By Luther Weeks on August 10, 2008
In 2005 the Legislature passed the Voter Verified Paper Trail Bill. They also passed post-election audits along with a minimum one hundred and eighty day seal on the paper. Unfortunately, they had not anticipated optical scan, limiting the audit to DRE (Touch Screen) equipment. We actually have tougher post-election audits and custody laws on the [...]
Posted in CT Law, FAQ, Post-Election Audits
By Luther Weeks on July 10, 2008
The Connecticut post-election audit exempts, among other things, all referendums and questions. This is a mistake. Referendums and questions may be the most vulnerable election items open to human attack via programming – often all the elected officials of both parties want the referendums passed – they may go through multiple, failed, low turn-out, budget [...]
Posted in CT Law, FAQ, Post-Election Audits
By Luther Weeks on June 19, 2008
Nor will they ever be hand-counted. Nor will contested races. Connecticut’s “strongest in the country” post-election audit law exempts races that are recounted or races that are contested from post-election audits. The law does not require that recounts be manual hand-to-eye counts and the Secretary of the State after some hesitation has lifted her requirement [...]
Posted in CT Law, FAQ, Post-Election Audits
By Luther Weeks on June 13, 2008
In our most recent Presidential Primary there were many towns in Connecticut that ran out of optical scan ballots and a huge percentage (30-40% ?) of the vote in those towns was then un-scannable hand counted copied ballots. These were counted late at night by unprepared election officials after a fifteen hour day. Ironically the [...]
Posted in FAQ, Post-Election Audits
By Luther Weeks on May 7, 2008
I’m no fan of the Readers’ Digest*, but even they have finally recognized there is some concern about electronic voting: Quick Study: Voting Machines
Posted in Electronic Vulnerability, FAQ
By Luther Weeks on April 12, 2008
How we actually treat Voting Machines vs. Las Vegas Slot Machines – Does it indicate our priorities and how important we consider Democracy? From the Washington Post <read and compare> Of course this may or may not apply to Connecticut Slots, but as we covered here, we seem to hold electric meters to a higher [...]
Posted in Electronic Vulnerability, FAQ
By Luther Weeks on March 19, 2008
One more time, in detail from techdirt <read> the security model of an ATM is totally different from the security model of a voting machine. The most important line of defense against ATM fraud is not the machines themselves, but the fact that they produce a lengthy paper trail. If a hacker breaks into a [...]
Posted in Electronic Vulnerability, FAQ
By Luther Weeks on March 1, 2008
Ten Myths About Electronic Voting In Connecticut: Myth #1 – Connecticut has the toughest and strongest audit law in the country because we audit 10%.
Posted in Chain of Custody, Costs, CT Law, FAQ, Post-Election Audits, Recounts/Recanvasses
