Category Archives: voting technology
“New California Secretary of State Alex Padilla Plans Tech Overhaul”
Techwire has this interview.
“Cliff Ahead: Florida SoS, Supervisors Worry About Voting Machines”
“Company acknowledges Bexar ballot glitch that omitted Greg Abbott’s name”
So True the Vote was right after all, not a photoshop:
The company that supplies Bexar County with iVotronic ballot machines acknowledged Wednesday that a glitch caused an electronic ballot to display the wrong name for the Republican candidate… Continue reading
“Republican Congressman Claims Voting Machines Are Rigged”
HuffPo:
A Virginia Republican congressman and the state’s GOP are claiming they’ve received reports of faulty polling machines in almost two dozen locations, with voters intending to vote Republican accidentally selecting the Democratic candidate instead. But the voter registrar… Continue reading
“States ditch electronic voting machines”
“‘Calibration issue’ in Maryland voting machines switches GOP picks to Democrat”
“Pentagon watchdogs scrutinize states’ push toward online voting”
“L.A. County OKs contract to design new touch-screen voting system”
“‘Calibration error’ changes GOP votes to Dem in Illinois county”
We see these stories every election where people vote on touch screens. Sometimes the votes go the other way—but always the tin-foiled hat people yell conspiracy.
“Online Registration Now Available to Nearly Half of Eligible Voters”
Lawsuit Against DOD Seeking Online Voting Info
A reader passes along the following:
EPIC Files FOIA Lawsuit For Reports on Electronic Voting Reliability
EPIC has filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit to obtain test reports about an online voting program promoted by the Department of Defense.… Continue reading
“A deep dive into voting systems; Q&A with Wack and Keller of IEEE Voting Systems Standards Committee”
That’s the lead story in this week’s Electionline Weekly.