Butterfly ballot: When Palm Beach County voters likely decided 2000 presidential election
In Election 2000, it all came down to Florida. About 2,000 votes in Palm Beach County might have gone the wrong way.
Wendy Sartory Link wins a second term as the county's elections chief
The elections supervisor oversees elections for 39 municipalities in Palm Beach County, plus state, congressional and ...
The Heritage Foundation5d
Beyond the Ballot: A Survey of Statistical Methods for Uncovering Election Anomalies
Free and fair elections are the foundation of a self-governing republic. Malfeasance is always a possibility, and proper security measures are of paramount importance.
Yahoo8d
Wendy Sartory Link's bid for a second term as county elections chief draws a tech entrepreneur
The winner will serve a four-year term. The county's infamous “butterfly ballot” debacle, spurred results that suggested that ...
The Florida Times-Union12d
Opinion: America needs to have confidence in election, no matter the result
In 2005, after all the problems related to deciphering voter intent on paper ballots in 2000 — from hanging chads and butterfly ballots in South Florida to the more than 20,000 overvotes in ...
The American Conservative8d
The Slow Death of the Predictive Wizards
What sweeping technological change has occurred in the nearly quarter century since hanging chads and butterfly ballots were all the rage. For months, I have been receiving emails that this or ...
NDTV9d
US Presidential Election: How Votes Will Be Counted
The 2000 election, marked by the infamous "butterfly ballot" issues in Florida, stressed the need for ballot clarity and led to an initial shift toward electronic voting. Security concerns ...
Palm Beach Post13d
Butterfly ballot: When Palm Beach County voters likely decided 2000 presidential election
They camped outside the county's Emergency Operations Center in West Palm Beach, where the ballots were counted by a three-person panel known as the canvassing board. The butterfly ballot ...