Georgia: Map shows spread of touchscreen voting across Georgia and nation |...
The kind of voting system rolling out in Georgia is gaining ground across the country but remains much less common than paper ballots filled out by hand, according to a new national map of voting...
View ArticleCalifornia: Los Angeles County’s Seismic Voting Shift | Gabrielle Gurley/The...
Election officials’ decision-making will come under greater public scrutiny after the Iowa caucus debacle—especially in Los Angeles County, home to ten million residents and five million registered...
View ArticleCalifornia: Los Angeles County built its new voting machines from scratch....
Los Angeles County has spent the last 10 years creating what it hopes is the voting system of the future, a $300 million fleet of cutting-edge machines built from scratch. But as it prepares to roll...
View ArticleIllinois: Chicago gets new ‘giant iPad’-style electronic voting machines |...
New electronic voting machines were rolled out in Chicago this week — just in time for early voting for next month’s primary elections. The machines are touch-screen, like a “giant iPad” and capture an...
View ArticleCalifornia: Presidential primary hinges on Los Angeles voting rules | John...
When Los Angeles County set out to build a new voting system from scratch more than a decade ago, election officials knew the challenges in serving an electorate larger than those found in any of 39...
View ArticleTexas: ‘The worst voting experience’: Long lines drag Super Tuesday deep into...
Dozens of Democratic voters were still waiting to cast ballots at midnight in Houston, turning Super Tuesday into a painful slog for some citizens amid questions about how the County Clerk's office had...
View ArticleCalifornia: Voters say Los Angeles County’s fancy new voting machines aren’t...
New voting machines making their debut on Super Tuesday in Los Angeles County are already raising concerns about unreliable technology. While the system is meant to modernize voting and make democracy...
View ArticleCalifornia: Los Angeles County voters encounter hours-long waits and glitches...
Los Angeles voters who showed up to cast ballots in person on Tuesday reported long wait times and operational errors at a number of the county’s newly designed vote centers, experiences that suggested...
View ArticleGeorgia: Lawyer warned Georgia county on dumping new voting system | Kate...
A Georgia county has opted to ditch the state’s new voting machines and switch to hand-marked paper ballots during early voting for the March presidential primary, despite a warning from the county’s...
View ArticleCalifornia: Probe of Los Angeles County voting problems needed now,...
A Los Angeles County supervisor on Wednesday called for an immediate investigation into widespread voting problems Tuesday that resulted in people waiting hours to vote. Supervisor Janice Hahn said the...
View ArticleNorth Carolina: Super Tuesday vote counting problems in Warren County North...
Officials in a North Carolina county accidentally inflated the votes in one Super Tuesday primary election, but fixed the problem on Thursday. Tuesday’s election results are still unofficial everywhere...
View ArticleIdaho: Canyon County rolls out new Hart Ballot Marking Devices for all voters...
Thursday morning the Canyon County Elections Office was bustling with county and poll workers unpacking the county’s new voting equipment to prepare for Election Day on March 10. Canyon County voters...
View ArticleCalifornia: The Scramble To Fix Los Angeles Voting Before November (And What...
Los Angeles County's new voting system is supposed to make elections more accessible. But on Tuesday, many voters found casting a ballot to be anything but easy. At L.A. County's new in-person voting...
View ArticleGeorgia: Athens-Clarke County broke law by pulling machines, SOS says | Doug...
The state election board is challenging a decision in Athens to set aside the state’s new voting system in favor of hand-marked paper ballots. The state board posted its intention to meet in Athens...
View ArticleCalifornia: Los Angeles County Urged to Improve Voter Experience by November...
California Secretary of State Alex Padilla has asked Los Angeles County to mail out ballots to its 5.5 million voters after a disastrous rollout of the county’s $300 million voting system Tuesday in...
View ArticleCalifornia: How Los Angeles County’s Election Innovation Fell Short | Matt...
Local election officials spent one decade and $300 million to design an innovative voting system that many experts thought was the future of elections. But at vote centers throughout the sprawling city...
View ArticleGeorgia: Election board tries to stop Clarke County switch from touchscreens...
The State Election Board is challenging Athens-Clarke County’s decision to reject Georgia’s new statewide voting system. The state board called an emergency hearing for Wednesday on whether the Athens...
View ArticleIndiana: Tippecanoe County, companies shift to voting machines with printable...
Four companies that manufacture voting equipment for Tippecanoe County presented new machines with printable paper ballots to a packed room of voters Monday night, seeking to instill trust in the...
View ArticleGeorgia: New Voting Machines Come With The Promise Of Trust. But Can They...
It was one year ago when Republican state Rep. Barry Fleming kicked off two hours of debate on the floor of the state House over how Georgians would cast their votes securely, in the age of computer...
View ArticleGeorgia: Hearing to be held after county ditched new voting machines | Kate...
Georgia’s state election board plans to hold an emergency hearing Wednesday to discuss whether election officials in one county violated state law or election rules when they decided not to use the...
