All,
FYI,
1. In the Election Judge training session I attended October 8,
nothing was said about
the Ballot Box Judge calling out the voter's name when the
voter came to put the
ballot into the Ballot Box. I recall that in past
elections I did hear the Ballot Box Judge
do this. After reading this email, I double checked the
General Election manual, and
this time round there was not any specific requirement for
the judge to do anything
except ask the voter's name. I will ask the Boulder County
Clerk's training personnel
about this to get it clarified and pass on the information
as soon as I get it.
2. In the Election Judge training that I have received (for the
General Election
as Supply Judge and for the Primary and Early Voting as
Election
Judge), the judges in Boulder County are required to follow
the county election
manual and call the Hotline with any questions at all. The
judges are not trained in the
specific laws. So, I guess if any county's election
officials do not interpret the state
election laws correctly, their misconceptions could be
passed on to the judges.
3. In Boulder County the voters get a two part (white top
page, yellow carbon bottom page)
sign in slip as soon as they come to the polling
place Sign in table. This slip includes voter name and
signature, both of which the
voter fills in. The Poll Book judge verifies the voter's
registration and fills in the ballot
style and precinct number. The top page of the sign in slip
is white and is not given to
any media or poll watcher. The bottom page is yellow and the
poll watchers are allowed
to handle this to read voter names. The poll watcher cannot
keep the yellow page however.
4. I'd suggest that poll 'watchers' are the folks who come in to
observe the voting process.
Poll 'watchers' are not poll 'workers', and are not allowed
to go behind the election
judges' tables or do anything at all in the voting process.
Cheers,
Catherine Lo
-----
Original Message -----
Sent:
Saturday, October 18, 2008 6:52 AM
Subject:
RE: poll worker training tomorrow (Saturday)
1-7-304. Manner of voting.
(2) Each eligible elector who has completed the ballot and is ready to
vote
shall then leave the voting booth and approach the election judges
having
charge of the ballot box. The elector shall give his or her name to one
of
the election judges, who shall clearly and audibly announce the name in
a
loud and distinct tone of voice.
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: Neal McBurnett [mailto:neal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 11:38 PM
To: Mary Eberle
Cc: Ivan Meek; 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; joel Leventhal;
Laurie Bretz; Catherine Lo; Dan Leftwich; Sunny Maynard
Subject: Re: poll worker training tomorrow (Saturday)
More surprising and worrysome to me from what Michael Scarpello said
today was that in Denver they do not have an election judge publicly
announce the name of the voter. In Boulder we always did that, and I
understood it was so that neighbors, pollwatcher, etc would be able to
tell if there was any question of identity. It always seemed
appropriate to me and a nice way to be proud of being there.
I don't know what the Colorado law or rules say about it. What is
Boulder doing this year?
Neal McBurnett http://neal.mcburnett.org/
On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 10:22:56PM -0600, Mary Eberle wrote:
> 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>