits, problems in eight states and in D.C.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=207639



Selker stresses turn-clock-back testing of touch-screen machines.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1029/p02s01-uspo.html



NY Times editorial calls for national ballot design standards--and testing.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/29/opinion/29fri1.html?oref=login





October 28-LINK MISSING



No foul play found in connection with Florida's missing absentee ballots.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/28/politics/campaign/28florida.html?oref=login



12 to 15 million new voters expected, mostly due to get-out-vote drives.

http://omoirmix.notlong.com



US judge temporarily holds up challenge hearings in Ohio.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=204711





October 27-CONFIDENTIAL SOURCES



Machine companies submit some code--but hardly all--to US library.

http://www.wired.com/news/evote/0,2645,65490,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_3



Look beyond technology in voting process, Selker tells CNN.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/10/26/evote/index.html



Party affiliations marked on absentee-ballot envelopes in Maryland.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,136713,00.html



Computer analysis shows 33 scenarios in 11 states producing electoral tie.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A439-2004Oct26.html



Republican list of 1886 names in mostly black districts raises concerns.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/3956129.stm



ON JUDICIAL FRONT:



Full Supreme Court rules against Nader on Ohio ballot.

http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/news.aspx?id=142563



Incomplete registrations can be rejected, judge decides in Florida.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=201241



October 26-LOST & FOUND

Atlanta paper reports on Voting Project's Georgia study (subscription).

http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/election/1004georgia/25touchscreen.html



Florida judge rules in favor of touch-screen voting without paper trail.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=196266



Boles bemoans failure to require uniform voting machines.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/26/opinion/26boies.html?oref=login



Florida election chief issues alert regarding restrictions on observers.

http://washingtontimes.com/national/20041025-104437-3805r.htm



Referendum question on Lycoming paper ballot:  All-electronic in 2006?

http://www.sungazette.com/articles.asp?articleID=11485



October 25-FAILED STATE



NY Times editorial calls on Congress to pass specific reforms after 
election..

http://disdamme.notlong.com



CBSNews begins "What Could Go Wrong" series.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/10/22/politics/main650884.shtml



Locked doors, lack of signs, limited parking stymie the disabled.

http://www.thejournalnews.com/newsroom/102504/a0125adapolls.html



Supreme Court upholds ruling that keeps Nader off Pennsylvania ballot.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6318137/



October 24--





October 23-AWOL



Mystery in Palm Beach County:  Undelivered absentee ballots.

http://eikorred.notlong.com



It's better, but some format flaws causing problems in Florida.

http://nagmitsa.notlong.com



Straight-party voters confused by North Carolina ballot.

http://rdu.news14.com/content/your_news/durhamchapel_hill/default.asp?ArID=57555



Pencil?  Pen?  Crayon?  Glitches, large and small, emerging in Arizona.

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/1023voter-problems23.html



League of Women Voters issues nearly a million 5Things voting-tip cards.

http://www.seniorjournal.com/NEWS/Politics/4-10-22AboutVoting.htm



jack driscoll





October 22-CAN COUNT BUT THEY DON'T COUNT



Provisional votes cast in wrong precinct don't count, says federal judge.

http://ptoturas.notlong.com



Registration cards create stir in Fairfax County, near D.C.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52729-2004Oct21.html



At end of first week of voting, Florida is a hornet's nest of activity.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-10-21-florida-furor_x.htm



California, Washington considering open-style primaries.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/2004-10-21-western-primaries_x.htm



Nader goes to Supreme Court over Pennsylvania; fast response expected.

http://enwretes.notlong.com



Mike Alvarez was on NPR's "Talk of the Nation" this afternoon.  Hear it at:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4122390

jack driscoll





October 21--OUTSIDE INSIGHT



Foreign observers outline recommendations for US system.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=184670



Boston Globe editorializes against barriers imposed on students by N.H.

http://pippuity.notlong.com



Pentagon relents, will post ballots on web as stop-gap for those overseas.

http://hemiwors.notlong.com





October 20--A WINNER IN MAY?



