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USA Today: Electronic voting – The Real Threat

By Luther Weeks on September 22, 2012

Fortunately our Legislature has not wasted time on raising Connecticut’s adequate voter I.D. law to the level of voter suppression. Unfortunately, the Legislature has continued to ignore science, experience, and the Constitutional requirement for preserving the secret vote.

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Courant: Keep Primary in Aug. We agree.

By Luther Weeks on July 30, 2012

We agree with the Courant and add some details to the case against September and June.

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“Chicken Littles” win in Colorado: Ironically, a new official Privileged Class

By Luther Weeks on June 12, 2012

Those of us in the non-privileged majority will not have access to voted ballots until after elections are certified — too late, citizen activists persuasively argue, for effective public oversight. Many of those activists, it should be noted, have followed election issues closely for years and know a thing or two about them, too.

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Too Many Registrars? Or Too Little Thought?

By Luther Weeks on October 21, 2011

We agree that Connecticut would likely be better off with regional, civil-service, professional election administration. Such a change requires much thought and planning, just like the consolidation of Probate Court. That is not what the Courant is proposing. The Editorial Board also demonstrates a great lack of creativity suggesting that each registrar in Hartford must be paid $80,000 and have a deputy. As we have suggested before, three registrars could each be part time, paid less, and/or do the job with fewer deputies.

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Op-Ed, Denise Merrill: “Bill Ends Ballot Shortages, Protects Voters”

By Luther Weeks on May 17, 2011

We agree with Secretary Merrill in strongly supporting passage of the bill. Yet it is insufficient. More is required to recover from similar problems in the future such that all votes are counted initially, followed by time for a full statewide recanvass, when based on corrections to initial results, the tallies become close. We continue to recommend the stronger measures in the Coalition Bridgeport Recount Report.

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CT Mirror Op-Ed: Online voting is risky and expensive

By Luther Weeks on April 30, 2011

Online voting is an appealing option to speed voting for military and overseas voters. Yet it is actually “Democracy Theater”, providing an expensive, risky illusion of supporting our troops. Technologists warn of the unsolved technical challenges, while experience shows that the risks are tangible and pervasive. There are safer, less expensive solutions available.

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Courant Op-Ed: Daniel Patrick Moynihan warned of national popular vote risks

By Luther Weeks on April 17, 2011

We have learned more about voting integrity since the time of Senator Moynihan. It would be even worse than he imagined.

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Losing democracy in cyberspace

By Luther Weeks on April 7, 2011

Voting computers, like heads of state, must be held accountable to the people they serve.

As we have said, many times, with regard our audits in Connecticut: “If we dismiss all differences as human counting errors, if there ever was error or fraud it would not be recognized.”

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Op-Ed: Photo ID’s downsides for voting

By Luther Weeks on March 14, 2011

Photo ID may be a well-intentioned idea, but it is expensive “security theater” that will disenfranchise far more voters than any fraud it will prevent.

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Clerks: No-Excuse Absentee Voting Creates Problems

By Luther Weeks on March 6, 2011

The opinion piece hits all of the bases, articulating the costs, the increased opportunity for fraud, increased disenfranchisement, and that it will not increase turnout.

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