By Luther Weeks on March 29, 2012
Vendor touted in CT and on NPR by West Virginia Secretary of the State comes under fire after Canadian election disrupted by hackers.
Posted in CT, Internet Voting, National
By Luther Weeks on March 26, 2012
We use manual addition and transcription to add results. Our audits would not catch errors made outside of polling place scanners.
Posted in CT, Post-Election Audits, Skulduggery and Errors
By Luther Weeks on March 22, 2012
This year we noticed quite a difference between hearings for bills that Legislators really understand and others covering subjects with which they are not intimately familiar. We see a similar bent in the Connecticut Constitution.
Posted in CT, CT Law, Legislature2012
By Luther Weeks on March 20, 2012
Absentee fraud may have changed the apparent winner in New Haven. The solution is not more absentee or mail-in voting.
Posted in CT, CT Skulduggery and Errors, Legislature2012, Mail/Absentee Voting
By Luther Weeks on March 17, 2012
Tuesday night, poll workers resorted to the old fashioned way of counting by hand.
Posted in Electronic Vulnerability, National
By Luther Weeks on March 12, 2012
Given the many members, the brief meetings, and the lack of representation of all interests, we were skeptical when the Task Force was convened. To our delight, we find that we can offer endorsement of each of the twenty-one recommendations in the report.
There is a lot to do in all the recommendations. It will take time, money, and deliberate work with everyone at the table. Our hope is that each of the recommendations will be thoroughly explored, evaluated, and acted upon, that none get overlooked.
Posted in Chain of Custody, Costs, CT, CT Law, Mail/Absentee Voting, Post-Election Audits, Recounts/Recanvasses, Reports
By Luther Weeks on March 7, 2012
Many of the issues we discuss here and debate in the Legislature revolve around tradeoffs between Convenience, Confidence, and Costs. At a basic level we find three fundamental values/goals behind every initiative and debate: These tradeoffs and competing goals are the context within which we all constantly evaluate new laws and proposals.
Posted in Common Sense, National
By Luther Weeks on March 2, 2012
It was a busy day in Hartford today. I testified on two bills along with many others also testifying on those and other bills before the Government Elections and Administrations Committee. There is an AP article which may leave misunderstanding of my testimony and positions. Finally, the Secretary of the State released the final report of the Elections Performance Task Force. UPDATED
Posted in CT, Legislature2012, Mail/Absentee Voting
By Luther Weeks on March 1, 2012
Evelyn Cruz filed a complaint accusing another resident, Clorinda Soldevila, of hand-delivering three absentee ballots to her home on Bond Street, and then picking up those ballots and delivering them to city hall.
Posted in CT, CT Skulduggery and Errors