LEGAL FRONT:



George Will frets over Gore-v-Bush ticking bomb; salutes National Review.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6262242/site/newsweek/



Federal judge rules for Democrats in Michigan counting dispute.

http://www.michigandaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/10/20/417645b262596



Both presidential teams have formed virtual law firms.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46230-2004Oct19.html?sub=AR



High court ruling on Congressional redistricting in Texas is setback for 
GOP.

http://daygated.notlong.com



Overseas voting by routed fax is OK'd but not OK'd by California court.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/10/19/BAG4G9C4TP1.DTL



OTHER ITEMS OF NOTE:



Tech industry group fashions e-voting primer for journalists.

http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/10/19/HNvotingproblems_1.html



Dallas Cowboys' gear off limits at polls; smocks ordered.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=1905204





October 19-OFF AND RUNNING



After bumpy start, early Florida voting seems to smooth out.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=177386



California county pollworkers trained not to offer paper-ballot option.

http://www.eff.org/news/



Judge upholds ID requirement as part of Colorado rulings.

http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~417~2476647,00.html



Some absentee ballots in Ohio county fail to list Kerry's name.

http://www.cincypost.com/2004/10/18/absen101804.html



October 18-PAPER PRODUCT



Selker points to printing as problem area.

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996523



Not a great start in early Florida voting.

http://unofaurs.notlong.com





October 15-RIGHT IS RIGHT IN WRONG PLACE



Provisional ballots cast in wrong precinct are valid, says Ohio judge.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/15/politics/campaign/15vote.html



Justice Department lacks plan to handle voter complaints, report states.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33573-2004Oct14.html



Washington Post roundup cites Selker's article in Newsday.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15310-2004Oct7.html



Registration issues create protests aplenty already.

http://arrhizzy.notlong.com





October 14-GETTING IT TOGETHER



Associated Press to be networks' sole source for election-night vote count.
http://dizzoler.notlong.com

Pennsylvania governor to put hand-picked state workers at polls.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=164530

County refusing Milwaukee mayor's request for more ballots.
http://sirkiscs.notlong.com

Here's a roundup of probes, lawsuits, Nader forgeries in Pennsylvania.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30917-2004Oct13.html

Colorado lawsuit challenges winner-take-all; seeks pre-Nov. 2 decision.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6243142/

In Afghanistan, officials move fast, set aside about 40 boxes of ballots.
http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/9916281.htm?1c



October 13-SAME OLD SAME OLD



Three-quarters of Florida voters will see no change due to costs, delays.

http://lupizzle.notlong.com



Pennsylvania:  5 ways to vote make rigging less likely, but recount harder.

http://nutcaita.notlong.com



Report claims hundreds of Democratic registrations trashed in Nevada.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/10/12/204449/72


Server crashes, Florida county postpones mandated voting-machine tests.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=161168



True VoteMD sues Maryland state board for right to monitor polls..

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27586-2004Oct12.html



FEC regulation of web political activity may be unavoidable.

http://pranlify.notlong.com



California website registers 250,000 voters in two months.

http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/9905888.htm



October 12--MUTUAL INTEREST OR CONFLICT?



Activist groups see disabled being used by voting machine companies.

http://www.wired.com/news/evote/0,2645,65292,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1



Legal costs have impact on Diebold's 3d-quarter earnings forecast.

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/techinvestor/earnings/2004-10-11-diebold_x.



SiliconValley.com creates roundtable; includes Voting Project link.

http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/9851518.htm





October 11--OVERVIEW



In Newsday article, Selker says electronic voting is safest method, if...

http://prehtaic.notlong.com



Stinginess with voting data hurts research, according to Alvarez, others.
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=153556



Evaluation standards more of concern than provisional voting itself.

http://hepcatae.notlong.com



October 8-TESTY CASES



Order to reject incomplete registrations leads to suit against Florida 
official..

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Politics/ap20041008_304.html



And NAACP sues Florida county; wants additional voting site.

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Politics/ap20041008_303.html



Iowa county OKs funds for key card system and monitoring cameras.

http://adsuange.notlong.com





October 7-RECOUNT WITH PUNCH



Scripps' case study finds 4% of Illinois gubernatorial vote uncounted.

http://larbodio.notlong.com



Updated account of two-day Voting Project conference:

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2004/voting-conf.html



Fewer than 400 international observers remain for Afghanistan election.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2004-10-07-cover-afghan-elections_x.htm



California Voter Foundation urges taking absentee-ballot route.

http://www.calvoter.org/news/releases/100404release.html





October 6-LATEST STORM



Florida court to wrestle with provisional-ballot boundaries.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/9845253.htm?1c

And Ohio suit challenges need for ID in provisional voting.
http://www.cincypost.com/2004/10/06/edita100604.html

Justice Dept. alerted as Nader case delays absentee ballots in Wisconsin.
http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/wdhlocal/285674097172354.shtml

Law change will enable lickety-split result tally in New Zealand.
http://fitzaapa.notlong.com



October 5-FRIGHTENING CHOICE



Many Afghan women fear shame of public death for families if they vote.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/05/international/asia/05afghan.html?oref=login





October 4-STARTING TO REGISTER



NY Times lead story on surge in new voters; due to close race in 2000?

