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Connecticut: Merrill's office selects precincts for post-primaries audit

By Secretary of the State Denise Merrill's office

Independent vote audit needed

Sunday, September 25, 2011

During the last legislative session, a Senate judiciary subcommittee heard testimony from the State Election Commission and its critics about problems in the 2010 elections. The committee suggested that the two sides work together to recommend improvements to the process.

Votes were miscounted, laws ignored

BY ELEANOR HARE

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Thousands of votes in the 2010 general election were counted incorrectly in South Carolina. Not only were these votes counted incorrectly, the State Election Commission (SEC) is ignoring state law that requires a recount and federal law that requires that the entirety of the data files from an election be retained for 22 months.