Integrity of Florida E-Voting in Doubt
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With polls showing nearly equal numbers of Florida voters for President Bush and Sen. John Kerry, the election's outcome may again hinge on a Florida recount. And the more that Floridians learn about how voting machines work, the more they question whether the 15 counties with paperless voting systems can accurately count and recount votes.
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FORT LAUDERDALE Florida election officials are scrambling to solve a case of tens of thousands of missing absentee ballots. Broward County&#39;s Elections Supervisor has ordered duplicate ballots sent to voters who have not returned their original ballot.
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Almost three-quarters of likely voters think electronic voting systems should produce a paper record the voter can verify, according to a new poll. But that's not likely to happen for many of them in November. By Laila Weir.
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Friday's St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports on a controversial decision by Missouri's Secretary of State: the state of Missouri will be allowing soldiers stationed overseas to cast ballots via e-mail. Their absentee ballots will be scanned and converted to PDF files, which will be emailed to the Defense Department, printed out, and then faxed to Missouri.  I'm in favor of helping soldiers vote; this is a democracy, everyone should be able to vote. Yet I'm deeply skeptical of this proposal, for two reasons:  The plan depends on e-mailed ballots being printed out and faxed by the Defense Department but does not provide any safeguards against soldiers being sanctioned for how they have voted;  The transmission method is inherently technically insecure
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The testing of the electronic voting machines in FloridaÃ¢ÂÂs disputed 13th Congressional District race is expected to conclude Friday night. State elections officials then will proceed with additional audit activities to determine whether voting machine errors affected the outcome Ã¢ÂÂ certified by state officials as a narrow 369-vote victory for the Republican nominee, car dealership owner Vern Buchanan.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, United States  - The disappearance of tens of thousands of ballots has raised new questions about Florida&#39;s ability to avert a repeat of the 2000 debacle, and fueled protests in the battleground state.
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DENVER, Sept. 22 -- A judge on Friday chastised state officials for botching efforts to ensure that electronic voting machines are tamper-proof, but he cleared them for use in the November election, saying it is too late now to change course.
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An analysis by four university researchers contends a link between electronic voting machines and a pro-Bush skew in Florida.
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As the Electoral College prepares to certify President Bush's re-election on Monday, concerns persist about the integrity of the nation's voting system &#151; particularly in Ohio, where details continue to emerge of technology failures, voter confusion and overcrowded polling stations in minority and poor neighborhoods.
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A federal court in Florida ruled that the source code in ES&S electronic voting machines cannot be examined in an effort to find out why 18,000 votes were apparently not counted.
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An apparent whistleblower is generating buzz by saying a Florida official sought vote-changing software, but cautious observers say there's plenty of room for doubt. By Kim Zetter.
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Christine Jennings, the losing candidate in the race to represent Florida&#8217;s 13th District in the U.S. House of Representatives, has filed a lawsuit charging that e-voting machines in Sarasota County caused her vote total to be undercounted.
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As the primary season continues, observers of the electronic-voting scene ask whether it's possible to tally the ballots efficiently while restoring Americans' faith in the process. Random, mandatory audits of cast ballots show promise, but even after demonstrated successes, not everyone's on board.
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The record use of electronic voting machines on Nov. 2 led to hundreds of voting irregularities and shows the need for higher standards, a voting rights group said Thursday.
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A Sarasota recount is complicated by electronic voting systems. One solution: Bring back paper.
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A server crashes, disrupting the pre-election test of electronic voting machines in West Palm Beach. Critics say this underscores the unreliability of e-voting, while election officials say all glitches will be fixed.
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Lawmakers have come full circle after devoting more money to high-tech voting machines following the 2000 election debacle in Florida. They now say a return to the paper trails of old is the key to an honest vote, exasperating state election officials.