Miami-Dade's
elections chief wants to
boot touch-screen system
By
George Bennett
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Monday, June 06, 2005 (Read)
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he manufacturer of the controversial touch-screen voting system used in
Miami-Dade and Broward counties has boasted that with its machines, “no
votes will ever be lost or altered.” But problems with one touch-screen
machine in a Cutler Ridge polling place on Election Day last November may
undercut that claim. (Read) |
 MIAMI-DADE ELECTIONS
Discrepancies found in votes, signatures
A study on the November general election shows
thousands of discrepancies between the number of votes cast and signatures
collected by poll workers at the end of the day.
(Read)
BY NOAKI SCHWARTZ AND JASON GROTTO
nschwartz@herald.com
Elections
Discrepancies found in 35 percent of
Miami-Dade
 precincts
n the latest South Florida election mishap,
workers in 35 percent of Miami-Dade County’s 749 polling places last November
filed counts of voter signatures that differed from the number of ballots cast
on the touch-screen voting machines, a new analysis has found.
was published in the
DailyBusinessReview.com (Read)
VOTING MACHINES
Dade studies switch to paper ballots
Miami-Dade County officials are studying whether to
replace an expensive, controversial touch-screen voting system after a series of
mishaps. (Read)
BY NOAKI SCHWARTZ
nschwartz@herald.com
ELECTION LAWS
Sweeping election changes are on track
Lawmakers have been moving swiftly on a number of
proposals to incorporate power over Florida election laws in the hands of state
government. (Read)
BY GARY FINEOUT
gfineout@herald.com
Published April 7, 2005, St. Petersburg Times:
Election law rewrite
misses long line woes
Some members of the House committee say not enough
time was given for debate on all topics. (Read)
Rolling Down the Highway,
 Looking
Out for Flawed Elections
was published August 9, 2004
By ADAM COHEN
Read
 Florida
officials:
Some voting records wiped
out
was published July 28, 2004
Read
 Fear
of Fraud - By PAUL KRUGMAN
was published July 27, 2004
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FLORIDA ELECTIONS - Miami Herald:
Software problem imperils voting recounts
Voter advocates are crying foul, and elections officials and
an equipment supplier have issued reassurances about a software problem that
could foil recounts of votes in close elections. was published in the Miami
Herald June 12, 2004 Read
BY MARY ELLEN KLAS AND GARY FINEOUT -
meklas@herald.com
 Fla.
Voting Machines Have Recount Flaw
was published by the AP Sat Jun 12, 7:09 PM ET
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Elections -
Unwieldy solution
Miami-Dade officials say fixing software glitch in new
voting system will be costly, time consuming
was posted on DailyBusinessReview.com June 11, 2004.
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Elections -
Another vote audit flaw
In review of iVotronic’s performance in Homestead, 162
ballots failed to appear, problem slow to surface was posted on
DailyBusinessReview.com May 26, 2004.
Read
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Never mind paper backup ballots, real problem is the machine published
April 19, 2004 in the DAILY BUSINESS
REVIEW.; Vol. 78; No. 217; Pg. 7
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RECOUNT BAN WOULD PREVENT ELECTRONIC PAPER RECORD
Posted in The Miami Herald on Mon, Apr. 5
Read ELECTION 2004 State Voting
worries persist
Posted in The Miami Herald on Sun, Mar. 21, 2004
BY LESLEY CLARK AND
PETER WALLSTEN
lclark@herald.com
Miami-Dade's purchase of voting
machines called a 'bad business deal'
was published in the
SunSentinel.com
more...
An election paper trail? was
published in the Miami Herald September 16, 2003.
more...
Search for Miami-Dade elections chief
bogs down (by Jean-Paul Renaud) was published in the Sun Sentinel.
more...
Supervisor of Elections Leahy
Contract
until after 2004 /
Letter from the County Manager to the Commissioners stating Leahy
will stay until new Supervisor of Elections is found.
Cuestionan a la Supervisora de
elecciones (in Spanish)
JEANNETTE RIVERA-LYLES
El Nuevo Herald
more...
Dade's
voting software fails tests (by Peter Wallsten and Lesley Clarke) was published in the Miami
Herald May 14, 2003.
more...
Dade
officials defend deal on voting machines (by Karl Ross) was published in the
Miami Herald May 12, 2003.
more...
Voting Machine
Leaves Paper Trail (by Joanna Glasner)
was published in Wired News May 9, 2003.
more...
Inspector General Report on Voting
Systems
was published in the Miami Herald May 8, 2003.
more...
Voting machines in 2002 primary
criticized / Miami-Dade misled by firm, report (see above
Inspector General Report) says (by
Karl Ross)
was published in the Miami Herald May 8, 2003.
more...
Election chief needs more power (by
Jim Defede)
was published in the Miami Herald May 8, 2003.
more...
Jim Crow revived in Cyberspace (By
Martin Luther King III and Greg Palast)
was published in The Baltimore Sun May
8, 2003. more...
The
Secretive World of Voting Machines
was published by Lynn Landes on
http://www.ecotalk.org/VotingSecurity.htm
Legislation faces computer glitch
was published in the PalmBeachPost.com April 24, 2003.
more...
State
musts conform to federal election reform was published
in the Miami Herald April 23, 2003.
more...
Banned
campaign gifts may resume was published in the Orlando
Sentinel April 23, 2003.
more...
Miami-Dade Activists Urge Legislators
to Amend Proposed Voting Bill to Ensure Compliance with New Federal Elections
Law was published in HispanicVista.com April 10, 2003.
more...
Advocates for disabled say law may
delay voting access was published in the SunSentinel.com April 12, 2003.
more...
New Voting Systems Assailed was
published in The Washington Post March 28, 2003.
more...
Payment for vote machines disgusts
commissioner
was published in The Miami Herald Feb. 26.
more...
Receipts Reflect Fears Over
Electronic Votes
was published in the NY Times Feb. 26.
more...
Cuestionan maquinas electorales
(Vote machines questioned)
was published in El Nuevo Herald Feb. 24. Article in
Spanish
English
Miami-Dade
posts job listing for new Supervisor of Elections
Job Listing is open to the public. full details
County Manager Shiver says
Elections still faulty
was published in The Miami Herald Jan. 23.
more...
Office of County Manager Steve
Shiver publishes its Post-Election Report. Download it
here.
Elections
chief search to begin-Leahy
has held post since 1981
was published in The Miami Herald Dec. 4.
more...
"REGAINING
VOTERS' TRUST
ELECTIONS SUPERVISORS: ACCOUNT TO PUBLIC"
was published in The Miami Herald Nov. 29.
more...
"Coalition says
Miami-Dade police shouldn't run elections"
was published in the Sun-Sentinel
Nov. 26.
more...
"Election coalition
calls for Miami-Dade citizen oversight panel"
was published in the
Sun-Sentinel Nov. 25.
more...
"Civilians should
run, oversee Dade elections, group says"
was published in The Miami Herald
after the press conference Nov.24.
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