US COUNT VOTES - PRWeb Press Release Account Feed http://www.rsspad.com/rss2a/110362.xml US COUNT VOTES - Press Releases en xml@emediawire.com xml@emediawire.com 30 The National Election Data Archive Files a Federal Complaint Against Utah's Chief Election Official, Saying Utah Election Law Conflicts with Federal Law http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/10/prweb557891.htm On September 20, US Count Votes, DBA The National Election Data Archive filed a federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, Central Division, challenging the legality of the Utah's election statute 20-A which is being cited by Summit County Clerk to deny public access to election records, including voter registration records which the National Voter Registration Act requires to be public. The defendants, Summit County, Summit County Clerk and Utah Lt. Governor Gary Herbert were served on Monday 09-24-2007 and have 20 days to respond. (PRWeb Oct 3, 2007)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/10/prweb557891.htm The National Election Data Archive Urges the Senate to Take Steps to Assure the Integrity of the 2008 Election Outcomes http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/07/prweb542469.htm According to The New York Times, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Chairwoman of the Senate Rules Committee, said that she has decided against seeking any major changes in voting equipment before 2010. However, the National Election Data Archive says that there is plenty of time available (16 months) to reform elections prior to November 2008. According to Kathy Dopp, Executive Director of The National Election Data Archive, the most crucial item for 2008 is to require independent audits - manual counts of voter verifiable paper ballot records to check machine counts. (PRWeb Jul 27, 2007)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/07/prweb542469.htm National Election Data Archive Supports Election Reform But Recommends Changes to Senate Election Reform Proposal http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/06/prweb536280.htm The purpose of the "Ballot Integrity Act of 2007" (S1487) is "to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require an individual, durable, voter-verified paper record under title III of such Act, and for other purposes." The National Election Data Archive is recommending improvements to the act's election audit provisions and other procedures necessary to verify the accuracy of election results. The "Ballot Integrity Act of 2007" (S1487) is sponsored by Senator Dianne Feinstein. Its co-sponsors include three presidential candidates, Senators Clinton, Dodd, and Obama. (PRWeb Jun 28, 2007)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/06/prweb536280.htm Four Election Integrity Groups Release a "One-Page Concept Proposal for Federal Election Reform Legislation" http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/03/prweb514186.htm Will Congress pass election reform legislation by early 2007 in time to be in effect by the 2008 general election? Will The U.S. Congress pass any election reform legislation? Leaders in four election integrity organizations are delivering a proposal to the Congress calling on the members to sponsor better election reform legislation. (PRWeb Mar 30, 2007)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/03/prweb514186.htm Fool Me Once: Checking Vote Count Integrity http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/03/prweb508877.htm An increasing number of Americans have become concerned with whether or not electronic machines accurately record and count votes. To require voter-verified permanent paper ballots and increase voter confidence and accessibility, U.S. Representative Rush Holt of New Jersey and U.S. Senator Bill Nelson of Florida have sponsored virtually identical bills (HR811 and S559) that are intended to correct some of the significant, if unintended consequences of the Help America Vote Act of 2002. (PRWeb Mar 3, 2007)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/03/prweb508877.htm Tiered Election Audits: New Report Issued by National Election Data Archive http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/01/prweb500351.htm A recent report released by the National Election Data Archive (NEDA) entitled "Tiered Election Audits" suggests a tiered tabulation system for election audits may be the solution to ensuring the integrity of election outcomes. (PRWeb Jan 27, 2007)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/01/prweb500351.htm It is Not Whether or Not to Audit Elections, But How, as Explained in an analysis from National Election Data Archive http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/01/prweb497683.htm How many ballots have to be counted to detect vote counting errors that are big enough to change the outcome of an election? With more and more contested elections since 2000, the question is not just academic. According to an analysis by M.I.T. mathematician Ronald Rivest, in an average US House race with a 1% margin between candidates and 440 precinct counts, a 2% audit may only have a 27% chance of uncovering vote count error, while a 20% audit may have a 97% chance of uncovering vote count error. (PRWeb Jan 17, 