voting problems

  • Obama campaign accuses GOP of planning voter suppression

    Democrats respond to a report that the Michigan GOP planned to challenge voters whose homes were foreclosed on.
    By Gabriel Winant September 16, 2008

  • Primary tests Obama, Clinton and Oregon's voting system

    Tuesday's Democratic primatry uses the state's unique mail-in balloting system; here's what to expect.
    By Justin Jouvenal May 20, 2008

  • Diebold, notorious voting firm, rejects $2.6 billion takeover

    The company says that it's worth way, way more.
    By Farhad Manjoo March 3, 2008

  • Pennsylvania: Faulty machines, closed polls in black neighborhoods

    Problems for black voters in Pittsburgh.
    By Rebecca Traister November 7, 2006

  • Touch-screen voting glitches in Florida

    EFF requests extension of voting hours after some voters couldn't cast ballots for three and a half hours.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski November 7, 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

  • Was the 2004 election stolen?

    Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Farhad Manjoo face off.
    June 6, 2006

  • Salon answers its critics

    We've uncovered GOP voter-suppression scandals since 2000, and we'll keep at it, but there's still no proof Republicans "stole" Ohio. Plus: A sample of the raging online debate.
    By Joan Walsh June 6, 2006

  • Was the 2004 election stolen? No.

    In Rolling Stone, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. argues that new evidence proves that Bush stole the election. But the evidence he cites isn't new and his argument is filled with distortions and blatant omissions.
    By Farhad Manjoo June 3, 2006

  • More fun with exit polls

    New data gives ammunition to critics who believe the presidential election was stolen but still doesn't settle anything.
    By Farhad Manjoo January 7, 2005

  • 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

  • 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

  • Sproul play

    The RNC-funded firm Sproul & Associates stands accused of lying, cheating and even destroying Democratic voter registration forms to get more Republicans to the polls.
    By Farhad Manjoo October 21, 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

  • "Voter terrorism"

    For decades, Republicans have mounted highly organized operations to discourage minorities from voting. Experts say there's no reason to believe this year's presidential campaign will be any different.
    By Farhad Manjoo September 21, 2004

  • The downloading of the president '04

    Will fears about the new voting machines keep voters away from the polls? And what's going on in Florida, anyway?
    By Farhad Manjoo August 24, 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

  • 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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