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Scottish election suffers from e-voting woes

The US isnt the only country with e-voting problems. In Scotland, elections last week were seriously marred by spoiled paper ballots, which led to technical problems with electronic counting systems that delayed election results, Computerworld reports. The supplier, DRS, told Computerworld UK that the problems were not about being...

Tags: Elections, Government technology

Blog posts 2007-05-11

Reluctantly, ID gives up punch card voting

Idaho is the last state with old-fashioned manual punch card voting systems, but thats about to change. Ada County, Idaho is about to switch over to optical scan technology, the Idaho Stateman reports. County officials are not exactly pleased. Compared to the punch-card system, county officials say...

Tags: Government technology, State &, Local Govt, Elections

Blog posts 2007-02-23

CA counties and cities push for all-mail elections

After all of the money spent, energy expended and ink spilled over electronic voting machines, it seems that there is a simpler way to vote that is more reliable and that could vastly improve participation: mail-in paper ballots. The Orange County Register interviewed a number of elections officials who...

Tags: Elections, Government technology, State &, Local Govt

Blog posts 2007-02-21

FL guv wants to junk all touch-screen machines

In Florida, its back to the future. The state whose election irregularities sent the presidential election of 2000 to the Supreme Court and spawned a crisis in the trustworthiness of electronic voting machines wants to go back to all paper ballots. Gov. Charlie Crist will ask the Florida...

Tags: Government technology, State &, Local Govt, Elections, ballot, Charlie Crist, e-voting

Blog posts 2007-02-01

Supreme Court rejects appeal of FL voting machines

The U.S. Supreme Court will not consider whether Floridas touch-screen voting machines need to have a paper trail in case of a recount, The Orlando Sentinel reports. U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler appealled a lower-court ruling that the states touch-screen voting machines dont need to leave a paper ballot trail....

Tags: Government technology, State &, Local Govt, Courts, Elections, Christine Jennings

Blog posts 2007-01-10

FL legislature contends with problems with e-voting machines

When the Florida Legislature convenes in March, the future of electronic voting machines will be one of the top items of business. While much of the country is registering fears about the ways votes are handled with the machines, Florida once again is in the limelight with an ongoing controversy...

Tags: paper ballot, ballot, e-voting, Christine Jennings, E-Voting Machine

Blog posts 2006-12-26

Bad sample ballot may explain voting shortfall in FL

Its looking increasingly likely that those 18,000 missing votes in a congressional race in Floridas Sarasota County really were never cast, rather than being lost in a e-voting snafu. One possible reason for the shortfall: In efforts to save money the county sent out a sample ballot that didnt match...

Tags: ballot, sample ballot, Elections, State &, Local Govt, Government technology

Blog posts 2006-12-11

FL certifies challenged election

In problematic House District 13, where about 18,000 cast ballots mysteriously didnt include votes for a hotly contested House race, state officials officially certified Republican Vern Buchanan the winner by 369 votes over Democrat Christine Jennings, the Tallahassee Democrat reports. Democrats immediately followed with a lawsuit asking...

Tags: Government technology, Elections

Blog posts 2006-11-21

FL county muddles through the paper trail

In Sarasota County, FL, where 18,000 ballots registered no votes for Floridas 13th Congressional District House race, dozens of recount volunteers are scrutinizing pieces of paper, seeking mathematical errors in the computerized tabulation of votes, The Miami Herald reports. Its a meaningless ritual, said David Dill, a Stanford University...

Tags: Government technology, State &, Local Govt, Elections, ballot

Blog posts 2006-11-17

Sarasota, FL, junks e-voting machines

Things went so swimmingly on election day in Sarasota County, FL, that the county will abandon touch-screen voting in 2008 and return to paper ballots, the Orland Sentinel reports. The e-voting machines may have lost some 18,000 votes in a hotly contested congressional race. That was the number...