2007)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/01/prweb497683.htm Election Experts Offer 14 Recommendations for Federal Legislation http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/01/prweb494587.htm The question of ensuring an accurate, transparent count of the people's vote has been at the forefront of concerns of many individuals and groups, both private and governmental. How can we guarantee that the actual will of the people is carried out? This week the U.S. Senate and House will be meeting and voting on recommendations to improve the voting system. Several of the nation's foremost election integrity experts have spent the last several months grappling with some of these issues and have come up with 14 recommendations for federal legislation to ensure the integrity of our democracy. (PRWeb Jan 3, 2007)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/01/prweb494587.htm Utah's New Election Audit and Recount Procedures Found Lacking by Utah's Desert Greens Party and Utah Count Votes http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/10/prweb463338.htm Utah's Desert Greens Party, the Utah affiliate of the Green Party of the United States (gp.org), and Utah Count Votes, an election integrity group, after a careful review of Utah's new internal audit procedures for the upcoming November 7, 2006 general mid-term election, feel that Utah's newly adopted election policies weaken Utah's election processes and fail to ensure Utah's election integrity. (PRWeb Oct 27, 2006)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/10/prweb463338.htm The Election Integrity Audit http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/09/prweb441769.htm The National Election Data Archive’s Kathy Dopp and Frank Stenger developed a method for calculating election audit sizes that would detect any electronic miscount that could alter an election outcome, for all auditable voting systems, particularly when voters verify that their paper ballot records are correct. (PRWeb Sep 25, 2006)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/09/prweb441769.htm 92% of Americans Oppose Secret Vote Counting; Favor Public's Right to Know In Elections http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/08/prweb427272.htm Election officials are out of touch with the public, as shown by this new Zogby poll showing that the public overwhelmingly opposes secret vote counting and favors election transparency. In concert with Tuesday's full announcement of the Zogby poll, the National Election Data Archive has developed a new protocol for ensuring election outcome integrity. “The Election Integrity Audit" is a method for calculating audit amounts -- hand counting of ballots done to check the accuracy of vote tallying machines— that will reveal any vote count errors that could wrongfully alter an election outcome. (PRWeb Aug 23, 2006)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/08/prweb427272.htm Democracy Will Survive Voting System Flaws If Voters, Candidates, and Political Parties Act http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/06/prweb400783.htm To overcome the threats to U.S. democracy from flawed voting equipment, the National Election Data Archive recommends that voters, candidates, and political parties each take unique steps to ensure that correctly elected candidates are sworn into office. (PRWeb Jun 20, 2006)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/06/prweb400783.htm Statisticians Recommend New Measures to Ensure Vote Count Accuracy and Release 'Ohio’s 2004 Exit Poll Analysis for Novices' http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/02/prweb346936.htm Why should Americans care about possible 2004 vote miscounts? The 2004 election is over. It’s old news. The only reason for rehashing prior elections is to ensure that our votes are counted the way voters intend in the future. Should Americans trust that our votes are counted accurately; or is wholesale electronic election tampering occurring? How could the evidence of vote tampering be hidden? Is the future of democracy and U.S. elections at stake? The U.S. press has dismissed exit polls as surprisingly inaccurate in the 2004 presidential election when exit polls conflicted with official vote counts. Were Exit Polls Wrong or Vote Counts Altered? (PRWeb Feb 16, 2006)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/02/prweb346936.htm The Gun is Smoking - 2004 Ohio Precinct-Level Exit Poll Data Show Virtually Irrefutable Evidence of Vote Miscount http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/01/prweb333209.htm The National Election Data Archive (NEDA) is the first mathematical team to release a valid scientific analysis of the precinct-level 2004 Ohio presidential exit poll data. NEDA's analysis provides virtually irrefutable evidence of vote miscount. (PRWeb Jan 17, 2006)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/01/prweb333209.htm New Method for Flagging Vote Miscount Released -- Specific Type of Statistical Analysis Can Indicate Vote Count Errors in Past and Future Elections http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/01/prweb333208.htm The National Election Data Archive (NEDA) has developed a new sophisticated statistical method for indicating whether reported vote