Voting Technology

Articles published in 2004

Getting zapped for vote, Rocky Mountain news, February 5, 2004

Rigged election called possible, The San Jose Mercury News, February 1, 2004

Computer miscounts? Not likely in New Hampshire, San Francisco Chronicle, January 28, 2004

All of Arizona gets new voting gear, The Arizona Republic, January 27, 2004

Printed-ballot case to get early hearing, The Miami Herald, January 27, 2004

Voting machine proposals kept from public view, The Plain Dealer, January 25, 2004

Open-Source E-Voting Heads West, Wired News, January 21, 2004

Panel calls for revote in Senate District 29, The Clarion-Ledger, January 20, 2004

Diebold Gets Stay in California, Wired News, January 17, 2004

Probe of voting machines focuses on software upgrades, L.A. Daily News, January 15, 2004

Officials defend new vote machines, The Washington Times, January 15, 2004

S.J. registrar rips rules on voting receipts, Recordnet.com, January 13, 2004

Inside The Black Box, TomPaine.com, January 9, 2004

New system no easy touch for 134 voters in Broward, The Miami Herald, January 8, 2004

Articles published in 2003

E-voting firm reports computer break-in, MSNBC, December 29, 2003

County's voting machines aren't federally approved, Daily Republic, December 20, 2003

Diebold e-voting system not approved by feds, Tri-Valley Herald, December 19, 2003

E-Voting Undermined by Sloppiness, Wired News, December 18, 2003

Untested software used in elections, Tri-Valley Herald, December 17, 2003

Electronic voting: Good but not infallible, The Miami Herald, December 14, 2003

Machines Too Can Lie, Los Angeles Times, December 12, 2003

An electronic democracy, San Francisco Chronicle, December 11, 2003

Nevada Secretary of State Dean Heller's news release, December 10, 2003

County to buy 'touch-screen' voting machines, North County Times, December 9, 2003

A matter of record, San Bernardino County Sun, December 8, 2003

A Paper Trail for Voters, New York Times, December 8, 2003

Ensign says voting machine debate moot, The Reno Gazette-Journal, December 5, 2003

Statewide electronic voting delayed, Cleveland Plain Dealer, December 3, 2003

Chad 2.0, Mother Jones, November/December Issue

Hack the Vote, New York Times, December 2, 2003

County proceeds on touch-screen voting machines, San Diego Union-Tribune, November 26, 2003

Michigan Democrats get to vote online in caucus, Chicago Tribune, November 23, 2003

A needed paper trail, Long Beach Press Telegram, November 23, 2003

Can America trust electronic voting?, Sacramento Bee, November 23, 2003

A vote for integrity, San Jose Mercury News, November 22, 2003

Reversal of Ballot Printout Plan Urged, Los Angeles Times, November 22, 2003

Calif. will require voting machines to print receipts, San Diego Union-Tribune, November 22, 2003

California Association of Clerks and Election Officials, response to Kevin Shelley's VVPAT decision, November 21, 2003

California to require paper trail on e-votes, Oakland Tribune, November 21, 2003

E-votes must leave a paper trail, Wired News, November 21, 2003

Civil rights group fears effect of e-voting company's threats, The Miami Herald, November 18, 2003

Elections Worker Is Transferred, Los Angeles Times, November 15, 2003

Maybe hanging chads weren't so bad after all, David Pogue, for the New York Times' Circuits (online), November 13, 2003

Machine Politics Section, Wired News

Cashing In on E-Voting?, Washington Post, November 13, 2003

State seeks audit of vote machines, Contra Costa Times, November 13, 2003

Secretary of State Orders Audit of All Counties' Voting Systems, Los Angeles Times, November 13, 2003

Elections flap spurs state audit, Oakland Tribune, November 13, 2003

E-Vote Firm's Bill Comes Due, Wired News, November 11, 2003

Touch screens worry voters, The Miami Herald, November 10, 2003

Ex-Officials Now Behind New Voting Machines, Los Angeles Times, November 10, 2003

Vote count marred by computer woes, Indianapolis Star, November 9, 2003

Machine Politics in the Digital Age, New York Times, November 9, 2003

The Annoying Gap Between Theory ... and Practice, This American Life, November 7, 2003

