RE: poll worker training tomorrow (Saturday)

["Al Kolwicz" <alkolwicz@xxxxxxxxx>]

Joel,

In addition to the one party watcher, there may be a poll watcher for each
candidate and issue committee.  This is vital when watching for quality,
since you need to be in several places at the same time for mail ballot
processing, ballot qualification, and vote interpretation and counting.

   
 
 1-7-106. Watchers at general and congressional vacancy elections.   
 
 Each participating political party or issue committee whose candidate or
issue is on the ballot, and each unaffiliated and write-in candidate whose
name is on the ballot for a general or congressional vacancy election, shall
be entitled to have no more than one watcher at any one time in each
precinct polling place in the county and at each place where votes are
counted in accordance with this article. 




Al Kolwicz
Colorado Voter Group
2867 Tincup Circle
Boulder, CO 80305
303-494-1540
AlKolwicz@xxxxxxxxx
www.ColoradoVoterGroup.org 
www.coloradovotergroup.blogspot.com




-----Original Message-----
From: joel Leventhal [mailto:jsleventhal@xxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 10:33 PM
To: Mary Eberle; Ivan Meek
Cc: Margit Johansson; Deb Adams; Harvie Branscomb; Geof Cahoon; David
Larson; angielayton@xxxxxxxx; joseph richey; CFVI Attendees; Citizens for
Verifiable Voting; Richard Bowles; Dr. Charles E. Corry; AlKolwicz; Barbara
Dungey; Tom Morris; Cliff West; Sunny Maynard; Laurie Bretz; Catherine Lo;
Dan Leftwich; Sunny Maynard
Subject: Re: poll worker training tomorrow (Saturday)

Hi All,
Mary--Jeffco is like Boulder, poll watchers get manes from individual sign 
in sheets (not poll book carbons as previously).

Ivan- Only one party poll watcher can be officially inside  at a time, but 
several people can be certified as poll watchers at a single precinct and 
trade places. (must be sworn in by judges).  We have Repub poll watchers in 
Jeffco.
Joel
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mary Eberle" <m.eberle@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Ivan Meek" <ivan.meek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Margit Johansson" <margitjo@xxxxxxxxx>; "Deb Adams" 
<debsueadams@xxxxxxxxxxx>; "Harvie Branscomb" <harvie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Geof 
Cahoon" <gcahoon@xxxxxxxxx>; "David Larson" <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; 
<angielayton@xxxxxxxx>; "joseph richey" <richey80304@xxxxxxxxx>; "CFVI 
Attendees" <attendees@xxxxxxx>; "Citizens for Verifiable Voting" 
<cvv-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Richard Bowles" <rjb3445@xxxxxxxxxxx>; 
"Dr. Charles E. Corry" <ccorry@xxxxxxxx>; "AlKolwicz" <alkolwicz@xxxxxxxxx>;

"Barbara Dungey" <Wynn&Barbara@xxxxxxx>; "Tom Morris" <Tmmco1@xxxxxxx>; 
"Cliff West" <clifwest@xxxxxxxxxxx>; "Sunny Maynard" <amaynard_1@xxxxxxxx>; 
"joel Leventhal" <jsleventhal@xxxxxxxxx>; "Laurie Bretz" 
<laurieannb@xxxxxxx>; "Catherine Lo" <ctlo@xxxxxxx>; "Dan Leftwich" 
<jdlwcec@xxxxxxxxx>; "Sunny Maynard" <dinophile@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 10:22 PM
Subject: Re: poll worker training tomorrow (Saturday)


