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Published: 11/2/10

Voting Appears to Go Well Despite Ballot Shortages in Conn.

By  Deborah Hastings - AOL News
Voting Appears to Go Well Despite Ballot Shortages in Conn.

(Nov. 2) -- Voting in today's contentious midterm elections appeared to go smoothly for the most part, although ballot shortages led to polling hours being extended in Connecticut's largest city. Elsewhere, there was a sprinkling of reports about malfunctioning machines and other glitches, including confoundingly small type on New York ballots and a man in Ohio who was told he couldn't vote because he was dead. Some polling stations ran out of ballots in Bridgeport, Conn., and Mayor Bill Finch asked the state to extend voting for two hours, until 10 p.m. A spokeswoman for Finch said turnout ...

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Published: 10/11/10

DC Electronic Voting Site Hacked by Iran, China, University of Michigan

By  Steven Hoffer - AOL News
DC Electronic Voting Site Hacked by Iran, China, University of Michigan

(Oct. 11) -- What do Iran, China and the University of Michigan have in common? The civic duty to ensure that American Web-based voting platforms are safe and secure for overseas voters, of course. (That and a vicious hatred for Ohio State football, believe it or not.) As a program security trial, the D.C. Board of Elections & Ethics encouraged outside parties to hack and find flaws in its online balloting system, part of the Open Source Digital Voting Foundation, which administrators plan to offer for roughly 950 military and overseas voters during November's 2010 midterm elections. Taking ...

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Published: 02/10/10

The Expat Factor: Making Overseas Votes Count

By  Delia Lloyd - Politics Daily
The Expat Factor: Making Overseas Votes Count

LONDON -- When the large brown manila envelope arrived in my mailbox, I was momentarily flummoxed. "What's this?" I wondered. And then I saw the return address: Illinois State Board of Elections. It was my ballot for the Feb. 2 primary. "Phew!" I thought. "Thank goodness it arrived on time." There are as many as 6 million Americans living abroad, with an estimated 4.9 million of voting age. But although overseas Americans have had the right to vote for decades, the process has historically been riddled with imperfections. According to Stephen Ansolabehere, a political scientist at Harvard ...

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Published: 01/9/08

As Diebold Goes, So Goes the Nation?

By  Brandon Barker - Politics Daily
As Diebold Goes, So Goes the Nation?

Conspiracy theories surrounding Diebold, the company that makes electronic voting machines, are not a recent phenomenon. The 2004 Presidential election, some conspiracy theorists say, was greased in Ohio by calculated Diebold glitches, adding that the company was a conspicuous donor to the Bush campaign and would benefit from another four years of his presidency. Strong words, of course, and hard to prove.Today, the blogosphere is certifiably hopping with claims that Sen. Hillary Clinton received a boost in "Diebold Districts," or voting centers that utilized the machines. Some are claiming ...

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