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The Basic Issue

In 2000, Florida was decisive in the presidential election. Widespread irregularities, problems and shenanigans by Republicans shifted the legitimate outcome from Al Gore to George W. Bush. Federal law has mandated that Florida update its voting machines. There is widespread concern that new electronic machines are prone to tampering and that they don't provide any check on their accuracy.

The Basic Arguments

Links

• Go All the Way Florida
• The Machinery of Democracy: Protecting Elections In An Electronic World

Media Coverage

• 5.3.11: St. Petersburg Times, Sen. Nelson blasts Florida Legislature's 2012 election-law changes
• 9.3.10: Orlando Sentinel, Close primary election loophole: Lawmakers should let Floridians close the loophole that closes primaries (editorial)
• 7.4.08: Tampa Tribune, Write-In Lawsuit Is Teetering
• 7.1.08: Tampa Tribune, Suit Targets Write-In Candidates Loophole
• 12.26.07: St. Petersburg Times, Paper ballots go high tech: In the new system, they'll be printed on demand, reflecting your precinct and party
• 12.17.07: Palm Beach Post, Double-voting issue still irks GOP chairman
• 12.12.07: Miami Herald, Court hears suit over voter roll glitches
• 12.11.07: Fort Myers News-Press, State prosecutor defends voter registration limits
• 12.9.07: Miami Herald, Feds question fairness of state's new voting law
• 12.9.07: Florida Today, Forget the chad: We've got new bugs
• 11.18.07: Fort Myers News-Press, Many would-be Florida voters 'lost:' Computers leave thousands in the dark
• 11.8.07: St. Petersburg Times, Feds review Fla. voting laws: Hillsborough is among five counties where minority voter rights are under scrutiny
• 11.6.07: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Balloting tests Sarasota County's new machines
• 10.31.07: St. Petersburg Times, Judge won't close election-law loophole on write-ins
• 10.20.07: Orlando Sentinel, Lawsuit: Write-in 'candidates' shut out voters
• 8.1.07: Miami Herald, Florida voting chief aims to block hackers: Florida's top elections chief has found Diebold's voting machines could be compromised easily by hackers and is demanding a quick fix.
• 8.1.07: Palm Beach Post, Vote scans face tests after study flags flaws
• 7.31.07: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Study finds Florida optical scan voting machines still flawed
• 7.28.07: The New York Times, Scientists’ Tests Hack Into Electronic Voting Machines in California and Elsewhere
• 7.28.07: Bradenton Herald, District 13 debate to look into secret coding
• 5.8.07: St. Petersburg Times, This bill does a lot more than advertised (Howard Troxler column)
• 8.9.06: Tallahassee Democrat, State set for primaries.
• 8.1.06: Palm Beach Post, In voting-reform frenzy, write-in abuse tolerated.
• 7.31.06: Associated Press, With many seats safe for one party, primaries where the action is in Florida.
• 7.31.06: Ramsey Campbell, One-party system will serve no one.
• 7.31.06: South Florida Sun-Sentinel, A new state law governing voter registration sparks an outcry.
• 7.31.06: Palm Beach Post, Write-in loophole excludes huge voter bloc.
• 7.30.06: Orlando Sentinel, Too many free rides.
• 7.29.06: Southwest Florida Herald Tribune, Democrats have goal: Close write-in loophole.
• 7.28.06: Daytona Beach News-Journal, Wrong target: Florida goes after voter-registration drives.
• 7.27.06: Associated Press, Voter Law Challenged In Court.
• 7.26.06: St. Petersburg Times, Candidate launches Web site to seize on election issue.
• 7.26.06: Associated Press, Expert: New law may reduce voter turnout.
• 7.26.06: Palm Beach Post, Election? What election?
• 7.25.06: St. Petersburg Times, Ballot box bunkum.
• 7.25.06: Tallahassee Democrat, Free rides: Life's a breeze for incumbents.
• 7.24.06: Southwest Florida Herald Tribune, Dent says initiative on ballots is flawed.
• 7.21.06: Tallahassee Democrat, Voting Rights Act affects five Florida counties.
• 7.19.06: Daytona Beach News-Journal, Ax the gimmicks for voters.
• 7.16.06: Lakeland Ledger, Black Caucus Focuses on Voting Issue.
• 7.15.06: Miami Herald, U.S. panel probes voting machine firm.
• 7.14.06: Associated Press, Electronic voting machines come under legal attack from activists.
• 7.10.06: Palm Beach Post, Speed up getting it right.
• 7.10.06: Southwest Florida Herald Tribune, Voting paper trail could be on ballot.
• 7.5.06: Palm Beach Post, County election chiefs worry about state control of voter list.
• 7.4.06: Daytona Beach News-Journal, Group shows how to steal an election.
• 7.3.06: Miami Herald, Lawmaker tries again to force voting record.
• 7.2.06: Daytona Beach News-Journal, Election reforms keep hope alive.
• 7.1.06: Palm Beach Post, Wexler seeks high court's aid in paper trail battle.
• 6.29.06: Tallahassee Democrat, Secure the vote.
• 6.29.06: Orlando Sentinel, Osceola plays losing hand in federal court.
• 6.28.06: Orlando Sentinel, Osceola leaders reject Hispanic-voting ruling.
• 6.28.06: Orlando Sentinel, The wrong fight.
• 6.27.06: Associated Press, Judge holds up elections pending federal lawsuit.
• 6.19.06: Palm Beach Post, Elections chief welcomes greater state role.
• 6.19.06: Miami Herald, Proposed testing rules need revisions.
• 6.16.06: Tallahassee Democrat, County gets voting machines.
• 6.13.06: Tallahassee Democrat, Sancho blasts new testing rules.
• 6.13.06: Associated Press, Elections supervisors oppose proposal to test voting equipment.
• 6.12.06: Daytona Beach News-Journal, State shouldn't block local voting machine tests.
• 6.11.06: Tallahassee Democrat, Test and verify.
• 6.11.06: Tallahassee Democrat, Sancho says he will fight rule changes.
• 6.11.06: Palm Beach Post, Don't leave elections to politicians.
• 6.10.06: Associated Press, Vote security: Who's in charge?
• 6.10.06: Associated Press, State slates hearing to limit checks on voting equipment.
• 6.9.06: Miami Herald, State wants limited voting machine checks.
• 6.7.06: New York Times, Block the Vote.
• 6.5.06: Miami Herald, Repeal onerous rules punishing nonpartisan groups.
• 5.26.06: Daytona Beach News-Journal, Challenging a punitive law.
• 5.24.06: St. Petersburg Times, Offensive voter registration rules.
• 4.15.06: St. Petersburg Times, Vote machine firm relents, will sell to Leon County.
• 4.15.06: Tallahassee Democrat, Sort of fixed.
• 4.14.06: Tallahassee Democrat, Diebold says it will sell to Leon County.
• 4.4.06: ComputerWorld, Florida attorney general questions e-voting vendors' decision to shun county.
• 4.3.06: Miami Herald, Protecting the ballot: Question the vendors, not the election supervisor.
• 4.3.06: Palm Beach Post, A vote of no confidence.
• 3.26.06: Daytona Beach News-Journal, Supervisor draws fire in quest to ensure valid elections.
• 3.19.06: Daytona Beach News-Journal, Defending Democracy.

