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Elections Performance Task Force, Third Meeting: Prof. Heather Gerken

By Luther Weeks on September 24, 2011

Monday’s meeting featured presentations by Yale Law School Prof. Heather Gerken, Ted Bromley of the Secretary of the State’s Office, and an outline of the next meeting, along with deadlines for the Task Force.

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Absentee Fraud in Bridgeport? Who could have imagined?

By Luther Weeks on September 21, 2011

Who says there is little a single legislator can do to affect election integrity and confidence? Human error can change an election result or serve as a ready excuse to cover-up fraud.

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Norwich Bulletin: Merrill pitches for more tech, less costs in elections

By Luther Weeks on September 21, 2011

Saving money, getting people voting are laudable goals, yet we caution that in the process we should not sacrifice voting integrity and confidence in pursuing increased participation. In fact, we should be increasing integrity and confidence while we also pursue convenience and participation. And we should be cautious that our efforts actual result in the intended results.

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NJ: Questionable practices – Questioning courts and watchdogs

By Luther Weeks on September 16, 2011

Rigged election or three human errors – we may never know for sure.

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Absentee votes in Florida, voters not required to participate

By Luther Weeks on September 14, 2011

A three part series highlights ongoing, organized, absentee vote fraud in Florida. The [low] highlight is the video and story in the first part, of a disabled former county worker who tried her darnedest to vote but in the end was denied.

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Common Sense: Integrity and Confidence

By Luther Weeks on September 10, 2011

We often speak of the need for ‘Integrity and Confidence’ in elections, yet the words ‘Integrity’ and ‘Confidence’ are often misunderstood, with their meanings collapsed. We need both confidence and integrity in our elections, neither alone is sufficient.

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CO: Chain-Of-Custody and Confidence broken

By Luther Weeks on September 6, 2011

Confidence depends on counting everything, the chain-of-custody, and what is discovered. It looks like faults in all three do not inspire confidence and integrity in Saguache County

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Bridgeport: Judge rules for primary challenge, delays primary two weeks

By Luther Weeks on September 3, 2011

We agree that the Judge made the correct decision in this case. However we caution, this ruling should not be taken as a general precedent that candidates and election officials can make unlimited errors, without consequences. This is a case where the will of the petition signers is clear; the campaign complied with the law to the extent humanly possible; the campaign was not responsible for any failure to comply with the letter of the law; no harm to the public occurs from this decision and significant harm if the primary were denied. There will always a be need for common sense.

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Elections Performance Task Force: Technology Fair and Doug Chapin

By Luther Weeks on September 1, 2011

You can have little to no impact on your turn-out bottom line with election laws. Turnout tends to be driven by what’s on the ballot rather than when, where, or how it is available. – Doug Chapin

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Bridgeport waits for justice, while watchdogs shrink

By Luther Weeks on August 30, 2011

While the citizens of Bridgeport wait, the merged watchdog agencies must make do with smaller staffs. No word from the Governor on the reasons for the watchdog cuts, consolidations, and the message he is actually sending to the watchdogs.

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