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 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 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
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