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/04/politics/campaign/04vote.html?oref=login&hp



Recruitment efforts begun to offset average age (72) of poll workers.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/10/02/eveningnews/main646992.shtml



Four tools that look at noun phrases measure rehearsed portions of debates.

http://overstated.net/



Disabled give changes thumbs up; accessibility seen as paramount.

http://www.wired.com/news/evote/0,2645,65206,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_7



Prince George's judge writes letter to editor at Washington Post.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4717-2004Oct3.html



Mother questions use of schools for voting, cites danger issues.

http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=79642



October 2-WHAT'S UP?



Overseas military vote up, civilian vote down; concern raised.
http://dysgivia.notlong.com

Latest Florida battle surfaces over registration check marks.
http://munramal.notlong.com

Sixth county in Iowa experiences ballot printing error.
http://www.woi-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2377112



October 1-LOOKING UP



Selker anticipates improved, safer process in upcoming election.
http://news.bostonherald.com/election/view.bg?articleid=46875

Students win damages in copyright/free speech suit against Diebold.
http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2004_09.php#001961

Human Rights Watch report: warlords a threat to Afghanistan election.
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0930-22.htm

BBC analyzes two-front election difficulties in Iraq.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3706946.stm





September 30-EXPERIENCE COUNTS



Diebold sales rep quits job to be elections manager in California county.

http://www.wired.com/news/evote/0,2645,65120,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_2



Instant-runoff system having its first run in California.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/30/national/30runoff.html?oref=login



London's Independent sees Florida process as more flawed than ever.

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=566688



Wording of ballot initiative prompts Alaska judge to call for rewrite.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6135712/



Alabama governor emails instructional video to his overseas Guard troops.

http://www.govtech.net/news/news.php?id=91646



US looks abroad, even among developing countries. for reform ideas.

http://news.com.com/Global+lessons+in+e-voting/2009-7337_3-5387540.html?tag=nefd.lede





September 29-LATE SWING



At least 8 of 15 pivotal states sent overseas ballots late, says NY Times.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/29/politics/campaign/29military.html?hp



For second time errors halt absentee balloting in Iowa.

http://www.theiowachannel.com/politics/3768952/detail.html



Touchscreen voting machine found abandoned on street in Maryland.

http://praalbox.notlong.com



Supreme Court shuts door on Nader bid to get on Oregon ballot.

http://www.bend.com/news/ar_view%5E3Far_id%5E3D18261.htm





September 28--BACK TO THE DRAWING PAPER



US Appeals Court restores paper-trail lawsuit in Florida.
http://qumrodio.notlong.com

And federal legislators are warming to the paper-verifiable trend.
http://bogtries.notlong.com

Jimmy Carter's column on inevitable "repetition of the problems of 2002."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52800-2004Sep26.html

Nader to seek halt in printing of Oregon ballots; appeals to Supreme Court.
http://furnusic.notlong.com

Chicago wants extension of military absentee-ballot deadline.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,133733,00.html

Record vote by overseas Americans could reach a million.
http://hakkedya.notlong.com

Colorado to vote on splitting electoral votes; and then?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6106804/






September 27-RELIABLE AS A SWISS WATCH



Online voting on national referendum deemed "success" in Switzerland.

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/27/1096137135511.html?oneclick=true



Absentee-ballot courier process under scrutiny in Iowa.

http://badgiest.notlong.com



Database of 168 million US voters reportedly developed in India.

