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Date |
| Diebold tabulation
system 'bug' is revealed in Ohio. Could affect over 1,750
jurisdictions. Read
Here. |
8/29/2008 |
| Tennessee is next state
to ban DREs. Click
to read the press announcement. |
8/29/2008 |
| Added the Diebold PollBook User Manual. If you want to learn how Diebold's product works, Read Here. | 8/29/2008 |
| PenVote announces TabTracker, a new tabulation system monitoring tool. Please Read Here. | 8/29/2008 |
| Wisconsin's voter
registration system still has kinks. Click
to Read (JSonline) |
7/21/2008 |
VoteHere was moved to defunct status: 7/2/2008. Advanced Voting moved to defunct status: 7/2/08. Their website has expired. |
7/2/2008 |
| ElectionLine has a great new publication called, "A Journalist's Guide-Covering 2008" Read Here. | 5/14/2008 |
| Populex's largest installation (Sangamon, IL) may quit using their equipment. Click to Read. Populex declines to pursue further federal certification as required by Illinois. | 4/26/2008 |
| Added new article: The Correct Way to View Academic Reviews of Voting Technology. | 4/07/2008 |
| Voting Machine Vendor could be Suspended for 5 years (in Indiana) Click to Read. (.pdf) | 4/07/2008 |
| Voter Registration Backlog Causing Trouble (in PA). From WPSU. Click Here to Read (,pdf) | 4/07/2008 |
| Updated our video of Digital pen voting. See the main page for the video, or click here. | 1/28/2008 |
| Updated Advanced Voting's page with news regarding pulling out of EAC certification. View Here. | 12/3/2007 |
| Saber is purchased by
EDS. Click
Here for the EDS press release. |
11/28/2007 |
| Added vendor page for PenVote. Visit PenVote at www.penvote.com | 11/28/2007 |
| We are featured in
Gov't Computing News (GCN) from Sept. 17th, 2007. Click
to Read Article. |
10/23/2007 |
| Our Digital Pen Voting was featured in Electionline.org, Oct. 11, 2007. Click to Read. | 10/23/2007 |
| Added new article in Blog Section, The Death of the DRE: gone the way of Lawn Jarts | 8/30/2007 |
| Added new page on site called, Hand Counted Paper Ballots listing activist/academic organizations and their position on various voting systems. Be sure to review this. Click Here to Read. | 8/29/2007 |
| Added new item in the Blog Section, on the problems with Hand Counted Paper Ballots. Read Here. | 8/27/2007 |
| Added new item in the Commentary Section (Blog). August 20th, 2007: Diebold's New Gambit | 8/20/2007 |
| Diebold can't sell
election unit. From PC World.
Click to Read. |
8/20/2007 |
| Added a Question and Answer session on Digital Pen Voting, Part II. Click to read. | 8/5/2007 |
| We Passed the 30,000 mark the other day!!! Thank you all for visiting our site. Good Job!!! | 8/3/2007 |
| Added our YouTube Video Demonstrating Digital Pen Voting. Click Here to Watch the Video. | 8/3/2007 |
| Added a Q and A with Chris Wilson about the use of Anoto Digital Paper for voting. Click to Read. |
6/8/2007 |
| Added a page about the use of Digital Pen Voting in Hamburg City election (German) Click Here. | 6/5/2007 |
| Added page on how Digital Pen Voting works. Click Here to Read the article. | 6/5/2007 |
| Votingindustry.com announces the development of a new paper based voting solution based on Digital Paper and Digital Pen technology. Click to Read the Press Release. To learn more about Digital Pens, see the page on our site. Click to View. | 5/29/2007 |
| Added article on purging voters based on Name Matching by Ted Selker in Dup Section. Read. | 5/17/2007 |
| Updates to pages for: IBM, Tenex, EAC Page, Avante', Sequoia VR. | 5/17/2007 |
| Gee, yet another story about problems in Texas. Read this article in Computerworld mag. |
5/17/2007 |
| Change to page: all the states who are not HAVA compliant on their statewide VRs can now be found in a convenient table at the top of our 50 States page. Click to Visit. |
5/7/2007 |
| Voters may have been
erased (Star Telegram). More on Texas' TEAM system. Read.
|
5/7/2007 |
| Registrars urging data
system recall. (TylerPaper.com). More on Texas' system. Read.
|
5/7/2007 |
| Voter
records system too flawed, counties say (Houston Chronicle) About Texas
System.
