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Subject: Re: DC's coverage of voter ratings
From: Mary Eberle <m.eberle@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, November 08, 2006 9:57 am
To: paul.tiger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks, Paul. This info is interesting. Mary
Paul Tiger wrote:
> 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.
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> Posted by daniel on November 7, 2006 at 12:23 p.m.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Perfect! I dropped of my mail in ballot the other day and avoided all of the
> lines today.
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> [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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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)
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Posted by persiko on November 8, 2006 at 11:05 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I recommend greater use of the electronic machines in the future. One is given three chances to go back and change votes later, before pressing the red "Cast Vote" button. There is a paper trail, visible to the voter, implemented in much the same manner as a cash register's paper tape. Thanks to all who voted and urged others to do so.