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CT: How Many Errors Can You Find In This Story?

By Luther Weeks on December 7, 2008

Update: Cross posted at MyLeftNutmeg. See some of the comments there, especially Tessa’s describing obtaining election results on election night in Milford. <read> ConnPost has an article on errors in Shelton on election night. But we find other possible inaccuracies in the story as reported: State: Shelton vote snafu ‘human error”, <read> Shelton’s arithmetically challenged […]

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CT: Errors found in town’s first vote audit

By Luther Weeks on December 3, 2008

Like several towns in the most recent Post-Election Audit, Hamden found unexplained discrepancies in the post election audit. Unlike most towns, the media in Hamden takes note. The Hamden Chronicle has the story <read> Not by a large number, though Esposito considered any deviation to be problematic. They estimated no more than 3 percent as […]

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CT: UConn Memory Card Reports: More Info, More “Junk” Data

By Luther Weeks on November 21, 2008

Results also indicate continuing extensive problems with procedures not being followed by election officials. The UConn VoTeR Center recently released two more reports in its series of memory card audits <Aug Primary Post-Election> <November Pre-Election> We applaud UConn for carrying out these tests and the Secretary of the State’s Office for commissioning these tests. We […]

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CT: Secretary Bysiewicz Expresses Staunch Support Of Audits

By Luther Weeks on November 18, 2008

Greenwich Time, Once again, town faces election audit: <read> Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz, a staunch advocate for the hand counting of ballots, said that she would oppose any measures to weaken the state’s auditing requirements, which she called the toughest in the nation. “Auditing the election results is critical,” Bysiewicz said. “It is […]

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CT: Post-Election Audit: 84 Districts, 55 Towns, and 5 Races

By Luther Weeks on November 14, 2008

Yesterday, I was present as the Secretary of the State held the random drawing of districts to audit.  Later in the day the Secretary ordered that all five State and Federal offices be audited rather than three randomly selected races as required in the law. Here are a couple of sample news articles on the […]

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CT: Secretary Of The State, Town Clerks Open To Explore Early Voting

By Luther Weeks on November 12, 2008

Update: Photo of Secretary Bysiewicz and caption indicating she will look into early voting <view> ***** Westport News: A Concept Worth Exploring <read> Many viewed the long lines as a success for democracy. Well, the record turnout — most notably among younger Americans — sure was. But the lines, no way. In our fast-paced society, […]

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CT: Republican Chair Concerned With Election Integrity

By Luther Weeks on November 9, 2008

Christine Stuart, CTNewsJunkie <read> Republican Party Chairman Chris Healy sent this letter to Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz Friday afternoon asking her to delay the certification of Tuesday’s vote because he fears the results in some close races may not be accurate. Especially in races where candidates were cross-endorsed by other party’s like the Working […]

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CT: Courant: “How Stupid Is This?”

By Luther Weeks on November 8, 2008

Update 1/27/2008:  Courant cartoon incorrectly characterizes Editorial Board view as geek view <view> *****************Original Post******************* Courant Editorial: Three Registrars Is Too Many, Unfunded Mandate  Dumb law sticks it to Hartford <read> How stupid is this? Hartford is in such dire fiscal straits that it has had to lay off or retire scores of workers this […]

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CT: City Hall scene of election day dispute

By Luther Weeks on November 7, 2008

West Haven News: City Hall scene of election day dispute <read> By Abbe Smith , Special to the News WEST HAVEN – A heated dispute erupted at City Hall early Tuesday when Democratic Registrar of Voters candidate Michelle Hufcut – running unopposed – showed up at the designated polling station in apparent disregard of a […]

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CT: Historic: Third Party Registrar Elected In Hartford

By Luther Weeks on November 7, 2008

Hartford Courant: Working Families Party Candidate Makes History in Hartford <read> Add Urania Petit’s name to the list of people who made election history Tuesday. Petit, a social worker and Working Families Party candidate for registrar of voters in Hartford, outpolled her Republican counterpart by more than 200 votes. With that, city voters made Petit […]

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