Blogs

• 8.20.10: Broward Politics, Write in maneuver used to close primaries
• 6.30.08: The Buzz, Aronberg sues over write-in loophole
• 6.30.08: March on Politics, Aronberg Announces Suit Over Closed Primary And Write-In Loophole In Pasco Race
• 5.22.08: Naked Politics, Geller sues DNC alleging Voting Rights violations
• 4.23.08: Naked Politics, Aronberg revisits effort to close "write-in loophole"
• 4.16.08: The Buzz, Rouson calls for election reform for write-ins
• 1.5.08: Naked Politics, The ghosts in the (voting) machines
• 12.21.07: Naked Politics, More than 14,000 voters will be added back to rolls
• 12.19.07: Ybor City Stogie, Federal Judge Throws Out Florida Voting Law
• 12.17.07: Q: One More Question, NY-Fla. double-voters still an issue
• 8.16.07: March on Politics, Rather Breaks News On 2000 Recount, D 13 Race
• 8.2.07: Florida Progressive Coalition, The Long Slog Towards Meaningful Election Reform
• 8.1.07: Q: One More Question, Elections cyber-fraud still an issue
• 7.31.07: Naked Politics, Elections officials no longer in denial about "ballot-stuffing" attack risks
• 7.28.07: Naked Politics, Scientists find problems with electronic voting machines
• 5.24.07: The Buzz, Elections chiefs are nervous.
• 5.23.07: Political Insider, New elections chief sees holes in reform package
• 5.22.07: Blast Off, Happy (paper) trails to you.
• 5.8.07: The Buzz, Should Crist veto elections bill?
• 5.3.07: Central Florida Political Pulse, House Passes Elections Bill.
• 5.1.07: Florida Politics, Charlie's Budget Blues.
• 4.27.07: Central Florida Political Pulse, Senate OKs paper trail, early primary.
• 4.27.07: The Buzz, Crist, Nelson can keep jobs and run.
• 4.24.07: Pushing Rope, Latest Dumb Idea From Florida Senate.
• 4.24.07: The Buzz, Paper trail -- or train?
• 4.23.07: The Buzz, Targeting those robo-calls.
• 4.2.07: Daily Kos, Multiple Congressional Election Contests Continue in Florida; '08 Presidential Election in Jeopardy!
• 3.23.07: Pushing Rope, Florida To Go Paper Ballots.
• 3.19.07: Florida Free Culture, Sun editorial on e-voting
• 3.19.07: Florida Free Culture, Capitol Report: E-voting
• 3.16.07: Florida Free Culture, Legislature 2007: E-voting
• 6.26.06: Shakespeare's Sister, Palast in Tampa: "America Has Vote-Counting Apartheid," and More.
• 6.9.06: Florida Public Policy, Florida Elections Still Threatened.
• 6.7.06: T. Rex's Guide to Life, If You Can't Win the Right Way...
• 4.14.06: Central Florida Political Pulse, Sancho cuts a deal.
• 3.30.06: Florida Public Policy, Instant Runoff Voting (IRV).
• 12.16.05: Floridariat, Just Fix the Freakin' Problem -- Florida Voting Machines.

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