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,117930,00.asp



Rights groups in New Orleans claim machines blocked 58,000 voters.

http://offconny.notlong.com



Why a leap of faith is even harder now for the voter.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/26/weekinreview/26zell.html



Ohio requires registration on 80-pound paper stock.

http://www.daytonforkerry.com/Blackwell.pdf







September 25--NO RUSH TO JUDGMENT



Next-day counting looms as issue in key Ohio voting.
http://cruyeens.notlong.com

"A massive experiment on Nov. 2," says Alvarez.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39102-2004Sep21.html?nav=lb

Congress won't get absentee-ballot report till March, 2005.
http://www.iht.com/articles/540356.html



September 24-ROLLING THE DICE



Christian Science Monitor touts Nevada model.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0924/p08s02-comv.html



Nader knocked off Oregon ballot, plans appeal to US Supreme Court.

http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2004/09/23/news/news03.txt



Oregon businessman goes ballistic over premature exposing of ballots.

http://agataist.notlong.com





September 23--FOLLOW THE LEADERS


Like politicians, advocacy groups hone in on swing states.

http://hexpourt.notlong.com

Studies correlate felon disenfranchisement, black vote.

http://aliquist.notlong.com

Henry Gates on race- and party-based redistricting.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/23/opinion/23gates.html

System for disabled has auditable trail, is pushed for all voters.
http://www.techweb.com/wire/hardware/47901002

Harris makes her case in D.C.; Diebold responds.

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5378199.html

Pentagon lifts block on overseas voting site.
http://www.iht.com/articles/540149.html

Edinburgh's all-postal election almost ready for prime time.
http://news.scotsman.com/politics.cfm?id=1114692004

Sacramento County touts new optical scan machines.
http://www.news10.net/storyfull1.asp?id=8104



September 22-POSITIVELY NEGATIVE



Hawaii mystery:  10,000 ballots spoiled in last Saturday's election.
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2004/Sep/21/ln/ln11a.html

Ohio county probes possible absentee-ballot manipulations.
http://aniomize.notlong.com

AAAS calls for "crash course" on access, reliability issues.
http://www.sitnews.us/0904news/092204/092204_voter_system.html

Bev Harris in D.C. today to demo Diebold "vulnerabilities".
http://subviory.notlong.com



September 21--SELECTIVE SERVICE



Pentagon blocks some providers from overseas absentee-voter site.

http://nuthoxin.notlong.com



Maryland ruling now puts Nader on ballot in 37 states.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/electionline.htm



High registration numbers among young; considered a "fluid" bloc.

http://mikveted.notlong.com



Audio voting machine for blind is demonstrated; write-ins tedious.

http://tormiose.notlong.com



Lawyers already prepared, pack their parachutes for post-election forays.

http://athelves.notlong.com





September 20-HOMING IN



Sunday NY Times examines electronic voting:  vulnerable or an antidote?

http://ketteshy.notlong.com



And NYT quotes Ansolabehere on inevitability of voting from home.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/19/politics/campaign/19ballot.html



Indonesia vote appears to go peacefully.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3670804.stm



Through its own lens, AlterNet does key-state "dirty tricks" analysis.

http://www.alternet.org/election04/19917/



Through his own lens, Jacoby looks at voting scams.

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/jeffjacoby/jj20040920.shtml



jack driscoll



September 18-STORM PASSES

Democrats drop fight after Nader gets on ballot by 6-1 court margin.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/09/18/presidential.polls.nader/index.html



September 17--FOCUS ON THE TROUBLES



Economist looks at electronic approaches; cites Voting Project.
http://www.economist.com/World/na/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3195821

Nader case results in photocopies of absentee ballots being sent out.
http://wooptrol.notlong.com

International monitors to look at election preparations in five states.
http://unexuare.notlong.com

Advocate raises concern about voter-registration details being public.
http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=04/09/16/9058660



Scientific American article by Selker in October issue is available for a
fee at:
http://foxhuned.notlong.com





September 16--SEATTLE SLEW



Official's bias, secrecy, crossover issues roil Washington state.

http://yonnidae.notlong.com



29% of all those registered will vote in precincts with electronic 
balloting.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/16/technology/circuits/16howw.html



Judge blames clerical error for Palm Beach County brouhaha.

http://mumbolin.notlong.com



Court's Nader decision a race to wire with absentee ballot mail deadline.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/09/15/nader.reut/



September 15-TOUCH AND GO

Maryland Appeals Court rejects making touch-screen voting optional.
http://www.fcw.com/geb/articles/2004/0913/web-mdvote-09-14-04.asp

Meanwhile, election official temporarily absconds with machine.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21567-2004Sep14.html

NPR features Smithsonian exhibit; enables online "visit".
http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=3918074

Hong Kong official admits to ballot-box design problems.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4496040,00.html

JAMA article urges supervised voting in nursing homes.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/15/politics/campaign/15dement.html





September 14--ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL



Sen. Mikulski's personal test fails, she votes for paper backup.

