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Is Your Vote Safe?new

Complaints about possible fraud in electronic voting persist in Georgia and elsewhere. Experts point to "patches" in the software, improper procedures and differences between electronic vote counts and those obtained by exit polling or hand counts.
Metro Spirit  |  Joshua McCracken  |  10-08-2008  |  Policy Issues

Breaking Away from What’s Brokennew

This Mexican election wants to be your role model.
San Antonio Current  |  Keli Dailey  |  06-28-2006  |  Politics

Democratic Dysfunctionnew

Technical problems and official incompetence at the polls disenfranchised thousands of voters. Here are three key lessons for bringing democracy back to America.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  A.C. Thompson and David Martinez  |  11-10-2004  |  Politics

Mock the Vote: Machinery of Democracy Is in Troublenew

Florida made it clear in the last presidential election that the old punchcard system of voting is susceptible to serious mechanical flaws, but new computer-driven touchscreen voter machines may be much worse.
Los Angeles CityBeat  |  Andrew Gumbel  |  07-27-2004  |  Politics

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