Luther Weeks

Sign “The Petition To Enhance Confidence In Connecticut Elections”

By Luther Weeks on September 9, 2007

Â Note:Â Petition now closed to additional signers, Thank You. ANNOUNCEMENT: CTVotersCount is initiating a “Petition To Enhance Confidence In Connecticut Elections By November 2008”. Addressed to Connecticut Secretary of the State (SOTS), Susan Bysiewicz, and the Government Administration and Elections Committee (GAE). It is now the time to begin creating support for changing the law […]

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Campaign of GAE’s Co-Chair Charges Election Procedure Violations

By Luther Weeks on September 8, 2007

Representative Christopher Caruso is Co-Chair of the Government Administration and Elections Committee (GAE) which writes Connecticut election law including the current Audit Law PA 07-194. He has entered the primary for Mayor of Bridgeport. I have been appreciative of Representative Caruso’s efforts in support of the campaign finance law and voter verified paper ballots. However, […]

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Voting Vendor and Yale Professor – Suggest Changes To Election Procedures

By Luther Weeks on September 7, 2007

Dori Smith aired the second segment of a four part series on voting integrity, yesterday at 5:00 PM on WHUS. Once again, I highly recommend listening to the audio and reading the transcript while also marking your calendar for next week. Also review segment one. This segment has further interviews with John Silvestro, President of […]

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FAQ: Should We Vote All Paper?

By Luther Weeks on September 5, 2007

Many voting advocates take a strong position that we should vote only on paper and then count the paper. Registrars and long term election officials resist the paper.

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A Timely Reminder – Closing In On 2008

By Luther Weeks on September 2, 2007

From Steven Levy in Newsweek: <read> But we’re electing a new president next year, and it’s so late in the game that the only measures to stop another mistrusted election are stopgaps. California’s secretary of State recognizes that. Plenty of citizens get it, too. Why aren’t more elected officials standing up for our elections?

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Federal Election Assistance Commission Rigged Election Report – Sen Dodd, Please Investigate

By Luther Weeks on August 30, 2007

A Washington Post articles describes a report watered down by the Election Assistance Commission.Â You will need a free password and Id to view the article. Because my approach to election issues tends to be more closely aligned with Democrats, I was paired with a Republican co-author. To further remove any taint of partisanship, my […]

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Wed 8/29 5:00 PM – Dori Smith Interview with LHS President – Don’t Miss It

By Luther Weeks on August 28, 2007

Dori Smith, Producer of TalkNationRadion will air an interview with LHS President John Silvestro, Wednesday August 29th, at 5:00pm on the air and online at WUHS. She has also provided a preview and extensive background. LHS is the distributor of Diebold Premier election equipment and services to Connecticut. Once again, hats off to Dori for […]

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Record Journal: New voting machines could be vulnerable

By Luther Weeks on August 26, 2007

Differing levels of trust in the technology are apparent in statements from TrueVoteCT, the Secretary of The State’s Office, and a Uconn Scientist: â€œHow do we know the card was programmed correctly in the first place?â€ [Dr. Michael Fischer, computer science professor at Yale University and president of True Vote Connecticut] asked. â€œUp until that […]

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The Day: Elections Panel Finalizes Norwich Registrars’ Fines