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Are you a Conspiracy Theorist?

By Luther Weeks on February 11, 2018

Last week as I prepared for the MLK Conversation, I wrote up a couple of Frequently Asked Questions, one asked about Conspiracy Theorists.

Are you a Conspiracy Theorist?

I think we all are.  We just don’t recognize that many of the things we believe are conspiracies.  Many were unproven allegations before we believed them…

Reading the Hartford Courant and the New York Times its amazing how many articles involve actual or alleged conspiracies.  I counted at least a score  in those two publications, just today. Take this as an exercise. Pick up your newspaper, online news site, or look at Facebook for a while and see how many you see that you believe are actual conspiracies, are possible, or are doubtful.  Here are some ideas to ponder…

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Where Common Sense fails: Do insider attacks require a sophisticated conspiracy?

By Luther Weeks on October 10, 2011

In this post, we address where Common Sense fails. Where what seems obvious to individuals and election officials is often counter to the facts or science. Those that are unfamiliar with technology and a specific area of science often overestimate how difficult or easy specific things are to accomplish.

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CT IRONY #4: Machine Errors Result In Recounting By Machine

By Luther Weeks on December 27, 2009

What happens when an post-election audit discovers a large discrepancy in a race that could reverse the election result? A recanvass, defined as a modified optical scanner recount. Possibly some machine problems might be mitigated by such a recanvass, yet if there were an error in memory card programming or an error in the software it is quite likely the same discrepancy would be repeated.

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IRV: Not So Fast, Not So Simple

By Luther Weeks on October 21, 2009

Tutorial information about Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) and associated concerns.

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IRV: A Grain Of Truth, A Ton Of Bulloney

By Luther Weeks on January 3, 2009

Could IRV (Instant Runoff Voting) avoid recounts? A slew of stories from Minnesota claim that recounts are a headache and that IRV is the cure.

Recounting Is Not A Problem – Its A Symptom Of Election Integrity in Minnesota

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FAQ: When Do We Worry About Money?

By Luther Weeks on December 22, 2008

We have recently noticed a natural human tendency: When we are in favor of something, we ignore the costs, no matter how great. When we are against something, we highlight the costs, no matter how small. This is clearly illustrated by two Hartford Courant editorials, one day apart. Monday Dec 22nd: Rell Sharpens The Knife […]

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The Perils Of No Excuse Absentee Voting

By Luther Weeks on December 16, 2008

Vote Absentee: Your Vote May Not Count Today we learn of the problems in Minnesota with absentee voting in a Minneapolis Star Tribune Editorial <read> A nasty bug emerges in the state election system Absentee ballots emerged as the biggest flaw in Minnesota’s election system and may hold the key to finally resolving the Senate […]

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The Case Against “The National Popular Vote”

By Luther Weeks on November 27, 2008

The National Popular Vote Agreement will likely be proposed again, in 2009, in the Connecticut Legislature. Recently the Secretary of the State expressed her support for a constitutional amendment for the popular election of the President.  Update 05/13:  <squeaks by the CT House> We understand the appeal of the popular election of the President. However, […]

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FAQ: Voting Integrity and Constitutional Rights

By Luther Weeks on November 24, 2008

The right to vote… is the primary right
by which other rights are protected – Thomas Paine

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Video: Hacking Voting Machine in 6min 51sec

By Luther Weeks on November 2, 2008

Princeton Professor Andrew Appel hacks voting machine in 6 min and 51 sec for CNN host: <video> Anyone familiar with Connecticut’s Diebold AccuVote-OS would be able to beat that 6 min and 51 sec, especially if they had a copy of one of the keys for the machine (hint they are all the same key, […]

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