Ballots count? It depends
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Instead, our neighbor to the north showed that votes may count, or they may not, depending on how often you count them. We can draw these conclusions from what happened in the Washington election for governor.
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DES MOINES -- The Iowa caucuses, stripped bare, are all about numbers. Let's start with 99, the number of counties in the state. Then 1,781, the number of precincts where caucusing takes place. Followed by 230,000, the estimated number of caucusgoers (some 150,000 Democrats and 80,000 Republicans)....
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By The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Mar. 3--For thousands of you, a ballot is about to come in the mail that may end up saving your home from a disastrous flood. Yes, it is election time once again, but just for some property owners and a single, very special cause.
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One of the problems with the American Presidency is that it tends to eclipse the entire rest of the government in the public eye. People often seem to almost view the Presidency as if it were the government, rather than just one component of many within the government. In particular, the Presidential election is the only one it is possible to get many people to care about. Voter turnout drops precipitously for those elections where the Presidency is not on the ballot; and on those years where it is, the media coverage for the elections of other offices is almost entirely drowned out in the obsessive coverage of the Presidential campaign. But these other elections are no less important, and in many cases are more so. Despite the neglect they receive these elections are just as critical to our democratic process. By ignoring these elections, our nation is closing its eyes to the bulk of that part of government that affects us on a day to day basis. So what I would like to do is open up the floor and ask: What's happening in the local, non-presidential elections in your area this November?What are the important races (Senators, ballot referendums, etc) and what has been happening in them? What is your perspective on these? Let us know. If your familiarity with local politics is less than complete, Project Vote Smart offers a great deal of information on American elections and is a good place to get started.
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President Bush may have received up to 260,000 more votes than he should have in Florida counties that used touch-screen voting machines, according to an academic analysis. Researchers call on Florida to examine the results. By Kim Zetter.
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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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HAMISH ROBERTSON: It seems that many voters will still be making up their minds as they enter the polling booth. And while the fortunes of both major parties could well lie with these undecided voters, just what will influence their vote remains unclear.
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I think that deciding to vote for someone is an important and a tough choice. You know there are Democrat voters and Republican voters so you know who they are going to vote for.
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Some states have allowed primary votes to be cast as long as a month ago. In California, for example, up to half of all primary votes may be cast early.
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In this year&#39;s presidential election, most of the Electoral College map went the same way it did in 2000. But late last night, votes were still being counted in Ohio.
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Even though the results are just a few days old, it&#39;s already hard to keep track of the lessons from, and implications of, Tuesday&#39;s election.
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Divided results mean fight may go beyond Super Tuesday as questions arise over ideological path
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By Jennifer Davies, The San Diego Union-Tribune  Jun. 22--From hanging chads to computer glitches that mysteriously lose  thousands of votes, Lori Steele figures there has to be a better way to run  elections.
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Like many of you, I spent a long time watching the election returns come in, and I saw the election eventually handed to George Bush.  I saw exit polls that did not correspond to the results in certain states.  I heard about the diebold president talking about using his machines to turn the election.  I have spent a long time over the past day checking information about the election, information from 2000, comparing data.  And after all of this, I feel I am able to post a list of some questionable data that I have seen:
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Voters appeared on track to cast a record number of ballots in Tuesday's presidential primaries.
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Different readings in the presidential race point, in part, to a volatile electorate.
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Preliminary results of a recount in New Hampshire verify that optical-scan voting machines recorded votes accurately. A Nader spokesman calls on Democrats to do some soul-searching. By Kim Zetter.