Recounts/Recanvasses

Lessons From RI/DC – Hand Recounts & Voter Fraud

By Luther Weeks on October 4, 2008

The Providence Journal has the story of a very close primary in our neighboring state. There are some interesting lessons here. <read> First there is a reason CTVotersCount wants manual hand-to-eye counts in close races, rather than reading the votes through a machine. Primarily (no pun intended) any machine errors will likely just be repeated. […]

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The Perils of Dependent Investigation

By Luther Weeks on September 22, 2008

One of the prime objectives our Petition To Enhance Confidence In Connecticut Elections is “Requiring the Independent Audit Review Board”. Here is an example of the questions that can surround an investigation by an elections entity attempting to investigate itself, in Washington, D. C., from the Washington Post, Primary Vote Still Doesn’t Add Up: <read> […]

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Its The Voters’ Fault – We Couldn’t Erase Their Vote

By Luther Weeks on May 12, 2008

Disturbing article from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Following directions counts in vote. Recent recounts show voter errors can change tally <read> The first disturbing thing is the thrust of the article that the reasons elections get overturned in recounts is the fault of the voters filling out ballots incorrectly. That is one point of view, […]

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Ten Myths In The Nutmeg State

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%.

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West Hartford GAE Hearing

By Luther Weeks on February 24, 2008

Â Update:Â View Hearing at <CT-N> There were about seventy five people at the West Hartford Government Administration and Elections Committee hearing. It was standing room only, with just a handful need to stand. Unlike the other hearings it was taped by CT-N. The vast majority of attendees were registrars, moderators, and other election officials. It […]

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Bysiewicz Prepared To Eliminate Manual Recounts

By Luther Weeks on January 29, 2008

Update: The word “prepared” does not not necessarily imply “will”. Â Apparently no decision has been made.Â However, we now have a member of the GAE committee who has suggested machine recounts, the Secretary has mentioned it before, and the GAE leadership mentioned the possibility at the press conference announcing public hearings.Â This remains a […]

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Bysiewicz To Consider Elimination Of Manual Recounts

By Luther Weeks on December 1, 2007

Last year the Legislature passed PA 07-194 mandating audits of the optical scan machines. Last year, Secretary of the State, Susan Bysiewicz promised advocates that regulations would mandate that recounts be manual counts and did not need to be included in the law. Now with less than half the mandated audits complete, according to the […]

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Recount Reaffirm’s Wisdom of Recounts in Close Races

By Luther Weeks on November 25, 2007

That’s not the tittle of article, nor what it says. It says: with 14 towns holding recounts. New Canaan is included in that and held a recount on Tuesday to reaffirm the 25-vote difference between Town Council candidates Beth Jones and John Emert. That recount showed Jones edging Emert by seven votes. No. It reaffirmed […]

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Why Bother Recounting and Auditing Manually?

By Luther Weeks on November 22, 2007

For those who question the value of manual counting in audits and recounts, here is an example from Greenwich, where despite pre-election testing an error apparently slipped through.

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The Middlefield Recount Experience