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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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Were You A Poll Worker Nov 4th?

By Luther Weeks on November 15, 2008

Take this survey. The Verified Voting Foundation and the UC Berkeley Election Administration Research Center have created an online survey of election workers for the November 4th election. If you worked the polls, please consider spending 15-20 minutes taking the survey

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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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CT: Glitches In ConnPost Article

By Luther Weeks on November 6, 2008

ConnPost: “Glitches didn’t affect election outcome” <read> CTVotersCount.org: “Not So Fast, Please” A ConnPost article gives a broad brush feel good assessment of the election. We are not ready to agree that everything went fine. We have no reason to doubt that the results were accurate enough that the voters’ intent was realized in the […]

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CT: A Long Valuable Day As An Election Official

By Luther Weeks on November 5, 2008

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. – Confucius One of my goals this year was to obtain more hands-on experience in the election process by serving as an election official. In August I attended moderator training. I became a certified moderator which, in no way qualified […]

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