Executive Director of the US Election Assistance Commission
Executive Director of the US Election Assistance Commission, which was founded after the Help America Vote Act was passed in 2002, to develop voluntary voting-system guidelines
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Tom Wilkey
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FROM Tom Wilkey
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The Integrity of the Ballot Box After Florida’s contested presidential election in 2000, Congress mandated a transition to electronic voting. In 2004, new technology caused confusion and controversy, as hundreds of different counties struggled with new machines and programs. Next month, some experts are saying, the electoral process will be more chaotic than ever. New technology means new opportunities for rigging the outcome, a tradition as old as democracy in America. Both Democrats and Republicans are braced for battle. But is partisanship as great a risk to an accurate vote count as incompetence and mismanagement? (An expanded version of this discussion was originally broadcast earlier today on To the Point .)
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The Integrity of the Ballot Box After Florida's contested presidential election in 2000, Congress mandated a transition to electronic voting. In 2004, new technology caused confusion and controversy, as hundreds of different counties struggled with new machines and programs. Next month, some experts are saying, the electoral process will be more chaotic than ever. New technology means new opportunities for rigging the outcome, a tradition as old as democracy in America. Both Democrats and Republicans are braced for battle. But is partisanship as great a risk to an accurate vote count as incompetence and mismanagement?
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