By Luther Weeks on January 31, 2012
But big changes are coming, including a precinct-by-precinct election reporting system that the state hopes to test in April and use publicly in August to gather unofficial results during the expected primaries for U.S. Senate and state legislative races.
This sounds like the kind of change we called for during the 2010 election for Secretary of the State
Posted in CT, Post-Election Audits
By Luther Weeks on December 19, 2011
This is serious stuff. The words that come to mind are: Illegal, unacceptable, unconscionable, ridiculous, unconstitutional, and undemocratic.
Posted in Electronic Vulnerability, National, Our Editorials, Post-Election Audits, Skulduggery and Errors
By Luther Weeks on December 4, 2011
There is no agreed upon level of difference that would be considered “statistically insignificant” in Connecticut.
In another nearby town officials are concerned about the cost of audits.
Posted in CT, Post-Election Audits
By Luther Weeks on November 29, 2011
There should be an investigation, however, we suggest that determining the cause is not a complete cure. I could happen again. It could have happened in the past. Maybe in Connecticut.
Posted in CT, Electronic Vulnerability, National, Post-Election Audits, Recounts/Recanvasses
By Luther Weeks on November 16, 2011
UPDATED: 
Today we assisted the Secretary of the State in randomly selecting 10% of the districts in the November election for the post-election audit.
Posted in CT, Post-Election Audits
By Luther Weeks on November 1, 2011
If the governor has such powers, perhaps in election emergencies, the governor could be called upon or even expected to do what the Secretary of the State cannot do – order polls to stay open late in an emergency, choose extra voting districts for audit, or order discrepancy recanvasses in districts with questionable results!
Posted in CT, CT Law, Post-Election Audits, Recounts/Recanvasses
By Luther Weeks on October 13, 2011
Yesterday three districts were drawn for the post-election audit of the Bridgeport Primary. Due to a court order delaying the primary, following the law required a separate drawing of 10% of the districts in Bridgeport.
Posted in CT, Post-Election Audits
By Luther Weeks on October 3, 2011
On Saturday October 1st, I was pleased to be a part of the The Future panel at the Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project event, Election Integrity – Past, Present & Future. The event was to celebrate the 25th anniversary of a conference on voting integrity held in 1986.
Posted in CT, Electronic Vulnerability, Post-Election Audits
By Luther Weeks on September 29, 2011
UPDATED: Yesterday, members of the Coalition assisted in the drawing of districts for the Post-Election Audit of the September 13th Primary. New Haven, on average, expect to have 3-4 districts selected each time and Hartford 2-3 districts. However, since the law exempts districts from the selection that have recanvasses or contested races, the expected average is higher than 10% in each particular post-election audit. As random selection from a single collection of districts goes, the average seldom occurs.
Posted in CT, Post-Election Audits
By Luther Weeks on August 22, 2011
Professor Stark’s talk is centered on three big ideas which would produce audits sufficient to convince most of us that the losers lost. The talk is serious and lite covering election integrity from 10,000 feet.
Posted in Chain of Custody, National, Post-Election Audits
