Q&A: An Ohio Secretary of State looks anew at e-voting
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Ohio's recent EVEREST (Evaluation & Validation of Election-Related Equipment, Standards & Testing) report on e-voting in that state was well-named, touching on as it did a mountain of potential problems with the process. In a recent question-and-answer session, Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner explains what the report found and how the state is proceeding.
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For John Kerry to win Ohio, he must look to a yet-to-be calculated number of uncounted votes and hope he can win enough to overcome President Bush's lead in the state.
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Researcher who found vulnerabilities in California's e-voting systems looks ahead to better auditing.
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A voter seeking to cast a ballot is first told to produce a photo ID. Is that intimidation or a prudent safeguard against election fraud?
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(InfoWorld) - The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote as early as Thursday on a bill that would require a paper record for electronic voting machines. Representative Rush Holt's Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act, which has 216 cosponsors in the 435-member House, would require that all e-voting machines used in the November 2008 U.S. elections be accompanied by a voter-verified paper ballot. E-voting critics have been calling for paper-trail ballots for several years, arguing there's no way to audit e-voting machines without them. Holt, a New Jersey Democrat, said on his Web site that he's pleased the House is set to move forward with the legislation. His bill would require random audits of voting results in 3 percent of all U.S. precincts, and it would prohibit e-voting machines that include wireless or Internet connections. While groups like Common Cause and VerifiedVoting.org have called for paper trails, groups like the National Federation of the Blind have resisted efforts to slow the adoption of e-voting machines, saying e-voting allows blind people to vote without assistance for the first time. The Holt bill faces several obstacles to becoming law, said Matt Zimmerman, a lawyer with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which supports the bill. "It is not at all clear whether the bill will pass or, even if it does, whether a substantively similar companion bill will then pass the Senate," Zimmerman wrote on the EFF blog. "Like it or not, with election officials arguing that they're running out of time to implement wholesale changes, this likely amounts to Congress's only attempt to make any serious improvements to the nation's election procedures ahead of the 2008 presidential election." Common Cause sent an alert to members Wednesday morning, urging them to contact lawmakers in support of the bill, said Mary Boyle, a Common Cause spokeswoman. "This is the last chance for Congress to ensure that ballots are backed by paper records in the critical 2008 presidential election," she said.
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TALLAHASSEE, Feb. 23 -- An audit of touch-screen voting machines at the center of a dispute in a congressional election found no evidence of malfunction,  Florida's secretary of state said Friday.
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Elections experts today questioned the reliability and security of e-voting systems during a congressional committee hearing.
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A new website uses a well-designed Q&A format to help voters find the presidential candidate best aligned with their beliefs. It's part of a new wave of web technologies trying to focus on issues, not hairstyles.
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By Darrel Rowland, Jim Siegel, Catherine Candisky and James Nash, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Jun. 25--While the questionable use of private e-mail accounts to conduct public business still is making headlines in Washington, Ohio lawmakers continue a similar practice unabated.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The state's top elections official recommended yesterday that Ohio counties replace their touch-screen voting machines because the devices -- in use for roughly two years -- are vulnerable to manipulation.
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Republicans are trying to catch up with Democrats online. And Cyrus Krohn, a veteran of the high-tech industry, is helping them do it.
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With a recount of the Nov. 2 election results almost complete in Ohio, officials said Tuesday their electronic voting systems worked as promised, despite alleged problems with some machines.
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If you think the country is divided and rancorous about the presidential contest, try polling a few experts about the accuracy and security of electronic voting.
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Ohio's e-voting systems are unreliable and insecure and should be changed, according to a new report done at the request of Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 17 -- Ohio  has hired a computer security expert to determine the likelihood of someone getting access to the data on a stolen backup storage device, Gov. Ted Strickland said Sunday.
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Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell signs the papers officially certifying Ohio&#39;s election results Monday, Dec. 6, 2004, in Columbus, Ohio.
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As the Electoral College prepares to certify President Bush's re-election on Monday, concerns persist about the integrity of the nation's voting system &#151; particularly in Ohio, where details continue to emerge of technology failures, voter confusion and overcrowded polling stations in minority and poor neighborhoods.