Articles Related to e-voting systems

The state assembly approves the move as the city cites tight turnaround times for runoffs in its September mayoral primaries, but citizen's groups say there's plenty of time

California's secretary of state has mandated tough new security standards for the state's e-voting systems and curtailed their use, following an independent review of the technology. The order comes just days after several teams of researchers from the University of California evaluated the security, accessibility and usability of voting machines.

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, said Thursday that they have uncovered statistical irregularities associated with electronic voting machines in three Florida counties that may have given President George W. Bush 130,000 or more excess votes.

In the wake of the painful experiences of 2000, the choice of the mechanism used to record and tally votes in this year's U.S. presidential election may be almost as controversial as the battle between the candidates. Unfortunately, a hefty portion of state and local jurisdictions have prematurely adopted electronic voting systems.