By Luther Weeks on January 16, 2012
CTVotersCount has long been in favor of Election Day Registration (EDR) and concerned with the risks of unlimited absentee voting. We also strongly support online voter registration, not to be confused with online voting which we and many others oppose. Studies show that EDR increases turn-out, while absentee voting decreases turn-out, the stated goal behind the measures proposed in today’s press conference.
Posted in CT Law, Legislature2012, Mail/Absentee Voting
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 17, 2011
Squabbling between the city’s three [registrars of voters] has become so disruptive that Mayor Pedro Sagarra wrote them a formal letter asking them to work out their differences. He even offered to personally convene a meditation session to help
Posted in CT, CT Law
By Luther Weeks on September 24, 2011
Oooops the law passed just this year to fix the problems in Bridgeport said nothing about the SOTS being able to walk into central absentee ballot counting operations, only polling places. In the words of Cindi Rice, “Who could have imagined…”
Update: More problems, documented this time. Was it fraud, mismanagement, or incompetence? Who knows for sure?
Posted in CT Law, Mail/Absentee Voting, National
By Luther Weeks on August 18, 2011
Having reviewed the video, minutes, and the proposed items to be addressed by the task force, we offer the attached general and specific comments and suggestions in a constructive spirit, to forward your efforts to achieve the democratic goals that we all hold dear.
Posted in Chain of Custody, Costs, CT, CT Law
By Luther Weeks on June 16, 2011
The legislature should be considering doing for our elections what we have done for probate. I am not the 1st to suggest this, let us hope that our legislature is not the last to consider it.
Posted in CT, CT Law
By Luther Weeks on June 3, 2011
Despite opposition by the Secretary of the State and promises to the contrary, the Senate passed S.B.939 with online voting, placing it on the Senate consent calendar.
Posted in CT Law, Internet Voting, Legislature2011
By Luther Weeks on May 17, 2011
We agree with Secretary Merrill in strongly supporting passage of the bill. Yet it is insufficient. More is required to recover from similar problems in the future such that all votes are counted initially, followed by time for a full statewide recanvass, when based on corrections to initial results, the tallies become close. We continue to recommend the stronger measures in the Coalition Bridgeport Recount Report.
Posted in CT Law, Legislature2011, Other Editorials
By Luther Weeks on March 11, 2011
Today the Government Administration and Election Committee (GAE) held hearings on a variety of election related bills. We testified against seven bills and lukewarmly for one.
Since 2007, I have been the only person to testify against the National Popular Vote (NPV) Compact in Connecticut. Finally, this year I was not alone. But I remain the only Connecticut citizen to testify against the NPV Compact.
I challenge anyone to a responsible public blog debate on any and all of the issues we raised in our testimony on the National Popular Vote Compact.
Posted in CT Law, Internet Voting, Legislature2011, National Popular Vote, Our Editorials
By Luther Weeks on February 23, 2011
Connecticut is the only state where a registrar from each political party is elected into office. Many registrars told the I-Team while this may seem inefficient, it has worked literally for centuries.
Posted in CT, CT Law, CT Skulduggery and Errors