http://drupiage.notlong.com



Dementia becomes sleeper issue, especially in Florida.

http://raiyider.notlong.com



Florida's Supreme Court to hear Nader case.

http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/tallahassee/9653494.htm







September 13-EARLY RETURNS

Brash schemes create concern over absentee voting.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/13/politics/campaign/13vote.html?hp

In Hawaii, question arises as to who may use disabled-voter machines.
http://starbulletin.com/2004/09/12/news/story3.html

China breathes easier but Hong Kong has some voting difficulties.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/09/13/1094927502125.html?oneclick=true

Nevada gets high marks for training, education of poll workers, voters.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/9647591.htm



September 10-JAKARTA JARRED

Jakarta bombing shakes candidates, but Sunday debate still on.
http://ungrizor.notlong.com

Nader temporarily ruled off Florida ballot, but back on in Oregon.
http://vizcacan.notlong.com

US group charges intimidation by China as Hong Kong gets set to vote.
http://legpinum.notlong.com



September 9-STOP THE PRESSES

Oregon decision on Nader today:  same day ballots being printed.

http://news.statesmanjournal.com/article.cfm?i=86394



Identical vote totals on several hundred machines in Venezuela.

http://www.vcrisis.com/index.php?content=letters/200409081135



Absentee ballots, some with torn portions, slow count in Nevada.

http://hagdonid.notlong.com



September 8-MACHINE POLITICS

California Attorney General joining false-claim suit again Diebold.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/09/08/DIEBOLD.TMP

Nevada, first to use touch-screen for statewide voting, has paper trail.
http://widtress.notlong.com

Nader fails to gain spot on Virginia ballot; too few signatures.
http://pluvramu.notlong.com

National Public Radio assesses the Nader factor.
http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=3893143



September 7-TWO APPROACHES=SAME CONCLUSION

Two academics find fraud evidence in Venezuela (WSJ subscription)

http://beeheded.notlong.com



Many reforms will be too late for US election in November.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62468-2004Sep4.html



Ballots resent to military after Nader loses in Pennsylvania court.

http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/9595972.htm



Afghanistan ballots, printed in Canada, will include candidate photos.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3631920.stm



September 3-OUTSIDER ON INSIDE

Chief of Carter observation team recounts experiences in Venezuela.

http://www.economist.com/world/la/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3157671



Both parties gearing up for possibility of Electoral College tie.

http://coquieve.notlong.com



Judge clears way for Nader to be on West Virginia ballot.

http://wvgazette.com/section/News/200409031



September 2-BEING JUDICIOUS



Maryland judge OKs touch screens; raises concern about tampering.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54409-2004Sep1.html

Nader update:  3 more states refuse to list him on ballot.
http://budzinik.notlong.com

A look back at how the Florida primary went.
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,64811,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_5

It's easy to vote absentee in at least 24 states (subscription).
http://deaquits.notlong.com





September 1-EARLY RETURNS



A few glitches but not with touch screens in Florida primary.
http://unequyee.notlong.com

LePore, designer of "butterfly", loses; leaves at end of year.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/9547448.htm?1c

Vote-pairing techniques perking as legality is questioned.
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,64777,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1

It's the last straw, if true, says Gillmor of Black Box Voting charge.
http://weblog.siliconvalley.com/column/dangillmor/





August 31-BATTLE OF THE BALLOT



"All-consuming from here on out," Alvarez tells MSNBC.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5862315/

60% of Mass. polling locations fail to meet accessibility regulations.
http://cirquaro.notlong.com

Despite ruling, Florida counties to sidestep manual recounts for now.
http://plochnic.notlong.com

Only one opening glitch as Florida holds closely-monitored primary.
http://padcloid.notlong.com

US election officials feeling unfairly beleaguered.
http://www.wired.com/news/evote/0,2645,64781,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1



August 30-INSECURITY

Missouri plan for soldiers to vote by email seen as double trouble.
http://guglypic.notlong.com

Australia PM admits to pre-election spam onslaught.
http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/04/08/ap_082704.asp

Florida judge's touch-screen ruling creates a quandary.
http://www.wired.com/news/evote/0,2645,64760,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_8

August 28-IMAGE CONSCIOUSNESS



Florida judge rules touch-screen must be part of recounts.
http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/tallahassee/news/9519470.htm



LePore, on eve of own election, decries prophets of doom.
 http://sukkurat.notlong.com



August 27--HEADS OR TAILS?