Fairfax judge orders logs of voting machines inspected, Washington Post, November 6, 2003

E-voting runs into bumps in East Bay, Oakland Tribune, November 5, 2003

Touch-screen voting debuts, Mercury News, November 5, 2003

California voting machine called into question, News.com, November 4, 2003

California delays certification of some electronic voting machines, CNN, November 4, 2003

Activist Group to Sue E-Voting Firm, NPR, November 3, 2003

Calif. Halts E-Vote Certification, Wired News, November 3, 2003

File Sharing Pits Copyright Against Free Speech, New York Times, November 3, 2003

Aussies Do It Right: E-Voting, Wired News, November 3, 2003

Federal appeals court dismisses electronic voting machine lawsuit, San Francisco Chronicle, October 29, 2003

E-Vote Software Leaked Online, Wired News, October 29, 2003

Diebold threatens publishers of leaked electronic-voting documents, San Jose Mercury News, October 27, 2003

Md. Democrats Want Outside Voting Machine Audit, Washington Post, October 21, 2003

E-Vote Firms Seek Voter Approval, Wired News, October 20, 2003

Electronic Voting: What You Need To Know, Truthout, October 20, 2003

Replacement Near, Old Vote Machines Are New York Issue, New York Times, October 20, 2003

Bad grades for a voting-machine exam, Salon.com, October 15, 2003

All the President's votes?, The Independent, October 14, 2003

Did E-Vote Firm Patch Election?, Wired News, October 13, 2003

Election Workers Wrongly Evicted Journalist, Berkeley Daily Planet, October 10, 2003

Computers Deliver Slow Counts, Berkeley Daily Planet, October 10, 2003

Error slowed Alameda County tally, Contra-Costa Times, October 9, 2003

Machines short-circuit some Oakland voters, Oakland Tribune, October 8, 2003

Voters skeptical of e-voting systems, USA Today, October 8, 2003

Time to Recall E-Vote Machines?, Wired News, October 6, 2003

Timeline of the Diebold Case, The Agonist, October 5, 2003

Electronic voting raises recount concerns, The Ventura County Star, October 3, 2003

Ohio replaces voting machine reviewer, The Plain Dealer, September 30, 2003

California County Keeps E-Vote, Wired News, September 29, 2003

Will computers fix the vote?, U.S. News & World Reports, September 29, 2003

Touchscreen machines challenged, The Daily Commercial, September 28, 2003

Duval County election chief to sue over ballot system, Sun-Sentinel, September 27, 2003

Ethics panel to scrutinize Md. lobbyist, The Baltimore Sun, September 27, 2003

Report critical of Diebold system, The Beacon Journal, September 27, 2003

Yolo deluged with absentee ballots, Davis Enterprise, September 26, 2003

Mixed views on new voting machines, San Diego Union Tribune, September 26, 2003

New Hampshire Leads, the Nation Follows - In Election Reform Controversies, Electionline.org, September 25, 2003

Maryland: E-Voting Passes Muster, Wired News, September 25, 2003

A Vote Against the Computerized Ballot, Technology Review, September 24, 2003

Broward considers dumping $17 million in touch voting machines, Sun-Sentinel, September 24, 2003

Spotlight Is on Accuracy of Vote Tally, Los Angeles Times, September 23, 2003

New voting technology is questioned, The Kansas City Star, September 21, 2003

Appeals court to rehear recall postponement decision, San Francisco Chronicle, September 19, 2003

California revisits US election nightmare, The Sydney Morning Herald, September 17, 2003

Critics fear electronic systems are no better than punch cards, Contra Costa Times, September 17, 2003

Voting Machines Now a Symbol of Polls in Disarray, Los Angeles Times, September 16, 2003

Counties pushing punch cards into extinction, San Francisco Chronicle, September 16, 2003

Gaffe casts doubts on electronic voting, CNN, September 15, 2003

California's Vote Delayed by Court Over Punch Cards, New York Times, September 15, 2003

Legality of faxing ballots adds to confusion, Contra Costa Times, September 12, 2003

