February 2008

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Talk Nation Radio – Fix Security Issues By Nov

By Luther Weeks on February 18, 2008

Another excellent Talk Nation Radio <read listen> Dr. Rebecca Mercuri, Professor Alex Shvartsman, Deputy Secretary of State Lesley Mara, and Connecticut Registrars discuss problems with the voting machines and security protocols set up to use them. The Deputy Secretary of State Lesley Mara reported nineteen voting machine failures last year, but at least some failures […]

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For Those Who Long For Lever Machines

By Luther Weeks on February 17, 2008

Update: Bloomberg Charges ‘Fraud’ in NYC Primary, But Believes ‘No Legal Issue at Stake’Â <Brad Blog Summary> So if we have all of that straight, the NYC Mayor’s office confirmed they believe there was “fraud” at work in the city’s Primary Election, but don’t believe there are any “legal issues at stake.” Interesting position… How […]

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71 Polling Places Selected For Audit – Bysiewicz Announces Voting Board

By Luther Weeks on February 15, 2008

71 Districts were selected today in a random drawing for the Presidential Primary post-election audits. Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz also announced the formation of a Voting Security and Accessibility Board. <read> Secretary Bysiewicz with CTVotersCount member Melinda Valencia ten percent of the polling precincts used in the election are subject to an audit. […]

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Norwich GAE Hearing

By Luther Weeks on February 13, 2008

Testimony submitted and posted at GAE site. Update: Testimony of Beth Angel, East Hampton <read> in my hometown, East Hampton, at the last municipal election. The results of the election required a recount effort, which ended up necessitating 3 recounts. Each recount delivered differing results from the initial count after the November 6 election. Those […]

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Two Companies’ False Statements – Should Both Be Of Concern?

By Luther Weeks on February 12, 2008

Company #1 keeps some of us warm: Breaks the law and hides information from consumers. Company #2 is the state’s sole source for maintaining our democracy: Previously under SEC and DOJ investigation, now admits hiding financial woes. This is the second time in recent months that utilities have been caught red handed and the second […]

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Public Input Sought On New Voting System

By Luther Weeks on February 9, 2008

Stamford Advocate discusses Public hearings starting next week. <read> See the schedule our our Calendar. “We’ve got to do everything humanly possible to ensure the integrity of the electoral process. I think it’s incumbent upon us to be vigilant and seek information from the public,” said state Rep. Chris Caruso, D-Bridgeport, chairman of the General […]

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Comments On The Presidential Primary

By Luther Weeks on February 8, 2008

Update: According to the Journal Inquirer <read> Bysiewicz said there were relatively few problems with the new optical scan voting machines. Six out of the 825 devices used across the state had to be replaced with back-ups. Two jammed and three were not properly programmed, she said Sounds to me like they were not properly […]

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e-Democracy Symposium – Recounting/Auditing By Machine – The Devil Is In The Details

By Luther Weeks on February 8, 2008

Yesterday I attended the spring symposium at the UConn Law School by the Connecticut Public Interest Law Journal: e-Democracy: Democratic Values In A Digital Age. There were three panels: Campaigning On The Web The Mechanics of Voting Political Speech and the Internet I found all three very interesting. Christine Stuart has an excellent article on […]

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ComputerWorld Interview With Rep. Rush Holt

By Luther Weeks on February 4, 2008

Representative Rush Holt (D-NJ) is a physicist who has been working for some four years to provide integrity and confidence in voting. While waiting for a longer term solution, he has introduced an emergency bill, H.R. 5056 to encourage states to move to paper ballots and sound audits in time for the 2008 presidential election. […]

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TalkNationRadio: Dr. Shvartsman Outlines Memory Card Failures

By Luther Weeks on February 1, 2008

We have covered the memory card issues and the reports from Dr. Shvartsman’s team at the UConn VoTeR Center <here> and <here>. This week, Dori Smith of TalkNationRadio interviewed Dr. Shvartsman <audio and transcript>. The UConn reports reported 3.5% and 8% failure rates. These are outrageous. Not only do they represent a huge and unacceptable […]

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