A Look at Lawsuits, Voting Problems
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Many states are facing legal challenges over possible voting problems Nov. 2. A look at some of the developments Monday:
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After the 2000 election, counties around the country rushed to buy new computerized voting machines. But it turns out that these machines may cause problems worse than hanging chads. Is America ready for another contested election?
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Concerns about voter enfranchisement and the system's integrity have lawyers busy already.
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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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New laws, new voting procedures and court fights that have changed the rules in some states may mean added confusion at the polls on Tuesday. With memories of deadlocked Florida still fresh, the lawyers are plentiful and busy this year. Here is a voter's guide to ways the partisan legal skirmishing could affect voters on Election Day.
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Congress' investigative agency, responding to complaints from around the country, has begun to look into the Nov. 2 vote count, including the handling of provisional ballots and malfunctions of voting machines.
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A US federal judge started hearing a lawsuit calling for the inclusion on Florida's voter rolls of about 10,000 people whose registration forms were rejected because they were not properly filled out.
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When voters enter the polling booths in November they deserve a clear pathway forward on Utah's voucher policy.  Right now there are several lawsuits moving through the judicial system, and I will be watching with great interest to see if clarity results.
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Electronic voting in the US. The saga continues. Here is an interesting comparision with a Venezuelan referendum. &quot;80% of Americans could correctly name the first President Bush&#39;s pet dog Millie, but only
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Lawsuits, missing absentee ballots and accusations of bias -- from afar Tuesday's presidential election in Florida already looks like the Third World-style fiasco of 2000 that everyone wanted to avoid.
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In a glimpse of what the nation might see a month from now, people lined up at election offices and caused parking lot traffic jams as voter registration deadlines fell Monday in more than a dozen states.    Many officials reported record numbers of new voters, some said they were overwhelmed, and allegations were already flying about fraud and the disqualification of some voters' applications...
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The success of last week's primary election using touch-screen voting machines heartens officials in other states, where e-voting has been problematic. Still, the Silver State may be in a unique situation.
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With three weeks until Nov. 2, Ohio has become the epicenter of lawsuits over an election that has yet to be held. Officials there are trying to fend off court challenges about provisional
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California Attorney General Bill Lockyer joined a lawsuit Tuesday alleging that voting equipment company Diebold Inc. sold the state shoddy hardware and software, exposing elections to hackers and software bugs.
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A court rules a web-based bankruptcy "expert" is not a clerical tool but is effectively practicing law without a license. Plus: Internet doomed, close browser now. In 27B Stroke 6.
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A new study finds states that need businesses the most often scare them off with lawsuits.
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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.