View ArticleCalifornia: Voting issues prompt a probe, grilling of Los Angeles County...
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday ordered an investigation into complaints about long waits and equipment malfunctions that hampered voting at many poll centers during last week’s...
View ArticleGeorgia: Athens-Clarke County punished for ditching voting machines | Kate...
Georgia's State Election Board voted on Wednesday to punish election officials in one county for their decision not to use the state's new voting machines for the presidential primary, and it ordered...
View ArticleGeorgia: State election board requires touchscreen voting in Athens-Clarke...
The State Election Board on Wednesday unanimously ordered Athens-Clarke County to immediately switch back to Georgia’s touchscreen voting system, a rebuke of its decision to use paper ballots filled...
View ArticleCalifornia: Los Angeles County greenlights probe into Election Day...
L.A. County will investigate how an overhauled county vote system failed during the March 3 primary, leaving many voters confused and frustrated while waiting in long lines — and thousands of votes...
View ArticleGeorgia: State orders Athens-Clarke County to resume use of new voting...
The Secretary of State orders Athens to resume the use of electronic voting machines, overturning last week’s order from the Athens-Clarke County Elections Board. That means no more hand-marked paper...
View ArticleTennessee: ‘Complex’ process ahead for new Shelby County voting machines |...
The Shelby County Election Commission is working toward a debut of new voting machines when early voting begins in July for the Aug. 6 election, but the commission still must select a specific system....
View ArticleGeorgia: State Tells Athens-Clarke County Board of Elections Not to Use Paper...
Earlier this month, the ACC Board of Elections ordered staff to switch from the new Ballot Marking Device (BMD) voting machines to paper ballots. This was a controversial 3-2 vote, with Chair Jesse...
View ArticleTennessee: More Voting Machines Controversy in Shelby County | Jackson...
Among the potential local casualties of the coronavirus, there is an unexpected one — the democratic process itself. At this week’s scheduled virtual meeting of the Shelby County Election Commission,...
View ArticleTennessee: Public concern over Shelby County election commission’s vote for...
There is growing concern over how much input the public will have on the Shelby County Election Commission's decision to buy new equipment to process paper ballots faster. Shelby County Election...
View ArticleGeorgia: Athens-Clarke County elections board ran up $40K legal bill in...
Athens-Clarke County commissioners have voted to pay $41,633 in legal fees for the county’s runaway Board of Elections, but most were not happy about it in a Tuesday commission meeting. In early March,...
View ArticleTennessee: Path to new voting machines for Shelby County still complex,...
The route to choosing new voting machines in Shelby County remains complex and secretive. The latest scenario would obscure key details of the bids from the companies that want the contract with county...
View ArticlePennsylvania: Luzerne County manager proposes hand marked paper ballots for...
Non-disabled Luzerne County voters casting their ballots in person on June 2 would use paper ballots instead of the new electronic touchscreen ballot marking devices under a preliminary coronavirus...
View ArticleTennessee: Shelby County Election Commission meets Thursday on new voting...
Shelby County Election Commissioners will meet Thursday, May 7, online to discuss and possibly select a new voting system for the county. The 5 p.m. meeting will be via Webinar despite calls by several...
View ArticleTennessee: Shelby County Election Commission approves new voting system |...
Shelby County election commissioners approved a new voting system for Shelby County Thursday night, May 7, that will include machines with a paper audit trail. The 4-1 vote came at the end of a...
View ArticleTennessee: Welcome to the Machine: Fight Over Shelby County Voting System...
Are the citizens of Memphis and Shelby County — troubled with decades of problematic and even botched election results — really about to acquire a new, improved means of expressing their will in the...
View ArticleCalifornia: Long Beach group sues Los Angeles County Registrar over Measure A...
Local activists the Long Beach Reform Coalition (LBRC) hired Los Angeles election-law specialists Strumwasser & Woocher to file suit in the LA County Superior Court against LA County...
View ArticleTennessee: Connection between Shelby County Elections administrator and ES&S...
WREG has learned there is a lot of controversy surrounding the company providing new voting machines for the county and the Shelby County Elections administrator. WREG has confirmed with an election...
View ArticlePennsylvania: Coalition says paper ballots key to preventing voter...
A coalition of unlikely allies said Tuesday that paper ballots will protect voters from disenfranchisement in the upcoming November election. The bipartisan group – including Americans for Tax Reform,...
View ArticleNorth Carolina: NAACP asks judge to ban the kind of voting machines used in...
Citing health and security concerns, North Carolina’s NAACP asked a Wake County judge Wednesday to block the use of touch screen voting machines in Mecklenburg and other counties. The move came three...
View ArticleNorth Carolina: NAACP asks judge to stop touch-screen voting | Associated Press
The North Carolina NAACP has asked a judge to bar the use of a touch-screen voting machine in several counties due to what it says are heightened risks associated with using them during the coronavirus...
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