Punch card ballots at issue, San Jose Mercury News, September 12, 2003

E-Voting Blunder Creates a Stir, Wired News, September 10, 2003

Voting devices' security at issue, The Sacramento Bee, September 7, 2003

Schools chosen for voting-machine trial, The Record-Journal, September 5, 2003

The chad you know versus the hacker you don't, The San Diego Union-Tribune, August 31, 2003

What's Next for Electronic Voting?, Government Technology, August, 2003

Diebold appears to have conflict, The Beacon Journal, August 29, 2003

Voting machine controversy, Cleveland.com, August 28, 2003

No Consensus on Voting Machines, Wired News, August 27, 2003

New voting machines may come to Pennsylvania, The Pitt News, August 27, 2003

Recall Update: Counties Prepare for Deluge of Ballots, The California Report, August 26, 2003 (Realplayer required)

A vote of no confidence, The Baltimore Sun, August 25, 2003

E-vote vendors may form a team, The Beacon Journal, August 23, 2003

She's at center of high-tech voting debate, The Seattle Times, August 21, 2003

Federal judge denies request to delay recall election, San Francisco Chronicle, August 20, 2003

Recall delays County voting system fixes, San Mateo County Times, August 20, 2003

Touchscreen Voting in Ohio Faces Delay, The Intelligencer, August 19, 2003

Voting security questioned, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, August 19, 2003

Study raises concerns about electronic voting machines, San Jose Mercury News, August 18, 2003

Ohio holds on voting machine purchase, Washington Technology, August 15, 2003

Jolted Over Electronic Voting, Washington Post, August 11, 2003

Election software defended, Los Angeles Daily News, August 10, 2003

Errors — human, mechanical — mar Election Day, The Clarion-Ledger, August 6, 2003

Electronic voting may pose risks, The Salt Lake Tribune, August 5, 2003

State weighs high-tech elections, The Boston Globe, August 5, 2003

More Calls to Vet Voting Machines, Wired News, August 4, 2003

Report critical of security in vote machines, The San Diego Union-Tribune, August 4, 2003

A Soft Touch -- for Voter Fraud?, Washington Post, August 3, 2003

Security disputed in touch-screen voting, L.A. Daily News, August 3, 2003

Archived Voting Technology News Stories

Ohio replaces voting machine reviewer, The Plain Dealer, September 30, 2003

California County Keeps E-Vote, Wired News, September 29, 2003

Will computers fix the vote?, U.S. News & World Reports, September 29, 2003

Touchscreen machines challenged, The Daily Commercial, September 28, 2003

Duval County election chief to sue over ballot system, Sun-Sentinel, September 27, 2003

Ethics panel to scrutinize Md. lobbyist, The Baltimore Sun, September 27, 2003

Report critical of Diebold system, The Beacon Journal, September 27, 2003

Yolo deluged with absentee ballots, Davis Enterprise, September 26, 2003

Mixed views on new voting machines, San Diego Union Tribune, September 26, 2003

New Hampshire Leads, the Nation Follows - In Election Reform Controversies, Electionline.org, September 25, 2003

Maryland: E-Voting Passes Muster, Wired News, September 25, 2003

A Vote Against the Computerized Ballot, Technology Review, September 24, 2003

Broward considers dumping $17 million in touch voting machines, Sun-Sentinel, September 24, 2003

Spotlight Is on Accuracy of Vote Tally, Los Angeles Times, September 23, 2003

New voting technology is questioned, The Kansas City Star, September 21, 2003

Appeals court to rehear recall postponement decision, San Francisco Chronicle, September 19, 2003

California revisits US election nightmare, The Sydney Morning Herald, September 17, 2003

Critics fear electronic systems are no better than punch cards, Contra Costa Times, September 17, 2003

Voting Machines Now a Symbol of Polls in Disarray, Los Angeles Times, September 16, 2003

Counties pushing punch cards into extinction, San Francisco Chronicle, September 16, 2003

Gaffe casts doubts on electronic voting, CNN, September 15, 2003

California's Vote Delayed by Court Over Punch Cards, New York Times, September 15, 2003

