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Campaign financing and America's evolving election system
Campaign financing and America's evolving election system. Ed. by Collin V. Pantesh. Nova Science Publishers 2007 81 pages $69.00 Paperback JK1991 This volume contains a Congressional Research Service report on recent developments in campaign finance reform; a summary of the Bipartisan Campaign...
Tags: America, Congressional Research Service, FINANCE, financing, Investment
Research articles 2008-05-01
Identix Wins Award to Provide Its ABIS® Biometric Matching Platform for International Election System; Subcontract Award Valued in Excess of $2,000,000 for Use of ABIS with Facial Recognition in Voter Registration Program
MINNETONKA, Minn. -- Identix Incorporated (Nasdaq:IDNX) announced today that it was awarded a subcontract for deployment of its ABIS biometric matching platform as part of an election identity management system in an unnamed international country in the northern hemisphere. The subcontract has a total value to Identix in excess of...
Tags: facial recognition, Identix Inc.
Research articles 2005-08-09
Big stakes in changing the electoral system.(Brief Article)
The 2000 cliffhanger election poses the question: Is the two-century-old U.S. national election system busted? Questions are being asked not just about the Electoral College system, but also the winner-take-all state primaries, campaign finance, exclusion or inclusion of third parties, and increased...
Tags: MARKETING, media, PRODUCTIVITY, TVs, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2000-12-08
Senate approves $1 billion more to update election system
WASHINGTON -- Intent on avoiding a repeat of the 2000 presidential election debacle, the Senate has added $1 billion to the president's request for funds to carry out improvements in the national voting system. "In a time when we are committing billions of dollars in federal resources...
Tags: Transportation, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2003-10-25
Remarks on Receiving the Report of the National Commission on Federal Election Reform
July 31, 2001 Thank you, all. Please be seated. After the last election, two former Presidents and a panel of distinguished Americans--from both political parties, I might add--gathered to consider ways to improve America's election system. And they have produced an impressive report. Today I accept their report and...
Tags: commission, democracy, Ford Motor Co., president, SALES
Research articles 2001-08-06
Identix Signs Collaboration Agreement with the Prime Contractor Sagem Defense Securite to Deliver World's Largest Multi-Biometric Identification System for Mexico's Election System; System Will Help Ensure ''One Person, One Vote''
MINNETONKA, Minn. -- Identix Incorporated (Nasdaq:IDNX) announced today a collaboration agreement with Sagem Defense Securite (Paris:FR0000073272) to deploy a large-scale, turnkey, multi-biometric system in Mexico for the Instituto Federal Electoral IFE to detect multiple registration and eliminate identity fraud in the Mexican national voter registry. Sagem Defense Securite's Automated Fingerprint...
Tags: collaboration, Identix Inc.
Research articles 2006-05-18
OLKY: Samaranch shrugs off controversy and backs new system
AAP Sports News Australia 06-20-1999 OLKY: Samaranch shrugs off controversy and backs new system SEOUL, June 20 AFP - International Olympic Committee IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch shrugged off the controversy over Turin beating Sion for the 2006 Winter...
Tags: International Olympic Committee
Research articles 1999-06-20
This is victory?(environmental advocates express a sense of satisfaction at the 1996 election results)(Beat the Devil)(Column)
The League of Conservation Voters claims to have been instrumental in the defeat of seven of their so-called 'dirty dozen' candidates in the 1996 elections. However, much remains to be done, including the removal of corporate money from the election system. There's an almost eerie glow of...
Tags: Democrat, Government, league, Republican, SOFTWARE, U.S. Congress
Research articles 1997-01-27
Senators propose new election system
WASHINGTON -- Frustrated by the ever-changing free-for-all of 2008 presidential primaries, a bipartisan group of senators, including Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., wants to bring order out of chaos with a rotating system of regional primaries. Their legislation would bring predictability and fairness to the "pell-mell scramble" the nation...
Tags: California, Games, INTERNET, Iowa, Leadership, Republican, Sen., U.S. Congress
Research articles 2007-09-20
Lawmakers propose new primary election system
WASHINGTON -- Frustrated by the ever-changing free-for-all of 2008 presidential primaries, a bipartisan group of senators, including Dianne Feinstein, D-San Francisco, wants to bring order out of chaos with a rotating system of regional primaries. Their legislation would bring predictability and fairness to the...
