By Luther Weeks on November 28, 2007
(Note: I have benefited from reading and contemplating the concept of framing issues from the linguist George ‘Don’t Think of an Elephant’ Lakoff founder of Rockridge Institute and cultural anthropologist Jeffrey Feldman, founder of the frameshop. While contemplating press reports on the recent election in a moment of sudden inspiration, I realized everyone has been [...]
Posted in Electronic Vulnerability, FAQ
By Luther Weeks on November 28, 2007
Excellent article by Norman Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute. It is not just progressives that understand the problems with electronic voting. In addition to outlining some of the problems, Mr. Ornstein also articulates very well the business reasons why voting machines and ATM’s are different, not just in their function but in the market [...]
Posted in Electronic Vulnerability, National
By Luther Weeks on November 27, 2007
Update: The Secretary of the State’s Office was offered four hours to comment on this entry before publication, but said they needed more time to gather information. We will post their response promptly. New York Times: Voting Machines Are Put To The Test – reviews the optical scan performance in the municipal elections, with information [...]
Posted in CT, CT Skulduggery and Errors, National, Post-Election Audits
By Luther Weeks on November 25, 2007
That’s not the tittle of article, nor what it says. It says: with 14 towns holding recounts. New Canaan is included in that and held a recount on Tuesday to reaffirm the 25-vote difference between Town Council candidates Beth Jones and John Emert. That recount showed Jones edging Emert by seven votes. No. It reaffirmed [...]
Posted in CT, National, Recounts/Recanvasses
By Luther Weeks on November 23, 2007
Fresh Talk editorial by Courant intern asks question and answers well: <read> Why is it when more and more Americans spend more and more of their time at a computer, we still having a voting system that doesn’t incorporate online capabilities? …Several computer scientists took part in 2004 in federally funded program called the Secure [...]
Posted in CT, Internet Voting, National, Other Editorials
By Luther Weeks on November 22, 2007
For those who question the value of manual counting in audits and recounts, here is an example from Greenwich, where despite pre-election testing an error apparently slipped through.
Posted in CT, Post-Election Audits, Recounts/Recanvasses
By Luther Weeks on November 22, 2007
Different officials gave differing opinions on what was permissible and what was not, but none were willing to make a decision and say with authority what process should be followed…
Posted in CT, CT Skulduggery and Errors, Recounts/Recanvasses
By Luther Weeks on November 20, 2007
Dori Smith of TalkNationRadio.org provides a report on Connecticut issues at Brad Blog. A summary of her excellent broadcasts this fall, along with the issues raised for Connecticut by memory card problems with the Diebold Premier AccuVote-OS optical scanners in Florida. Diebold Optical-Scan Failures Reported in Florida May be Affecting Connecticut As Well <read>
Posted in CT, Electronic Vulnerability, National
By Luther Weeks on November 20, 2007
Excellent article. A significant issue is raised. We will need to carefully review the results of the post-election audits and the recounts. If the machines regularly fail to accurately count votes with an accuracy well within the mandatory recount level of 0.5% then we will need to set the recount trigger at a significantly higher [...]
Posted in CT, CT Skulduggery and Errors, Recounts/Recanvasses
By Luther Weeks on November 17, 2007
We are likely to see more articles like the one in the Courant today: Vote Recounts Prove Tedious, Time-Consuming, <read>. General comments on the article: We arrived at this point by knee-jerk reactions in Washington, resulting in the Help America Vote Act and little heed to advocates in Hartford when the audit law was written [...]
Posted in Costs, CT, Post-Election Audits