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This Oct. 19, 2017, file photo shows a new voting machine which prints a paper record on display at a polling site in Conyers, Ga.
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March 05, 2019 - 12:38 pm

As 2020 nears, pressure grows to replace voting machines

By Christina A. Cassidy, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Time and money are running short for states to replace aging or inadequate voting machines before the 2020 presidential primaries, according to a report released Tuesday. State and local election officials in 31 states say they want to...
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FILE - This Oct. 19, 2017, file photo shows a new voting machine which prints a paper record on display at a polling site in Conyers, Ga. Time and money are running short for states to replace aging or inadequate voting machines before the 2020 presidential primaries, according to a report released Tuesday, March 5, 2019. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
March 05, 2019 - 8:05 am

As 2020 nears, pressure grows to replace voting machines

ATLANTA (AP) — Time and money are running short for states to replace aging or inadequate voting machines before the 2020 presidential primaries, according to a report released Tuesday. State and local election officials in 31 states say they want to replace their voting equipment before the...
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Pat Loeb
February 22, 2019 - 5:06 pm

Pa. Auditor General seeks ban on gifts, says ‘perks’ could sway officials

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) -- Pennsylvania's Auditor General Eugene DePasquale says election officials in 18 of the state's 67 counties accepted gifts from voting machine vendors, as they consider which machines to purchase in order to comply with a state mandate. He says he wants a ban on gifts...
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Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf speaks after taking the oath for his second term.Gov. Wolf speaks after taking oath for 2nd term
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Tony Romeo
February 10, 2019 - 4:00 am

County officials fret about Governor Wolf's proposal for voting upgrade money

HARRISBURG, Pa. (KYW Newsradio) -- County officials are expressing reservations about Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf's proposal to help fund a mandated upgrade of the state's voting systems. Counties will have to select voting machines with a paper trail by the end of the year. In his budget...
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Paul Kurtz
December 12, 2018 - 4:00 am

Philly officials work to answer Wolf's call on paperless voting machines

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) -- Voting rights groups in Pennsylvania are applauding the Wolf administration's decision to use voting machines beginning in 2020. Gov. Tom Wolf has been a staunch advocate of paper ballots but he officially committed to the system as part of a recent out of court...
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David Madden
November 01, 2018 - 4:05 pm

Voting machines with individual paper records to be tested in New Jersey

PAULSBORO, NJ (KYW Newsradio) -- As votes are cast in next week’s midterms, residents of one Gloucester County town will get to try out new electronic machines that provide a paper trail in the name of ballot accuracy and security. It could well pave the way for a similar process, maybe throughout...
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In this Sept. 20, 2018 photo, voting booths stand ready in downtown Minneapolis for the opening of early voting in Minnesota.
AP Photo/Steve Karnowski
October 10, 2018 - 11:18 am

Poll finds partisan divide in concerns for election security

By Christina A. Cassidy, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — With the midterm elections less than a month away, a strong majority of Americans are concerned the nation's voting systems might be vulnerable to hackers, according to a poll released Wednesday. That is roughly unchanged from concerns about...
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Pat Loeb
August 03, 2018 - 1:00 pm

State and city officials: Want to improve elections? Get out and vote in them

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Philadelphia and Pennsylvania election officials are reassuring voters that their ballots will be secure in the wake of Thursday's national security warning of Russian hacking. The most important thing voters you can do to protect November's elections is to vote, says...
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