Re: Possible Denver Post Ad

["dougrcurtis" <dougrcurtis@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I appreciate those noble aspirations, but now can I put you to task in
relaying as to what types of voter fraud have you have ever revealed though
poll watching. I know that in the recall, democrat Kathleen Conway got the
royal shaft by having to collect an inordinate amount of petition signatures
due to some obscure Arap. county recall election law, which finally
prevented her from getting on the ballot, but other than that............

Also, at least in Arapahoe County, don't expect to receive a paper ballot
when you go to a polling place that has only DRE's. They won't give you one,
because there aren't any on site. I tried during the recall election, even
whined and moaned a little, to no avail. It was Sequoia, or sayonara, unless
you are talking provisional ballot, which brings up the same set of problems
regarding whether your vote will be even counted or not. So, could you
please outline sir, the step by step method that you would take to enable us
to have a legitimate choice between paper or electronic voting machine in
this upcoming election. Because if this were possible, I would certainly
relinquish the somewhat unsavory approach that I'm now trying to encourage.
At this point, it seems like we have to come up with some bombastic "monkey
wrench" trickery just to get people to open their eyes.

I'll let you have the final word on this debate. No hard feelings, but I'm
outta amo.

Doug


> To the contrary, my friend.
>
> I was a poll watcher in Arapahoe's recent recall election and have written
> much about the problems that I discovered.  We do not have democratic
(small
> "d") representation in Boulder County.
>
> To my way of thinking, conducting a "monkey-wrench" campaign would cast
> negative public opinion on all of us who are trying first and last to
> achieve trustworthy elections.  I hope others will not succumb to this
> tactic.
>
> Demanding a "paper ballot backup" in every precinct that uses DRE voting
> machines, and demanding that voters be given the choice to vote on a DRE
or
> on a paper ballot is a reasonable goal that can gain public support.  (Why
> won't they let us verify our votes?)
>
> Couple this with a poll watching effort to detect, report, and publicize
> fraud, error and incompetence will bring positive public support.
>
> Al