Re: DC Article: "Larimer Shows Up Boulder"

[Paul E Condon <pecondon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 10:46:48AM -0700, Dr. Charles E. Corry wrote:
>    El Paso County, Colorado, the largest county by population in the 
> state, rejected voting centers two years ago and relied heavily on 
> traditional precinct balloting in the November 2006 election.
>    Few, if any problems were noted and the counting and tabulation 
> were swiftly completed, despite the fact we use Diebold here,  thanks 
> to an effective and hard-working county clerk and his staff.
>     When looking at the claimed success of Larimer County, after 
> three troublesome years, one should carefully evaluate the percentage 
> of voters who used absentee ballots or voted early due to problems in 
> previous elections with voting centers.

I have heard that Larimer County was unable to report precinct level
voting results for the 2004 election. No one gave them permission to
not report at this level. They just couldn't do it because of poor
planning and design. I would say that their 2004 election was a
serious failure that no one had the courage and/or power to address.

Without even precinct level results, how can one say whether or not
the election was properly executed? The next step is to just report
the name of the winner without all the pesky details of numbers that
are supposed to add up.

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Paul E Condon           
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