the costs

["Paul Tiger - LPBC - Outreach" <LPBC-O@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In one of the few times that I will be noted as in agreement with Ralph ...
This is it!

Ask voters to protest by not voting - YES!

Ralph, before publicizing this you should get your cost facts straight. The
special election in COB should cost about $20K, not $100K. If CVV publicizes
incorrect information about this cost factor and the clerks involved
challenge it with facts showing otherwise, then other parts of the argument
may be lost on the voters.

paul

-----Original Message-----
From: Ralph Shnelvar [mailto:ralphs@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 12:19 PM
To: Cvv-Discuss@Coloradovoter. Net
Subject: Re: freedom to run our own election?
<snip>
IF YOU WANT YOUR VOTE TO COUNT THEN DON'T VOTE.

Both Joe P. and Neal M. think that this is a dreadful idea.  But if this
tactic (i.e. "IF YOU WANT YOUR VOTE TO COUNT THEN DON'T VOTE.") is to work
then I can't think of a better time to do it than the next election.

What would be better than a 1% turnout for a mail-ballot election (Mail
ballot election!  Yuck!) that costs the city of Boulder $100,000.

Oh, it'll never turn out that way.  But I can dream.


Ralph Shnelvar