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Election 2004 fraud
Nov 8th 2004
- Should America Trust the Results of the Election?,
cory
- Evidence Mounts That The Vote Was Hacked, hartman
- Evidence of a Second Bush Coup?, parry
- Voting
System Error Gives Bush Extra Votes in Ohio, AP
- Really?
Voting Problems In Ohio Set Off Alarm, nyt
- Broward machines count backward, kleinberg
- Never say Die-bold: So you don't think the Bush
campaign stole this election? Think again, thoreau
- Grand Theft Election: Karl Rove's turd droppings
all over this one, madsen
- The stolen election of 2004: welcome back to hell,
chin
- Something amiss in Ohio, quirk
- House Dems Seek Election Inquiry, zetter
Nov 5th
- E-Vote
Glitch Inflates Bush Total
09:50 AM Nov. 05, 2004 PT Ohio is the state that
put President Bush over the top on Tuesday. But now it appears that an e-voting
glitch gave Bush nearly 4,000 extra votes in one Ohio county. There were problems
elsewhere, too.
- Computer
Loses 4,500 Votes
03:20 PM Nov. 04, 2004 PT UniLect gives bogus information
to North Carolina counties about the capacity of the company's electronic
voting machines, and some voters' picks go ignored as a result.
- Watchdogs
Spot E-Vote Glitches
06:21 PM Nov. 02, 2004 PT Activists watching the
election say they received hundreds of calls from voters reporting e-voting
problems -- some small, some significant. The observers file lawsuits in precincts
where the glitches cause alleged disenfranchisement. By Kim Zetter.
- Reports
of Muddled E-Voting
09:25 AM Nov. 02, 2004 PT Although the sky hasn't
fallen, problems are already surfacing with electronic voting at polling places
around the country. The real problem may come after the election, with legal
challenges and charges of voter fraud.
- E-Voting
Tests Get Failing Grade
02:00 AM Nov. 01, 2004 PT Testing standards created
by the government are supposed to prevent bad voting systems from being used
in elections. But the standards themselves are deeply flawed, which may explain
why so many problems crop up. By Kim Zetter.
- E-Vote
Vendors Hand Over Software
03:00 PM Oct. 26, 2004 PT To help increase voter
confidence in electronic voting systems, a federal agency establishes a voting
software library. All of the major voting-equipment makers are submitting
their software. The hope is the library will help ensure that no one alters
voting code without it being detected. By Kim Zetter.
- No
Paper Trail, No Problem
03:00 PM Oct. 25, 2004 PT A federal judge rules
that Florida doesn't have to provide a paper trail for electronic votes, tossing
out a congressman's lawsuit. Jacob Ogles reports from Orlando, Florida.
- E-Voting
Still a Florida Bugaboo
11:30 AM Oct. 18, 2004 PT Early voters in the Sunshine
State begin casting electronic ballots Monday, and it doesn't take long for
the first problems to surface.
- E-Vote
Snafu in Florida
09:40 AM Oct. 14, 2004 PT A server crashes, disrupting
the pre-election test of electronic voting machines in West Palm Beach. Critics
say this underscores the unreliability of e-voting, while election officials
say all glitches will be fixed.
- Diebold
and the Disabled
02:00 AM Oct. 12, 2004 PT Among the promoters of
electronic voting machines are advocates for disabled voters. But critics
say money connections between disability groups and voting-machine companies
suggest the groups may be concerned with more than independent access for
the disabled. By Kim Zetter.
- Experts
Knock E-Vote Data Delay
10:31 AM Oct. 10, 2004 PT Researchers trying to
determine how the online format might increase election participation and
help disenfranchised voters say the DNC and other election officials are stingy
with the data after a Michigan trial.
- U.S.
Elections Under a Microscope
02:00 AM Oct. 05, 2004 PT As the November presidential
election nears, several groups are mobilizing to monitor the voting process
-- including a group of observers from across the globe and over a thousand
techies who will help evaluate voting machines. By Laila Weir.
- E-Voting
Fans: The Disabled
03:30 PM Oct. 03, 2004 PT Many voter rights' advocates
are fighting to decertify electronic voting machines, arguing they're not
reliable. But one bloc is behind the new equipment -- disabled voters who
say the machines give them privacy.
- Diebold
Loses Key Copyright Case
05:03 PM Sep. 30, 2004 PT A California judge says
Diebold Election Systems broke the law when it threatened students for posting
internal company memos on the web. Advocates say this is a precedent-setting
victory for free speech on the web, and a warning to litigious companies.
By Kim Zetter.
- Diebold
Rep Now Runs Elections
02:00 AM Sep. 30, 2004 PT A former sales rep for
Diebold Election Systems becomes a county election official in California.
She sold the state millions of dollars worth of untested machines, which led
to a scandal. Critics are asking, "What's wrong with this picture?" By Kim
Zetter.
- E-Vote
Fears Soar in Swing States
02:00 AM Sep. 23, 2004 PT The Bush and Kerry campaigns,
along with a range of advocacy groups, are concerned with the integrity of
voting technology -- particularly in the states where votes matter most. By
Jacob Ogles.
- Activists
Find More E-Vote Flaws
02:00 AM Sep. 22, 2004 PT More weaknesses appear
in the Diebold electronic voting system that activists say could be used to
rig the November election. The company says auditing procedures would catch
any vote fraud. By Kim Zetter.
- Nevada's
Seamless E-Vote
10:35 AM Sep. 13, 2004 PT The success of last week's
primary election using touch-screen voting machines heartens officials in
other states, where e-voting has been problematic. Still, the Silver State
may be in a unique situation.
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