By Luther Weeks on August 30, 2007
A Washington Post articles describes a report watered down by the Election Assistance Commission. 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 […]
Posted in National, Reports, Skulduggery and Errors
By Luther Weeks on August 30, 2007
Dori Smith aired the first of a four part series on voting integrity yesterday at 5:00 PM on WHUS. I highly recommend listening to the audio and reading the transcript while also marking your calendar for next week. This segment really brings home the dangers and implications of the incident last fall when LHS violated […]
Posted in CT Skulduggery and Errors, Electronic Vulnerability, National
By George Barnett on August 29, 2007
If the auditors were employed by or under the control of the SOS[Secretary of the state], such factors might include the perception that “good news†should be the primary object in the audit report. (emboldening added) – Candice Hoke, Testimony to U.S. House, March 20, 2007 We have very good news to report today, because […]
Posted in CT, CT Skulduggery and Errors, Post-Election Audits
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 […]
Posted in CT, CT Skulduggery and Errors, Electronic Vulnerability, National, Skulduggery and Errors
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: “How do we know the card was programmed correctly in the first place?†[Dr. Michael Fischer, computer science professor at Yale University and president of True Vote Connecticut] asked. “Up until that […]
Posted in CT, Electronic Vulnerability
By Luther Weeks on August 26, 2007
Two recent articles of interest in The Day: From Friday, two Norwich Registrars were fined for election day errors in judgement. No matter how one feels about the appropriateness of the fine, it is good to see the Election Enforcement Commission demonstrating seriousness. Another from Saturday showing that a “Software error” lost record of 911 […]
Posted in CT, CT Skulduggery and Errors
By Luther Weeks on August 24, 2007
The American Statistical Association’s Science and Public Affairs Advisory Committee has recommended that post election audits have at least a 90% level of confidence. Election officials need to make sure the person elected winner is the person the most voters want..Election results are most trustworthy when the entire election process can be audited, not just […]
Posted in Post-Election Audits, Reports
By Luther Weeks on August 21, 2007
All told, The BRAD BLOG has found the insider sales totaled $665,512 in the week before the value of the company’s stock price would plunge in a massive sell-off triggered by a top financial analyst who had lowered the company’s rating from “buy” to “hold.” Read the whole story, so far.
Posted in National, Skulduggery and Errors
By Luther Weeks on August 21, 2007
On August 1st the Brannan Center released a report Post-Election Audits: Restoring Trust in Elections which has been covered on CTVotersCount.org. Today we will look at the security portion of an earlier report The Machinery Of Democracy: Accessibility, Usability, and Cost and its implications for Connecticut. The tone of the report is serious. The conclusions […]
Posted in National, Post-Election Audits, Reports
By Luther Weeks on August 19, 2007
This is a very understandable and legitimate question that must be answered. If there were significant problems with ATM’s we would know about them because banks or consumers would be losing money, it would be reported all over the news, and there would be investigations by regulators. The guilty would be punished, the losses restored, […]
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