NEW JERSEY
Registered voters
Approx. 4,085,000
Voting equipment vendors
ES&S, Sequoia, Avante
Technologies
DRE
Legal requirements
State legislation requires a voter-verifiable paper record, but there is no requirement that precincts be randomly selected for manual auditing.
Voter registration database
State contracted with Covansys (later Saber), working with PCC Technology Group, and Aradyme Corp; state was sued by the DOJ in early 2006 for insufficient progress on compliance. Databases previously maintained at county level.
Government links
- Division of Elections
- New Jersey Criteria for VVPR for DRE (PDF format )
- HAVA information and updates (including videos)
- Statewide Voter Registration System project
In the news
- Awaiting the exit poll on electronic voting machines, Montclair Times, Oct. 26, 2006
- Registered voter list errors might impede some, The Associated Press, Oct. 26, 2006
- State expects no vote glitches, AP via NorthJersey.com, Oct. 26, 2006
- Voting machine reliability on trial: Lawsuit seeks paper trail of ballots, New Jersey Times, March 17, 2006
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NEW YORK
Registered voters
Approx. 8,624,000
Voting equipment vendors
ES&S, Avante, AVM
Technologies
Ballot-marking, DDRE with a voter-verifiable paper audit trail, and in 2006 for one last time, lever machines.
Legal requirements
State is significantly behind on HAVA compliance and will not be compliant by 2006 elections. DOJ filed suit in March to move things along and an interim arrangement, informally called 'Plan B,' is planned for the November 2006 election (download PDF ). State law requires voter-verifiable paper records and manual audits in randomly selected precincts. New York is one of just two states banning all wireless capability in e-voting machines.
Voter registration database
Also behind schedule. Interim database, NYSVOTER1, has launched; state will work with Saber Corp. on final version, which will be based on Wash. State version (download PDF ).
Government links
- Board of Elections
- NYS Voting Project Security Verification Testing (PDF format )
- Voter Machine User Rate Assessment Study (PDF format )
Watchdog sites
- New Yorkers for Verified Voting
- MidHudson Verified Voting
- Where's The Paper?
Computerworld coverage
- New York rushes to comply with e-voting rules, April 19, 2006
Elsewhere in the news
- Editorial: An untimely voter purge, New York Times, Nov. 1, 2006
- Registered voter list errors might impede some, Associated Press via Bradenton (Fla.) Herald, Oct. 26, 2006
- Voting machine details hidden, Albany Times-Union, Sept. 19, 2006
- Date set for voting act compliance, Albany Times-Union, Aug. 16, 2006
- Out with the old voting machines, Larchmont Gazette, Feb. 26, 2004
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RHODE ISLAND
Registered voters
Approx. 522,000
Voting equipment vendor
ES&S
Technologies
Ballot-marking, optical scan.
Legal requirements
A voter-verified paper trail is not required by law, but machines with that capability are in use statewide. There is no requirement for manual audits of randomly selected precincts.
Voter registration database
Statewide database developed with Convansys (Saber Corp.) and PCC Technology Group.
Government links
- Rhode Island Elections Division
- Rhode Island Meets Federal Election Mandate, SoS press release via VoteTrustUSA, Dec. 29, 2005
- HAVA information
In the news
- Voters Report Problems With Special Machines for Blind, WJAR-TV, Sept. 14, 2006
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VERMONT
Registered voters
Approx. 354,000
Voting equipment vendors
Diebold, IVS
Technologies
Hand count, optical scan, vote by phone.
Legal requirements
State legislation requires a voter-verifiable paper record, but there is no requirement that precincts be randomly selected for manual auditing. Vermont is one of six states using new vote-by-phone technology this year -- and almost certainly the first in the nation to inaugurate drive-through voting.
Voter registration database
Statewide Voter Checklist database developed in-house and launched in March 2006.
Government links
- Elections and Campaign Finance Division
- HAVA plan (DOC format )
Watchdog sites
- Vermonters for Voting Integrity
In the news
- Voting by phone introduced, Burlington Free Press, Sept. 13, 2006
- Is Vermont's voting system secure?, Vermont Guardian, Sept. 8, 2006
- Williston to inaugurate new way of voting, Burlington Free Press, May 31, 2006
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Data sources include Electionline.org, a project of the Pew Charitable Trust; The Century Institute, Common Cause Education Fund, and The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund's joint survey "Voting in 2006; Have We Solved the Problems of 2004?"; New York University School of Law's Brennan Center for Justice's studies "Making the List: Database Matching and Verification Processes for Voter Registration" and "The Machinery of Democracy: Voting System Security, Accessibility, Usability and Cost;" Election Law @ Moritz, a project of Ohio State's Moritz College of Law; the U.S. Census; and vendor sites. Information gathered during September and October 2006.
See more about e-voting:
• E-voting state by state: What you need to know
• Major players: the vendors
• Laws, lingo and technologies
• Review: Hacking Democracy