Legality of faxing ballots adds to confusion, Contra Costa Times, September 12, 2003

Punch card ballots at issue, San Jose Mercury News, September 12, 2003

E-Voting Blunder Creates a Stir, Wired News, September 10, 2003

Voting devices' security at issue, The Sacramento Bee, September 7, 2003

Schools chosen for voting-machine trial, The Record-Journal, September 5, 2003

The chad you know versus the hacker you don't, The San Diego Union-Tribune, August 31, 2003

What's Next for Electronic Voting?, Government Technology, August, 2003

Diebold appears to have conflict, The Beacon Journal, August 29, 2003

Voting machine controversy, Cleveland.com, August 28, 2003

No Consensus on Voting Machines, Wired News, August 27, 2003

New voting machines may come to Pennsylvania, The Pitt News, August 27, 2003

Recall Update: Counties Prepare for Deluge of Ballots, The California Report, August 26, 2003 (Realplayer required)

A vote of no confidence, The Baltimore Sun, August 25, 2003

E-vote vendors may form a team, The Beacon Journal, August 23, 2003

She's at center of high-tech voting debate, The Seattle Times, August 21, 2003

Federal judge denies request to delay recall election, San Francisco Chronicle, August 20, 2003

Recall delays County voting system fixes, San Mateo County Times, August 20, 2003

Touchscreen Voting in Ohio Faces Delay, The Intelligencer, August 19, 2003

Voting security questioned, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, August 19, 2003

Study raises concerns about electronic voting machines, San Jose Mercury News, August 18, 2003

Ohio holds on voting machine purchase, Washington Technology, August 15, 2003

Jolted Over Electronic Voting, Washington Post, August 11, 2003

Election software defended, Los Angeles Daily News, August 10, 2003

Errors — human, mechanical — mar Election Day, The Clarion-Ledger, August 6, 2003

Electronic voting may pose risks, The Salt Lake Tribune, August 5, 2003

State weighs high-tech elections, The Boston Globe, August 5, 2003

More Calls to Vet Voting Machines, Wired News, August 4, 2003

Report critical of security in vote machines, The San Diego Union-Tribune, August 4, 2003

A Soft Touch -- for Voter Fraud?, Washington Post, August 3, 2003

Security disputed in touch-screen voting, L.A. Daily News, August 3, 2003

Hack the Vote, Slate, July 31, 2003

UK e-voting pilots deeply flawed, The Register, July 31, 2003

Recall to Delay Voting System, Los Angeles Times, July 30, 2003

Election officials sidestep study about voting fraud, Portland Press Herald, July 29, 2003

Instant runoff plan foiled by state panel, San Francisco Chronicle, July 29, 2003

Touch-screen paper trail is crucial, San Jose Mercury News, July 29, 2003

The Theft of Your Vote Is Just a Chip Away, Alternet, July 25, 2003

Md. Voting System's Security Challenged, Washington Post, July 25, 2003

Defects reported in voting machines, The Baltimore Sun, July 25, 2003

Ga. backs touch-vote plan despite critical study, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, July 25, 2003

New voting machines flawed, experts claim, The Toledo Blade, July 25, 2003

Security Of E-Voting Systems Seriously Questioned, InformationWeek, July 24, 2003

Voting machine fails inspection, News.com, July 24, 2003

High-Tech Votes Can Be Hacked, Scientists Say, Reuters, July 24, 2003

Computer Voting Is Open to Easy Fraud, Experts Say, NY Times, July 24, 2003

Voting machines need paper trails, San Jose Mercury News, July 20, 2003

U.S. Expands Overseas Online Voting Experiment, Washington Post, July 20, 2003

New Voting Technology, (Realplayer link) CVF President Kim Alexander on the KQED Forum with Michael Krasny, July 15, 2003

Touch-screen machines need verification system, San Jose Mercury News, July 14, 2003

Wexler urges touch-screen printouts, Palm Beach Post, July 10, 2003

Inside A U.S. Election Vote Counting Program, Bev Harris for Scoop, July 8, 2003

Behind the Freedom Curtain, Automatic Voting Machine Company Sales Video, The Prelinger Archives, 1957

