By Luther Weeks on April 12, 2012
We applaud Dr. Alexander Shvartsman and his team for developing the technology to perform these innovative tests, the diligence to perform the tedious tests, and the fortitude to report the facts.
We do not applaud the lack of cooperation of officials in the audit or the lack of official compliance with memory card procedures. We are left wondering if this is the level of compliance and cooperation when officials know their efforts will be disclosed: “What is their compliance when their actions are unlikely or impossible to scrutinize?” Can you imagine such numbers from any other technology or Government function? Where is the outrage?
Posted in CT, CT Skulduggery and Errors, Post-Election Audits
By Luther Weeks on April 10, 2012
Once again the New York Times ignores science and the evidence. While scientists once again, refute the Times.
Voting, alas, has unique characteristics that make internet implementations all but impossible given current technology. The big problem is that we make two demands of it that cannot be met simultaneously. We want voting to be very, very secure. And we want it to be very, very anonymous.
Posted in Internet Voting, National
By Luther Weeks on April 5, 2012
Brad Blog reports ballots too wide to scan in Wisconsin. The official solution – count by hand? NO. They copied the ballots and scanned. We agree with Brad that this is unacceptable. But what would happen in Connecticut – would one of our warnings come true?
Posted in CT, CT Law, Electronic Vulnerability
By Luther Weeks on April 3, 2012
I had a front row seat last Thursday in Santa Fe, to hear Bruce McConnell from the Department of Homeland Security discuss Internet Voting.
Some people think online voting is bound to happen, though, once the kinks are worked out. But as McConnell’s comments show, those who worry a lot about cybersecurity believe that time is a long way away.
Posted in Internet Voting, National
By Luther Weeks on March 29, 2012
Vendor touted in CT and on NPR by West Virginia Secretary of the State comes under fire after Canadian election disrupted by hackers.
Posted in CT, Internet Voting, National
By Luther Weeks on March 26, 2012
We use manual addition and transcription to add results. Our audits would not catch errors made outside of polling place scanners.
Posted in CT, Post-Election Audits, Skulduggery and Errors
By Luther Weeks on March 22, 2012
This year we noticed quite a difference between hearings for bills that Legislators really understand and others covering subjects with which they are not intimately familiar. We see a similar bent in the Connecticut Constitution.
Posted in CT, CT Law, Legislature2012
By Luther Weeks on March 20, 2012
Absentee fraud may have changed the apparent winner in New Haven. The solution is not more absentee or mail-in voting.
Posted in CT, CT Skulduggery and Errors, Legislature2012, Mail/Absentee Voting
By Luther Weeks on March 17, 2012
Tuesday night, poll workers resorted to the old fashioned way of counting by hand.
Posted in Electronic Vulnerability, National
By Luther Weeks on March 12, 2012
Given the many members, the brief meetings, and the lack of representation of all interests, we were skeptical when the Task Force was convened. To our delight, we find that we can offer endorsement of each of the twenty-one recommendations in the report.
There is a lot to do in all the recommendations. It will take time, money, and deliberate work with everyone at the table. Our hope is that each of the recommendations will be thoroughly explored, evaluated, and acted upon, that none get overlooked.
Posted in Chain of Custody, Costs, CT, CT Law, Mail/Absentee Voting, Post-Election Audits, Recounts/Recanvasses, Reports
