By Luther Weeks on January 31, 2012
But big changes are coming, including a precinct-by-precinct election reporting system that the state hopes to test in April and use publicly in August to gather unofficial results during the expected primaries for U.S. Senate and state legislative races.
This sounds like the kind of change we called for during the 2010 election for Secretary of the State
Posted in CT, Post-Election Audits
By Luther Weeks on January 30, 2012
It really is remarkable how far this issue has come in about three years; Pew’s election team and its huge coalition of partners including OVF, the Pentagon’s Federal Voting Assistance Program and the Uniform Law Commission (whose Uniform Military and Overseas Voting Act is one ongoing vehicle for state and local reform) should be deeply gratified at everything they have accomplished.
Posted in Internet Voting, National
By Luther Weeks on January 26, 2012
Coalition finds continuing problems with audit integrity
Provides calculations and official data on the web for public review and verification
For the first time, in the interest of public information and transparency, we are making all official municipal audit reports and the data we complied available for everyone to review on the web. Citizens can see the reports from their own town, other towns, and perform their own audit of the Coalition’s data entry and calculations based on those official reports. The November post-election audits still do not inspire confidence because of the continued:
- Lack of integrity in the random district selection and race selection processes.
- Lack of consistency, reliability, and transparency in the conduct of the audit.
- Discrepancies between machine counts and hand-counts reported to the Secretary of the State by municipalities and the lack of standards for determining need for further investigation of discrepancies.
- Weaknesses in the ballot chain-of-custody.
<Full Report, Press Release, Excerpts> <Review detail data and municipal reports>
Posted in National
By Luther Weeks on January 21, 2012
Duncan Buell points out that non-science nonsense slips into the movie Patriocracy. It is an ever present danger. Our minds are easily tricked.
Posted in Internet Voting, NonScienceNonsense
By Luther Weeks on January 19, 2012
They also forget absentee voting fraud in Connecticut, while their print edition confuses tech-savvy with technical expertise.
Posted in CT, Internet Voting, Legislature2012, Mail/Absentee Voting
By Luther Weeks on January 16, 2012
CTVotersCount has long been in favor of Election Day Registration (EDR) and concerned with the risks of unlimited absentee voting. We also strongly support online voter registration, not to be confused with online voting which we and many others oppose. Studies show that EDR increases turn-out, while absentee voting decreases turn-out, the stated goal behind the measures proposed in today’s press conference.
Posted in CT Law, Legislature2012, Mail/Absentee Voting
By Luther Weeks on January 14, 2012
Voters should not have to put up with this system. All voters with disabilities deserve a better system. Pollworkers should not have to put up with this system, they deserve a system that is reliable. Yet, pollworkers should be careful to treat each voter with dignity even if they are themselves frustrated.
Posted in CT
By Luther Weeks on January 9, 2012
We are glad to see Democrats raising concerns with the National Popular Vote Agreement. Both political sides and those who support or oppose the Agreement create an unending stream of issues supporting their case. Some issues are objective, others are subjective, and others are subjective and speculative. Many issues raised have merit and are worth discussing.
Posted in National Popular Vote
By Luther Weeks on January 4, 2012
Starting the year with a focus on accountability, the Courant Editorial Board overlooked integrity when it editorialized on elections. They also presented some ideas that we can and have supported
Posted in CT, Internet Voting, Mail/Absentee Voting
By Luther Weeks on January 2, 2012
Like state employees, most election officials aim for integrity. All must be accountable for fully following laws and procedures. Elections should be independently audited to provide the value, integrity, and confidence the public deserves and democracy requires.
Posted in CT