Election monitors for Colorado counties
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The state has placed four counties on an election watch list because of serious voting problems in November and will seek court permission to directly supervise their next elections unless they fix the deficiencies, The Associated Press has learned.
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Cuyahoga county officials in Ohio are considering a switch away from touch-screen e-voting systems to optical scan devices -- a move that could mean scrapping a $17 million investment in Diebold Election Systems hardware.
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By Margie Wood, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Dec. 9--Pueblo County's 1041 land-use regulations are becoming a "smorgasbord for lawyers," as Commissioner Matt Peulen put it.
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Poor software design, serious IT management inefficiencies and an untested deployment of a critical application were all major factors in last month&#8217;s Election Day problems in Denver, according to a scathing report from an IT consultant. The problems led to hours-long delays for voters looking to cast ballots and raised questions about the overall efficacy of e-voting.
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Adam Bigenho, tech guy for the Montgomery County Board of Elections, spent part of yesterday training election judges how to match up computer plugs at polling places Monday night as they prepare for the next day's primary.
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The primary day debacle in Montgomery and Prince George's counties will add momentum to regional efforts to ensure that election systems create a paper record of each vote, according to some elected officials and activists critical of paperless balloting.
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Dozens of election observers kept close watch on teams of vote counters in King County as Washington state's largest county began its tedious hand recount of the governor's race.
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By Greg Avery, Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo.  Dec.
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By Tracy Harmon, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Jan. 30--SALIDA -- The growing business of ecotourism or "wildlife watching," which annually generates more than $1 billion in the state's revenue, will be the focus of a Colorado Division of Wildlife meeting Wednesday.
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Salt Lake County needs 1,000 more poll workers for the November election.  In order to reach that number, Salt Lake County Clerk Sherrie Swensen is asking local business owners to urge employees to sign up.
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A newspaper's review of ballots cast in three north Florida counties where registered Democrats heavily outnumber Republicans showed just what officials reported: The counties' voters did on Election Day as they often do, voting for a Republican for president.
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Rasmussen Reports - Less than two months before the election, Denver District Attorney Bill Ritter (D) has jumped even further ahead in Colorado&#39;s gubernatorial race. He now leads Republican Representative Bob Beauprez 50% to 34%.&nbsp;Ten percent (10%) are undecided.
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By Anne Jungen, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Sep. 5--The incumbent Crawford County sheriff and his former undersheriff will battle on the ballot as voters head to the polls for the primary election next week.   Sheriff Bob Ostrander and Jerry Moran will face off in a Sept.
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By Ron Sylvester, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Sep. 11--A Sedgwick County district judge who has pushed for campaign reform in judicial elections for 10 years has asked a federal judge in Topeka to let him join a lawsuit against the commission that wants to keep candidates silent.
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The November general election can proceed in Colorado despite flaws in the process of testing and certifying e-voting machines, a state judge rules.
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Administrators are hoping that the victor in this year's presidential election will win by a wide margin. A close race, they fear, will result in more charges of voter fraud and demands for recounts. Kim Zetter reports from Washington.
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Dozens of election observers kept close watch Friday on teams of vote counters in King County as Washington state's largest county began its tedious hand recount of the governor's race.