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- No access to code in eVoting case
- A district court of appeals has upheld a lower court ruling that denied access to the source code of he iVotronic touch-screen systems made by Elections Systems & Software in a contested election for a Florida U.S. House seat.Christine Jennings, who lost the race by 369 votes claims that the...
- Tags: Security, Government, General
- Blog posts 2007-06-20
- 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
- In FL, Jennings appeals to see e-voting source code
- After losing an election in which 18,000 voters mysteriously failed to cast a vote in a hotly contested House race, Florida Democrat Christine Jennings sued to force the e-voting manufacturer to turn over the machines source code. Circuit Judge William Gary refused to grant that request last week, ruling her...
- Tags: Christine Jennings, Elections, State &, Local Govt, Government technology
- Blog posts 2007-01-04
- 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
- Jennings brings e-voting claim to Congress
- Christine Jennings, the presumptive loser in Florida’s 13th Congressional District, is officially contesting the race results in Congress, alleging widespread voting machine irregularities, Congressional Quarterly reports. The House Administration Committee will decide whether to proceed with an investigation of the complaint. Since the 109th Congress is over, the...
- Tags: Jennings&rsquo, Christine Jennings, Elections, Congress, Government technology
- Blog posts 2006-12-22
- In FL, missing e-votes cast doubt on House race
- A Florida Democrat who lost his House race is seeking a recount after dozens of people reported problems using Sarasota County’s touch-screen voting machines and a significant number of ballots had no recorded votes in the high-profile race, The New York Times reports. Christine Jennings lost to...
- Tags: Government technology, State &, Local Govt, Elections, Christine Jennings
- Blog posts 2006-11-10
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- Changes afoot for No Child Left Behind
- President Bushs No Child Left Behind law is coming up for reauthorization and Congress is mulling over changes to the five-year old law, reports Stateline.org. Educators and governors are putting in their two cents to amend the new version of the five-year-old law, which has been criticized...
- Tags: Policy, K-12, Education Technology
- Blog posts 2007-03-29
- Mounting pressure for a paper trail in FL and Washington
- In Florida and Washington, pressure is mounting to do something about the state of voting in the country. After problems with e-voting in a Florida county - and with Democrats in control of Congress - the odds are good that state and federal legislation will be passed to address the...
- Tags: paper trail, trail, audit
- Blog posts 2006-11-28
- 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
- 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
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