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HAVA Megillah: when it comes to voting, medium tech can be better than high.(PUBLIC POLICY)(Help America Vote Act )
AFTER the Florida election of 2000, which exposed many flaws in the way Americans cast and count votes, everybody in Washington agreed that something had to be done. Situations like that are always dangerous. The result was the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002, which caused election officials across the country to rush out and buy fancy new touchscreen voting machines. Now many of those officials are having second thoughts.
In the last two years, several states, including California, Florida, Iowa, and Ohio, have partially or completely banned direct-recording electronic (DRE) systems, as they are officially known. Many individual counties elsewhere have ...
- After surviving California, punch cards are hanging around.(Voting Matters)
- Magazine article from: Campaigns & Elections Seligson, Dan December 1, 2003 700+ words
...scrambling to fetch their punch cards out of warehouses...banning the oft-maligned punch cards. Outside the state...the 2002 Help America Vote Act (HAVA) still in flux...many states will scrap punch cards in time for the 2004...
- Create elections fund.(Editorials)(Bill needed to trade punch-cards for...
- Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) March 5, 2003 700+ words
...system. The bill is an outgrowth of the federal Help America Vote Act of 2002, better known as the election reform bill. House...rate of error. Congress intends for states to replace the punch-cards with more reliable voting devices, such as ballots that are...
- HAVA appropriations falls short. (Government Relations).(Help America Vote Act...
- Magazine article from: Paraplegia News April 1, 2003 700+ words
Congress authorized $3.9 billion to the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) over the next three fiscal years with $2...Funds to improve administration of elections and replace punch cards and lever machines were fully funded at $650 million. Finances...
- HAVA's unintended consequences: a lesson for next time.(Help America Vote Act...
- Magazine article from: Yale Law Journal Fail, Brandon November 1, 2006 700+ words
...29, 2002, President Bush signed into law the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA), a watershed in American election law...voting machines used during the 2000 election. Voters using punch cards often failed to align the card behind the ballot perfectly...
- Judges reject voting systems: Punch cards unconstitutional, federal appeals...
- Newspaper article from: Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH) April 22, 2006 700+ words
...Circuit Court of Appeals said voters using punch cards and certain opticalscan systems have...systems for the May 2 primary. But punch cards are still being used in at least some...more than 70 percent voted with punch cards as recently as 2004 -- violated their...
- Punch cards could be the deciding factor in an unusual election.(The Dallas...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Gillman, Todd J. November 9, 2000 700+ words
...jurisdiction, Camden County, switched to punch cards for two years before abandoning them...them." Texas' Dallas County used punch cards from 1981 to 1998. It spent about...widespread use until 20 years ago; now punch cards have receded and only about 40 percent...
- From punch cards to iPods: A short history of data storage.
- Magazine article from: Network World June 14, 2007 700+ words
...years, from the introduction of paper punch cards to the advent this year of holographic...Next slide > 1890 Hollerith uses punch cards in censusHerman Hollerith used punch...in circulation in the early 1900s. Punch cards were used into the 1970s. In 1952 the...
- Medical Technology Systems Launches Five New Multidose Compliance Punch Cards;...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire March 26, 2002 700+ words
...additional multi-dose compliance punch cards. The newly enhanced product line includes 31-day and 7-day punch cards for both heat-seal and pressure...These latest pressure sensitive punch cards benefit all pharmacies since no...
Source: HighBeam Research, HAVA Megillah: when it comes to voting, medium tech can be better...