Can vote machine be hacked?
Tests show some Diebold voting machines used in Florida can be hacked by election office insiders to change results, Leon County Supervisor of Elections Ion Sancho charged Thursday.
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Archive of Elections on Friday December 16, 2005
Can vote machine be hacked?
Tests show some Diebold voting machines used in Florida can be hacked by election office insiders to change results, Leon County Supervisor of Elections Ion Sancho charged Thursday. Read More
Facing hard realities, Romney accrued modest list of successes
Less than three years into the CEO-style governorship of Mitt Romney the broad reform agenda he promised in the early days has been reduced by the political reality of Beacon Hill to a more modest series of legislative accomplishments. Read More
Philip Morris law firms, supporters backed judge
Lawyers for Philip Morris USA contributed $16,800 to help elect a judge who cast a deciding vote in Thursday's Illinois Supreme Court decision favoring the tobacco giant. Read More
Beebe's opinion sought about his own violation
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A legislator asked Atty. Gen. Mike Beebe Thursday if documents for non-government work can be exempted from public release, the question prompted by Beebe's admission that a state computer was used for his gubernatorial campaign. Read More
April 11 election set for south state seats
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday designated April 11 as the date to fill vacancies created by the resignations of U.S. Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham and state Sen. John Campbell. Read More
April election slated to fill state Senate seat
A special primary election will be held April 11 in coastal Orange County to fill a vacancy in the state Senate caused by the election of Sen. John Campbell (R-Irvine) to Congress. Read More
Voting machines won't be retested, state officials say
Top computer scientists and voting experts said Thursday that Florida must re-examine the way it tests voting machines and needs to verify claims by a Tallahassee elections official who said hackers could alter some computerized election results. Read More
Scrutiny for new voters
A new statewide voter registration system will include more information and extensive background checks to avoid problems that have plagued past attempts to purge convicted felons from voting rolls, Florida elections officials said Thursday. Read More
State touts new voter registration system
A new statewide voter registration system will include more information and extensive background checks to avoid problems that have plagued past attempts to purge convicted felons from voting rolls, Florida election officials said Thursday. Read More
Some political funds remain under question
A year after Florida legislators were ordered to bring political fundraising out of the shadows, some are still skirting the rules. Read More
Reed admits misstep in work
Ralph Reed, the political strategist and candidate for lieutenant governor, said recently that his work for disgraced Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff was a mistake that ? if given the chance ? he wouldn't repeat. Read More
Topinka taps Birkett as GOP running mate
Judy Baar Topinka introduced DuPage County State's Atty. Joe Birkett as her running mate for governor Thursday, saying their differences on social issues would help--not hurt--their chances of winning the Republican primary. Read More
Despite differences, Topinka, Birkett team up
Call 'em Punch and Judy. Former Golden Gloves boxer Joe Birkett accepted Republican governor candidate Judy Baar Topinka's offer to be her running mate Thursday, forming an ideologically balanced team of the top two GOP vote-getters in 2002. Read More
Topinka taps DuPage County state's attorney as running mate
In an effort to gain the support of conservative Republicans who don't like her stands on issues such as abortion and gay rights, gubernatorial candidate Judy Baar Topinka on Thursday named a tough-on-crime prosecutor as her running mate. Read More
Secretary of state delivers check for new voting machines
Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita on Thursday delivered a check for about $1.2 million to Allen County for new voting machines. Read More
Several file for re-election
Several elected officials from around the region have filed with the Secretary of State's Office for re-election. Read More
Martin appointed to post
State Auditor Crit Luallen recently appointed former Butler County Judge-Executive David Martin to the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance. Read More
Steve Forbes to help Fletcher raise funds
Seeking to infuse some national help into his re-election bid, Gov. Ernie Fletcher tapped former Republican presidential candidate and business magazine magnate Steve Forbes to headline his campaign fund-raiser in Lexington last night. Read More
Dem hopefuls Reilly and Patrick launch attack mode
A day after Gov. Mitt Romney confirmed he's leaving the State House after one term, Democratic gubernatorial candidates Tom Reilly and Deval Patrick came out swinging for his seat yesterday. Read More
Romney rejects calls that he step down
The day after he stirred the political waters with his announcement he would not seek a second term, Governor Mitt Romney said yesterday that he had no intention of walking away from his job before his term ended and said calls for his resignation were ''silly." Read More
