Voting

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  • Another election fiasco in Florida?

    The Democratic Party is doing battle -- with itself -- over the state's role in the primaries. Some members say it could cost the party in November 2008.
    By Michael Scherer October 30, 2007

  • Veiled women allowed to vote

    A ruling enabling covered women in Quebec to cast their ballots is, again, causing controversy.
    By Tracy Clark-Flory September 10, 2007

  • Diebold: New name, same bad voting machines!

    A company synonymous with the aggressive pursuit of failure decides it's time for a "fresh identity."
    By Farhad Manjoo August 16, 2007

  • It's not just the voting machines -- it's how we count them, too

    A new report documents the faulty methods most states use to make sure that electronic voting machines produce correct vote counts.
    By Farhad Manjoo August 1, 2007

  • Voting systems in California fail hack test

    A computer security team sponsored by the California secretary of state finds three widely used electronic voting systems unsafe.
    By Farhad Manjoo July 31, 2007

  • Congress puts off fixing touch-screen voting

    Instead of instituting a real fix for the scourge of electronic voting, Democrats look ready to adopt a money-wasting quick fix.
    By Farhad Manjoo July 21, 2007

  • Hillary Clinton's balancing act

    She's most popular with women -- but many remain wary.
    By Tracy Clark-Flory July 20, 2007

  • Cat bites voting machine

    A voter uses a paperweight to express his feelings about touch-screen voting, and a poll worker uses his hands to express his feelings about voters.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski November 7, 2006

  • "Jesus didn't smoke no weeds!"

    I tried to persuade my Bush-hating, Baptist mother to vote to legalize marijuana in Nevada -- but she wouldn't believe her Savior was cool with pot.
    By Debra J. Dickerson November 6, 2006

  • "Hacking Democracy"

    On Tuesday, 40 percent of voters will cast ballots on electronic touch-screens. If you're not worried already about the dangers of paperless voting, this HBO documentary will blow your mind.
    By Farhad Manjoo November 2, 2006

  • Get out the single-woman vote

    New research suggests how.
    By Lynn Harris September 27, 2006

  • Saudi women get out -- and get -- the vote

    In a conservative kingdom, the first females elected to, well, anything.
    By Lynn Harris November 30, 2005

  • Fun and games in Florida

    Are voter mishaps in the Sunshine State a Republican plot, a Democratic scheme or just pure abject incompetence?
    By Farhad Manjoo October 29, 2004

  • More GOP dirty tricks in Florida?

    Investigative reporter Greg Palast discovers a "secret" voting list, but the document doesn't necessarily prove Republican wrongdoing.
    By Farhad Manjoo October 27, 2004

  • Seeing red in Florida

    Four years after the biggest voting debacle in U.S. history, many suspect that GOP officials in the crucial state are planning dirty tricks again.
    By Farhad Manjoo October 15, 2004

  • The Pentagon doesn't want you to vote overseas

    A Web site maintained by the Department of Defense is blocking access to non-military Americans. Could it be worried that expatriates are leaning toward Kerry?
    By Farhad Manjoo September 21, 2004

  • World bank of ideas

    While the U.S. is busy exporting democracy to Iraq, it should be importing some best democratic practices from the rest of the world, too.
    By Eric Weiner August 6, 2004

  • Maxed-out GOP

    A look at party loyalties shows that Kerry has a much better chance than Bush of persuading undecided voters.
    By David Gopoian July 21, 2004

  • The last lone inventor

    Bill Rouverol's Votomatic machine was blamed for Florida's 2000 election fiasco. But the 86-year-old tinker is back, with an innovation that will ban "hanging chads" forever.
    By Chris Bagley June 23, 2004

  • Sex and the single voter

    Single women are the hot, must-have demo for the 2004 presidential race. But will they put out this November?
    By Rebecca Traister April 12, 2004

  • Voting into the void

    New touch-screen voting machines may look spiffy, but some experts say they can't be trusted.
    By Farhad Manjoo November 5, 2002

  • My All-Star teams

    The Midsummer Classic comes along at the perfect time to start arguing about who makes it and who doesn't.
    By King Kaufman June 19, 2002

  • The elephant on the dais

    President Bush did nothing to address the rancor that surrounded his Inauguration.
    By Arianna Huffington January 24, 2001

  • In machines we trust

    If Bush is right that human beings are incapable of counting votes, how can we rely on them to govern us?
    By Scott Rosenberg November 16, 2000

  • Hurrah for slow recounts

    Online voting is neat, efficient -- and robs the political process of its human spirit.
    By Ellen Ullman November 8, 2000
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