counts in any particular election race has, or has not, been counted correctly. The new scientific method is being made publicly available for analyzing exit poll data may help restore faith in U.S. democracy. The method will be used to Analyze the 2004 Ohio Presidential Election Data. (PRWeb Jan 16, 2006)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/01/prweb333208.htm Math Logic Proof Shows that ESI Analysis of Ohio and National Exit Poll Data is Bunk -- Mitofsky's Claim to "Rule Out Vote Fraud" is Proven Incorrect http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/10/prweb304137.htm George W. Bush could have won the 2004 presidential election due to large-scale vote fraud without election data showing the patterns that the Election Science Institute (ESI) and pollster Warren Mitofsky claim must exist if vote fraud had occurred. The analysis that Mitofsky presented at the October 14, 2005 American Statistical Association fall conference has been proven mathematically useless for testing exit poll data for vote fraud. (PRWeb Oct 31, 2005)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/10/prweb304137.htm History of the Debate Surrounding the Validity of the 2004 Presidential Election http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/10/prweb301264.htm This historical overview is provided to aid media and the public in understanding key events and presentations from both sides of the debate surrounding the validity and accuracy of 2004 presidential election results. (PRWeb Oct 23, 2005)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/10/prweb301264.htm Carter-Baker Exit Poll Recommendation Would Hide Evidence of Vote Count Errors http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/09/prweb288076.htm The National Election Data Archive disagrees with the Carter/Baker Commission exit poll recommendation and urges instead, in the strongest possible way, increasing public access to exit polling data and methodologies to better monitor the accuracy of our elections. In the context of the questionable practice of altering exit poll results to match election results, this Carter-Baker recommendation would deprive the public of knowing the true unaltered exit poll results and eliminate a measuring stick against which to gauge the validity of vote counts. (PRWeb Sep 22, 2005)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/09/prweb288076.htm Scientific Analysis Suggests Presidential Vote Counts May Have Been Altered - Group of University Professors Urges Investigation of 2004 Election http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/03/prweb222958.htm The absence of any statistically-plausible explanation for the discrepancy between Edison/Mitofsky’s exit poll data and the official presidential vote tally is an unanswered question of vital national importance that needs thorough investigation. (PRWeb Mar 31, 2005)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/03/prweb222958.htm Prominent Statisticians Refute 'Explanation' of 2004 U.S. Exit Poll Discrepancies in New Edison/Mitofsky Report and Urge Investigation of U.S. Presidential Election Results http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/01/prweb203331.htm President Bush won November's election by 2.5% yet exit polls showed Kerry leading by 3%. Which was correct? (PRWeb Jan 31, 2005)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/01/prweb203331.htm New Volunteer Scientific Project for Detection of Vote-Counting Errors http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/12/prweb189890.htm In order to objectively investigate the accuracy of elections in America and provide statistically-valid methods that could help detect probable vote-counting errors worth investigating, a group of independent mathematicians, statisticians and computer professionals has formed a new, volunteer scientific research project: US Count Votes. (PRWeb Dec 18, 2004)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/12/prweb189890.htm Computer Scientists Make Third Attempt to Influence Utah's Voting Equipment Selection http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/10/prweb169772.htm A Group of Computer Scientists and Voting Experts make their third attempt to influence Utah's selection of electronic voting equipment, presenting a joint letter to the Legislature's Joint Government Operations Cmte hearing on October 20. The group advises Utah's Election Office to reconsider its plan to select DRE e-voting machines and use the help of computer scientists to select voting equipment. Phillip Windley, Associate Professor of Computer Science at Bringham Young University spoke to the committee during the public input period. (PRWeb Oct 21, 2004)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/10/prweb169772.htm "Utah Count Votes" Takes Issue with Utah League of Women Voters' Position on ElectronicVoting http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/10/prweb163891.htm "Utah Count Votes" takes issue with the League of Women Voters' position on Utah's voting equipment purchase as expressed by LWV UT Executive Director Sandy Peck in a letter to Utah League members. ( see http://utahcountvotes.org/response_to_lwvut.pdf ) (PRWeb Oct 2, 2004)

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