Read. |
5/7/2007 |
| Database
Glitch may hurt early vote (Star Telegram). About Texas SVR.
Read.
Read. |
5/7/2007 |
| Database
glitch blamed for early voting problems (Houston Chronicle) about
Hart/IBM.
Read. |
5/7/2007 |
| Editorial from
Sheboygan Press (WI) suggesting more pressure is needed on
Accenture.
Read. |
4/19/2007 |
| Matagorda County
(Texas) may delay election due to problems with new statewide system. Read. |
4/19/2007 |
| New voting system full
of snags. Article from the Austin TX paper on new TEAM
system. Read.
|
4/2/2007 |
| Votingindustry.com issues nationwide call to improve election results standards. Click to read. | 3/28/07 |
| Added 2nd article from
Star Press about VTI going out of business. Click
to Read. |
3/7/2007 |
| Added article from the
StarPress that Voting Technologies Intl has folded. Click
Here to Read. |
3/7/2007 |
| Added new article on
just how bad the new Wisconsin Statewide System is.
Click Here to Read. |
3/5/2007 |
| Added new directive from the Ohio SOS with requirements to be a Director or Deputy Director in the State of Ohio. The Directive can be found by clicking here. This is a much needed change!! | 2/22/2007 |
| Added new documents from state of Michigan on the Automark DRE. Lots of Details. Click Here. | 2/17/2007 |
| Added a page for a new vendor, Election Administrators, LLC. For details, Please Click Here. | 2/14/2007 |
| Surprise, Surprise: Wisconsin's statewide VR system is FURTHER delayed. Click to Read. | 02/12/2007 |
| Added Fortune Magazine article on Diebold's trouble in election industry. Click to Read. | 2/7/2007 |
| Added article in Blog section called, Selling of Voting Machine Business. Click to read. | 2/7/2007 |
| Smartmatic decides to
put Sequoia Voting up for sale. Click
to read. |
12/27/2006 |
| Added the latest security review of Diebold's voting machine by Princeton U. Click Here to Read. | 10/06/2006 |
| Added the new EAC guidelines for testing voting equipment. Click Here to read. | 10/06/2006 |
| Added article on state
to state database matching issues between KY and SC.
Click Here. |
10/06/2006 |
| Added Article on why pollworkers always leave data cartridges behind. Click Here to Read. | 10/06/2006 |
| Added Article in Commentary Section: Election Fatigue and Burnout. Click Here to Read. | 09/19/2006 |
| Wisconsin Election
Board needs yet another $1,000,000 to finish it statewide VR! READ.
|
10/06/2006 |
| Alabama Secretary of
State complaint: Statewide VR delay continued. Click
Here. |
10/06/2006 |
| Texas Statewide voter
registration data base delay (from Star Telegram). Click
to Read. |
9/19/2006 |
| Added the Covansys NJ statewide Clerk's Manual. Click to View. | 8/31/2006 |
| Added the Colorado statewide VR system functional requirements from RFP. Click here. | 8/31/2006 |
| Added article, "The Problem with the VVPAT" in Commentary. Click to Read. | 8/31/2006 |
| Updated the Voting Technology International web page. Click to View. | 8/31/2006 |
| Added the Diebold response to the ESI report. Click Here to View. | 8/17/2006 |
| Added the ESI Cuyahoga Report to the Diebold Page. Click Here to Read (large file!) | 8/17/2006 |
| Added Brochures on Diebold's Express Poll 2000, and Express Poll 4000 product. | 8/17/2006 |
| Added the Flowcharts from Indiana's RFP detailing voter reg processing and verification. This document has been added to the Statewide Dup. Page. | 8/16/2006 |
| Added Indiana RFP's Technical and Business Specs to the 50 States Page. Click to View. | 8/16/2006 |
| Added Brochure for Robis' product, AskED. Election decision support system. View Here. | 8/16/2006 |
| Added article, Upcoming Trends in Election Administration in Blog Section. Click to View. | 8/15/2006 |
| Added a page for Robis Elections (they market the product AskEd). Click to View. | 8/15/2006 |
| Added information on Advanced Voting Solutions Electronic Pollbook product. Click Here. | 8/15/2006 |
| Added information on Saber's Duplicate Voter Exchange product. Click to Read. | 08/07/2006 |
| Added article on Accenture's continuing delays in Wisconsin. Click to Read article. | 08/04/2006 |
| Updated the 50 State page, added that Colorado has selected Saber for statewide VR. | 08/04/2006 |
| Added information from Tableau Software on their sophisticated report writer. Click Here. | 08/04/2006 |
| Added article titled, "The Crisis in Election Training" in the Commentary Section. Read Here. | 08/03/2006 |
| Added article titled, "2006, Year of the Glitch?" in the Commentary/Blog Section. Read Here. | 07/21/2006 |
| Added the InfoSentry report on Arkansas most recent election and problems with ES&S in terms of service, delivery and training. Click to Read. | 08/04/2006 |
| Added the Cuyahoga County Report that discusses problems with DREs and their voter registration software systems from DIMS (Diebold). Click to Read (note, large file) | 08/04/2006 |
| Accenture wants even
MORE money to finish their work in Wisconsin.