Computerized voting machines may be on the way, North Coast Journal, June 26, 2003

Digital Political Hacks, Seattle Weekly, June 25, 2003

Voting system decision halted, The San Bernardino County Sun, June 16, 2003

County leaders postpone a bid for digital democracy amid fears of vote tampering, The Sacramento News and Review, June 5, 2003

Touchy Subject: Ditching voting system, The Almanac, June 4, 2003
Verifying the vote: New law would require paper trail
How touch-screen voting system works

Is It Safe Yet?, The Metro, June 3, 2003

Election experts debate need for a paper trail in electronic ballots, San Mateo County Times, May 22, 2003

County blazes trail on voting system, The Ukiah Daily Journal, May 21, 2003

Voters must have faith in the vote count, by Warren Slocum, San Mateo County Registrar of Voters, published in the San Jose Mercury News, May 19, 2003

Paper trail is crucial for ballot, San Jose Mercury News, May 19, 2003

Voting Machine Leaves Paper Trail, Wired News, May 9, 2003

Tom Elias: Back up new voting machines with paper trails, Daily Breeze, May 6, 2003

Britain to Launch Electronic Voting Systems, New York Times, April 27, 2003

Voting machine report card near, Stockton Record, April 9, 2003

High-tech train wreck?, Creative Loafing, April 2, 2003

County's upgrade gets kudos, Riverside Press Enterprise, March 31, 2003

New voting systems assailed, Washington Post, March 28, 2003

Daniel Weintraub: Voting without paper is perilous, Sacramento Bee, March 16, 2003

Director's note: Certainty is Overrated, electionline Weekly, March 6, 2003

Scientists question electronic voting, San Francisco Chronicle, March 3, 2003

Supervisors fail to stand against election fraud on their own, San Jose Mercury News, February 27, 2003

Election.com Sold To Group Tied To Saudi Nationals, Newsday, February 27, 2003

Whistle-Blower Claims Vote Software Co. Screwed Up, Fox News Channel, February 27, 2003

Computer Scientist: 'Keep Paper Ballots [audio file]', NPR's All Things Considered, February 26, 2003

Touch voting devices get OK, San Jose Mercury News, February 26, 2003

Board faces key decision on voting by computer, San Jose Mercury News, February 24, 2003

Hacking Democracy?, Salon.com, February 20, 2003

Touch screen paper trails, Sacramento Bee, February 18, 2003

Computer scientists rally for reliable voting system, by Kim Alexander, posted on Slashdot, February 14, 2003.

Area woman files appeal after voting suit dismissed, The Desert Sun, February 12, 2003

Cast a vote for security, San Jose Mercury News, February 11, 2003

Electronic Voting Machines Unreliable, Some Experts Say (audio file), NPR's Morning Edition, February 10, 2003

Security of e-vote machines targeted, San Jose Mercury News, February 8, 2003

Santa Clara County postpones buying electronic voting booths, San Jose Mercury News, February 5, 2003

Supervisors are close to irresponsible vote, San Jose Mercury News, February 4, 2003

Silicon Valley politicians on verge of horrible e-voting mistake, San Jose Mercury News, January 31, 2003

Hagel's ethics filings pose disclosure issue, The Hill, January 29, 2003

Computer vandal delays leadership vote, CBC News, January 25, 2003

Gee whiz, voter fraud?, San Jose Mercury News, January 23, 2003

High-Tech Voting Raises Questions, InsightMag.com, January 13, 2003

Articles published in 2002

Orange County Discovers Uncounted Absentee Ballots, Los Angeles Times, December 4, 2002

Spitzer challenges White Plains Councilman's right to remain in office, The Journal News (NY), December 4, 2002

Voting machine glitches worrisome in 2 parishes, The Advocate, November 7, 2002

Broward vote total short by 104,000 in reporting glitch, Miami Herald, November 7, 2002

Election glitch missed 103,000 votes in Florida county, CNN, November 7, 2002

Voting into the void, New touch-screen voting machines may look spiffy, but some experts say they can't be trusted, Salon.com, November 6, 2002

