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“Paperless electronic voting is in retreat” – Because It Cannot Be Verified

By Luther Weeks on June 3, 2008

Electronic Verification for E-voting: A Dead End for Voter Confidence, by By Sean Flaherty, Verified Voting Foundation <read> There is a small possibility that sometime in the future some smart people will come up with a way that we can vote and verify our votes all electronically, without paper. Yet, it may be impossible. For […]

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Readers’ Digest: Quick Study: Voting Machines

By Luther Weeks on May 7, 2008

I’m no fan of the Readers’ Digest*, but even they have finally recognized there is some concern about electronic voting: Quick Study: Voting Machines

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Why We Need Manual Recounts And Audits

By Luther Weeks on April 13, 2008

They used optical scan! They had the paper! How could the wrong candidate be elected? (See Myth #9 ) Governor’s race decided by margin of 0.2% with highly questionable results. But not recounted or audited. Democratic Underground has the story <read>. Here are the pertinent details: A close look at the 2002 Alabama Governor’s race […]

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Voting Machines vs. Slots – Which Do We Protect More?

By Luther Weeks on April 12, 2008

How we actually treat Voting Machines vs. Las Vegas Slot Machines – Does it indicate our priorities and how important we consider Democracy? From the Washington Post <read and compare> Of course this may or may not apply to Connecticut Slots, but as we covered here, we seem to hold electric meters to a higher […]

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The Company That Can’t Or Won’t Count

By Luther Weeks on April 8, 2008

Forbes Magazine, Diebold a Reluctant Takeover Target <read> I am not encouraged by the prospect of a military contractor taking over our voting machines. On the other hand UTC could certainly provide a higher quality product if they chose to keep and fund the voting machine division. “The New York Stock Exchange has notified Diebold […]

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Quality and Voting Machines

By Luther Weeks on April 1, 2008

Imagine the discipline of Quality applied to voting machines. Business Wire story, ASQ Quality Report Offers Solutions to Error-Proof Voting Machines <read> .  Basic modern engineering but we are not applying Quality techniques to voting. Perhaps much more is needed than outlined in this article to produce a voting system with integrity, confidence, and efficiency. […]

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Courant Editorial: Don’t Overlook The Assumptions

By Luther Weeks on March 24, 2008

We agree with the overall thrust and purpose of the editorial, to support the encoding in statute of privacy measures in the polling place to protect secret ballot and voters’ confidence in privacy.

Where we disagree is with some of the assumptions of the ediorial which subtely reaffirm the Courant’s blind faith in the integrity of our optical scan systems

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E-Voting Is Very Different From E-Banking

By Luther Weeks on March 19, 2008

One more time, in detail from techdirt <read> the security model of an ATM is totally different from the security model of a voting machine. The most important line of defense against ATM fraud is not the machines themselves, but the fact that they produce a lengthy paper trail. If a hacker breaks into a […]

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Susan Bysiewicz: LHS Invented Our Voting Machines

By Luther Weeks on March 4, 2008

Surprising information on Colin McEnroe. This is not what I have understood, yet I am always open to new information. <listen> “We have a type of machine that was invented by LHS Associates in Massachusetts, twenty years ago” – Susan Bysiewicz, Secretary of the State, Connecticut This is worth a bit of research. How can […]

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Denise Weeks’ Testimony – West Hartford

By Luther Weeks on February 28, 2008

Denise Weeks, Co-Founder CTVotersCount.org testified at the West Harford hearing <testimony> Excerpts: What is most alarming to me is the prevailing belief among registrars of voters and poll workers that machine counts are more reliable than hand counts, that the recent audits demonstrate that machines are more reliable and the conclusion by many that hand […]

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