Click to Read. |
7/21/2006 |
| Cities unsure about
voter registration software (Wisconsin Tech. Network). Click
to Read. |
7/21/2006 |
| Mayor of Madison WI complains about the statewide VR system from Accenture. Click here | 7/5/2006 |
| Added the New York Statewide VR Bid to Statewide status page. Click to View Bid. | 6/5/2006 |
| Added a page for VR Systems. VR systems has VR in 60 of 67 Florida Counties. | 6/1/2006 |
| Updated VoteHere's Page. Added information on Mail-In Ballot Tracker. | 6/1/2006 |
| Updated the Danaher page with news about issues on Connecticut. | 6/1/2006 |
| Updated TruVote web page. TruVote is back with new web site and information. View. | 6/1/2006 |
|
Indy Star, "State working out
the Kinks", Click
Here. |
3/22/2006 |
|
Channel 8, WishTV, Problems on Day
3 of Mock Election. Click
Here. |
3/22/2006 |
|
Indy Star, "New System Put to
Test". Click
to Read. |
3/22/2006 |
| Covansys sells their
public division to Saber Systems. Click
Here for Details. |
3/14/2006 |
| Accupoll files for
bankruptcy. Click
Here for Details. |
3/14/2006 |
| Maine drops Covansys
and their statewide VR efforts in that state. Click
to Read. |
3/1/2006 |
| Added brochure on Hart's e-Registry statewide VR product (for Texas). Click to Read. | 1/3/2006 |
| More on the
cancellation of the Accenture contract in Colorado. Click
to Read. |
1/3/2006 |
| Colorado cancels their Accenture
contract. Click
Here to Read. |
12/3/2005 |
| Wisconsin won't be ready with statewide VR
until after April. Click
to Read. |
12/3/2005 |
| Added page on VoteFiler product by Comfidex Corp. | 10/15/2005 |
| Wyoming
new Accenture system may miss deadline (Billings Gazette) |
10/1/2005 |
| Wisconsin
mulls action against Accenture (Duluth News Tribune) |
10/1/2005 |
|
PA database rolled out, but questions still linger. |
9/27/2005 |
| New
voter data program delayed for 3 months. |
9/27/2005 |
| Software
bugs delay voter registration system (DuluthNewsTribune) |
9/27/2005 |
| Election
Chief Owes us an explanation (editorial, Capital Times). |
9/27/2005 |
| Accenture system behind
in Wisconsin. Click
to read article. |
9/7/2005 |
| Alabama 'de-selects'
Diebold for statewide VR. Goes back to bids. Click
to Read. |
9/6/2005 |
| New page for the EAC and EAC documents has been added. Click Here to View. | 8/24/2005 |
| New docs from Colorado's statewide VR system with Accenture added. Click to View. | 8/23/2005 |
| New page for Maximus has been added. Click Here to View | 8/22/2005 |
| Added brochure on ES&S CandidateProfile product. Click Here to view. | 6/15/2005 |
| Added photos on Diebold tabulation page of TSX DRE w/ VVPAT | 6/15/2005 |
| Added document on Hart tabulation page describing Hart's VVPAT solution | 6/14/2005 |
| Added Search screen on main page, and Advanced Search page on left. | 6/14/2005 |
| Added a page for Quest Information Systems statewide VR vendor. Click Here to View. | 6/12/2005 |
| Added a page for Saber Consulting statewide VR vendor. Click Here to View. | 6/12/2005 |
| Added a page for Covansys statewide VR vendor. Click Here to View. | 6/12/2005 |
| Added the electionline report on statewide VR databases and states' progress. Click Here. | 6/6/2005 |
| Added a new page; Statewide VR Vendors. Click Here to view. | 6/6/2005 |
| Added a page for Democracy Systems. Click Here to view. | 6/6/2005 |
