• Cook County rolls out 4,500 new electronic voting machines - CBS Chicago

    by admin on 2022-06-19 00:11:41

    CHICAGO (CBS) -- You might notice different next time you go to cast your ballot. 

    The Cook County Clerk's Office is rolling out 4,500 new electronic machines. Voters will now be able to check in electronically, rather than filling out paper forms.

    Here are a few shots of

  • The Fight For Voting Rights in Alabama: Preparing for the 2022 Primary Election

    by admin on 2022-06-19 00:11:37

    On March 7, 1965, voting rights advocates marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. At the foot of the bridge, they were met with state-sponsored violence. Alabama state troopers ruthlessly attacked the foot soldiers with batons, tear gas, and rubber tubing wrapped in barbed w

  • Brennan Center for Justice logo

    by admin on 2022-06-19 00:11:35

    This year, state lawmakers have focused on enacting election interference legislation, with six states already passing nine laws that threaten to undermine voters’ confidence in the security of elections.

    This year, state lawmakers, who spent 2021 passing laws that made it harder t

  • Brennan Center for Justice logo

    by admin on 2022-06-19 00:11:34

    This year, state lawmakers have focused on enacting election interference legislation, with six states already passing nine laws that threaten to undermine voters’ confidence in the security of elections.

    This year, state lawmakers, who spent 2021 passing laws that made it harder t

  • NAMFREL pushes for hybrid system with manual precinct vote counting in next polls | Philstar.com

    by admin on 2022-06-19 00:11:16

    MANILA, Philippines — Amid issues on vote counting machines used for this year’s polls and talks of its replacement for the next, a group is recommending that the country pursue manual counting to account for election votes instead.

    National Citizens' Movement for Free El

  • Random manual audit of votes matches 99.9% of ERs | Inquirer News

    by admin on 2022-06-19 00:11:14

    MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) reported on Sunday that the ongoing random manual audit (RMA) of votes cast during the May 9 elections has so far matched 99.9 percent of the automated election returns (ERs) for national and selected local elective positions, negat

  • As biometric voter registration increases, Brookings looks to India for lessons | Biometric Update

    by admin on 2022-06-19 00:11:06

    The proposed integration of the Aadhaar biometric national ID and India’s voter registration database will set an important precedent for governments in other countries, The Brookings Institution writes.

    The spread of biometric identity databases is itself an issue of concern for polic

  • How elections work around the world | Pew Research Center

    by admin on 2022-06-19 00:10:57

    See our research on: Gun Policy | Economy | Abortion | Russia

    See our research on: Gun Policy | Economy | Abortion | Russia

    The 2020 U.S. presidential election is unfolding amid a pandemic and public uncertainty over some aspects of the voting process itself. Here’s a look at how

  • California Primary Election: When Do Voting Polls Close?

    by admin on 2022-06-19 00:10:53

    California will hold its primary elections on Tuesday, with several major races on the ballot.

    Early voting is already underway in the state, and voters have until the polls close on Tuesday at 8 p.m. local time to cast their ballots.

    Voting locations throughout the state will offe

  • New tabulators ready for primary election | Local News | whig.com

    by admin on 2022-06-19 00:10:47

    You have reached our free-content limit. If you are a current subscriber, please log in to continue viewing content or purchase a subscription by clicking the Subscribe button below. Thank you for supporting independent Journalism.

    Please log in, or sign up for a new account to continue