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 Drive-Through 
 Voting Debuts in SoCal 

OC voters vote fast-food style

Associated Press Associated Press 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 official said that registration is up 15% from four years ago. More »

More about:  Election 2008 • California • voting machines

Swing States Will Face
Voting Glitches: Report

Feds failed to notify officials of ballot machine failures

CNN CNN 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 machines, glitches with electronic registration poll books, and not enough provisional ballots on hand for voters who hit snafus. More »

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

 Paper Ballots Rock the Vote 

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

Boston Globe Boston Globe 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 to be a problem, but election workers unfamiliar with the technology could be. More »

More about:  Charlie Crist • voting machines • touch-screen technology • paper ballots

OPINION

How Dare You Assess Our Voting Machines

Sequoia Systems
gets touchy about security audits

Boing Boing Boing Boing 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 what you'll find when you pop the hood on our product," writes Doctorow. More »

More about:  computer security • election fraud • electronic voting • voting machines

United Tech Makes $3B Bid for Diebold

Deal would expand UTC's footprint in electronic security business

New York Times New York Times 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 United Technologies to expand its electronic security business. More »

More about:  credit crisis • Ohio • Connecticut • ATM • voting machines • unsolicited takeover • Diebold • United Technologies

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