Sentence examples for elections technology from inspiring English sources

There is another path to solving our elections technology crisis.

These local boards and officials literally cannot afford multimillion-dollar purchases of new elections technology and can't afford to wait while new machines go through the long process of federal certification.

A larger concern -- an issue that should resonate with every voter -- is whether our elections technology should be the domain of a foreign and private company using proprietary "black box" technology that we can't shine a light on to see if it's working.

In many cases, he said, they became the victims of inferior election technology, even police intimidation.

That defense does not sway Prof. Rebecca Mercuri, an specialist in election technology who teaches computer science at Bryn Mawr College.

The bill would create a federal agency, the Election Assistance Commission, to test voting equipment and to serve as a clearinghouse for information on election technology.

As long as such cynicism persists, the new election technology will be judged to have failed in its purpose of returning governments with incontestable mandates; and governments will remain weak.

Others saw proof that the Electoral College must be abolished, that election technology around the country should be updated, and that even in a well-worn democracy, elections could smell fishy.

In accordance with the clear wishes of the voters, the new President's mandate would be to reform the nation's election technology, officiate at public functions, and do as little else as possible.

It would both make sense and heal wounds if he were quickly to announce that he will set up a bipartisan commission, preferably headed by a Democrat, to establish common standards not just for election technology but also for the independent supervision of future ballots.Cabinet appointments offer Mr Bush another chance to forge ahead.

"Vote Fraud Theories, Spread by Blogs, Are Quickly Buried" (front page, Nov. 12) misses the point of the majority of recount efforts, which is merely to ensure that votes are properly counted and that election technology is properly designed and supervised to prevent future fraud.