Glitches mar debut of high-tech voting systems, USA Today, November 6, 2002

S.F. polls run out of ballots, New Alameda system a breeze, San Francisco Chronicle, November 6, 2002

For the Most Part, Voting Goes Smoothly, Washington Post, November 6, 2002

S. Florida balloting puts Murphy's Law to rest, Miami Herald, November 6, 2002

Touch screen voting machines a hit, Atlanta Journal Constitution, November 6, 2002

High-tech system voting called a success, San Jose Mercury News, November 6, 2002

Turnout keeps voters waiting, Long ballots with numerous races and issues to consider contribute to the lines, Riverside Press Enterprise, November 6, 2002

Touch-screen voting slow, but steady, Oakland Tribune, November , 2002

In Florida, Millions of Dollars (and the Police) Help Avert Calamity, New York Times, November 6, 2002

Easy transition expected to touch-screen voting, Oakland Tribune, November 4, 2002

Election Officials Braced for Problems at Polls, New York Times, October 28, 2002

County tries to prevent more ballot problems, The Dallas Morning News, October 24, 2002

County Offers Chad-Free Voting, Los Angeles Times, October 23, 2002

Sacramento County Tests Voting Machines, KCRA Channel 3, October 16, 2002

Touch voting to start today, The Sacramento Bee, October 15, 2002

Alameda County vote going high tech, San Francisco Chronicle, October 14, 2002

Computers will fix elections: yes or no?, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, September 25, 2002

Registrar wants to put brakes on electronic voting, Mercury News, September 17, 2002

New Lessons from Florida, Sacramento Bee, September 17, 2002

Touch-screen voting foe presses for a paper trail, Desert Sun, September 14, 2002

Balky machines and rushed training blamed for the latest ballot blunders, Miami Herald, September 12, 2002

Again, Sunshine State is in dark, a day after the vote, New York Times, September 11, 2002

State extends voting hours after many problems reported in South Florida, Miami Herald, September 10, 2002

Vote officials brace for test of state's new ballot system, Miami Herald, September 9, 2002

Ruling keeps touch-screen vote system, Desert Sun, September 7, 2002

Kings seeks aid for blind, illiterate, Fresno Bee, August 30, 2002

New machines hit snags in Tuesday tryouts, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, August 22, 2002

Plan adopted to split funds for switch to touch-screen voting, Sacramento Bee, August 22, 2002

E-voting companies vie for county contract, Silicon Valley Business Ink, August 9, 2002

Glitch slows counting in Putnam; Mullinix leads in Fentress voting, The Tennessean, August 2, 2002

California Releases Projected Allocation of Prop. 41 Funds, Electionline.org, July 26, 2002

Expert: Palm Beach's New Voting Machines Have Problems, Associated Press, July 16, 2002

San Diego County officials eye voting machines of future, San Diego Union-Tribune, July 1, 2002

Chad free; new electronic voting systems hang punch-cards out to dry, Oakland Tribune, June 23, 2002

Federal Election Commission overhauls voting systems standards, but remote internet voting ruled out, Electionline.org, June 6, 2002

Computer foul-ups, weather delay Jeffco vote counting, The Birmingham News, June 5, 2002

Debugging Maryland Ballot, Washington Post, May 12, 2002

Local inventor says he has answer to ballot problems, Daily Herald, May 20, 2002

Recount changes Wilmer election, The Dallas Morning News, May 14, 2002

Recounts change 2 local elections, The Dallas Morning News, May 10, 2002

MS in Peruvian open-source nightmare, The Register, May 7, 2002

Recount doesn't alter result of Camden school board race, Philadelphia Inquirer, May 2, 2002

French Court Officially Finds Malfunction in Voting Petition Filed with Paris Commercial Court, May 2, 2002

Vivendi Votes Hacked? Ha: Experts, Wired News, April 29, 2002

Vivendi says online shareholder voting 'hacked', Newsbytes, April 29, 2002

Details on probable vote tampering at the Vivendi Universal shareholders meeting on April 24, April 29, 2002

Official ballot results of Vivendi election show unusually high rate of absention votes