NPR interviews LePore regarding arrow ballot design.
http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=3873016

>From punch cards to touch-screen to optical scan in Indiana county.
http://www.indystar.com/articles/6/173430-6056-016.html

UK commission calls for halt to postal experiment, but did it fail?
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/apathy/story/0,12822,1292054,00.html



August 26--NEW TACTICAL TOOLS



Minorities face "subtler, more creative" discrimination, NAACP finds.
http://jamwinny.notlong.com

Battleground states lead early-voting "revolution".
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33796-2004Aug25.html

Alvarez, Selker, Brand are focus of Infozine story.
http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/3120/

Maryland "terribly vulnerable" to fraud, consultant testifies.
http://www.wtopnews.com/?sid=254852&nid=213



August 25-ORANGE COLORED



What is it about Florida, Slate asks?
http://slate.msn.com/id/2105524/

Alabama won't let soldiers use ballot forms sent over internet.
http://www.wkrn.com/Global/story.asp?S=2215860

California OKs e-voting in all but four counties.
http://corbases.notlong.com

AccuPoll picks up shift in voter concern about security.
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,64700,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_4



August 24-SCARY POSSIBILITY



Selkers worries voters are being scared away?  (Salon subscription)
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/08/24/machines/index_np.html

NY Daily News claims that 46,000 are registered in two states.
http://www.zaman.org/?bl=international&alt=&trh=20040824&hn=11709

Washington Post examines 2300 missing votes in New Mexico in 2000.
http://www.zaman.org/?bl=international&alt=&trh=20040824&hn=11709

Testimony of a veteran voter who is vision impaired.
http://www.craigdailypress.com/section/localnews/story/13474



August 23-NOT TO BE TOUCHED



Touchscreen manufacturers are committed to secrecy.
http://edgruoit.notlong.com

Maryland anti-machine suit is slowed; hearings Wednesday.
http://furmovas.notlong.com

Some thrown off by connecting arrows in Florida absentee ballot.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/9469612.htm?1c

For the record:  Recount declares Chavez clear winner in Venezuela.
http://mudioach.notlong.com



August 20-A NEW STORM



Due to hurricane Gov. Bush issues order allowing fax voting in 10 counties.
http://lapdolky.notlong.com

US rights panel looking into Orlando intimidation charges.
http://aldroire.notlong.com

Soaries praises computer scientists; a peace offering?
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,64644,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_3



August 19-A VOTE FOR OPTICAL SCAN?



Wired Mag contributor on why e-voting "isn't everywhere".
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.08/start.html?pg=7

NY Times calls on local officials to make provisional voting work.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/19/opinion/19thu1.html

David Broder sees early voting as being generally beneficial.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13746-2004Aug18.html

Incorrect absentee ballot a fluke, says Palm Beach County official.
http://tryhemez.notlong.com



August 18-A THIRD OF VOTES?



Wall St. Journal gives Page One treatment to early balloting (subscription).
http://adoxogic.notlong.com

Sample audit in Venezuela aims to remove doubts of accuracy.
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/813ec0c0-f0e4-11d8-95b8-00000e2511c8.html



August 17-VOTING AT MIDNIGHT



Chavez survives Venezuela referendum as fraud charges fly.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0817/p05s01-woam.html

Krugman weighs in: favors absentee voting, independent exit polling.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/17/opinion/17krugman.html

"Rock the Vote" to aim IM at voters under age 24 (I don't quite qualify).
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,64580,00.html

Online newspaper maps offer "interactive" electoral options.
http://lesbiloh.notlong.com



August 16-'EXPANDING THE STRIKE ZONE'



Early-voting may rise from 15% to 20% in this election.
http://www.iht.com/articles/534110.html

Outsiders join in test of Broward County touch-screen system.
http://maclypes.notlong.com

Some students abroad need their ballots notarized.
http://faggdron.notlong.com



August 13-'INTELLIGENT PEN'



In Illinois, a $100 million competition for machines accessible to disabled.
http://www.dailyherald.com/search/main_story.asp?intid=3821115

California OKs Diebold touch-screen voting in three more counties.
http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=2167536



August 12-A TRUE DISBELIEVER



Why Congressman Holt is so zealous about paper vote records.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/12/nyregion/12profile.html

Provisional ballots hold close Colorado results in limbo.
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Politics/ap20040811_1831.html

Florida poll workers getting disaster training.
http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/local/9377471.htm

