By Luther Weeks on November 22, 2007
For those who question the value of manual counting in audits and recounts, here is an example from Greenwich, where despite pre-election testing an error apparently slipped through.
Posted in CT, Post-Election Audits, Recounts/Recanvasses
By Luther Weeks on November 22, 2007
Different officials gave differing opinions on what was permissible and what was not, but none were willing to make a decision and say with authority what process should be followed…
Posted in CT, CT Skulduggery and Errors, Recounts/Recanvasses
By Luther Weeks on November 20, 2007
Dori Smith of TalkNationRadio.org provides a report on Connecticut issues at Brad Blog. A summary of her excellent broadcasts this fall, along with the issues raised for Connecticut by memory card problems with the Diebold Premier AccuVote-OS optical scanners in Florida. Diebold Optical-Scan Failures Reported in Florida May be Affecting Connecticut As Well <read>
Posted in CT, Electronic Vulnerability, National
By Luther Weeks on November 20, 2007
Excellent article. A significant issue is raised. We will need to carefully review the results of the post-election audits and the recounts. If the machines regularly fail to accurately count votes with an accuracy well within the mandatory recount level of 0.5% then we will need to set the recount trigger at a significantly higher [...]
Posted in CT, CT Skulduggery and Errors, Recounts/Recanvasses
By Luther Weeks on November 17, 2007
We are likely to see more articles like the one in the Courant today: Vote Recounts Prove Tedious, Time-Consuming, <read>. General comments on the article: We arrived at this point by knee-jerk reactions in Washington, resulting in the Help America Vote Act and little heed to advocates in Hartford when the audit law was written [...]
Posted in Costs, CT, Post-Election Audits
By Luther Weeks on November 17, 2007
Another very informative show <read/listen>
Posted in Chain of Custody, CT, CT Law, CT Skulduggery and Errors, Post-Election Audits
By Luther Weeks on November 15, 2007
I was at the Random Audit drawing yesterday. A Press Conference at the Secretary of the State’s office at 1:00pm. We drew 70 districts to be audited along with 15 extras in case there are additional contested races which prevent audits in any of the 70 selected districts. If my preliminary count is correct there [...]
Posted in CT, Post-Election Audits
By Luther Weeks on November 15, 2007
Update: More lessons from the Wallingford Recount <read> This was a town council race with 17 candidates and 9 elected. 11,000 votes 59 poll workers counted in 6 hours. If we assume a $0.05 per vote (9) that would $0.45 per ballot. If so it works out to paying an average of $14.00 per poll [...]
Posted in CT, Recounts/Recanvasses
By Luther Weeks on November 13, 2007
Interesting interview with an Election Assistance Commission spokesperson. <read> What role does the EAC have in dealing with election systems that are currently being used in the U.S. albeit not certified by the EAC? EAC does not have any regulatory authority over states with respect to the voting systems they use. All of EAC voting [...]
Posted in National
By Luther Weeks on November 12, 2007
Update: Middlefield, a sensible recount discrepancy report, a few votes off in the count, some sensible advice to count again, and a reasonable possible explanation <read> Update, Colin McEnron interviews Rep Mike Lawlor <listen> We learn that the counts of votes were higher in several districts, not just one. Lawlor likes a similar explination to [...]
Posted in CT, National, Recounts/Recanvasses