Election integrity timeline 2005
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December 2005
- December 21: Tobin conviction for NH phone-jamming case reversed on appeal
- December 20: Diebold pulls out of NC, claiming that it cannot submit third-party code for inspection
- December 13: "Hursti Hack" of Diebold DRE demonstrated before Ion Sanchez (Leon County Supervisor of Elections) and 9 others
- December 13: Securities fraud claim is filed against Diebold
- December 12: Walden O'Dell, chair and CEO of Diebold, resigns
- December 6:
James Tobin goes on trial in NH phone-jamming case
- December 3: NC certifies systems of three voting manufacturers despite their failure to meet new requirements
November 2005
- November 8: Sen. Obama (D-IL) introduces S. 1975-109, the Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2005 (see diary by "Adam B")
- November 8: Election day; Democratic governors elected in NJ and VA after races set new records for campaign war chests -- at least $42 million in VA and $70 million in NJ (see comment by Kathy Gill)
- November 8: Election integrity ballot measures fail in Ohio (see Common Cause "Reform Ohio Now" page)
- November 8: The Election Incident Reporting System (EIRS), operating at reduced capacity, collects fewer than 150 reports, as compared to more than 10,000 on the previous Election Day
September 2005
- September 19: Commission on Federal Election Reform (Carter, Baker, Overton, et al.) issues a report
- September: Elections: Federal Efforts to Improve Security and Reliability of Electronic Voting Systems Are Under Way, but Key Activities Need to Be Completed (PDF format) published by GAO
July 2005
June 2005
- June 10: GAO report "Elections: Additional Data Could Help State and Local Elections Officials Maintain Accurate Voter Registration" (GAO)
May 2005
April 2005
- April 18: Hearings at the Carter-Baker Commission on Federal Election Reform in Washington, D.C.; among the testimony is David Dill's overview
March 2005
- March 22: a few days after the American Center for Voting Rights was founded, ACVR officials were called to testify by Republican members of Congress before a House Administration Committee hearing.
February 2005
- February 7-10: National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) meets in Washington, D.C. and passes resolution to dissolve the Election Assistance Commission, which has oversight over NASS (see Boston Globe article)
- February 4: CA SoS Kevin Shelley, who has refused to certify Diebold machines, resigns when faced with investigations
- February 2: Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ) introduces H.R.550
- February: VoteTrustUSA founded by John Gideon, Andy Stephenson, Ellen Theisen, Kevin Zeese, Linda Schade
January 2005
- January 6: Representative Stephanie Tubbs-Jones of Ohio and Senator Barbara Boxer of California lead the challenge to the Ohio vote count (the first electoral challenge since 1877); the measure is defeated by a vote of 260-33 in the House of Representatives and 74-1 in the Senate (Boxer casting the sole vote in favor)
