RE: CO SoS to reject Provisional Ballots? WELL DUH!

[Christian Rudolph <reindeer@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Mr. Klammer,

I don't know you, but already you write as though you know me well
enough to insult me.
I find it interesting that you feel that the New York Times is 
engaging in "rumormongering", and that you feel that my efforts
to make these elections fair and accurate and to educate myself and
others are "pathetic".
Shame on you for such a highly personal attack.

As an election official, I have been asked many questions by voters
about whether provisional ballots are counted or not, 
and I have finally received an answer.
If you have information that can shed light on this, I will thank
you to do it in a respectful manner.


-Christian




On Thu, 2004-09-30 at 15:32, Pete Klammer wrote:
> If you're talking about provisional ballots voted at the wrong polling
> place, 
> 
> 	WELL DUH!
> 
> It's just like a real ballot in a real election, folks; in fact, it IS are
> REAL BALLOT in a REAL ELECTION, and you have to go to your proper polling
> location, where they should have the proper ballot style for you.
> 
> I am disappointed by this pathetic rumormongering.


> 
> --
> Pete Klammer, P.E. / ACM(1970), IEEE(SA,P1583), ICCP(CCP), NSPE(PE)
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>  
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Christian Rudolph [mailto:reindeer@xxxxxxxxxx] 
> > Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 10:38 AM
> > To: CVV
> > Subject: RE: CO SoS to reject Provisional Ballots?
> > 
> > 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.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
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