RE: CO SoS to reject Provisional Ballots?

[Christian Rudolph <reindeer@xxxxxxxxxx>]

As an election judge in the general election, 
I will be instructing voters NOT to use provisional ballots, 
as Davidson has said that she will not count some ballots 
that are provisional, and that their vote for Senate will
not be counted in any case for provisional ballots.
Unbelievable, but true, apparently.

I will be strongly encouraging voters to vote at their designated
polling place, and do everything in my power to help them
understand the problem, and help them in such a way so as to 
ensure that their vote is properly counted.
I will have a map of Boulder handy.

-Christian





On Thu, 2004-09-30 at 09:42, Robert Mcgrath quoted the NY Times, 
who wrote:

> In Colorado, Secretary of State Donetta Davidson, also a Republican, has 
> issued a bizarre ruling of her own on this issue. She will allow provisional 
> ballots cast at the wrong polling places to count for only the presidential 
> race. The Senate race in Colorado, among the closest in the nation, could 
> determine control of the Senate, and there is no reason all valid 
> provisional ballots should not count in this race or for statewide ballot 
> propositions. Colorado Common Cause is challenging Ms. Davidson's rule, but 
> she should not need a court to tell her to count the votes.
> 
> Democrats say these rulings are all attempts to disqualify thousands of 
> Democratic votes. Whatever the motivation, they threaten to disenfranchise 
> voters. They have no place in our democracy.