Voting Machines

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  • When technology became cool again

    Google, Firefox and digital cameras gave us reason to cheer in 2004. Then again, outsourcing, global warming and the politics of stem cells proved there is a dark side.
    By Andrew Leonard, Farhad Manjoo and Katharine Mieszkowski December 27, 2004

  • Third World democracy

    The real problem with the American election system isn't fraud, it's good old-fashioned incompetence. And that's something we can fix -- if we have the will.
    By Farhad Manjoo November 18, 2004

  • The echo chamber echoes back

    After I blamed blogosphere lefties for leading me astray, the readers let me have it.
    By Andrew Leonard November 11, 2004

  • Was the election stolen?

    The system is clearly broken. But there is no evidence that Bush won because of voter fraud.
    By Farhad Manjoo November 10, 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

  • Voting machine showdown

    A leading maker of computer election equipment defends itself in court against charges that it overreached itself in trying to stifle critics.
    By Farhad Manjoo February 10, 2004

  • Will the election be hacked?

    A Salon special report reveals how new voting machines could result in a rigged presidential race -- and we'd never know.
    By Farhad Manjoo February 9, 2004

  • Psst? Wanna get a look at some vote-counting software?

    A computer programmer discovers a widely used computerized voting program on a publicly accessible Internet server.
    By Farhad Manjoo October 30, 2003

  • Bad grades for a voting-machine exam

    Riverside County, Calif., invited citizens to observe a test of its computerized voting systems. One participant was not impressed.
    By Farhad Manjoo October 15, 2003

  • Another case of electronic vote-tampering?

    Representatives of the computer vote-counting industry are unfairly dominating the standard-setting process, say critics.
    By Farhad Manjoo September 29, 2003

  • An open invitation to election fraud

    Not only is the country's leading touch-screen voting system so badly designed that votes can be easily changed, but its manufacturer is run by a die-hard GOP donor who vowed to deliver his state for Bush next year.
    By Farhad Manjoo September 23, 2003

  • Florida all over again?

    Partisan infighting, a crucial election, dubious voting machines -- now it's California, and the Rehnquist gang may decide this one, too.
    By Tim Grieve September 16, 2003

  • Hacking democracy

    Computerized vote-counting machines are sweeping the country. But they can be hacked -- and right now there's no way to be sure they haven't been.
    By Farhad Manjoo February 20, 2003

  • 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
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