Fraudulent Interference in the Voting System at the Vivendi Universal Shareholders' Meeting on April 24, 2002, April 26, 2002

County seeks advice on voting machines, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, April 24, 2002

New vote machines worry Rendell camp, Philadelphia Daily News, April 12, 2002

LePore defends new voting machines, Palm Beach Post, April 9, 2002

Wellington candidate sues, seeks new vote, Palm Beach Post, April 9, 2002

Medley's touch-screen vote ends with mix-up, The Miami Herald, April 3, 2002

New voting system draws more flak, Palm Beach Post, April 2, 2002

Unsuccessful Boca candidate sues, alleges problems with new voting machines, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, April 1, 2002

Residents Test-Drive New Voting Machines, Washington Post, March 28, 2002

Run-in over runoffs, San Francisco Chronicle, March 8, 2002

Merced County counted 3,000 ballots twice, San Francisco Chronicle, March 8, 2002

Voting-machine sales can be dirty business, The Advocate, February 5, 2002

Voting System Procurement Process Promises Fireworks, electionline.org, January 31, 2002

No chad by 2004?, Sacramento Bee, December 27, 2001

State shortens time to replace punch ballots, Sacramento Bee, December 18, 2001

Missing ballots spoil runoff, Modesto Bee, December 5, 2001

Punch-card voting may not be dead, Sacramento Bee, November 26, 2001

Struggle to tally all votes stymies state, San Francisco Chronicle, November 24, 2001

Recount of ballots by hand ordered, Los Angeles Times, November 21, 2001

Election Foul-Up Leads to New Slate of Winners, Los Angeles Times, November 14, 2001

Vote study concludes Florida winner was Bush (or maybe Gore), San Francisco Chronicle, November 12, 2001

San Bernardino County Computers Scramble Elections, Los Angeles Times, November 10, 2001

Punch-card voting on its way out, Sacramento Bee, October 29, 2001

Davis Signs Bills, San Jose Mercury News, October 16, 2001

Rules to tell 'voter intent' proposed for statewide use, Miami Herald, October 11, 2001

California Mulls A Punch-Card Free Future, Stateline.org, October 3, 2001

Bill to make chad-free state by '06, San Francisco Chronicle, September 19, 2001

Legislature weighs plans to modernize ballot box, San Jose Mercury News, September 11, 2001

Trial set for suit on voting machines, Los Angeles Times, August 29, 2001

State legislatures issue strong call for changes in election procedures and laws, NCSL, August 14, 2001

Minorities hurt by vote glitches, committee told, Los Angeles Times, August 12, 2001

Online vote project got 84 ballots, Associated Press, August 10, 2001

Internet Voting Project Cost Pentagon $73,809 Per Vote, Center for Public Integrity, August 9, 2001

Jones says ballot errors not his fault, Los Angeles Daily News, August 7, 2001

Secretaries of State weigh in on election reform, Stateline.org, July 25, 2001

MIT and Caltech Researchers Propose Changes in Voting Technology, Chronicle of Higher Education, July 17, 2001

Bills to modernize vote counting advance in Senate, Sacramento Bee, July 12, 2001

Congressional district in LA had voting glitches, Los Angeles Times, July 9, 200

Getting out the vote, electronically, Washington Post, June 13, 2001

$300 million bond issue would pay for new voting equipment, Contra Costa Times, June 7, 2001

Activists call for greater federal election role, Stateline.org, May 30, 2001

Kerns opts to stay with chad system, Bakersfield Californian, May 22, 2001

Stateline.org's Election Reform Coverage by Daniel Seligson

The Orlando Sentinal's ongoing coverage of "Florida's Flawed Election"

Senators Seek to Revive Voting Overhaul, New York Times, May 15, 2001

Legislators weigh cost of new vote machines, Sacramento Bee, April 30, 2001

Improved voting a step closer to reality, San Francisco Chronicle, April 24, 2001

Technology slashes Detroit voting error, Washington Post, April 5, 2001

USA Today's index of voting technology news articles March 13, 2001

Report says Internet voting from home, job not the answer, San Jose Mercury News, March 6, 2001

California sticking with "chad" voting, San Francisco Chronicle, February 19, 2001

