Post-Election Audits

Was President Behind Failure Of Holt Bill?

By Luther Weeks on April 24, 2008

Update: More from Politico <read>. Billions for deficits and earmarks but nothing to provide voters confidence their choices were followed. Larry Norden, director of the voting technology project at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University’s law school, called the vote â€œa sad statement on how little Congress has done on the issue […]

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Reform Moves Forward In Connecticut

By Luther Weeks on April 16, 2008

While Federal reform is delayed, reform moved forward yesterday in Connecticut. The General Assembly Appropriations Committee passed H.B. 5888 with a joint favorable recommendation to the Legislature. On March 19th, the Government Administration and Elections Committee also passed the bill with a joint favorable recommendation. H.B. 5888, An Act Concerning Revisions To The Optical Scan […]

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Holt Bill Fails To Get Required 2/3 Of House

By Luther Weeks on April 16, 2008

The Holt Emergency Bill, H.R. 5036, which we support, failed by 239 to 178 to get a required two-thirds margin in the House of Representatives. AlterNet has the story <read> CTVotersCount thanks the entire Connecticut House Delegation for voting for the bill, with especial thanks to Representative Courtney, a co-sponsor. We also appreciate the work […]

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Why We Need Manual Recounts And Audits

By Luther Weeks on April 13, 2008

They used optical scan! They had the paper! How could the wrong candidate be elected? (See Myth #9 ) Governor’s race decided by margin of 0.2% with highly questionable results. But not recounted or audited. Democratic Underground has the story <read>. Here are the pertinent details: A close look at the 2002 Alabama Governor’s race […]

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Procedures Alone Insufficient For Effective Election Audits

By Luther Weeks on April 3, 2008

Coalition Releases 2nd Post-Election Audit Report <read>

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American Statistical Association: Hard Copy Audits Critical To Election Integrity

By Luther Weeks on March 18, 2008

Press Release: American Statistical Association Calls for Audits to Increase Confidence in Electoral Outcomes, ASA Board adopts position on Electoral Integrity <release> . This should erase all lingering doubt on the part of legislators, election officials, and non-statisticians: â€œTrustworthy elections demand integrity throughout the entire electoral process, from voting laws and regulations to details of […]

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HB 5888 – New Audit Law – Including Hand Count Recounts

By Luther Weeks on March 13, 2008

Update 3/16/2008 Please see the 1st comment from George Cody correcting my impression that he was against the bill. Yesterday, I testified in favor of HB 5888 recommending some suggested changes. With some improvements the bill would be a big step forward providing an Independent Audit Board, more effective statistics based audits, removes some of […]

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Secretary Bysiewicz Responds To CTVotersCount Petition

By Luther Weeks on March 9, 2008

About three weeks ago we delivered the CTVotersCount petition to the Government Administration and Elections Committee and to Secretary of the State, Susan Bysiewicz. Secretary Bysiewicz sent a letter in response to the petition to each signer <letter> <petition> Special thanks to each Connecticut voter who signed the petition. Your support will substantially contribute to […]

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CTVotersCount Members Testify At GAE Hearing

By Luther Weeks on March 4, 2008

On Friday 2/29/2008 the Government Administration And Elections Committee held hearings on a variety of bills, several of which involve election administration <Agenda> While we have interests for and against some of the other bills, three members of CTVotersCount testified toward improvements in SB 444, AN ACT CONCERNING CERTAIN REVISIONS AND TECHNICAL CHANGES TO THE […]

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East Haven GAE Hearing + Video

By Luther Weeks on March 1, 2008

The fifth and last hearing was in East Haven on 2/27. Once again a different flavor and new information.