Uncertified counting equipment used in Boulder County

["alkolwicz" <alkolwicz@xxxxxxxxx>]

Secretary Davidson,

I was asked to send a copy of the November 19, 2003 email from Mr. Compton
that acknowledges that Boulder County used uncertified software to count the
November 2003 election results.

It is pasted below.

Al Kolwicz

Executive Director
CAMBER
Citizens for Accurate Mail Ballot Election Results
2867 Tincup Circle
Boulder, CO80305
303-494-1540
AlKolwicz@xxxxxxxxx 
www.users.qwest.net/~alkolwicz 
http://coloradovoter.blogspot.com 


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From: Bill Compton [mailto:Bill.Compton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 9:25 AM
To: AlKolwicz@xxxxxxxxx
Cc: lsalas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Donetta Davidson; Drew Durham; Rose Sanchez
Subject: Request for Boulder County Equipment Certification

Al: 
In response to your e-mail of November 18, 2003, please be advised that we
were not "stalling" as you have erroneously characterized it.  I was out of
the office and was unable to respond to your request.  A thorough search of
our records indicates that the ACCU-VOTE Visible Light Ballot Reader
Firmware has been certified.  A copy is available for you.  Additionally, it
appears as if the GEMS Version 1.17.23 software upgrade used by Boulder
County has not been certified by this office.
Sincerely, 
Bill Compton 
Director of Elections




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From: Al Kolwicz [mailto:AlKolwicz@xxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 12:12 PM
To: Donetta Davidson (SOS.Admin1@xxxxxxxxxxx)
Cc: Sheila Horton (sheila.horton@xxxxxxx); Linda Salas
(lsalas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx); Robert Corry (Robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Subject: Request for copy of Boulder County's Voting Equipment Certification

 
Secretary Davidson:                               
 
It has been weeks now since we first requested a copy of the Certification
for the election equipment being used to conduct Boulder County's November
2003 election.  The Boulder County Clerk referred us to you for this
document.  
 
We have written our request and made numerous follow-up calls to your office
to no avail.
 
We do not understand why your office is stalling.  This is a simple request.
By law the certification document must exist.
 
We need this document before the Canvass Board reconvenes to re-canvass the
election results.
 
May I count on receiving the copy today?
 
Thank you.
 
Al Kolwicz



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-----Original Message-----
From: Pete Klammer [mailto:pklammer@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 6:28 PM
To: 'Joe Pezzillo'; 'Citizens for Verifiable Voting'
Cc: 'Leslie Lacy'; commissioners@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Optical-scan equipment problems in California

I think Al has the original letter from Billy Compton confirming that
uncertified software; it should be forwarded again to The Donetta along with
her exact quote from the program, with CC: to the program host, to see if he
cares to follow up on her response, perhaps in a "rest of the story"
postsript on a later program.
--
Pete Klammer, P.E. / ACM(1970), IEEE, ICCP(CCP), NSPE(PE), NACSE(NSNE)
   3200 Routt Street / Wheat Ridge, Colorado 80033-5452
 (303)233-9485 / Fax:(303)274-6182 / Mailto:PKlammer@xxxxxxx
   "Either Be Good, or Else Be Careful, but Do Have Fun! "

-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Pezzillo [mailto:jpezzillo@xxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 5:44 PM
To: Citizens for Verifiable Voting
Cc: Leslie Lacy; commissioners@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Optical-scan equipment problems in California


FYI - After the TV show last night I mentioned to Donetta, since we 
know she's extremely concerned about certification, that Boulder County 
had used an uncertified Diebold system in November 2003 and asked her 
if anyone would be held accountable for that since they talked on the 
program about penalties being the key disincentive preventing improper 
actions by elections officials. She said she didn't know anything about 
it, despite the fact her office verified this had been the case and 
would theoretically be responsible for assuring these things don't 
happen (and for any penalties?), especially in a live election, 
presumably.