Sentences with phrase «for electronic voting machines»

Ohio could spend as much as $ 161 million for electronic voting machines — money that is probably badly needed for other programs.

Until the demand for electronic voting machines swelled in the wake of the 2000 presidential election, the concerns of computer scientists were largely hypothetical.

Not exact matches

In a statement released this afternoon, Ulrich said he was «appalled, but not shocked» by the Post story that Graves was suspended from his $ 66,392 - a-year job at the board after being caught on tape soliciting a $ 25,000 «finder's fee» from Denver - based Dominion Voting Systems, which was competing for a a $ 65 million electronic voting machine contract in 2009.

«Due to serious concerns over the rollout of new electronic voting machines in several counties within the district, the local financial burden of holding a special election so close to the regular election cycle, as well as the possible disenfranchisement of overseas military voters who would not be able to participate, I will call for a Special Election to be held on November 2, 2010.»

Along those lines, New York's creaky voting machine system is the worst except for the «modern» electronic vote scanners the state picked a few years ago.

WFP Executive Director Dan Cantor recently sounded the alarm over a judge's decision not to grant the party a pre-Election Day injunction to address the so - called «double - vote» problem with the new electronic voting machines, calling that a «hudge problem» for the minor party.

Row of electronic voting machines - an odd exhibit for a London office (unless you happen to make them) pic.twitter.com / c3DGRNLlXE

In the interim, the board will collect the 266 electronic voting machines in the district and check for irregularities.

Many Ohioans are opting for the absentee ballots to avoid electronic voting machines, which are notoriously vulnerable to tampering.

Speaking during his citizens» engagement tour of some local government areas in the state, Prof. Ezeon explained that the said voting machines were designed by the Nigeria Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) and demonstrated to the National Assembly members for adoption for elections, adding that the federal government was yet to adopt the electronic voting procedure for elections.

He however noted that the Kaduna State Government has decided to use electronic voting machines for its Local Government elections, and was free to train their personnel on how to use the machines.

During the interaction, the citizens asked questions on the efficiency of the card reader, security of ad - hoc personnel, training, electronic voting machines, printing of the Permanent Voter Cards and the Commission's readiness for the 2019 General elections.

a buoyant Rangel declared in the ballroom at the Uptown Grand, about 40 minutes after the polls closed in New York and long before the problem - plagued electronic voting machines were downloaded for tallies.

Ohio Democratic Party Chairman Chris Redfern said Blackwell should step aside because his office is responsible for the rules that govern county election boards that had scattered problems last Tuesday, including poll workers who did not know how to turn on new electronic voting machines.

The issue, according to Altschuler's camp, appeared tied to the use of the new electronic voting machines, which are being used throughout the state for the first time and which have been criticized for problems both in the September primary and in the general election.

The county, which has used mechanical lever machines for generations, has chosen optical scanners over electronic touch - screen voting machines, which have been the subject of controversy because they keep no physical record of votes.

«At the federal level, I will recommend it as well because with the card reader and the electronic voting machine, the era of rigging elections is almost over and I think that is when people will have confidence in the process and will come out en masse to vote for their leaders.

«We are ready for the elections, we have also secured and tested the electronic voting machines and we have been holding series of meeting with critical stakeholders like you across the 23 local governments in the state.

Although hardly a ringing endorsement for e-voting technology, the GAO's findings contradicted those of researchers at Dartmouth College and the University of California, Los Angeles, who, after conducting a separate study (released in September) found that the «exceptionally high... undervote rate» in the Florida's 13th District race «was almost certainly caused by» a poorly designed and confusing electronic ballot displayed on the voting machine's touch screen.

Even if the machines are high quality (and none of the current ones on the market have proven to be that), the inability to manually recount, to audit, and to prevent rigging and the potential for widespread, wholesale fraud are deal breakers for purely electronic voting.

The Weber County elections office provided electronic voting machines for the students to use in an attempt to draw the youngest demographic of voters to the polls in November.

Some of her best known decisions include the resolution of the Ralph Nader for President nomination papers, the implementation of electronic voting machines in every county in Pennsylvania, and the finding that limousine drivers are independent contractors.

Fox 5 Las Vegas is reporting that several citizens participating in the early voting process in Boulder City, Nev. have shown up to find that incumbent Democratic Senator Harry Reid's name has been conveniently pre-checked for them on the fancy electronic voting machines.