HAVA/DoJ Deferrment Follow-Up

["Joe Pezzillo" <jpezzillo@xxxxxxxxx>]

To follow up, according to Al Kolwicz at CAMBER who contacted the DoJ, the gentleman there (Tanner) says that the first report is not true, but it's not clear that means there isn't an extension available (see the info on Connecticut below).

Here's the "follow-up" paragraph from Kathy Dopp at the National Election Data Archive regarding this:

-----Original Message-----
From: Kathy Dopp [mailto:kathy.dopp@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 3:17 PM
To: uscv_voting_activists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [election_leaders] Letter to Utah Governor Legal Counsel

 

FYI, Re a HAVA deferment, only an SOS or equivalent state election

officer should call the Justice Department.  They will not tell

election activists that this option is available. Please do not call

and ask.  Call your state SOS instead or ask your local county clerks

to put pressure on their SOS to obtain one. They have to give a

deferment if the SOS asks because they have already given a deferment

to Connecticut and probably will to New York as well.

 

And here's some info on the Connecticut situation, this happened in January '06:

WTNH Channel 8 TV News:

http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=4317492&nav=3YeX

Connecticut Conference of Municipalities:

http://www.ccm-ct.org/advocacy/2005-2006/010406.html

Mark Crispin Miller has the story from the Hartford Courant:

http://markcrispinmiller.blogspot.com/2006/01/connecticut-pulls-back-from-abyss.html

Brad Blog:

http://www.bradblog.com/archives/00002234.htm

Newtown (CT) Bee:

http://www.newtownbee.com/News.asp?s=News-2006-01-05-15-15-25p1.htm