A California county touches future of voting, New York Times, February 12, 2001

Touch-screen voting places Riverside County in spotlight, S.D.Union Tribune, February 12, 2001

Touch-screen voting takes hit, Orlando Sentinel, February 4, 2001

Elections panel: use scanners in 2002, Miami Herald, February 2, 2001

Florida panel recommends elimination of punch card ballots, SF Chronicle, February 2, 2001

No E(asy) Cure, Scientific American, February, 2001

Punch cards still get respect at high-tech bazaar, Sacramento Bee, January 21, 2001

In touch with voting's future, Sacramento Bee, January 17, 2001

Let's not rush into electronic voting, San Jose Mercury News, January 17, 2001

Electronic voting systems face obstacles to adoption, Computerworld, January 15, 2001

Articles published in 2000

Universities to develop new voting technology, Washington Post, December 15, 2000

County studies plan for new voting machines, Los Angeles Times, December 11, 2000

Legislator proposes online voting for Californians, San Jose Mercury News, December 5, 2000

The risks of touch-screen balloting, San Francisco Chronicle, December 5, 2000 (follow up to Henry Norr's Nov. 27th "digitizing elections" column)

Yes, we have a problem, but it's not the legal system, Molly Ivins in the Sac Bee, Dec. 3, 2000

"Butterfly" costly to Gore, research finds, San Francisco Chronicle, December 1, 2000

States re-examining how elections are conducted, San Francisco Chronicle, December 1, 2000

Are digital ballots the answer?, San Francisco Chronicle, November 30, 2000

Fact check: examining Florida's "undervote", CNN, November 30, 2000

"Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, guest Kim Alexander, National Public Radio, November 28, 2000 (audio file, Kim's segment about 3/4 of the way through)

Time to digitize elections, San Francisco Chronicle, November 27, 2000

Needs of aging voters overlooked, San Francisco Chronicle, November 27, 2000

Alas, vote count machines are only human, New York Times, November 17, 2000

Turning election chaos into victory, San Francisco Chronicle, November 17, 2000

One nation, one standard way to ballot, New York Times, November 15, 2000

Riverside pioneers touch-screen voting, Sacramento Bee, November 15, 2000

14 in Weber help pilot Net vote, Deseret News, November 15, 2000

Hack the vote!, SecurityFocus.com, November 15

Not Voting in Your Pajamas, Washington Post, November 15, 2000

Casting votes via Internet coming, but still years off, Ventura County Star, November 11, 2000

Fiasco reveals system full of holes, Los Angeles Times, November 11, 2000

Florida voters cast critical ballots online, CNN.com/IDG.net, November 9, 2000

Experts: e-voting could have prevented U.S. election confusion, CNN.com/IDG.net, November 8, 2000

Cyberspace voting wins approval, online ballot coming..., San Francisco Chronicle, November 7, 2000

Online voting debate rages in run-up to election, CNN, November 1, 2000

E-lections of the Future, Discovery.com News, October 31, 2000

Silicon valley and the online election, BBC News Online, October 28, 2000

Vote Naked? Not yet, Governing Magazine, October, 2000

Kim Alexander on the Future of Voting, Washingtonpost.com, September 28, 2000 (Q&A)

Is There a Future for Voting in Pajamas?, Washingtonpost.com, September 18, 2000

Report says e-voting is unsafe, Wired News, July 11, 2000

Casting Your Vote on the Internet: Yea or Nay, Interactive Week , July 3, 2000

Internet voting: A touchy issue, Forbes.com, January 10, 2000

Articles published in 1999

California Commission Sees Big Obstacles to Internet Voting, New York Times, December 15, 1999

Internet revolution pushing way into voting booth, cnn.com, November 3, 1999

Casting Ballots Through the Internet, New York Times, May 3, 1999

Internet Voting Circa 2002, Intellectual Capital.com, May 6, 1999

Fixing an election, Internet style, Internetnews.com, April 8, 1999

California Takes Up Issue of Online Voting, New York Times, March 18, 1999

Articles published in 1998

New voting technology to be unveiled, The Detroit News, July 15, 1998