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Denise Merrill formally enters SOTS race

By Luther Weeks on February 15, 2010

“With more and more money pouring into politics as it will this year with the recent Supreme Court case it will be increasingly important to protect our electoral process from the potential influence of that money”

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Democracy Too Costly for Seymour?

By Luther Weeks on February 9, 2010

Primaries would run the office an estimated $15,000 each. While primaries are likely to occur, no one’s certain at this point. “I don’t know what I’m going to do in August and that is the key,” said Ron Skurat, the Democratic Registar of Voters… Skurat did the math on the salaries and came up with roughly $6.81 per hour for the work he and Pelletier put in.

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In Washburn’s World: Election Records Would Be Public

By Luther Weeks on February 4, 2010

“I believe there cannot be effective oversight of an election (by an election official or by the public) if any of the election records are a secret.’

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Nov 09 Election Observation Report – Improvement, Yet Still Unsatisfactory

By Luther Weeks on February 2, 2010

The Coalition noted significant differences between results reported by optical scanners and the hand count of ballots by election officials across Connecticut. Compared to previous audits, the Coalition noted small incremental improvements in the attention to detail, following procedures, and in the chain-of-custody.

In this report, we conclude that the November post-election audits still do not inspire confidence. We find no reason to attribute all errors to either humans or machines.

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Norwalk Town Clerk: Sixth Dem Running for Secretary of the State

By Luther Weeks on February 1, 2010

“It is reaching out them on the electronic level,” he said. “Remind them how to vote and when to vote.”
Garfunkel often points to technological upgrades made in the Norwalk city clerk’s office since he was first elected in 2001. They include putting maps and other documents online and introducing payment by credit card. The changes have come as the office itself has seen staffing and other cuts.

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NY Times: States put Military votes at risk

By Luther Weeks on January 28, 2010

“Internet voting is in its infancy, and still far too unreliable, but states are starting to allow it and the trend is accelerating because of a new federal law that requires greater efforts to help military and other overseas voters cast ballots. Men and women in uniform must have a fair opportunity to vote, but allowing online voting in its current state could open elections up to vote theft and other mischief.”

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Corey Brinson running to be “Chief Inspiration Officer”

By Luther Weeks on January 26, 2010

“as the state’s Chief Elections Officer, Corey Brinson will serve as Connecticut’s “Chief Inspirational Officer,” and will inspire a new generation of leaders to run for local and state office. Corey Brinson will also work to ensure that all elections in Connecticut are clean, fair and free from partisan politics.”

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FVAP Director: MOVE Act requirement “Unfortunate”, “Unfair”

By Luther Weeks on January 25, 2010

“But just because we have that one unfortunate provision in the MOVE Act, overall, the Act was a huge improvement for military and overseas voters.

The reason this change in the law is unfortunate is not only that military and overseas voters have to reapply every calendar year, but also because in the off-year, if a military or overseas voter doesn’t apply at the beginning of the year, it is unlikely that they will hear of any special elections in time to apply and receive a ballot because they are announced usually within 60 days of their being held. That’s unfair to these voters.”

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Video: Gerry Garcia visits the Glastonbury DTC

By Luther Weeks on January 22, 2010

“The Secretary of the States’ office really needs an overhaul…the website is not user friendly, its incomplete…I’m of a different generation, a generation that expects… to be able to distribute it accurately, online, in as close to realtime as a system can offer.”

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See the video: Colbert, McCain, Feingold, and the people THEN add your support

By Luther Weeks on January 21, 2010

NOW HEREBY BE IT RESOLVED THAT WE THE UNDERSIGNED VOTERS OF THE UNITED STATES CALL UPON THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO PASS AND SEND TO THE STATES FOR RATIFICATION A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO RESTORE THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND FAIR ELECTIONS TO THE PEOPLE.

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