Tags: California, Games, INTERNET, Iowa, Leadership, Republican, Sen., U.S. Congress
Research articles 2007-09-21
Washington Governor Uses Veto to Overhaul State Primary System.
By Andrew Garber, The Seattle Times Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 2--OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Gov. Gary Locke, in a move sparking a chain reaction of court and ballot challenges, yesterday used his veto to install a primary-election system requiring voters to choose...
Tags: Seattle Times Co.
Research articles 2004-04-02
Washington state voters say no to gambling, yes to 'top two' primary system.
By Aaron Corvin, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 3--Washington voters Tuesday were saying no to a marriage of slot machines and tax cuts, yes to a "Top Two" primary election system and yes to barring shipment of...
Tags: News Tribune Co.
Research articles 2004-11-03
E-voting system lets voters verify their ballots are counted
Computerworld - A new electronic voting system being used today for the first time in a government election in the U.S. will allow voters and elections auditors in Takoma Park, Md. to go online and verify whether votes have been correctly recorded. The voting system is called Scantegrity and was...
Tags: candidate, election, auditor, Ballot
News items 2009-11-03
ELECTION STATS.(Brief Article)
AP has created an election-statistics package for its ENPS newsroom-computer system. ENPS Stats is an "integrated election module" that will allow stations to collate, view, display and publish election results directly from the ENPS desktop. The system monitors AP election wires...
Tags: Associated Press, Desktops, HARDWARE
Research articles 2000-09-11
Letter to the Federal Election Commission seeking to end the soft money system in domestic politics
To the Members of the Federal Election Commission:I am writing to you, pursuant to 11 CFR Part 200, to request that you take action under your existing statutory authority to ban "soft money" and end the system under which both political parties compete to raise unlimited sums from individuals, labor...
Tags: Federal Election Commission
Research articles 1997-06-09
Election issue: Hopes for more German pension reform hang on upcoming election; Schroeder's opponents want big increases in participation.(News)(Brief Article)
Byline: Benjamin Seeder BERLIN - Efforts to further reform Germany's fraught pension system may depend on the result of Sept. 22's chancellor election. The race pits the Social Democrat incumbent, Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, against the pro-re Byline: Benjamin Seeder ...
Tags: pension, reform, Siemens AG, tax
Research articles 2002-09-16
NMB Opens Door To Union Election Changes
The National Mediation Board has agreed to open a controversial rulemaking proceeding to decide whether it should change the way airline labor elections have been conducted in the U.S. for 75 years, by issuing a notice of proposed rulemaking. The NMB couldn't even issue the notice, which will be printed...
Tags: union, airline, proposal, election
News items 2009-11-02
AccuPoll Receives 2002 Federal Election Commission Voting System Standards Certification; First VVPAT Voting System to Meet Stringent 2002 Standards
TUSTIN, Calif. -- AccuPoll Inc. (OTCBB:ACUP), a developer of Direct Recording Electronic DRE voting systems, today announced receipt of certification under the 2002 Federal Election Commission Voting System Standards. As a result, AccuPoll becomes the first vendor of an end-to-end voting system featuring a voter verified paper audit trail VVPAT...
Tags: Federal Election Commission, standards
Research articles 2005-05-11
AccuPoll Successfully Completes Qualification Testing to More Stringent 2002 Federal Voting System Standards; First VVPAT Voting System to Complete Testing to 2002 Standards
TUSTIN, Calif. -- AccuPoll, Inc. (OCTBB:ACUP), a developer of Direct Recording Electronic DRE voting systems, today announced that independent testing authority SysTest Labs has completed qualification testing of the company's voting system for compliance with the 2002 Federal Election Commission Voting System Standards. SysTest Labs will now submit testing...
Tags: audit, Federal Election Commission, FINANCE, Government, Quality, standards
Research articles 2005-04-07
CBS News Unveils GIS Computer Mapping for 2004 Presidential Election Coverage
REDLANDS, Calif. -- For the first time ever, CBS News will use geographic information system GIS to generate maps for its 2004 election coverage. The advanced system will allow CBS News to show which presidential candidate is leading in each county around the country. The data will be updated dozens...
Research articles 2004-10-28
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