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Missing UCONN report: Is voter pre-election info on Registrars hindered?

By Luther Weeks on September 8, 2008

Recommend diary on MyLeftNutmeg. <read> The 2nd comment on the diary is mine.

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Audit No Evil, Recount No Evil, Uncover No Evil

By Luther Weeks on September 8, 2008

Update: The vote was close and high given that it was a referendum with reduced poll hours. The insiders’ choice won by 52% to 48%. There is no reason to believe the result is incorrect, yet with no audit there will always be a question of credibility in Connecticut referendums. *********** Referendum: Front Page Story, […]

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Election Observer Arrested – Taken Away In Handcuffs

By Luther Weeks on September 7, 2008

“The judge dismissed the case on motion of state’s evidence, because they hadn’t produced a prima faceia case,”

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Retired?, 16? or 17?, or Just Committed To Democracy?

By Luther Weeks on September 7, 2008

Learning Opportunity Long Hours – Low Pay – Steady, Yet Infrequent Work Cannot Be Outsourced From Your Community Become an Election Official

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Times Editorial: Internet Voting – Bad Experiment

By Luther Weeks on September 5, 2008

Lately we have been complementary of New York Times editorials, and less so of some news. Once again they hit the nail on the head when it comes to the the risks of internet voting, especially the proposed “experiment” risking our democracy in Florida . The words “Florida” and “Internet voting,” taken together, should send […]

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Serious, Senseless, Nonsense in Palm Beach

By Luther Weeks on September 4, 2008

Update: As more details come out the story keeps changing. But the problem also gets larger. The latest is that 2500 ballots may actually be missing, the results of additional races in the same election may be questionable, and good old chain-of-custody issues may be more or as much as a problem as anything electronic […]

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