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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: voting machines

voting machines stories: 5 news summaries

 Drive-Through 
 Voting Debuts in SoCal 

OC voters vote fast-food style

Oct 21, 08 8:34 AM CDT
(AP) - You couldn't get a Big Mac at this drive-through, reports the AP—just democracy. Voters didn't need to leave their cars yesterday to either register or cast ballots at an electronic drive-through station. The one-day-only offer came on the last day of voter registration for Californians. An Orange County elections... More »

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California • Election 2008 • voting machines

Swing States Will Face
Voting Glitches: Report

Feds failed to notify officials of ballot machine failures

Sep 19, 08 8:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Little has been done to fix voting problems in some key states over the last few years, and voters in those states could have problems at the polls in November, CNN reports. Ten swing states—including Florida and Ohio—are likely to face voting day snarls, including shortages of voting... More »

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voting • ballots • touch-screen voting • voting irregularities • election • electronic voting • voting machines • swing states

 Paper Ballots Rock the Vote 

Touch screens decline; 55% of US will have choice read by scanner

Jun 17, 08 5:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Paper ballots are making a comeback in many states after problems plagued electronic voting systems—thanks in large part to issues with Florida's hanging chads in 2000. At least 55% of US ballots in November will be cast on paper, then optically scanned, the Boston Globe reports. Security isn't expected... More »

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Charlie Crist • paper ballots • voting machines • touch-screen technology

OPINION

How Dare You Assess Our Voting Machines

Sequoia Systems
gets touchy about security audits

Mar 18, 08 11:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sequoia Voting Systems has sent a letter to a Princeton professor threatening legal action if he publishes any info from a security audit of their voting machines. "It's hard to imagine a stupider legal threat," says Cory Doctorow of Boing Boing. "Sequoia's basically saying, 'We're scared of... More »

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computer security • election fraud • electronic voting • voting machines • Sequoia Voting Systems • Ed Felten

United Tech Makes $3B Bid for Diebold

Deal would expand UTC's footprint in electronic security business

Mar 3, 08 3:30 AM CST
(Newser) - United Technologies is bidding $3 billion for Diebold, one of the largest manufacturers of ATMs and voting machines. The unsolicited bid is $40 per share, a 66% premium over Diebold’s closing stock price Friday of $24.12, reports the New York Times. The deal would provide an opportunity for... More »

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Ohio • Connecticut • Diebold • credit crisis • United Technologies • ATM • unsolicited takeover • voting machines • Initial Electronic Security Systems

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