Oops.  A mistake sent out on Palm Beach County absentee ballot.
http://forgilor.notlong.com



August 11-DOWN UNDER



Australian firm won't make future election software open source.
http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;537673802;fp;16;fpid;0

Disastrous prospect of an Electoral College tie is explored.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/11/opinion/11bennett.html

Foreign groups offer advice, tools for Kabul election (audio).
http://nebedley.notlong.com



August 10-TREND SETTER



Ballots fail to reach some soldiers in Iraq; vote by email explored.
http://www.news-leader.com/today/0810-Ballotsfai-152283.html

Ranked-choice voting debuts in local San Francisco election on Nov. 2.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/08/10/RANKED.TMP

Nader aims his guns at election and tort reform.
http://www.thewbalchannel.com/news/3632376/detail.html

Meanwhile, an analysis of Nader/Camejo battle with Green Party.
http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Aug04/Glick0809.htm



August 6-SYSTEM LISTING



NY Times finds lack of uniformity in provisional balloting rules.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/06/politics/campaign/06vote.html?hp

South Carolina waves off dissenters, agrees to buy "touch" machines.
http://hubnaimy.notlong.com


MSNBC ranks early voting as dynamic #10 in upcoming election.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5614579



August 5-BALLOTS AWOL



Chicago official warns President on overseas voting by troops.
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=39805

John Allen Paulos examines voting-block model.
http://sunfiasm.notlong.com

BBC reviews Florida's continuing voting woes.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3774227.stm



August 4-REALITY GAP



Survey suggests public far less worried about security than experts.
http://vorligum.notlong.com

>From The Nation:  "The potential for fraud and error is daunting."
http://www.alternet.org/election04/19432/



August 3-MANANA?



Plans stalled for making it easier to register for Spanish speakers.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32776-2004Aug1.html

A look back at botched ballots in Palm Beach County primary in March.
http://tobidlet.notlong.com



August 2-FOUND:  MORE QUESTIONS



Local activists voice added skepticism as lost Florida disc is found.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5560653/

Selker calls paper-trail issue a "red herring".
http://munrufer.notlong.com

Australia magazine presents "the lowdown on e-voting".
http://www.cio.com.au/index.php/id;558873322;fp;4;fpid;21

Poll workers are the weakest link, says top Florida official.
http://www.cio.com.au/index.php/id;558873322;fp;4;fpid;21



July 30-SEEKING JUSTICE



Activists demand federal probe of lost logs in Florida.
http://www.wired.com/news/evote/0,2645,64395,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_2

Another challenge to hackers, this time by e-voting critic.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/9278952.htm



July 29-100-DAY COUNTDOWN



Is e-voting broke--and unfixable?
http://www.securitypipeline.com/trends/26100240

Democrats tub-thump platform calling for secure, auditable voting.
http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/07/28/HNdncevote_1.html



July 28-TRAIL'S DEAD END



"Florida is headed toward being the next Florida," NY Times reports.
http://mobpotty.notlong.com

Rubin, Schade, Selker present views on NPR-affiliate show.
http://www.wamu.org/kojo/



July 27-HANGING IN BALANCE



ACLU seeks removal of punch-card voting in Ohio in Fall election.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3926579.stm

Question is not who you'll vote for but how you'll cast your ballot.
http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/04/07/wo_hellweg072704.asp

Krugman worries about possible election abuse, especially in Florida.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/27/opinion/27krug.html



July 23-INSURANCE POLICY



NY Times editorial lauds Voting Project, lays out protections menu.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/23/opinion/23fri1.html



July 22-AIRING ISSUES



Ogletree, Selker discuss voting challenges on NPR.
http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=3602101

Boston Phoenix version of "immediate steps" proposals.
http://biqueval.notlong.com



July 16-BLACK-AND-WHITE MATTER



Civil Rights Board wants probe of Florida list purge.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/16/national/16vote.html



July 14-WHO COUNTS?



Election companies are running elections for local officials, says Selker.
http://www.komotv.com/stories/32161.htm

Venezuela to use untested touchscreens in presidential recall election.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/07/13/venezuela.e.voting.ap/index.html



July 13-THE MORE THINGS CHANGE.



