By Luther Weeks on August 30, 2009
A stay, appeals, and changes in the law may occur.
Update: 9/1/2009 Court grants two week stay.
Posted in CT
By Luther Weeks on August 26, 2009
No paper, no problem! Yet, also less integrity and no credibility!
Posted in National, Skulduggery and Errors
By Luther Weeks on August 24, 2009
Meriden Record Journal article provides arguments for and against by city registrars and the Secretary of the State.
Posted in CT
By Luther Weeks on August 24, 2009
In an editorial the New York Times questions the relationship between a private corporation and Working Families Party candidates. If their suspicions are correct it may be a way to skirt campaign financing laws.
Posted in National
By Luther Weeks on August 23, 2009
We side completely with the activists, they are on the side of democracy, integrity, and transparency of government. Beyond a CD ballots should be made available to the public, the actual ballots should be made available to the public.
Posted in Chain of Custody, CT, Instant Runoff Voting, National, Skulduggery and Errors
By Luther Weeks on August 18, 2009
Story from Jeffery B. Cohen at the Courant:
.”Working Families Party registrar Urania Petit called Cityline this morning to complain. Her Democratic colleague, Olga Iris Vazquez, hired a six-week, $13-an-hour, temporary employee two weeks ago to help with the September primary.”
Posted in Costs, CT
By Luther Weeks on August 12, 2009
Monday and Tuesday, the EVT/WOTE Conference was held in Montreal. This tends to be a highly technical conference on potentential voting technologies, security and vulnerabilities in current technology, and related projects. For me it is a mixture of new information relevant voting, interesting technical articles, a time to reflect, and to connect with others involved in causing voting integrity.
Posted in Reports
By Luther Weeks on August 8, 2009
” In the absence of such certainty, the entire democratic process would be rendered a mockery. It is to ensure that democracy in its true sense is brought back that AIADMK decided to boycott the by-polls.’’
Posted in Electronic Vulnerability, National
By Luther Weeks on August 4, 2009
In Tennessee they are fighting for optical scan in the Legislature. Election officials claim that the costs of paper ballots, audits, and optical scanners is too much. We hear similar complaints about the costs of paper ballots and audits in Connecticut as well. We recommend watching the video of a legislator as he explains reality [...]
Posted in Costs, Electronic Vulnerability, National
By Luther Weeks on August 3, 2009
Bob Fitrakis: The passing of Aquino, the rigging of elections and the need for People Power
Posted in National