E-Voting in the Hot Box

Activists meet at the Capitol to address cybervoting threats to democracy

"...In the Chronicle's first major feature on electronic voting earlier this year ("How Safe Is Your E-Vote?" Feb...."

July 16, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Voting Outside the Box

"...verifiable elections for Travis County voters – no more black box voting! In order to sign the petition for..."

Jan. 27, 2010 Postmarks

Opinion: We Must Not Turn Back the Clock on Voting Rights

Parties should be competing to win more votes, not working to keep voting down

"...anti-voter bill. While this action halted the assault on voting rights temporarily, Gov. Greg Abbott has already threatened to..."

June 18, 2021 Column by Tom Lopach

Tea Party Versus Black Voters

Right wing activist claims GOP doesn't want minority voters

"...Tea Party activists says the GOP doesn't want more black Texans at the ballot box...."

June 5, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Public Notice: Voting by Mail? Better Act Fast.

Plus: $$ for Tesla, Threadgill’s auction & more

"...With all the talk and legal wrangling over voting by mail – wham! – the time is upon..."

June 26, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Race-Based Voting?

Some candidates say names, race influenced election

"...concern that people simply didn't know whom they were voting for. "People are making decisions not based on candidates..."

Nov. 14, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin at Large: The Front Lines of Democracy

As voting's become a battlefield, Dana DeBeauvoir has stood up for all of our rights

"...a woman who, until Harris County's turn in the voting rights spotlight in 2020, bore the brunt of decades..."

Nov. 19, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

'Hacking Democracy': Manipulative yet Important

"...in the HBO documentary on the dangers of electronic voting machines. Now, far be it from me to dismiss..."

Nov. 3, 2006 News Post by Lee Nichols

How Safe Is Your E-Vote?

Proponents of electronic voting promise no repeat of Florida in 2000, but critics say it could be even worse

"...Electronic voting hasn't completely boiled over into the nation's greater consciousness..."

Feb. 20, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...• More voting: Texans also passed six other amendments and rejected two,..."

Nov. 11, 2005 News Feature

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"...our salad bowl culture is the megabar. Built like big-box stores in suburbs across the country, megabars boast six..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Column

Whittaker's Article Is Just Dem-Speak

"...Act election law (promoting, like our Travis County clerk, black-box voting machines where your vote is invisible, unaccountable, and..."

July 14, 2010 Postmarks

The Election Contested

"...in Nevada, New Mexico, and Ohio due to massive voting irregularities and outrageous statistical anomalies there. Concerned community members..."

Dec. 15, 2004 Postmarks

Rights and Consequences

The Redistricting trial pits "partisan gerrymandering" against the Voting Rights Act.

"...its decision to close the polling station at historically black Wiley College and move it to the largely Anglo..."

Dec. 19, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Austin at Large: Blue Blood, From a Turnip

In voting-averse Texas, how can the “election integrity” juice be worth the squeeze?

"...a generation; we're pretty universally regarded as the least voting-friendly state in the union. There's been plenty of outrage..."

March 19, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

John Carpenter's Escape From L.A.

"...of moral crimes (pre-marital sex, smoking, eating red meat, voting Democratic, etc.) are packed off to the island of..."

Aug. 9, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Local and State Election Ticker

Mamas Walking, Mamas Voting Edition

"...that change and "our work starts at the ballot box." Critics immediately responded that in 2016, Sarandon's general election..."

Jan. 3, 2020 News Feature by Michael King

The Hightower Report: Romney's Halloween Trick on Voters

Of all the things the Romneys could invest in, why voting machines?

"...you should have gone trick-or-treating dressed as an Ohio voting machine...."

Nov. 2, 2012 News Column

Voter Suppression Allegations in Harris County

Could CD 10 race be affected?

"...When the first day of early voting arrived on Monday, Bettencourt told The Houston Chronicle that..."

Oct. 23, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

Movies, Theatre, Trivia, and More Recommended Events for the Week

Art and culture abound

"...to RSVP.   – Kimberley Jones May Election Early Voting Begins..."

April 18, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Off the Record

Throwing the first stone for the Chronicle Music Poll

"...2) The Black Angels, Phosphene Dream (Blue Horizon)..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Guide to Austin Improv

The venues, events, troupes, and individuals who have transformed Austin into a "Yes, and" boomtown

"...improv), but weekends also see performances in its 47-seat black box theatre. A variety of improv and sketch shows..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Out of Silence in Austin

UT student group seeks to cool the abortion debate with a play

"...that advocates for progressive causes like abortion care access, voting rights, and LGBTQ equality. It claims the production will..."

May 3, 2017 Arts Post by Tucker Whatley

City Counseling: CU L8R, Texters!

Technology takes a backseat to safety

"...The motion failed, 2-5, with Morrison and Bill Spelman voting aye. Prior to the vote, Lee Leffingwell seemingly spoke..."

Oct. 30, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

"...papillomavirus, moved forward on voter-ID bills designed to restrict voting, and the governor and other Republicans suggested that the..."

May 4, 2007 News Feature

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Our readers talk back.

"...Dear Mr. Black:..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Column

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"...Dear Louis Black,..."

June 13, 2003 Column

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"...Martin Luther King for the UT campus as a non-voting member. I was told the Texas Commission on the..."

Nov. 14, 1997 Column

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Park and Ride

"...Dear Mr. Black:..."

Oct. 31, 1997 Column

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"...choose from? There should have at least been a box marked "other" on the survey. Of course, if the..."

May 28, 2004 Column

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