----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 8:43
AM
Subject: RE: "Luddite" hand
counting
My Fellow Americans,
I served as an election judge in the Tuesday April 6 Nederland
election. I also participated in the hand counting of the vote. If
anyone is interested, I'd be happy to meet and explain/describe in nitty
gritty detail how a (or this particular) hand count worked.
I should add that I don't have a strong opinion one way or the other on
whether Boulder County should hand count or not. There are
advantages/disadvantages to it.
Let me know if there is any interest.
kell
Paul Tiger <paul.tiger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Lou
(et al),
I've cleared off all of the other remarks, which also have
the taste of a
flame war, and left just this business about who poll
workers are.
Bo ought to know about what being a poll worker is about,
who's there, how
much they care, and how accurate (or not) they can be.
There is nothing
disingenuous about his remarks about poll
workers.
Perhaps you've been one as well. If not, then try it. If you've
never been
on the 'inside' then I will bet you lunch that your
perspective will be
inexorably altered.
When it's one AM and
you're still knee deep in ballots you'll get the
picture. Yes, there are
people that want to do this work, but are they
capable? A younger crowd
would certainly have more stamina.
Everyone here has had the
opportunity to become one of the volunteers (heck,
you even get paid).
The only way that you are going to be able to gauge what
poll workers are
capable of is to be one. It's also the best way to
understand the issues
and procedures.
paul
-----Original Message-----
From: Lou
Puls [mailto:lpuls@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 12:14
PM
To: cvv-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: "Luddite" hand
counting
>snip
> I fail to see where a buncha tired, retired and
unemployed people (the
volunteers who
> would be doing the hand
counting after polls close) would be more accurate
than an
impartial
> machine scanner.
This is an insulting, unsupported,
and arrogant ad hominum
generalization (typical of Limbaugh-type
mentalities) of the vast
majority of dedicated and concerned citizens who
devote their time for
public benefit.
>snip
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