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Researchers: Early Voting alone DECREASES turnout

By Luther Weeks on October 25, 2010

Researchers found: The convenience of Early Voting depresses turnout. Election Day Registration increases turnout. When both are combined the effect is about the same as Election Day Registration alone.

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Register Citizen: Denise Merrill favors regionalization of some election functions

By Luther Weeks on October 23, 2010

getting Connecticut’s towns more up to speed with modern technology will be one of her goals. “I will work very hard to enforce a statewide voter registration Web site … I’m looking at regional solutions (for voter registration),” she said. “We just don’t have the money for every town to do what they do,” she added, referring to the traditional voting process that requires staffing, machines and the costs that go with them.

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Video: Hartford Courant interviews of the Secretary of the State candidates

By Luther Weeks on October 22, 2010

We appreciate the Courant and CT-N for making these interviews available to the public, providing an additional unique opportunity for voters to learn about the candidates positions and personalities. However, we note several criticisms of the interviews.

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Denise Merrill: 2nd Campaign Commercial

By Luther Weeks on October 20, 2010

Here is her 2nd commercial <view> Previously, Merrill had been ran the same commercial used before the primary.  And Jerry Farrell has run two since the primary. Update 10/29.2010: Radio ad <listen>

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Post-Election Audit Report: Incremental Improvement – New Integrity Concern

By Luther Weeks on October 20, 2010

Citizen observation and analysis shows some improvements along with a newly uncovered problem with the random selection process…We conclude that August post-election audits still do not inspire confidence because of:

  • failure in the integrity of the random district selection process,
  • lack of standards for determining need for further investigation of discrepancies,
  • weaknesses in the ballot chain of custody, and
  • lack of, consistency, reliability, and transparency in the conduct of the audit.

the list of polling districts for the random audit drawing was missing some districts and is otherwise inaccurate and ambiguous. The integrity of the audit requires an accurate list of districts that is verifiable by the public. We have extended our recommendations to the Legislature to include an efficient fix to this problem.

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NewCanaan: Patch Voter Guide to Secretary of the State candidates

By Luther Weeks on October 18, 2010

How would you use technology to increase access to public information and make it easier to vote? Would you implement online voting? Why or why not?

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Connecticut follows MOVE Act, avoids flaws – Others follow the money

By Luther Weeks on October 15, 2010

We offer our complements to Secretary Bysiewicz, the Town Clerks, Legislators who supported the MOVE Act, Connecticut, the many other states and officials who are implementing the MOVE Act with integrity. But there is big money and momentum behind efforts in other states to exploit flaws in the Act.

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Common Sense: Paper Ballots are Insufficient for Voting Integrity

By Luther Weeks on October 13, 2010

Reminder: Myth #9 – If there is ever a concern we can always count the paper.

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Video-Cure for Internet voting – WARNING: Viewing may cause severe, permanent eInSecurity

By Luther Weeks on October 8, 2010

For better and for worse the seriousness of the vulnerability goes well beyond what was reported two days ago; goes well beyond Internet voting in D.C; serious issues going well beyond voting.

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Internet Voting Faces The Music: Hats off to D.C. and Michigan

By Luther Weeks on October 6, 2010

Testers submitting votes complained of the annoying music playing on their computer after votng. In short order the music was identified, leaving testers wondering why D.C. picked the Michigan Fight Song. Now all has been revealed and the problems went well beyond the music.

Will this clear demonstration of vulnerabilities cause states and Congress to sing a different Internet voting tune? We hope so, yet we doubt it.

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