> Dear CFVIers,
>
> A curious thing that I learned today while interviewing Denver Elections 
> Director Michael Scarpello is that the poll watchers in Denver precincts 
> will not be given voters' names. They will be given the voter's voter 
> number (hand transcribed onto a list by an election judge), which they 
> will have to take outside the polling place and call to someone who can 
> look up the number on a Web site, correlate the number with a name, and 
> thus create a list of people who have voted in that precinct.
>
> Boulder County gives the voter's name directly to the poll watcher via a 
> sign-in sheet (not the poll book itself).
>
> Mary
>
> Ivan Meek wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> For those of you that are new to poll watching, I want to make sure
>> you all aware that poll watchers are basically representing their
>> political party and that their obligations are fundamentally set by
>> the party.  In addition to looking for problems, poll watchers for
>> the Democratic Party are usually expected to record the names of the
>> voters that have voted and transfer that information to the local
>> headquarters. They then cull the list to voters that have not already
>> voted.  The intent is to call and "get out the vote" for those
>> remaining as the election day comes to a close.  I don't think it
>> works but the party feels it is important.
>>
>> You MUST be a registered member of the party you are representing to
>>  be a poll watcher.  No Unaffiliateds.  There is only one poll
>> watcher allowed in each polling place for each party.  In the past, I
>> have never seen a Republican poll watcher at any of my polling places
>> but then I have not strayed outside of Boulder County.
>>
>> The Democrats have, in the past, had a number to call to resolve
>> issues and to, if necessary, a lawyer to call if the law is being
>> violated.  I suspect you will find most of the problems to not be
>> willful but will be because the election judges don't know the law
>> but feel that because of their tenure that they are the law.  It is
>> common for election judges to give poll watchers grief for various
>> reasons.
>>
>> The depth of involvement of the Obama campaign is unpresentented.  I
>>  will not be surprised if they have ideas for poll watching too.
>>
>> Good luck to all of you who choose to do this task!
>>
>> -ivan
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- *From:* Margit Johansson
>> <mailto:margitjo@xxxxxxxxx> *To:* Deb Adams
>> <mailto:debsueadams@xxxxxxxxxxx> ; Harvie Branscomb 
>> <mailto:harvie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> ; Geof Cahoon <mailto:gcahoon@xxxxxxxxx> ; 
>> David Larson <mailto:dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ; angielayton@xxxxxxxx 
>> <mailto:angielayton@xxxxxxxx> ; Ivan Meek 
>> <mailto:ivan.meek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ; joseph richey 
>> <mailto:richey80304@xxxxxxxxx> ; Mary Eberle 
>> <mailto:m.eberle@xxxxxxxxxxxx> ; Cliff West <mailto:clifwest@xxxxxxxxxxx>

>> ; Tom Morris <mailto:Tmmco1@xxxxxxx> ; Dan Leftwich 
>> <mailto:dleftwich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ; CFVI Attendees 
>> <mailto:attendees@xxxxxxx> ; Citizens for Verifiable Voting 
>> <mailto:cvv-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ; amaynard_1@xxxxxxxx 
>> <mailto:amaynard_1@xxxxxxxx> ; Richard Bowles 
>> <mailto:rjb3445@xxxxxxxxxxx> ; Dr. Charles E. Corry 
>> <mailto:ccorry@xxxxxxxx> ; AlKolwicz <mailto:alkolwicz@xxxxxxxxx> *Sent:*

>> Friday, October 17, 2008 2:25 PM *Subject:* poll worker
>> training tomorrow (Saturday)
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Did you know that according to the SOS election Rules (as amended 
>> 7/11/08), you can be a poll watcher in any Colorado county, not just your

>> own?  See page 18, 8.1.2. <http://8.1.2./>
>>
>> Tomorrow (Saturday) there are *poll watcher trainings* for both Dems and 
>> Reps.
>>
>> *Dems*: at state headquarters in Denver at 777 Santa Fe Drive, there is 
>> poll watcher training from *1-3 PM Saturday, October 18th. * The address 
>> is: 777 Sante Fe Drive, Denver.  It's okay if you haven't decided where 
>> you will poll watch yet.
>>
>> *Reps:* There are poll watcher trainings at: 10AM  at 5950 S. willow
>> Drive, suite 306 in Greenwood Village AND 2PM tomorrow at 1350
>> Indepenence St, Lakewood, suite 201.(For future trainings, call
>> Jennifer at 303-486-2008.)
>>
>> Margit
>>
>> Margit Johansson 303-442-1668/ margitjo@xxxxxxxxx
>> <mailto:margitjo@xxxxxxxxx>