By Luther Weeks on June 18, 2010
Posted in Election2010
By Luther Weeks on June 16, 2010
Given the time constraints and the alternatives to learning about the candidates, it was a very useful event. Much more informative than the single candidate speaking event. More relevant than the stiffer highly public televised “debates” with canned questions from the mainstream media. There was a lively discussion of a wide range of relevant issues. We would like to see more events like this, with more time for questions, more of the public present and engaged – with all the candidates welcome.
Posted in Election2010
By Luther Weeks on June 15, 2010
We don’t know enough about the operation of New London to know if a strong mayor or council manager form of government would work best, but we note a tendency for people, when they are dissatisfied with their government or the results of the last election to try any cure that sounds like it would help. Something akin to “fighting the last war”.
Posted in CT, Instant Runoff Voting
By Luther Weeks on June 12, 2010
The Norwich Day: Norwich Democratic registrar and deputy resign <read> Democratic Registrar of Voters Nancy DePietro and her deputy, Carol Cieslukowski, submitted their resignations today, effective immediately. DePietro, who has served in the post uncontested for 10 years, was not endorsed for re-election during a Democratic Town Committee caucus in May. The party endorsed political [...]
Posted in CT
By Luther Weeks on June 10, 2010
Following the mainstream media reports on Tuesday’s elections we learn: Two CEO-Business-Women won CA Republican Primaries. Most incumbents are in trouble. Yet, in Arkansas out-of-state-far-left-and-labor-supported Bill Halter was defeated by incumbent Sen Blanche Lincoln. [Apparently Lincoln had no out-of-state support or significant funders of note].
From reading local papers and watching news channels we get the impression that there were no election glitches to worry about either.
Posted in National, Skulduggery and Errors
By Luther Weeks on June 7, 2010
“It is critical that civic engagement in our state continues to thrive and that we have a renewed commitment to growing businesses and creating jobs. Democrats are well-positioned to make sure both of these goals are reached, and I look forward to helping the party in any way that I can.”.
Posted in Election2010
By Luther Weeks on June 7, 2010
“What started out as an investigation into a missing voter registration card a few months ago ultimately led to the unveiling of 50 voter registration cards stashed away in a desk drawer for years.”
Posted in CT, CT Skulduggery and Errors
By Luther Weeks on June 5, 2009
This time we agree with the Secretary of the State on the post-election audit results in Naugatuck. Both people and machines can count very accurately. That is what we should always expect of election officials.
Posted in CT, Post-Election Audits
By Luther Weeks on June 4, 2009
This year, CTVotesCount supported several bills, opposed several bills, and took no positions on other bills related to elections and voting. The regular session ended at midnight June 3rd with a special session scheduled for later in June to address the budget and possibly some other issues. In this post we will provide updates on the status of bills of interest as we are made aware of their final status.
Posted in CT, CT Law
By Luther Weeks on June 3, 2009
Recently we were dissapointed when the Huffington Post ran a PR piece from Everyone Counts touting their risky election technology used in a Honolulu election. Now, Huffington Post has provided a platform for an expert technologist’s view.
Posted in Internet Security Issues, Internet Voting, National, Other Editorials
