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Feinstein to Voters: Waste $, jeopardize Democracy.

By Luther Weeks on July 27, 2008

Update: Take Action: E-Mail our Senators to oppose S. 3212 <read and send> This is especially important because Senator Dodd is on the committee and the hearing is this week! The well intentioned but flawed 2002 Help America Vote Act launched the large scale move to electronic voting. Many states have paperless DREs (Touch Screens), […]

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Testing/Inspecting For Democracy Is Too Much Work

By Luther Weeks on July 15, 2008

Why bother inspecting restaurants, bridges, trucks, and voting machines? It is just too difficult and costly. While Connecticut is way behind in inspecting restaurants as we have been with bridges and trucks, we fit right into the trend evidenced by two national stories – the Election Assistance Commission finds its just too hard on vendors […]

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French Study: More Errors With Electronic Voting

By Luther Weeks on July 12, 2008

ComputerWorld article on French study <read> There were discrepancies between the number of signatures and the number of votes at around 29.8% of polling stations studied using electronic voting machines, compared with just 5.3% of those using paper ballots, and those discrepancies were larger in the stations using voting machines, Enguehard found. It’s unlikely that […]

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Truth Under Assault In Texas Hearing

By Luther Weeks on July 5, 2008

Since its release last August we have covered the California Top-To-Bottom Review and its implications for Connecticut <here> <here> <here> it is an outstanding collection of reports based on research and evidence. It helped earn a deserved “Profile In Courage” award to its sponsor, Debra Bowen, Secretary of State of California. How far will those […]

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John Gideon Leaves It To Us

By Luther Weeks on June 24, 2008

We get a healthy dose of news from John Gideon at VotersUnite.org and his Daily Voting News. Today he highlights the difference between a legislator and the Secretary of State in Colorado: <read> The state Senate Majority Leader is quoted as saying this about the election integrity community, “I believe the group has gotten larger. […]

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Lou Dobbs Segment On NJ Ruling And E-Voting

By Luther Weeks on June 21, 2008

On the occasion of the NJ ruling yesterday, Lou Dobbs interviewed the lawyer involved, Penny Venetis, and two voting advocates, David Dill and John Bonifaz. Full transcript <read> Voting segment: KITTY PILGRIM, CNN NEWS CORRESPONDENT (voice over): A victory for voters. In Trenton, New Jersey, today, a court ruled that accuracy tests on paperless, electronic […]

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Democracy Too Important To Hide Under Trade Secrets

By Luther Weeks on June 20, 2008

N.J. Star-Ledger, Judge rules public can see voting machine test results, <read> A Superior Court judge in Trenton today agreed to overturn her ruling barring computer experts from publicizing test results of electronic voting machines. The move was a victory for the American Civil Liberties Union and New Jersey media organizations that argued the public […]

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What Does It Take To Get A Voting Machine Federally Certified?

By Luther Weeks on June 14, 2008

Not Much <read the whole story> Last February, SysTest labs wrote its certification test report for a new voting system manufactured by Premier Election Solutions (formerly Diebold). The report listed the 79 problems the lab found during testing. Even so, SysTest recommended the system be certified by the EAC. As we have pointed out, apparently […]

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Risks Continue For 2008 – Myths Have Not Been Repealed Nor Refuted

By Luther Weeks on June 11, 2008

Note: A post by Jon Kantrowitz on MLM prompted this response. There is no reason to be comfortable. The “Ten Myths In The Nutmeg State” have not been repealed. I have the greatest respect for the computer scientists mentioned in the article, their research, and their contributions. We also need many more election officials as […]

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CTVotersCount Visits the UConn VoTeR Center

By Luther Weeks on June 5, 2008

On June 4th we visited Dr. Alex Shvartsman and his team at the UConn VoTeR Center, toured the lab, and observed the testing of memory cards and the Diebold AccuVote-OS. We have applauded the VoTeR Center’s academic work on evaluating the security of the AccuVote-OS and other voting machines <read> <read> along with their programs […]

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