iVote will allow blind, vision impaired, and disabled voters, as well as those living in remote areas, to cast a secret and unassisted vote from home and other locations using an interactive voice recognition-based phone number or an Internet-enabled PC.
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The NSWEC is expecting up to 8,340 telephone and up to 6,660 Internet voters will use the iVote system for the 2011 election.
National
House Action on Campaign Finance Bill Likely Thursday
http://electionlawblog.org/archives/016255.html
Vendor Consolidation Continues: Dominion Acquires Sequoia
http://www.ctvoterscount.org/?p=3280
... some disturbing issues that do not bode well.
Are runoffs necessary?(disclosure - I'm quoted in this article)
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/governors/time-to-say-goodbye-to-runoffs.html
Voters going to the polls in two states today -- North and South Carolina -- are casting ballots for the second time in as many months in elections where turnout is estimated to fall somewhere between a dismal 2 to 17 percent.
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"Charles Bullock, a runoff expert and political science professor at the University of Georgia, also points out several cases in which runoffs have actually aided African-American candidates.."
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The NSWEC is expecting up to 8,340 telephone and up to 6,660 Internet voters will use the iVote system for the 2011 election.
National
House Action on Campaign Finance Bill Likely Thursday
http://electionlawblog.org/archives/016255.html
Vendor Consolidation Continues: Dominion Acquires Sequoia
http://www.ctvoterscount.org/?p=3280
... some disturbing issues that do not bode well.
Are runoffs necessary?(disclosure - I'm quoted in this article)
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/governors/time-to-say-goodbye-to-runoffs.html
Voters going to the polls in two states today -- North and South Carolina -- are casting ballots for the second time in as many months in elections where turnout is estimated to fall somewhere between a dismal 2 to 17 percent.
...
"Charles Bullock, a runoff expert and political science professor at the University of Georgia, also points out several cases in which runoffs have actually aided African-American candidates.."
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