There are 13 article(s) tagged voting machines:

• November 2024

  • Some early voters complain to officials about touch-screen problems

    Elected officials started getting complaints from voters who said the choices they made on the touch screen voting machines changed.

    By Bill Dries November 06, 2024

• June 2022

  • Democrats urge County Commission to vote against new voting machines

    The vote could settle a nearly 20-year debate between a Democratic-majority Board of County Commissioners, which favors hand-marked paper ballots, and a Republican-majority Shelby County Election Commission, which believes ballot marking devices should be implemented.

    By Julia Baker June 03, 2022

• July 2021

  • Opinion: New voting system ensures local elections’ integrity

    ‘One of the greatest assets of ballot-marking devices is that ambiguous or indeterminate marks frequently made by voters when marking ballots by hand are completely eliminated,’ says Brent Taylor.

    By Brent Taylor July 20, 2021

• May 2020

  • Election Commission approves new voting system

    Shelby County election commissioners approved a new voting system for Shelby County Thursday night, May 7, that will include machines with a paper audit trail.

    By Bill Dries May 08, 2020

• April 2020

  • Conference call glitches and secret bids sideline voting machine decision

    County purchasing officials won’t make bid documents on a new voting system public until after the Election Commission makes a final decision. 

    By Bill Dries April 01, 2020

• March 2020

  • ‘Complex’ process ahead for new voting machines

    Shelby County elections administrator Linda Phillips says her goal is still to have a new voting system in place when early voting begins July 17 in advance of the Aug. 6 election day.

    By Bill Dries March 14, 2020

  • Politics Podcast: New Voting Machines

    Shelby County elections administrator Linda Phillips says new voting machines are still a possibility for the August elections. Phillips also talks about the debate between hand-marked paper ballots and a paper audit trail using touchscreen machines that appear to be the two most likely options.

    By Bill Dries March 13, 2020

• February 2020

  • Iowa app problems cast shadow on local voting discussion

    Shelby County Commissioners' decision regarding a new voting system for August ballots isn't the final word, but a recommendation for the Shelby County Election Commission. 

    By Bill Dries February 05, 2020

• January 2020

  • Shelby County needs cheap, secure hand-marked paper ballots

    You can’t hack a flesh-and-blood voter marking his own ballot. 

    By Joe Towns, Marlene Strube January 27, 2020

  • The Early Word: Germantown takes on apartments; the sheriff speaks; and a rumble by the river

    It's Monday, Jan. 27, and today will find Collierville considering an amendment to its beer ordinance and Amazon breaking ground on a new state-of-the-art facility near Frayser. 

    By Mary Cashiola January 27, 2020

  • Sixth Circuit affirms dismissal of voting machine lawsuit

    A federal appeals court has agreed with a Memphis federal court decision tossing out a case seeking to do away with the touchscreen voting machines used in Shelby County elections.

    By Bill Dries January 24, 2020

  • New Shelby election machinery debate heightens fraud claims on all sides

    Shelby County Commissioner Michael Whaley may have framed the debate on a new voting system that is about to land at the county building.

    By Bill Dries January 22, 2020

  • Hand-marked paper ballots for elections get new push

    Commissioners talk about new voting machines next week, and the election commission plans to buy and begin using new voting machines this election year – but so far the focus has been on paper trails and not paper ballots to mark.

    By Bill Dries January 18, 2020