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Election Transparency Coalition: New York Primary Election Day: Op-Scan Round-up
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Sunday, September 19, 2010. New York Primary Election Day: Op-Scan Round-up. Tuesday was primary election day in New York and the debut of optical scan voting machines in all New York counties. Reports from voters around the state were fairly consistent with my own experience in Poughkeepsie. I know the scanners have the capability to read two sides but whether that feature was enabled today? But then again, who knows anyway? In Syracuse there were 14 ballots spoiled for 20 which had been cast. 8220;If c...
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Election Transparency Coalition: March 2010
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Friday, March 26, 2010. Nassau County Files Suit Against NYS Over ERMA. The Election Transparency Coalition applauds Nassau County for filing suit against the State of New York over its unconstitutional election law, the Election Reform and Modernization Act (ERMA). Links to this post. Tuesday, March 2, 2010. Columbia County Joins With Nassau to Contest ERMA: Counties Want to Keep Their Lever Voting Machines. From the Columbia County Register Star. Tuesday, March 2, 2010 2:12 AM EST. BOE Commissioners Vi...
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Election Transparency Coalition: The Merits of the Lever Machine: A Scholar Speaks Up
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Wednesday, July 2, 2008. The Merits of the Lever Machine: A Scholar Speaks Up. The mind balks, perhaps, at the suggestion that a century-old technology might be the equal of today's best technologies - or even superior! Department of Science, Technology, and Society. Posted by Joanne Lukacher. Subscribe to our ETC Email List. To our occasional email updates. The leaders of ETC have been working on the issue of election transparency in New York pro bono. All donations are tax deductible. Make a. 8220;If c...
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Election Transparency Coalition: Essex County Rejects State-Mandated Electronic Voting System
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Monday, May 4, 2009. Essex County Rejects State-Mandated Electronic Voting System. Elizabethtown, NY -. Today's action by Essex County follows similar resolutions passed by Dutchess, Columbia, Ulster, Schuyler, and Greene Counties and the Association of Towns. Other counties are considering similar action. It is not HAVA but New York's response to HAVA, the Election Reform and Modernization Act, ERMA, which is the legislative mandate to replace the levers. Unless amended, repealed, or declared uncons...
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Election Transparency Coalition: June 2010
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010. Nassau Election Commisssion Lawsuit Sent back to State Court. We’re pleased with U.S. District Court Judge Joseph Bianco’s ruling last week sending Nassau County’s case back to state court where it belongs. The State has repeatedly claimed that federal law, the Orwellian-named Help America Vote Act, forbids continued use of lever voting machines. However, in his ruling, Judge Bianco affirmed what Nassau (and ETC) have been saying: that HAVA does not rule out the use of lever...
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Election Transparency Coalition: OpEd News Interview With ETC's Joanne Lukacher
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Sunday, January 23, 2011. OpEd News Interview With ETC's Joanne Lukacher. Joanne Lukacher, ETC advisory board director, discussed recent and ongoing developments in New York's experiences with computerized voting with Joan Brunwasser of OpEd News here. Labels: lever voting machine. Optical scan voting machines. Subscribe to our ETC Email List. To our occasional email updates. The leaders of ETC have been working on the issue of election transparency in New York pro bono. Sign Our Petition,. Follow develo...
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Election Transparency Coalition: Brennan Center Sues NYSBOE over Seasoning in Poisonous Brew
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Saturday, July 24, 2010. Brennan Center Sues NYSBOE over Seasoning in Poisonous Brew. Note: This article is re-posted from our sister site http:/ electiontransparencycoalition.org and is commentary on a development that occurred while the ETC blog editor was on vacation. Lawsuit Dishonors Justice Brennan’s Name. Of course it is important to require procedures to prevent overvoting, but The Election Transparency Coalition (ETC) has repeatedly insisted that. Protective procedures New York has enjoyed for c...
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Election Transparency Coalition: Nassau County Argues for Lever Machines in US Court of Appeals
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Friday, September 3, 2010. Nassau County Argues for Lever Machines in US Court of Appeals. On Wednesday, Nassau County Attorney John Ciampoli asked a three-judge panel at the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to overrule District Court Judge Gary Sharpe's order to replace lever voting machines with computers to run this year's federal elections in New York. Adam Klasfeld of Courthouse News Service. Attended the hearing in lower Manhattan on Sept. 1 and filed this report. For years. This is o...
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Election Transparency Coalition: NY Assembly District 100: Every Vote Not Counted
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011. NY Assembly District 100: Every Vote Not Counted. We've been taught in schools that every vote counts - and obviously, in this case, every vote did not." - NY Assembly candidate Frank Skartados. We recommend the account of the race for NY Assembly in district 100 as related in yesterday's Daily News under the headline Dem Frank Skartados doomed by vague election law crafted by his own lawyer. Dem Frank Skartados doomed by vague election law crafted by his own lawyer. But in a ...
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Election Transparency Coalition: September 2010
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Sunday, September 19, 2010. New York Primary Election Day: Op-Scan Round-up. Tuesday was primary election day in New York and the debut of optical scan voting machines in all New York counties. Reports from voters around the state were fairly consistent with my own experience in Poughkeepsie. I know the scanners have the capability to read two sides but whether that feature was enabled today? But then again, who knows anyway? In Syracuse there were 14 ballots spoiled for 20 which had been cast. Which mad...