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Reports of Dead Voters Greatly Exaggerated

By Luther Weeks on May 16, 2008

Echoing Mark Twain, the dead voter issue has been greatly exaggerated – by everyone involved. Of course dead voters sounds more interesting and is easier for everyone to understand, report on, and react to than voting integrity which requires understanding computers, chain of custody, statistics, and auditing. Here is one of the many reports covering […]

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Its The Voters’ Fault – We Couldn’t Erase Their Vote

By Luther Weeks on May 12, 2008

Disturbing article from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Following directions counts in vote. Recent recounts show voter errors can change tally <read> The first disturbing thing is the thrust of the article that the reasons elections get overturned in recounts is the fault of the voters filling out ballots incorrectly. That is one point of view, […]

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Science Says We Have A Problem. Can The System Answer?

By Luther Weeks on May 8, 2008

Is requiring that a vote be overturned in cases where the evidence shows over a 95% chance that the election system failed the voters and democracy a radical solution? When should there be a re-vote? Or simply overturn an election? Two important articles in the spring issue of CHANCE, from the American Statistical Association present […]

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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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Tell Your Rep You Want Voter Integrity, Not Just Privacy!

By Luther Weeks on May 6, 2008

Bysiewicz Urges Passage of S.B. 444 – We Urge Amendment #6141 Many of the changes necessary to start Connecticut on the road to stronger, effective audits that were in H.B. 5888 have now been offered as an amendment #6141 by Reps Caruso and Urban to S.B.444: An Independent Audit Board A Stronger Chain-of-Custody for Memory […]

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Thanks! Voting Integrity Needs Your Call or E-Mail Now!

By Luther Weeks on May 1, 2008

Update:  Most of the provisions are now included in an amendment by Reps Caruso and Urban,  House LCO Amendment #6141 to S.B. 444.   Update: If you have not done so already, please contact your Connecticut House Representative. Thanks for your calls and e-mails. H.B. 5888 passed the Planning and Development Committee with unanamous support of […]

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89 Articles About Why Voting By Mail is a Very Bad Idea

By Luther Weeks on April 30, 2008

A new addition to our blogroll, www.NoVBM.org (No Vote By Mail), provides more, much more, on the risks of vote by mail that we cover from time to time. Are you wondering why voting by mail or absentee is a bad idea? Are you looking for information about the problems

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Vote By Mail – What Could Be More Risky?

By Luther Weeks on April 28, 2008

Consider the risks of Vote By EMail or Vote By Fax! We are not convinced that vote by mail can be made safe and private. The purpose of the secret ballot is not just to protect the privacy of the voter, but to protect us all from the votes of others being bought or coerced. […]

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ROVAC President Addresses Dead Voters – Media Remains Dead To Larger Issues

By Luther Weeks on April 26, 2008

George Cody, President Registrars Of Voters Association Connecticut, responded to the Dead Voters Issue with a letter to the Hartford Courant <read> Connecticut and the registrars are stuck between a rock and a hard place — aggressively clean up the database and risk dropping voters incorrectly — or demand clear evidence to drop a person […]

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Was President Behind Failure Of Holt Bill?

By Luther Weeks on April 24, 2008

Update: More from Politico <read>. Billions for deficits and earmarks but nothing to provide voters confidence their choices were followed. Larry Norden, director of the voting technology project at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University’s law school, called the vote “a sad statement on how little Congress has done on the issue […]

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