USA Today takes look at upcoming election, finds little has changed..
http://hobgenly.notlong.com

"Computer Ate My Vote" Day.
http://vevo.verifiedvoting.org/verifier/

Florida defers felon purge till 2006 election.
http://legwasas.notlong.com



July 12-BEAT GOES ON



California unseals whistleblower suit against Diebold, filed last November.
http://rurbodia.notlong.com

Florida newspaper study raises issues regarding overvotes in 2000.
http://misrenea.notlong.com



July 8-TOUCHY SUBJECTS



Rubin pounds away at source-code scrutiny during House hearing.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/9101221.htm

California's strict rules backed by US court; other states mull
implications.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/9100600.htm

Florida suit aims to permit manual recounting of touch-screen votes.
http://reglucci.notlong.com



July 7-NAILED



Indonesia recounts millions of ballots due to puncture discrepancies.
http://www.brunei-online.com/bb/wed/jul7w15.htm

Ohio county opts to lease 386 optical-scaning machines for Nov. 2.
http://boxmouai.notlong.com

2003 observers found Asian Americans wrongly treated.
http://rejokirt.notlong.com



July 6-ALL ABOARD?



Voting activist says we have a train wreck about to happen.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/07/05/profile.e.voting.ap/index.html

72% of Americans oppose compulsory voting, ABC News poll finds.
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/politics/Polls/No_vote_poll_040611.html

Kapor co-founds a blog dedicated to politics-not-as-usual.
http://blogs.osafoundation.org/mitch/



July 2-SUNSHINE STATE



Judge opens list of felons who were purged from Florida voting rolls.
http://www.wired.com/news/evote/0,2645,64071,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_2

Florida Congressman challenges touch-screen voting without paper ballots.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/state/9061278.htm?1c



June 30-ACTION



LCCR, Brennan Center issue report with "specific recommendations".
http://www.civilrights.org/issues/voting/details.cfm?id=23781

Good story on report at:
http://naivikin.notlong.com

CNET challenges experts on e-voting.
http://sawbrius.notlong.com



June 28-SNAIL VS. BUTTERFLY



Smithsonian to display Oregon vote-by-mail ballot next to Florida's.
http://news.statesmanjournal.com/article.cfm?i=82671

House hearings point to weak federal followup since 2000.
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,116709,00.asp



June 24-COLLISION COURSE



Non-profit forming to investigate election officials who may have conflicts.
http://huncamer.notlong.com

Molly Ivins weighs in on "bipartisan" election dilemma.
http://dibbelew.notlong.com



June 23-IT'S IN THE MAIL



Ornstein predicts absentee ballots will total up to 30% of 2004 vote.
http://www.newhousenews.com/archive/benson062204.html

Florida rejects Dade request for numbers next to ballot questions.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/8988378.htm?1c

DC rally pushes touch-screen/paper-trail legislation.
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2004/0621/web-rally-06-22-04.asp



June 21-HOT, HOT, HOT



Nothing new but a solid report on "potential for electoral meltdown" at:
http://sabinure.notlong.com

Convicted-felons issue adds fire to already-boiling pot in Florida.
http://unfonmun.notlong.com

Drive to register Latinos heats up in Arizona--even in grocery store.
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0621vote21.html



June 16-STANDARD FAIR



California releases standards for voter-verified paper trail.
http://bulnorks.notlong.com

 Meanwhile, task force calls for reins on registration data.
http://aflunchy.notlong.com

"Invisible bonds" often link election officials, equipment vendors.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/8925946.htm



June 15-BUTTON PUSHER



Shelley profile:  As California goes, so goes nation?
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/15/politics/15vote.html

LWV drops support of paperless voting machines.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/8922281.htm



June 14-EASIER SAID THAN DONE



PC World takes a look at security issues involving e-voting..
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,115608,00.asp

Flaw in Florida touchscreen software raises additional concerns.
http://bhajosms.notlong.com

Convicted-felons issue intensifies scrutiny of Florida election rolls.
http://cargagle.notlong.com



June 11--TOUCH AND GO



Ohio approves touch-screen voting with paper record.
http://www.fcw.com/geb/articles/2004/0607/web-accupoll-06-10-04.asp

League of Women Voters in turmoil over paper-audit issue.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news_story.asp?intid=3814984

California "un-decertifies" touch-screen voting in Orange County.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2004-06-11-oc-evote_x.htm



June 10-WHATEVER.



US election chief says do something about security; doesn't say what.
http://poxvirza.notlong.com

Bogus ballot boxes throw British election into a tizzy.
http://marbirky.notlong.com

Election day lasts 13 days for Canadians.
http://canzoyly.notlong.com



jack driscoll