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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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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 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

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