...machines fail. The machines do not have wireless components that can be avenues for hacking and the federal Elections Assistance Commission isn't about to decertify them. The state's Accu-Vote optical scan equipment, purchased during Democratic...

...passion rise to the level of confusion or confrontation," said DeForest Soaries Jr., chairman of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, the newly created federal agency in charge of election reform. "They have to remember that one flare-up...

...never did reach their destination to be counted," said Donetta Davidson, commissioner with the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, an organization overseeing election administration. "We had more fraud and more problems with the old-fashioned...

...ability to be modified to provide this record, the technology has not yet been certified for use by the Federal Election Assistance Commission or NASED. Some states have reported additional challenges with touch screen machines that produce a voter...