Connecticut voting issues

2008 election
For the 2008 election Connecticut used the following voting machines. For a county-by-county list of the specific machines (and the source for this section) see Verified Votings' Verifier tool.

Direct-Recording Electronic (DRE) machines with a paper trail:


 * IVS Inspire

Optical scan machines:


 * Premier Election Solutions's (Diebold) AccuVote-OS voting machine.

Governmental election authorities
Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz

Website: http://www.ct.gov/sots/cwp/view.asp?a=3&q=415810

Contact information:


 * Legislation and Elections Administration Division
 * 30 Trinity Street, Hartford, CT 06106

Mailing Address:
 * Secretary of the State
 * ATTN: LEAD
 * PO Box 150470
 * Hartford, CT 06115-0470


 * Toll Free: 1-800-540-3764
 * Phone: (860) 509-6100
 * Fax: (860) 509-6127
 * Telephone Device for Hearing Impaired: 509-6191


 * EMail: [mailto:lead@po.state.ct.us lead@po.state.ct.us]

Voting machine verification and security

 * For an extensive log of voting machine problems, see the VotersUnite! report on election incidents.

State and local non-governmental election organizations
CTVotersCount.org - Blog and voting integrity watchdog

CTElectionAudit.org - Coalition organizing voters to observe post-election audits

League of Women Voters

LWV of Connecticut, Jara Burnett, President
 * 1890 Dixwell Avenue, #113
 * Hamden, CT 06514-3183
 * Phone: 203-288-7996
 * Fax: 203-288-7998
 * E-mail: lwvct@lwvct.org
 * http://www.lwvct.org

Local Leagues:
 * Amity
 * Bridgeport Area
 * Brookfield
 * Canton
 * Cheshire-Wallingford
 * Danbury Area
 * Darien
 * East Shore
 * Fairfield
 * Glastonbury
 * Greater Hartford
 * Greater Middletown
 * Greenwich
 * Hamden-North Haven
 * Litchfield County
 * Mansfield
 * New Britain Area
 * New Canaan
 * New Haven
 * Norwalk
 * Redding
 * Ridgefield
 * SE Connecticut
 * Southbury MAL
 * Weston
 * Westport
 * Wilton
 * Windsor/North Central County

TrueVoteCT.org - Voting integrity advocates