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Tom, Pasted below is a letter and draft requirements for the 2004
elections. I have sent the document by fax to you, Linda, and Larry
Hoyt. Al Kolwicz CAMBER Citizens for Accurate Mail Ballot Election Results 303-494-1540 www.users.qwest.net/~alkolwicz
DATE:
April 9, 2004 TO: Tom Halicki, CC:
Citizens for Verifiable Voting
Coloradoans for Voting Integrity SUB: Requirements for Trustworthy Elections
– 2004 Primary and General In the interest of Trustworthy Elections we propose that the
following requirements be adopted by the County for the 2004 Primary and
General elections. As you will see, some of these requirements are more precise
and in some cases more strict than the minimum standards established by statute
and election rules. These enhancements are needed to ensure a trustworthy
election. We have listed the requirements, our understanding of
current statutes and rules governing each, and our understanding of what
authority may legally adopt each requirement. We ask you to analyze these requirements, rules, and
authorities, and let us know any changes that you would recommend. We plan to release them to the public no later than April
15, 2004 and want the published version to be accurate and to include your endorsement
or specific exceptions. Thank you in advance for your prompt reply. Yours in support of trustworthy elections, Al Kolwicz, Executive Director Citizens for Accurate Mail Ballot Election Results 303-494-1540 www.users.qwest.net/~alkolwicz Requirements for Trustworthy Elections
– 2004 Primary and General A.
REQUIREMENTS for the 2004 Primary and General
Elections 1.
The accuracy of each process and team and individual
must be measured before it is used in production. The accuracy of each
must be sampled during and after the election. These measurements must be
made public on the Internet within two hours of their determination 2.
Procedures for precinct and central poll watching
must be developed to give watchers the ability to actually read the information
that is being processed, a procedure for reporting problems, a procedure for
resolving problem reports in a timely manner, and no charge and timely access
to needed records including computer files. 3.
Records such as registration lists and in-person and
absentee poll books must be maintained in a form that is open to viewing by
poll watchers throughout the election cycle. The official voter
registration list must be the one used on Election Day. 4.
All votes must be recorded on preprinted paper
ballots that contain a removable ballot stub. 5.
Every voter must have the opportunity to verify the
marks on their ballot and to either obtain a replacement ballot or deposit
their anonymous ballot into a secure ballot box. 6.
A ballot voted in person must take precedence over an
absentee ballot for the same voter. (This requires that absentee ballot
return envelopes not be opened before early, precinct and provisional voting
has completed.) 7.
Rules for absentee ballot qualification must be
documented, approved by the political parties, uniformly and strictly
interpreted, and the qualification of voters and absentee ballots must done in
a transparent fashion and open to oversight. The measurement requirements
in #1 above must be met. 8.
The ballots to be interpreted and counted are the
paper ballots that were verified and cast by the voters. Ballots must not
be interpreted or counted before Election Day 9.
Rules for interpretation of a vote must be
documented, approved by the political parties, uniformly and strictly
interpreted, and the interpretation of votes must be done in a transparent
fashion and open to oversight and must be verifiable down to a 50 ballot
batch. The measurement requirements in #1 above must be met. 10.
Rules for counting the interpreted votes be
documented, approved by the political parties, uniformly and strictly
interpreted, and the counting of votes must be done in a transparent fashion
and open to oversight and must be verifiable down to a 50 ballot batch.
The measurement requirements in #1 above must be met. 11.
Rules for conducting a recount must be documented,
approved by the political parties, uniformly and strictly interpreted, and the
recount must be done in a transparent fashion and open to oversight and must be
verifiable down to a 50 ballot batch. The recount must begin with the
original ballots cast by the voters (this means that the votes must be re-interpreted).
The recount personnel and systems must have no detail knowledge from a prior
count/recount. The measurement requirements in #1 above must be met.
12.
Rules for verifying the accuracy of the election must
be documented including formulae for auditing ballots, voters, votes, problem
reports, and the precision of the election. 13.
Before declaring final election results, measurement
statistics must be made public. B.
STUATUTES & RULES that prohibit us from achieving
the requirements 1.
Nothing in the current law or rules is known to
prohibit this 2.
Nothing in the current law or rules is known to
prohibit this 3.
Nothing in the current law or rules is known to
prohibit this 4.
Nothing in the current law or rules is known to
prohibit this 5.
Nothing in the current law or rules is known to
prohibit this 6.
Nothing in the current law or rules is known to
prohibit this 7.
Nothing in the current law or rules is known to
prohibit this 8.
Nothing in the current law or rules is known to
prohibit this 9.
Nothing in the current law or rules is known to
prohibit this 10.
Nothing in the current law or rules is known to
prohibit this 11.
Nothing in the current law or rules is known to
prohibit this 12.
Nothing in the current law or rules is known to
prohibit this 13.
Nothing in the current law or rules is known to
prohibit this C.
AUTHORITY that can make the decision to achieve the
requirement 1.
Local Election Official 2.
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Local Election Official 5.
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