DC's coverage of voter ratings

["Paul Tiger" <paul.tiger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The Daily Camera has a somewhat blog running right now called *Tell us about
your voting experience*
(http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2006/nov/07/tell-us-about-your-voting-exper
ience/) which I am going to show ALL the comments from. I think that this is
a good idea, because the DC will toss this stuff in a short period of time
and we'll never see it again. There's also the issue of needing to register
with the DC in order to see this material. It has value to this group and to
Hillary, who may want to reference it in the future.

Posted by daniel on November 7, 2006 at 12:23 p.m.

Voting went smoothly. There were about 7 paper voting stations, and one
electronic one.
I voted on paper, becuase I trust the paper ballot, and do not mind if
results take a few days to be counted. I do not trust the electronic
machines, and believe that they are a waste of time and money.

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Posted by chrisj on November 7, 2006 at 12:23 p.m.

I voted at the Menonite Church on Table Mesa at 9 a.m. and it was fast,
smooth, and the people were very friendly. However, the booths were close
together and people were bumping buttocks as they squeezed into them and
leaned over for a break while reading through the long ballots. There was
only one electronic machine and it was often open because no one seemed to
want to use it.
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Posted by jenfalor on November 7, 2006 at 12:27 p.m.

I wanted to use the new electronic machine, but at my polling place on South
Boulder Road, the machine was broken! Otherwise, things went smoothly. The
entire process took about 30 minutes, due to some very, very slow voters in
the booths.
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Posted by loomail on November 7, 2006 at 12:50 p.m.

i almost gave up and didn't vote. i could not find my polling place. i
brought the card that was sent to me in the mail, but i drove around and
around the school that was incidcated and could not find where to enter.
there were no signs directing me from the street, not even a flag to signal
"here is a polling place!" i eventually wandered in among the busloads of
arriving students and asked an adult standing at one of the three doorways
that could have been a main entrance and was directed around to a dark and
tucked away set of doors with a simple black and white sign that stated the
precinct info. i was afraid i might need to know the secret knock. i casts
my votes, but i certainly didn't feel welcomed, let alone encouraged, to
participate in our political process. how sad.
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Posted by drew_agras on November 7, 2006 at 1:07 p.m.

I wasn't too surprised to find that the only electronic machine at my
polling station on Iris and Broadway was not working. Fortunately, there
were six paper ballot stations running smoothly. I am disappointed, however,
that they have had these machines for months, there have been polling judge
trainings, and it still didn't work. Hopefully the new County Clerk and
Recorder, Hillary Hall, can get this straightened out next time.
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Posted by sgk2054 on November 7, 2006 at 1:21 p.m.

Perfect! I dropped of my mail in ballot the other day and avoided all of the
lines today.

[ed note: me too. I voted three weeks ago. Like this person, I got it by
mail and walked it in.]
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Posted by boulderbrian on November 7, 2006 at 2:22 p.m.

I voted at the Seventh Day Adventist Church at 4th/Mapelton. I was hoping to
use the electronic voting machines but the two machines they had were not
working.
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Posted by leavemealone on November 7, 2006 at 3:05 p.m.

I voted in Louisville and would have gladly used an electronic voting
machine. Only one in the place and I was told it was broken. So where did
all the money go that we end up voting on the same lousy paper ballots that
took a week to count last election?
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Posted by sonia.cronin on November 7, 2006 at 3:42 p.m.

I voted on one of the new electronic machines, and really liked it. I had no
problems, and it was easy to use!
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Posted by zhabibi on November 7, 2006 at 4:40 p.m.

I voted absentee and sent my ballot in last Friday. No waiting in lines, no
stress, didn't have to miss work. Spent my time researching the ballot. It
was awesome!
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Posted by dont on November 7, 2006 at 4:54 p.m.

About an hour at Mesa Elem. Things moved slowly but smoothly.
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Posted by xman2000 on November 7, 2006 at 6:12 p.m.

Voting would have gone better if there would have been more than one
electronic voting machine. Also the woman in charge of the polling place
needs to learn some manners.
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That's all that appears at this time (3:28 am MST)

Paul Tiger