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Constitutional Vote Will Not Be Audited

By Luther Weeks on September 18, 2008

When Connecticut voters go to the polls in November, they will vote on calling a Constitutional Convention. Large groups are aligned for and against the bill with those in charge of the election opposed. Our personal stand for or against the bill is irrelevant. Integrity and confidence in elections is our concern. Our points are […]

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Missing UCONN report: Is voter pre-election info on Registrars hindered?

By Luther Weeks on September 8, 2008

Recommend diary on MyLeftNutmeg. <read> The 2nd comment on the diary is mine.

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Audit No Evil, Recount No Evil, Uncover No Evil

By Luther Weeks on September 8, 2008

Update: The vote was close and high given that it was a referendum with reduced poll hours. The insiders’ choice won by 52% to 48%. There is no reason to believe the result is incorrect, yet with no audit there will always be a question of credibility in Connecticut referendums. *********** Referendum: Front Page Story, […]

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Caught Between The Glitches and The Gotyas

By Luther Weeks on August 29, 2008

We have been covering a significant report by VotersUnite.org, Vendors are Undermining the Structure of U.S. Elections. , the report summarizes the bind Connecticut and other states are in: Violations of Federal Law Leave States in a Double Bind. The federal government fails to meet its HAVA deadlines for giving guidance to the states on […]

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The Outsourced State

By Luther Weeks on August 27, 2008

Last week we covered a significant report by VotersUnite.org, Vendors are Undermining the Structure of U.S. Elections. The report describes the multiple ways that states have become dependent on vendors for elections, how Federal laws and actions have placed election officials in an impossible bind, how arrogant vendors take advantage of the situation, that elections […]

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Secretary Bysiewicz Orders Expanded Post-Election Audit

By Luther Weeks on August 19, 2008

Update: 8/20 Checking with Dr. Shvartsman about the Secretary’s “98% or 99% probability”, he said: Indeed, 10% sample from the population of about 800, counting all CT districts, gives about the same statistical result as 33% sample from the population of about 250, counting only the districts involved in the August primary…there is no inference […]

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Election Fraud In Bridgeport?

By Luther Weeks on August 15, 2008

Update 6 /17/2009: Head of CA GOP Voter Registration Firm Pleads Guilty to Voter Registration Fraud
Update: 10/07/2008: Election Enforcement Commission investigation opened
Update: Secretary Bysiewicz Responds

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Election Costs $ – Democracy? Priceless!

By Luther Weeks on August 14, 2008

We have said that conducting elections cost from $5.00 to $20.00 per ballot cast and that our estimate of $0.20 to $0.50 for an audit is a small price to pay to assure that the votes are counted as the voters intended. But the news from Norwalk indicates we may need to revise the high-end […]

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Too High A Barrier?

By Luther Weeks on August 12, 2008

(Without editorial comment, see Editor’s Note) Hartford Advocate article on the petitioning effort required to get on the presidential ballot: <read> In a rare show of third party unity, the campaigns of Nader, Libertarian Bob Barr and the Green Party’s Cynthia McKinney, the last two former Congress members, are joining forces across state lines to […]

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Connecticut Fails Lastest Holt Standard

By Luther Weeks on August 2, 2008

Hats off again to Representative Rush Holt. Once again he offers emergency legislation to protect our vote. Even this streamlined bill is unlikely to pass. We admire Representative Holt for not giving up. We encourage him to persevere until we have election integrity. Meanwhile Senator Feinstein supports a phony, star-wars expensive, delaying plan. Here in […]

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