By Luther Weeks on May 16, 2012
Yesterday, with the assistance of Coalition members, Secretary of the State Denise Merrill selected sixty districts from the Republican Presidential Primary for post-election audit.
Posted in National
By Luther Weeks on May 14, 2012
Some of the smaller Connecticut towns have very part time registrars who maintain office hours as infrequent as one hour a week. Registrars in their 70′s and 80′s whose towns have not provided them with access to email. Towns that have resisted laws to require them to post meeting minutes on the web as too challenging and costly? How will those towns accept and provide security for email and fax voting? How about even our larger cities? How well prepared are they and can they be?
Posted in CT Law, Internet Voting, National, Reports
By Luther Weeks on May 13, 2012
The nation’s oldest continuously downsizing newspaper did a So-So job of fact checking its latest editorial, reviewing the legislative session. Here is our analysis, which actually is the Courant’s Report Card: Accuracy: C-; History: F; Prognosis: F
Posted in Legislature2012
By Luther Weeks on May 9, 2012
Email and fax voting are more dangerous than Internet voting. Has your email been hacked? Would you trust emails allegedly from your bank asking for your social security number and account number? Would you send them over the Internet in an email reply?
It seem like just last week that the Legislature mandated email access for all registrars.
We question the constitutionality of the secret vote waiver included in the bill.
Posted in Internet Voting, Mail/Absentee Voting
By Luther Weeks on May 8, 2012
Echoing the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, the Village Independent Democrats passed a resolution against the National Popular Vote initiative, urging the Governor and Legislature to vote against the initiative.
Posted in National Popular Vote
By Luther Weeks on May 6, 2012
We opposed this unique form of Election Day Registration. We hope we are wrong. We hope that Connecticut’s 339 registrars implement the bill effectively, fairly, safely, and uniformly. That no one is lulled into complacency by low EDR voting in 2013 for the municipal elections and that chaos does not await us in a future high interest election in 2014 or 2016.
Posted in CT, Legislature2012
By Luther Weeks on April 30, 2012
We note two articles this week, from Canada and Switzerland with citizen/scientists’ concerns with Internet voting.
Posted in Internet Voting
By Luther Weeks on April 25, 2012
Proponents tout gains in turnout, but then estimate very few will use Election Day Registration (EDR) when it comes to claiming it won’t cost municipalities much and would not result in lines etc.
John Hartwell interviewed Secretary of the State Denise Merill on Stream on Conscience
Posted in CT, Legislature2012, Mail/Absentee Voting
By Luther Weeks on April 18, 2012
In Philadelphia its a problem to be investigated when there are several voting districts with a few more ballots than voters. In Connecticut we have no confidence that such differences would be found or considered worthy of resolution or investigation.
Posted in CT, CT Law, Skulduggery and Errors
By Luther Weeks on April 16, 2012
Kevin O’Neill, Capitol Thinking, interviews the authors of Broken Ballots – Will Your Vote Count, Prof Doug Jones and Dr. Barbara Simons <podcast> When it comes to elections and verifiability, Doug Jones and Barbara Simons are true experts that everyone can understand.
Posted in Internet Voting, National, Post-Election Audits, Recounts/Recanvasses, Skulduggery and Errors