Romney's decision kicks off campaign
A day after Governor Mitt Romney announced he won't run for reelection, the 2006 governor's race began in earnest yesterday: Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly accused Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey of being out of touch with Massachusetts, Healey hit back by calling Reilly ineffective, and Democratic hopeful Deval L. Patrick said he would make a stronger leader than either of them. Read More
Push for primary change continues
The continuing efforts of the Democratic Party?s old guard to move up the date of next year's primary election is deepening fissures within the party. Read More
Democrat's e-mail address tied to postings
An e-mail address of a former state Democratic Party worker was used in a discussion about Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley's marriage on a conservative Web site, a spokesman for the site said yesterday. Read More
Site offers clues to user in Web chat with Ehrlich aide
The operators of a conservative Web site yesterday released three e-mail addresses they said were connected to the anonymous site user who drew a former aide to Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (R) into discussions of a smear campaign against a political rival -- and one of the addresses matched that of a former state Democratic Party official. Read More
Division possible for Dems in '06 race
It was just over a year ago Gov. John Baldacci posed for a photograph with his arm around a local House candidate at the dedication of the Knox County Democratic headquarters. Read More
Legislature hopefuls line up
Candidates for the mid-Michigan seats in the Legislature are lining up in bids to replace term-limited lawmakers. Read More
Lawmakers urge governor to fire elections panel members
Angry Republican legislators called on Gov. Jennifer Granholm on Thursday to remove from office two Democratic members of a state elections panel who refused at a raucous meeting in Lansing a day earlier to put an affirmative action proposal before voters in next year's election. Read More
What's next in Ek case? No one's sure
State officials don?t know what will happen to a Dec. 27 special election ballot if the Minnesota Supreme Court removes legislative candidate Sue Ek from the race. Read More
Rochester's Rep. Bradley won't run again in 2006
The Minnesota House's leading player on health and welfare budget issues, six-term Republican Fran Bradley of Rochester, said Thursday that he will not seek reelection in 2006. Read More
Dems urge Suozzi to let 'fat cat' go
Democratic leaders from across the state are urging Thomas Suozzi to renounce the billionaire "Republican activist" who has pledged to raise money for the Nassau county executive's possible 2006 gubernatorial primary against Attorney General Eliot Spitzer. Read More
Eliot pals target Suozzi
Seven Democratic county leaders supporting Eliot Spitzer's run for governor pressured his potential primary foe Thomas Suozzi yesterday to end his "bizarre alliance" with Wall Street "fat cats" plotting revenge against Spitzer. Read More
Voters reject budget prop, OK transit bond
Stateline.org has compiled a quick guide to issues on the Nov. 8 ballot in New York -- with reliable sources to click on for in-depth information. Now updated with election results. Read More
Senate approves bill to require ID from voters
A bill that would require Pennsylvania voters to show some form of identification at the polls or be forced to cast a provisional ballot has passed the state Senate. Read More
Sanford againasks for state restructuring
Gov. Mark Sanford will again ask the Legislature to combine a handful of state agencies and eliminate elections for several statewide elected officers. Read More
Lawmaker wants tax measure on ballot
State Rep. Gerald Lange, who didn't get enough signatures by last month's deadline to put a corporate income tax measure on the 2006 ballot, says he will ask fellow lawmakers to do so during the upcoming Legislature. Read More
Elections chief aids probe
State Election Coordinator Brook Thompson agreed Thursday that votes cast in the names of at least two dead people imply that criminal activity may have occurred in the Senate District 29 election and said he is working with prosecutors in an investigation. Read More
GOP insider withdraws from lottery list
The beleaguered Texas Lottery Commission will continue its search for a new boss after its most prominent candidate, former state Rep. Talmadge Heflin of Houston, withdrew from consideration. Read More
Heflin likes his odds in the House
Former Houston Republican Rep. Talmadge Heflin passed on a chance to lead the $3.5 billion Texas Lottery Commission and instead filed Thursday to reclaim the Texas House seat he held for 22 years before losing re-election in 2004. Read More
Utah guardsmen secure ballot center
Utah National Guard members in Iraq have long intended to make the desolate glass factory in Ramadi part of the solution to the region's problems. Read More
Kaine continues to assemble diverse Cabinet
Gov.-elect Timothy M. Kaine, making good on a promise of political and ethnic diversity, is adding to his Cabinet a Republican and an Asian-American to oversee the environment and technology. Read More |
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