Tags: Keyboards, Monitors & displays, Elections Kathy Dent, ballot, voter

Blog posts 2006-11-15

In Kathleen Harris' district, a recount and probably a revote

Katherine Harris and voting irregularities just go together like PB & J. Six years after Harris, Floridas secretary of state in 2000 and currently a US Representative, certified George W. Bush as president, the vote for who will succeed her in the House is completely screwed up.This time, electronic voting...

Tags: Government technology, Elections, ballot

Blog posts 2006-11-14

In VA, paperless voting but no shortage of paper

While it looks like the super-tight vote for Virginia senator will be settled once and for all today in favor of Democrat Jim Webb - giving the Democrats control of both the House and Senate - the past several days of counting have highlighted that elections in the age of...

Tags: Government technology, Elections, ballot, Encoder

Blog posts 2006-11-09

IN: Machines fail, hours extended, court fights galore

In Indiana, voters are suffering serious difficulties at the polls. In Delaware County technical glitches in e-voting machines prevented voting in 75 precincts and a judge extended voting hours in the county until 8:40 local time. On a blog-like page on its website, the Indianapolis Star is posting...

Tags: E-voting, ballot, voter

Blog posts 2006-11-07

Additional Resources

iPrez: Obama releases app grassroots organizing app

Get-out-the-vote campaigns have been cellphone-based for some time now. So what makes more sense than leveraging iPhone cool to put a calling app right on people's phones? That's what the Obama campaign did today, News.com reports,with an iPhone app that "organizes and prioritizes your contacts by key battleground states, making...

Tags: Apple iPhone, App, Obama, Congress+, Corporate Communications, GPS, Telecom & Utilities, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-02

Obama launches iPhone app; US election good for Twitter

Obama launches iPhone app; US election good for Twittermore reasons to dump the iPhoneAny true American will ignore this liberal application, and even drop the iPhone for a Blackberry.I’ll take a device that was created with McCain’s help over the Gore’s iPhone any day!RE: Obama launches iPhone app; US election...

Tags: Obama, Apple iPhone, iPhone App, Twitter

Discussion threads 2008-10-02

Video: Tech leaders for Obama?

It's true: Even Craig Newmark says so. (Although, for a bunch of tech guys, their website sure ain't ready.) Agree? Disagree? Tell us in TalkBack. UPDATE: Related article, "How the Obama campaign is...

Tags: Leader, Video, Corporate Communications, Web Site Development, Leadership, Web Technology, Marketing, Internet, Management, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-09-29

Should our President be computer literate?

Normally I don't like to talk about my political and socio-economic opinions, particularly because as a matter of experience once people discover my true leanings, they sometimes find my completely unrelated opinions on technology, food, or whatever it else we have in common to be less...

Tags: President, Computer, McCain, Palin, Productivity, E-mail, Internet, Government, Online Communications, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-09-29

Recap: Information warfare and the 2008 presidential election

Mudslinging in presidential elections is as old as the American political system. The Internet has increased both the rate as well as the quantity of attack strains. The low cost and accessibility of Internet technology has placed the power to disrupt a presidential campaign in the hands of...

Tags: Presidential Election, Campaign, Internet, Phishing, Cyberthreats, E-mail, Spam, Security, Viruses And Worms, Spam And Phishing, Online Communications, Adam O\'Donnell

Blog posts 2008-09-28

EXCLUSIVE: C-SPAN launches gadget-fueled 'Debate Hub' as social, political destination

If you love using your gadgets -- and you're fired up about this year's election -- have I got a site for you. Less than 24 hours before the first debate, C-SPAN, the cable network known for airing non-stop, unfiltered coverage of government proceedings, has unveiled its...

Tags: Site, Twitter, C-SPAN, Corporate Communications, Blogging, Marketing, Internet, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-09-25

Have an idea that can change the world?

Have an idea that can change the world?Trust this contest for what it isJust keep in mind that a company called Apple Computer held their "I Changed the World" contest back in '92 for the same reason. I know of one acknowledged/awarded idea that changed their entire platform to...

Tags: Google Inc., RFID

Discussion threads 2008-09-24