The controversy over the security of touch screen voting continues
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Monthly Archives: October 2003
Catching Up Department
I just came across this Bruce Cain online Q&A dated October 8 from the Washington Post Online.
“Learning from the California Recall Experience; What the Unprecedented Election Tells Us About our Laws Governing Politics”
My Findlaw column on this topic is here.
“After Bitter Fight, Texas Redraws Congressional Districts”
See this New York Times report. See also this A.P. report.
“New voting devices can’t come too fast”
Daniel Borenstein offers this column in the Contra Costa Times.
“3 groups use $1M on TV ads; ‘Soft money’ effort attempts to sway voters in Mississippi on Nov. 4”
The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Mississippi) offers this report.
Texas GOP analyst: Redistricting plan “should assure that Republicans keep the House no matter the national mood”
Be sure not to miss this Washington Post report.
More on punch card undervotes in the recall election
Mickey Kaus comes down hard here on Henry Brady’s most recent statistics regarding the extent of unintentional undervotes caused by punch cards, but other preliminary analyses have reached the same conclusion:
(1) Michael McDonald’s updated turnout analysis, which notes,… Continue reading
Schwarzman effect: human error or machine error
Garry Young offers these thoughtful comments, concluding that most of the Schwarzman votes can be attributed to name error rather than punch card error.
L.A. Times recall campaign finance recap
See here.
“Texas GOP Makes Another Redistricting Bid: Democrats Promise to Fight Proposal”
The Washington Post offers this report.
Preliminary statistics indicate higher error for punch cards in recall race
See this preliminary analysis by Steven Hertzberg of Votewatch, a new non-partisan vote monitoring group. According to Hertzberg:
A preliminary analysis of the election returns shows that of the ballots cast, 42.5% were on Votomatic and Pollstar punch card… Continue reading
“Deal to End Punch Card Voting:Change in Ballot Seen by 2006”
The Chicago Tribune offers this report (registration required) on a settlement of the Illinois punch card litigation. Readers of this blog will recall that earlier in the litigation, a federal district court held that the use of punch card voting… Continue reading
“FEC Backs Group’s Campaign Money Plan”
A.P. offers this report, which begins: “The Federal Election Commission on Thursday backed a group’s plan to gather donations for the Democratic presidential nominee months before the candidate is picked, turning aside concerns raised by commission lawyers. The political… Continue reading