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Cuyahoga elections officials survey possible voting machines

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

By Joe Guillen of the Cleveland Plain Dealer

Voting-machine companies displayed their latest technology on Friday for Ohio's largest voting jurisdiction. Now the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections has less than three weeks to make a choice. Full Article.

Brunner wants to use unapproved voting devices

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

By Mark Niquette of the Columbus Dispatch

The secretary of state is moving forward with a plan to allow Ohio to approve new voting devices for use by eliminating the need to have the equipment also meet federal standards for accuracy, security and reliability. Full Article.

Voting-system change unlikely, Brunner says

Monday, April 14th, 2008

By Mark Niquette of the Columbus Dispatch

Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner said last night that she's not very optimistic the legislature will provide the $64 million needed to replace all touch-screen voting machines in the state with paper ballots by the fall election as she wants. Full Article.

Courageous or 'reckless'?

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

By Jon Craig from the Cincinnati Enquirer

Depending on your knowledge about, comfort level or point of view on touch-screen voting machines, Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner has become a magnet for praise — as well as scorn — as the state's top election officer. Full Article.

Ohio seizes voting machines in criminal investigation

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

By Ryan Paul of Ars Technica on March 18

At the request of election officials, the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation has seized voting machines for forensic analysis and has launched a criminal investigation into the Franklin County Board of Elections. Full Article.

County's voting machines examined

Sunday, March 16th, 2008

By Barbara Carmen from the March 16 Columbus Dispatch

When Jennifer Brunner cast her vote last fall, she is certain she saw something so odd on her touch-screen voting machine that it prompted a state criminal investigation into the Franklin County Board of Elections. Full Article.

Cuyahoga County to test vote count system

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

By Joe Guillen from the March 12 Cleveland Plain Dealer

In a small Cleveland election next week, Cuyahoga County will pilot an optical-scan voting system that it might use in the November presidential election. Full Article.

Brunner, GOP at odds on election technology's success

Friday, March 7th, 2008

By Jim Provance from the Toledo Blade

Ohio's top elections official and the Ohio Republican Party's second-in-command yesterday saw two entirely different elections. Full Article.

Timely election results not in the cards for Lucas County

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

By Joe Vardon from the March 6 Toledo Blade

Local elections officials Wednesday morning finally found more than a dozen computerized voting machine memory cards in the back of a sheriff’s van and at the county’s elections office, making Lucas County the last in the state to file its election results — again. Full Article.

Ballot scanner fails test, is pulled

Saturday, March 1st, 2008

From the Associated Press in the March 1 Columbus Dispatch

A malfunctioning machine was removed from the new Cuyahoga County paper-ballot scanning system yesterday after it failed two initial tests in advance of Tuesday's presidential primary, the board of elections announced. Full Article.