Sentence examples for ballot machine from inspiring English sources

An employee of the election supervisor's office informed a sheriff's deputy that Mr. Slosberg had a ballot machine in his possession, the report says.

Mr. Gavin's candidacy was designed simply to provide a Senate heading on the ballot machine for a political ally in Burlington County who was running for nomination to the House of Representatives.

Citing suspicion over what he called a series of "shenanigans" that have narrowed Mr. Coleman's lead, he has requested the official paper tape with the number of ballots and the time stamp printed out by each ballot machine, in every voting precinct.

At one point, one of Mr. Gore's lawyers walked through the courtroom with a ballot machine full of chads that had been punched from many ballots, as the consultant testified that the buildup of chads might have prevented votes from being read by a punch-card scanner.

One ballot machine, used in 23 US states, carries a cybersecurity flaw that was reported over a decade ago, the hackers claim.

And there is absolutely no reason to believe, with ballot machine science still underdeveloped, and with cynical political operatives still as zealous as ever, that the 2008 election will be the freest and fairest yet.

The makers of the ballot machines have told us that the most accurate way to count the ballots is by hand.

Chanting and protests by Republicans accompanied the decision on November 22nd of the local officials in Miami-Dade County to concentrate recounting efforts on the 10,000 ballots rejected by ballot machines (out of a total 650,000).

Many state employees believe the government knows how they vote, a concern that will only grow if a proposal to equip electronic ballot machines with fingerprinting devices is approved.

After weeks of partisan debate and negotiations, House and Senate leaders signed an agreement this evening to ban punch-card ballot machines, give counties money for equipment and set guidelines for recounts.

Mr. Bush tried to keep the focus on "Votomatic equipment or whatever," as he referred to the antiquated ballot machines that caused so many problems in some areas of the state.