| VoteHere has changed their name to Dategrity. For more details see this link: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002268133_btvotehere09.html. | 5/12/2005 |
| Added Government Links Section. Click Here to See. |
5/12/05 |
| Added Alpha Listing of Voting Machine Vendors. Click Here. | 4/22/2005 |
| Added testimony by Doug Hill on Accenture's SURE system. | 4/18/05 |
| Added information on InkaVote Plus voting system. Read. | 4/18/05 |
| Added Ohio revised state hava plan. Click Here to Read. | 4/18/05 |
| Added more information on Safevote. Click Here to see. | 4/3/2005 |
| Added more information on Votehere. Click Here to see. | 4/3/3005 |
| Added contact information for Accenture page. | 4/3/2005 |
| Added Our Services Page. Click to view the services we offer. | 4/1/2005 |
| Added Tech Corner Page | 4/1/2005 |
| Added a Link to the Ohio SOS office that will allow you to download all the security review documents. Click Here. | 12/12/2003 |
| Added a graphic from the Columbus Dispatch showing the security summary of the 4 approved vendors (which turn out to be our Top Tier vendors). Click Here to View. | 12/7/2003 |
| Added a .pdf file on
how to use the WInVote DRE from AVS. Click Here to View Document. |
12/6/2003 |
| Read the Article on audit trails with DREs by Richard Smolka, page 28 of recent IACREOT news. Click Here to View. | 11/21/03 |
| Added an article on the problems with Accenture's statewide system in Pennsylvania (project SURE). Click Here to Read. | 11/21/03 |
| Added Brochure from Sequoia on their VR Product: Integrity | 10/2/03 |
| Added List of vendors that submitted bids for Ohio System | 6/3/03 |
| Added Ohio State Plan and Statewide VR bid. See Ohio Sec. | 4/17/03 |
| News from the Toledo Blade, "Still Messing w/ Elections." Click to Read. | 3/11/03 |
| Read my article on the movement to force voting machines vendors to have verifiable paper ballots. Click Here to Read. | 3/7/03 |
| Read Salon's article, Hacking Democracy. | 3/3/03 |
| election.com is purchased by Saudi-tied firm | 2/28/03 |
| MicroVote Loses Legal Appeal (see MicroVote Section) | 2/28/03 |
| Update on the Santa Clara purchase--now moving ahead. | 2/26/03 |
| State of Ohio to Buy Voting Machines Cleveland Plain Dealer | 2/26/03 |
| Sequoia buys Elections Resource Corp. | 2/24/03 |
| Santa Clara County Voting Machine Purchase -- updates | 2/24/03 |
| State of Ohio Plans Statewide VR System | 1/10/03 |
| Diebold announces purchase of a VR Vendor | 1/10/03 |
Important Changes to Web Site
Added
1/15/2004: updated the DFM pages to reflect new features and products. Click
to View.
Added
7/24/2003: Updated the DIMS VR review page. A full review will come
shortly (I hope).
Added
8/3/03: Added Section on Voter Registration System and Election Mgt. Systems
Vendors.
Click Here
to review these pages.
Added
3/14/03: Added documents on the AccuPoll
page. Brochures for Accupoll posted. Also
added a brochure for ES &S's iVotronic
DRE.
Added
3/11/03: Added more info. under the Ohio
Page. Provided a list of all 88
(or 89 offices).
Added
3/3/03: Added brochures on Diebold's DRE and Optical Scan machines.
Added
2/26/03: Added a page for MicroVote
and their DRE machines.
Added 2/26/03: Added The
Ohio Corner for information related to Ohio Counties.
Added
2/13/03: Added reviews of Danaher,
and election.com
under the Other
Voting Systems section.
Added
2/11/2003: FAQs
section started
Added
1/20/2003: Web Site Published
