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THE NEW MEXICO 2006 POST ELECTION AUDIT REPORT

Submitted by admin on Wed, 12/03/2008 - 11:36
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Author(s): 
R. Michael Alvarez
Caltech
Thad E. Hall
Journal: 
Collaboration with The University of New Mexico, Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, University of Utah
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Date Published: 
11/30/2008
During the 2007 legislative session, the New Mexico Legislature passed a bill and Governor Richardson signed it into law, which provides for random voting system audits after every statewide general election (see §1-14-13.1, NMSA). Specifically, the law provides that county clerks are to compare the total votes tallied in the general election for the office of president or governor from a random selection of 2% of the voting systems used during the election throughout the state to a hand count of the ballots cast on that system. A voting system is

Voting Online Around The World

Submitted by admin on Mon, 12/01/2008 - 11:29
Author(s): 
Thad E. Hall
University of Utah
R. Michael Alvarez
Journal: 
Voting in America Volume 3
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137-143
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Date Published: 
11/30/2008
In 2000 there were a number of notable efforts in the United States to use Internet voting. In that year, two presidential primary elections-the Alaska Republican "straw poll" and the Arizona Democratic primary-included remote Internet access as one channel for voting (along with traditional by-mail and in­precinct voting).

Flooding The Vote: Hurricane Katrina and Voter Participation in New Orleans

Submitted by admin on Mon, 11/24/2008 - 09:44
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Working Paper No.: 
70
Date Published: 
11/30/2008
Author(s): 
Thad E. Hall
University of Utah
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The flooding of New Orleans from Hurricane Katrina resulted in a massive and rapid exodus of individuals from New Orleans to locations around the United States. In the midst of the hurricane recovery, the City of New Orleans reelected Mayor Ray Nagin to a second term in office. Arguments regarding when this election would be held were

Who Should Run Elections in the United States?

Submitted by admin on Mon, 11/24/2008 - 08:09
Author(s): 
Morgan Llewellyn
Caltech
Thad E. Hall
Journal: 
Policy Studies Journal
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325-346
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Who Should Run Elections in the United States?
Date Published: 
11/30/2008
Much has been said since the 2000 presidential election regarding the administration of elections in the United States, particularly about how election administrators are selected and to whom they are responsive. Unfortunately, there has been little research on the different administrative structures that are possible and the preferences of Americans regarding these different administrative options.

Minnesota challenge variability

Submitted by gbain on Fri, 11/21/2008 - 14:15
The real action in the Minnesota recount will be the ballots challenged by the two campaigns on the grounds that the voter intent was not properly ascertained. These challenged ballots are emerging even when the county recounts show no discrepancy with the count of the ballots successfully scanned by the machines. As I suggested in an earlier posting, this is an illustration of why the post-election audit is not an especially good predictor of what will happen in the recount.

Minnesota challenge variability

Submitted by gbain on Fri, 11/21/2008 - 14:12
The real action in the Minnesota recount will be the ballots challenged by the two campaigns on the grounds that the voter intent was not properly ascertained. These challenged ballots are emerging even when the county recounts show no discrepancy with the count of the ballots successfully scanned by the machines. As I suggested in an earlier posting, this is an illustration of why the post-election audit is not an especially good predictor of what will happen in the recount.

Detecting Fraud in America’s Gilded Age

Submitted by gbain on Thu, 11/13/2008 - 07:52
Working Paper No.: 
2
Date Published: 
07/01/2008
Author(s): 
Gail Buttorff
University of Iowa
Abstract: This paper extends recent developments in election forensics to test for electoral fraud during a period of American history widely suspected to be ripe with fraud. It uses the second-digit Benford’s Law test in an effort to identify possible instances of election fraud during the Gilded Age—an era of highly competitive party politics. The study focuses on presidential and gubernatorial elections in Southern US states during the period from 1872 to 1896. The empirical results corroborate some of the extant historical anecdotes of electoral fraud during this period.

MIT IST News

Submitted by admin on Thu, 11/06/2008 - 09:37
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An Accurate Count? Voting Technology in the 2008 Elections
Newspaper: 
MIT IST News
Date Published: 
11/30/2008
Author(s): 
Robyn Fizz
Op-Ed
The 2000 presidential election is remembered for Florida’s hanging chads and highly controversial recount. The 2004 presidential election was similarly contentious, with concerns about improper voting procedures in several states, including the swing state of Ohio. Aspects of the entire voting process were called into question, from voter registration, to the unequal distribution of voting machines, to the accuracy of the count. Will the voting process be fairer and the final tally more accurate in 2008? And how will voting technology come into play?

Electronic voting is a touchy issue

Submitted by admin on Mon, 11/03/2008 - 10:38
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Electronic voting is a touchy issue
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Mineralwellsindex.com
Date Published: 
11/30/2008
Author(s): 
By Libby Cluett
Article
Even before early voting began, Homer Simpson foreshadowed problems with electronic touch-screen voting machines. “Voting Machines Are Flipping Votes Just Like The Simpsons Predicted,” an article posted on www.collegeotr.com, citing a clip of a “The Simpsons” episode, leaked online earlier in the month, that shows Homer Simpson trying to vote for Democratic candidate Barack Obama.

Can We Trust The Machines?

Submitted by gbain on Mon, 11/03/2008 - 09:45
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Author(s): 
Walter R. Mebane Jr.
Journal: 
Science Magazine
pp: 
322
Link to Article: 
Date Published: 
10/31/2008
Since the 2000 U.S. presidential election, many have worked to increase voters’ confidence that election results are fair and correct. One theme from 2000 was that the technology used to record votes—especially punchcard ballots—was deficient and needed to be replaced. The Help America Vote Act of 2002 provided federal funds for states to acquire electronic voting machines or optically scanned paper ballots. New controversy arose when computer scientists and others complained that the recommended technologies were far from being up to the task. The

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