e-voting and voter Resources

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E-voting: (Electronic-Voting) Using a computer-based machine to display an election ballot and record the vote. E-voting machines typically use touch screens as the data entry method for a voter's...; Full E-voting Definition >>

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Report blasts e-voting in midterm election: Three anti-evoting advocacy groups have released a report that says electronic voting machines gave the country not more accurate elections but rather late poll openings, data-retrieval errors and widespread machine failures, The Houston Chronicle reports. The report PDF, released by Voter Action, VotersUnite.Org and VoteTrust USA, looked ...; Tags: e-voting, voter; Blog posts 2007-01-03
Panel says voting systems need paper audits: A federal tech committee acted to herald the end of paperless electronic voting yesterday. The Technical Guidelines Development Committee voted to start work on a national standard for voting machines - and that standard includes independent verification of ballot choices, The Washington Post reports. "This seems to mark...; Tags: Elections, State &, Local Govt, Government technology; Blog posts 2006-12-06
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
Yet more on Evoting: Back in 2004, when I wrote my evoting series for Linuxinsider, I was sure that a voting machine constructed on Sun Ray technology would need to print ballots for backup and function in a traditional polling place - but I was wrong on both counts. The reasons for that...; Tags: voter, Sun Ray, ballot; Blog posts 2006-10-19
More on E-voting: If the evoting machine represents the visible tip of the iceberg, what happens below see level? In both Canada and the United States electoral officials are expected to prepare an appropriate number of polling places, ensure that each polling place has a list of the people eligible to vote...; Tags: voter, fraud; Blog posts 2006-10-18

E-Voting: E-VotingPencil and paperMark the oval next to the candidate you prefer. Sometimes low tech is the best tech.There will be errors and fraud in any system -- the trick is to make fraud as costly as possible and errors as transparent as possible.Hand marked ballots keep the cost of fraud...; Tags: Litigation, ballot, e-voting, voter, fraud; Discussion threads 2006-10-16
E-Voting: The most striking thing about the whole evoting controversy is that everybodys focused on the visible part of the iceberg while the action, as usual, goes on below -i.e. people focus on the voting and tabulation processes, not the voter registration, poll management, and control processes where most of the...; Tags: ballot, voter; Blog posts 2006-10-16
Texas secretary of state pushing e-voting - hard: In many states, the verdict is still out on electronic voting machines, but if Texas Secretary of State Roger Williams has his way, his state will vote digital in all coming elections, reports The Statesman. Williams has taken his pro-electronic voting machine message on the Web and elsewhere to...; Tags: Williams, e-voting; Blog posts 2006-09-28
CO decision on e-voting causes confusion among voters: After a judge castigated state officials for lax e-voting security measures, while ruling to allow e-voting machines in the general election, Coloradans head to polls in November with the lowest level of confidence in recent memory, The Denver Post says, quoting e-voting experts. "When you...; Tags: e-voting, voter; Blog posts 2006-09-25
An odd E-voting bit: Most of the discussion about e-voting centers on trust and the fact that evoting systems are generally a lot easier to abuse than to audit - but here's something from Robert Novak's political gossip column showing that bad interface design can unintentionally affect an election outcome: Selection...; Tags: voter, Tom DeLay; Blog posts 2006-09-07
Schwarzenegger signs e-voting 'paper trail' bill: Schwarzenegger signs e-voting 'paper trail' billShucks[i]"California is requiring machines to be retrofitted or replaced to meet the requirements of the new law, which will go into effect by the 2006 primaries."[/i]Damn, looks like it won't be set up in time to stop this election's rigging.good job SchwarzeneggerI would go one...; Tags: Schwarzenegger, card, e-voting, voter; Discussion threads 2004-09-28
Poll: Experts fear e-voting more than most voters: Poll: Experts fear e-voting more than most votersThis will be the death of democracyNow that it is widely known that diebold machines was in bed with the republicans, all e-voting has been called into question. Of course politicians are bending over backward to get it implemented because, as we all...; Tags: e-voting, voter; Discussion threads 2004-08-03
E-voting critic calls on hackers to expose flaws: E-voting critic calls on hackers to expose flawsE-voting disaster in the makingNO e-voting period, it would be to easy for anyone to enter the system and cause total kaos and disaster.If you want to vote, go to the poll or do as the military does and so on, absent card...; Tags: e-voting, voter; Discussion threads 2004-07-29
Feds want e-voting source code disclosed: Feds want e-voting source code disclosedNeeds a paper receiptIt really needs a paper receipt, disclosing the source is fine and a good step forward, but these are general purpose computing platforms they're using.If I wanted to change an election, I could run *extra* software on them to change the vote,...; Tags: VOTER, lottery, e-voting; Discussion threads 2004-06-08

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Military won't wait on EMR choice: Military won't wait on EMR choice.....So in typical bureaucratic fashion they will forgo a system that works well, is battle tested and reliable as well as... most cost effective! I guess when you have morons voting for idiots this is the outcome. ]:); Tags: EMR; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
What people hate most about health insurance: What people hate most about health insurancetry medicaid if you want a real headacheIf you think your paid insurance is bad, try living on SS or SSI, yet being expected to make co-pays on everything they can find to ding you on, it may sound like no big deal if...; Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, health care, health insurance; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
Legg Mason takes Yahoo's side vs. Icahn; Yang takes campaign to home page: Updated: Yahoo's argument that billionaire investor Carl Icahn is a short-timer with no clear plan to run the company has won over a key investor: Legg Mason. In addition, Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang is taking the company's campaign to its home page. In a broadcast to employees...; Tags: Jerry Yang, Legg Mason Inc., Board, Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-18
News to know: Google; Microsoft; eBay; SAP; Apple: Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Google's second quarter: What to expect Deb Perelman: The Techie Hall of Shame Phil Wainewright: How much is a unit of cloud computing? Joe McKendrick: Seven SOA experts explain how to 'just do it' Robin...; Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Yahoo! Inc., SAP AG, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., eBay Inc., Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Security, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets; Blog posts 2008-07-17
Voting For A McCain: Voting For A McCainAh, milk from the the government sow..Obama's tax policies will hurt American business way more than any benefits his technology policies may provide. It's not government's role to create and invest in technology; its role is to get out of the way so that the Apples,...; Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Obamessiah, tax, Obama; Discussion threads 2008-07-16
Voting For A McCain: SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons So, poor John McCain. At the start of the year, he gets bounced around because he is "not well versed" in economics. In summer, he gets beat up again, because he says he is "illiterate" about technology (and the way he expresses...; Tags: Innovation, Network, John McCain, Obama, Taxes, Free Trade, Internet, Leadership, Financial Planning, Finance, Management, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld; Blog posts 2008-07-16