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Yes that’s nice. Now read the law and see what it
says. It doesn’t say that they can only post where it is counted, it says that
it has to be posted at the polling location. They used to do this and stopped. A crime is what your government can do that you
cannot. Paul Tiger -----Original
Message----- Nancy Wurl told me they
weren't posted at precincts because they weren't counted
there. They are posted at the County Clerk's office. Margit Margit Johansson 303-442-1668/ margitjo@xxxxxxxxx On
11/9/06, paul.tiger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<paul.tiger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >
wrote: Paul
(et al), In 04
the same was true in Boulder County. A gal who works with CFVI called me and
mentioned that she had been driving around BC looking for the required postings
at precinct locations. I was sort of aware of it, but had forgotten since we
hadn't done that in years in Boulder. The
Law stands and Boulder ignores it. I had a very unpleasant conversation with
Jim Burrus, former mouthpiece for the commissioners about this issue. He told
me I was making it up, then when he figured out that I wasn't making it up said
that it was just too hard to do and I should lay off Linda Salas (who he
supported in her re-election bid). Here's
the CRS: 1-7-602. Judges to post returns. "At any election at a polling place where voting is by
paper ballot, voting machine, or electronic or electromechanical voting system,
the election judges shall make an abstract of the count of votes, which
abstract shall contain the names of the offices, names of the candidates,
ballot titles, and submission clauses of all initiated, referred, or other
ballot issues voted upon and the number of votes counted for or against each
candidate or ballot issue. The abstract shall be posted in a conspicuous place
that can be seen from the outside of the polling place immediately upon
completion of the counting. The abstract may be removed at any time after
forty-eight hours following the election. Suitable blanks for the abstract
required by this section shall be prepared, printed, and furnished to all
election judges at the same time and in the same manner as other election
supplies." The
response that I got from the clerk's office in regards to this was varied.
Nancy Jo understood that the results should be posted at polling locations. Tom
and Linda had other ideas. Water under the bridge. Mind
you that in 2004 the wording of 1-7-602 was a bit different. It didn't include "voting
machine, or electronic or electromechanical voting system",
that was stuck added in 2005. What was there in 2004 running back all the way
to 1993 was "paper ballot". The
Hart/InterCivic system has serialized the ballots themselves in such a way as
to have the precinct locations encoded on them. Therefore, after all is said
and done, it is VERY EASY to know exactly what the counts were in individual
precincts. People that say that they cannot know this are either not well
enough informed, or they are simply lying. But that is in Boulder County. Larimer's
system uses primarily electronic methods. The ballots in the electronic systems
do indeed know what the ballot style is and therefore the precinct. But if a
Larimer voted used a paper ballot, I do not believe that there is a way to
track those ballots back to a precinct if they are unbundled at a central
location. Whatever
excuse election officials may have for not posting results AT THE POLLING
LOCATION, it is unacceptable. It is actually a criminal event. paul
tiger
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