Re: When will the City ballots arrive in Boulder ??

[Peter or Alison Richards <aprichards@xxxxxxxx>]

Paul;

Can you research when the mailed ballots for the March 8 election,  must
reach the Boulder citizens eligible to vote ??

To my knowledge, no one has a ballot as of today's mail, Tuesday.

Tomorrow, Wednesday is the 16th of February...

Will anyone who receives a Boulder City ballot let the group know, ASAP 
!!

They were mailed from Hart in Austin, TX.... who knows when ??

Thanks,  Peter Richards


On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 18:10:18 -0700 "Paul Tiger - LPBC - Outreach"
<LPBC-O@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Neal,
> 
> This is an interesting thing, but lets look at their defense. This 
> is a non
> partisan election. There are no parties involved, only candidates.
> 
> In all six parts of 1-7-506. Electronic vote-counting - test. The 
> yak is all
> about what is applicable to partisan elections. There's no mention 
> of
> testing in non-partisan elections in particular. Unless someone 
> knows of
> some other pertinent law, I think that Alisa can do whatever she 
> likes in
> regards to testing. In fact, I can't even find any proof of her 
> legal need
> to do an LAT.
> 
> 31-10-810. Electronic vote counting - test.
> (1) The clerk shall have the electronic ballot counting equipment 
> tested in
> the manner prescribed in this section to ascertain that it will 
> accurately
> count the votes cast for all offices and all measures. 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 clerk may make any 
> additional
> tests he deems necessary.
> 
> This sexist bit tells you what the clerk can and should do in a 
> municipal
> election. Evidently, by state law, it does not apply to Alisa, 
> unless she
> changes gender.
> 
> Paul Tiger
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Neal McBurnett [mailto:neal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 5:18 PM
> To: cvv-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: City must let candidates participate in Logic and Accuracy 
> Test
> 
> I just talked to Alisa Lewis, Boulder City Clerk, about the Logic 
> and
> Accuracy Test (LAT) for the Boulder Municipal Election.  I'm
> representing candidate Lisa Morzel for the LAT.
> 
> I was very surprised to hear that Alisa plans to prepare all the
> ballots herself and not permit representatives of the candidates to 
> do
> anything but watch.
> 
> This is contrary to state law for how LATs are conducted - they 
> always
> require that parties, candidates, etc be able to submit their own
> secret ballots and see how the system counts them.  I know, having
> participated in county LATs in the past, and having written a memo 
> on
> the topic in cooperation with Don Hayden.
> 
> I expect Boulder to promote more openness and participation than 
> the
> state norms, not less.  Please make sure the candidates are
> represented in this critical test of the system.
> 
> Please attend the council meeting this evening and speak up!
> I'm sorry that I can't make it myself.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Neal McBurnett                 http://bcn.boulder.co.us/~neal/
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