If you had fleeting hope for a trustworthy
election – I suggest that you forget it. Read the email below if you are can stand
it. Basically, For refusing to perform their duties to
protect our election, shame on Al Kolwicz From: alkolwicz
[mailto:alkolwicz@xxxxxxxxx] Sent BY FAX: 303-869-4861 Dear Secretary Davidson, After terminating an unsuccessful part 1 of the Logic and
Accuracy Test, (1) has not
corrected the cause of discrepancies, (2) has
performed maintenance on the equipment, (3) has
augmented the test deck without political party oversight, and (4) has violated
the county’s own plan for testing the electronic vote counting equipment. Scanning has commenced before the second part of the LAT has
been run. Problems discovered during part 1 have been documented and
filed with the When I discussed this with Clerk Linda Salas, this
afternoon, she told me that they were going to run the second part of the LAT
on Election Day. If in fact the logic and accuracy test is testing the
actual vote counting system, and not a fake vote counting system, then it will
be impossible to run part 2 of the LAT. What shall we do to ensure that the vote counting system is
correctly counting votes? Al Kolwicz Al Kolwicz Election Representative 303-494-1540 www.users.qwest.net/~alkolwicz
http://coloradovoter.blogspot.com Boulder County LAT plan October 8, 2004 For the first LAT, occurring 24 hours before any scanning takes place,
the results will be recorded in the Tally report as Absentee Voting. The second LAT, which will take place on
Election Day prior to any scanning, will
be recorded as Early Voting. The final, post-Election LAT will be
recorded in the Tally report as Election Day. This way, the results of
the three LAT’s can be compared to one another on the same document,
using the same database. 1-7-506.
Electronic vote-counting - test.
Statute
text
(1) (a) The designated election official shall have the electronic vote-counting
equipment tested at each counting center in the manner prescribed in this
section to ascertain that it will accurately count the votes cast for all
offices and ballot issues. The electronic equipment shall be tested at least
three times, once on the day before the
election, again just prior to the start of the count on election day, and
finally at the conclusion of the counting. The designated election
official may make any additional tests deemed necessary. (b) For the purpose of testing an electronic voting device which
records votes on a paper tape and simultaneously on an electronic tabulating
device, the election judges in any precinct using the device shall run a paper
tape prior to opening the polls, label it, and return it to the designated
election official in the transfer case, together with one copy of the tape of
votes cast and the electronic tabulating device. (2) The designated election official shall give to the county
chairpersons of the major political parties or their official representatives
and to the county chairperson or official representative of any minor political
party who notifies the designated election official no less than sixty days
before the election of the party's desire to participate in the testing, at
least twenty-five official ballots that are clearly marked as test ballots. The
county chairpersons or their official representatives shall secretly vote the
test ballots and retain a record of the test votes. The designated election
official may also vote and retain at least twenty-five test ballots. For
coordinated elections, all of the designated election officials from political
subdivisions other than the county may, upon request of the officials, be given
together a total of one hundred test ballots to mark among them. The designated
election officials shall secretly vote their portion of the test ballots and
retain a record of the test votes. (3) The designated election official, or for partisan elections, the
county clerk and recorder and county chairpersons, shall observe the tabulation
of all test ballots by means of the electronic vote-counting equipment and
compare the tabulation with the previously retained records of the test vote
count. The cause of any discrepancies shall be
corrected prior to the actual vote tabulation. (4) All test materials when not in use shall be kept in a metal box,
and the designated election official shall be the custodian of the box. (5) For partisan elections, each county chairperson or the designee
shall affix the chairperson's own seal or padlock to the metal box with the
test materials. The county clerk and recorder shall be the custodian of the
box, but shall not be able to open and use the test material unless the county
chairpersons or designees are present and unlock the box. (6) After the final test following the conclusion of the counting, all
programs, test materials, and ballots shall be sealed and retained, as provided
for paper ballots pursuant to section 1-7-307. 11.4.5 The test procedure for counting
equipment shall be conducted as follows:
27.3.3 Central Count Optical Scan Procedures
(a) A resolution board, consisting of a team(s) of one (1) Republican
and one (1) Democrat for partisan elections or two (2) qualified election
judges for nonpartisan elections, shall resolve all ballots sorted by the
central count optical scan equipment. (1) The board shall be observed by two (2) witnesses, who in any
partisan election shall be representatives of each major political party, who
may not handle or process ballots. (2) All persons engaged in the counting and processing of ballots
shall be deputized or take an oath to faithfully perform their duties. (3) The resolution board shall maintain a log for each step of
verification, duplication, and counting according to Rule 11.5.8. (b) Sequence of Resolution Procedures (1) Testing of the optical scanner shall begin
immediately prior to counting official ballots. (2) A zero tape shall be run indicating no votes
cast or counted before the counting begins. (3) Official ballots shall be processed through the optical scanner,
with sorted overvotes, blank ballots, and write-in ballots viewed and resolved
by the resolution board. If there are no legally qualified write-in candidates,
the write-in sort option shall not be utilized. The number of each duplicated
ballot shall be entered on the resolution board log sheet. (4) All ballots which are sorted by the optical scanner and resolved
by the resolution board by duplication are to be indicated as such and kept
separate from the standard run ballots for the precinct. (5) The precinct judge’s ballot return form is compared to the
number of scanned ballots for the precinct. (6) After the final precinct has been tallied, the total write-in
votes shall be indicated on the final summary along with the seal numbers for
each sealed box of scanned ballots. (7) The optical scanner shall be tested again by tabulating the test
deck at the conclusion of the count. (c) Resolution of optical scan ballots (1) Damaged or defective ballots shall be duplicated utilizing the
ballot duplication procedures as provided in Rule 27.3.3(c)(5). (2) Blank ballots shall be examined by the resolution board to
determine if the ballot is a true blank ballot or one that has been marked with
a non-detectable mark. Resolution board members must make a duplicate copy of
the ballot which has been marked with a non-detectable mark utilizing the
ballot duplication procedures as set forth in Rule 27.3.3(c)(5). If a ballot is
truly blank it shall be sent back for the resolution pass through the scanner,
and the ballot tabulated with no races, issues or questions voted. (3) Overvoted ballots shall be inspected by the resolution board.
Ballots that reflect marks that are clearly identified as unintentional but
register an overvote on the scanner must be duplicated by the resolution board
utilizing the procedures for duplication of ballots. (4) Write-in votes sorted by the optical scan equipment on election
day shall be delivered to the assigned write-in board for hand counting. In
order to be counted, the oval must be darkened or the arrow connected according
to the appropriate voting instructions. Only votes for legally qualified
write-in candidates shall be counted. (5) The resolution board shall duplicate ballots by clearly labeling
the new duplicate ballot as a “DUPLICATE” and assign a serial
number which shall be recorded on both the original and duplicate ballot. For
example, the first ballot in Precinct # 1 to be duplicated could be labeled as
#1/001 with the duplicate labeled D#1/001. Original ballots shall be separated
from the duplicate ballots and placed in an envelope clearly marked
“ORIGINAL BALLOTS.” The duplicate ballots shall be counted in lieu
of the original ballots. (6) The resolution board shall maintain an official audit log setting
forth the original ballot number, duplicate ballot number, reason (with
specificity) that the ballot was duplicated, date of duplication, and the
initials of the members of the duplication board responsible for duplicating
the ballot. ========================================= Al Kolwicz Election Representative 303-494-1540 www.users.qwest.net/~alkolwicz
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