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Nationwide: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

By Luther Weeks on October 23, 2008

We won’t go into all the details here, but in case you have not been keeping up, there have been many small and large problems occuring across the country lately.  It started with recent elections in Washington D.C., Palm Beach, and Rhode Island highlighted at CTVotersCount.org <read> <read> Now with early voting and problems with […]

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CT: Misstatements In Stamford Advocate

By Luther Weeks on October 18, 2008

Three days ago we pointed out misleading statements made by the Secretary of the State on WNPR. Now we see some similar misinformation in the Stamford Advocate. <read> Was the Secretary of the State misquoted or misleading? Legislation introduced this year that would have required poll workers to give all voters privacy folders and to […]

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CT: Are Connecticut Voters Left Behind By Web Site?

By Luther Weeks on October 16, 2008

Update 3/21/2009: Another analysis rates CT’s election web site in the lower tier.
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PEW project report, Being Online Is Not Enough, State Elections Web Sites
Connecticut rates 48th out of 51 (50 states and D.C.)

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Report: Is America Ready To Vote?

By Luther Weeks on October 16, 2008

Verified Voting, Common Cause, and the Brennan Center for Justice released a major report today: <press release> <report> Is America Ready to Vote? State Preparations for Voting Machine Problems in 2008 States Get Mixed Reviews on Readiness for Voting Machine Problems — Citing Improvements, Election Experts Call for Backup Measures to Secure the Vote on […]

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CT: Secretary Of The State: Misstatements on WNPR

By Luther Weeks on October 15, 2008

(Note: We have offered the Secretary of the State’s Office an opportunity to comment on this post) Secretary of the State, Susan Bysiewicz, was on “Where We Live” on WNPR this AM. She made several misstatements and misleading omissions (these are not exact quotes as we have no transcript) Misstatement: Bysiewicz: UConn tests the cards […]

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After You Vote: Help Make Sure Your Vote Counts

By Luther Weeks on October 14, 2008

Become a Volunteer Post-Election Audit Observer Join the team: Sign-Up For Nov  <click>

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UTC Ends Bid To Buy Diebold

By Luther Weeks on October 14, 2008

Hartford Courant article <read> In a letter to Diebold released Monday, UTC Chairman George David said UTC was withdrawing its offer of $40 a share, which valued Diebold at about $2.6 billion… On Sept. 30, Diebold filed a late 2007 annual report with securities regulators. It also filed revised quarterly reports for the second and […]

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Voter Registration System Is Upgraded

By Luther Weeks on October 13, 2008

Story by Christine Stuart, CTNewsJunkie <read> Earlier coverage <read>

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UConn Report Shows Junk Memory Cards Direct From Vendor

By Luther Weeks on October 13, 2008

Posted on October 11, UConn has a new report dated October 7th of the Pre-Election testing of memory cards for the August 2008 Primary, Pre-Election Audit of Memory Cards for the August 2008 Connecticut Primary Elections <read> There was a different methodology used to gather cards for this report. Previous reports were of an incomplete […]

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DemocracyNow: Greg Palast – Jennifer Brenner

By Luther Weeks on October 9, 2008

A full hour on voting integrity: I especially recommend the 2nd segment with Ohio Secretary of State, Jennifer Brunner.  She demonstrates that while she has her hands full in Ohio, she understands the issues and has moved aggressively to improve voting integrity and voter access.  She commissioned the Everest reports and has used them to […]

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