Connecticut’s post-election audit law exempts referendums and questions from audit. Often we hear that nobody would steal a referendum, that local control of elections in Connecticut would preclude that. We object:
Two motivations and opportunities:
The Town has the budget referendum turned down frequently at $20,000+ per referendum for a turnout of a small % of registered voters.
- All the insiders of all parties are for it
- Many town hall jobs are dependent on it
- The insiders convince themselves that “if the right voters showed up then it would pass”
- They think they are helping out the town out by passing the budget and saving multiple election costs
- All look the other way
One insider is convinced the budget is too big.
- Convinced that “If the people really knew then they would vote it down”
- When nobody is looking, the insider takes advantage of sole access to voting machines and ballots, to hack the machine with the Hursti Hack before the election.
