Introduction
A Miami woman votes during the 2004 presidential election. The reliability of touch-screen and electronic voting machines is an issue in the upcoming November elections. (Getty Images/G. De Cardenas)
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Vote-counting controversies in both the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections have left a cloud of concern hanging over the upcoming November 2006 congressional vote as well as the not-so-far-off 2008 presidential election. The issues range from the trustworthiness of electronic, touch-screen voting machines to fears that laws requiring more stringent verification of citizens' identities would disenfranchise minority voters. Some computer experts insist that touch-screen machines are vulnerable to hackers and that “paper trails” are needed to ensure that the vote counts can be verified if challenged. But the devices are so popular with election officials that up to 40 percent of voters will use touch-screen machines this year, many of which will not produce backup paper print-outs. Meanwhile, scrutiny of the entire voting process, from voter registration to ballot counting is intensifying in courthouses and statehouses across the country.
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Jun. 25, 2021 |
Voting Rights |
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Oct. 02, 2015 |
Young Voters |
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Feb. 21, 2014 |
Voting Controversies |
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May 18, 2012 |
Voter Rights |
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Sep. 15, 2006 |
Voting Controversies |
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Oct. 29, 2004 |
Voting Rights |
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Feb. 28, 1975 |
Minority Voting Rights |
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Apr. 18, 1962 |
Protection of Voting Rights |
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Mar. 19, 1958 |
Right to Vote |
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Feb. 24, 1954 |
Eighteen-Year-Old and Soldier Voting |
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Sep. 13, 1932 |
The Solid South and Political Sectionalism |
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Jun. 18, 1928 |
Voting and Non-Voting in Elections |
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