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Election officials should be held individually accountable for this problem.
Al Kolwicz
Colorado Voter Group
2867 Tincup Circle
Boulder, CO 80305
303-494-1540
AlKolwicz@xxxxxxxxx
www.ColoradoVoterGroup.org <http://www.coloradovotergroup.org/>
www.coloradovotergroup.blogspot.com
<http://www.coloradovotergroup.blogspot.com/>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>I
generally concur with Al Kolwicz on his deeper analysis below. It =
is true
that there is no adequate mechanism for information flow about voting =
systems,
and to the extent that such a mechanism is in place it is too often =
scuttled by
those in positions of power and influence. Their actions represented in =
the
points below are taken at a real and tangible risk of loss of the =
accuracy of
our elections. The problem of spurious marks is not unexpected by =
those
of us watching closely, and has been encountered before. It =
is
soluble by simple but time consuming human interception of any =
machine’s
limited capability at vote interpretation. =
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b><=
/p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>In the
future we must redesign our system (laws, rules, common practice, and
equipment) with improved checks and remedies and perhaps more direct =
human
involvement. But for now we must allow our existing checks in =
place to go
forward, even if it takes days to interpret and count the marks on the
paper ballots. We have always recognized that the benefit of =
having
a countable record of voter intent depends on the ability and =
willingness to
actually count it. While there are those who see benefits in =
simplicity
and efficiency in losing the human countable record of voter intent, and =
there
are also those who demand rapid results reporting, I see only loss =
of
accuracy in those places.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b><=
/p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Al says
the spurious marks issue is not forgivable, but I see it only as
foreseeable and some aspencts of it actually foreseen. This very =
real
issue remains difficult to address under the currently popular =
presumption of
the fallibility of the human counting of votes by many election
officials. Naturally we should look for remedies involving an =
increase of
human involvement in the vote interpretation =
process.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b><=
/p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Harvie
Branscomb<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>970-9631369<o:p></o:p></span>=
</b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a
href=3D"mailto:harvie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx";>harvie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx</a><o:p></o:p><=
/span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'color:navy'>Harvie,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:navy'>I have a different take =
on your
question, “</span><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";
color:#1F497D'>Why hasn’t Boulder County Clerk Hillary Hall heard =
about
dust problems on her Hart Scanners? I would suggest that the =
reason is
that there is no mechanism for this kind of problem sharing to take
place.“<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoListParagraph style=3D'text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 =
level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D'><s=
pan
style=3D'mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style=3D'font:7.0pt "Times New =
Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";
color:#1F497D'>The problem of spurious marks was detected by the =
State’s
Voting System Certification Team. A CONDITION OF USE was set up =
that
would require special manual pre-scanning treatment of all HART paper
ballots. At a hearing, we attempted to protect this =
condition.
However, the powerful, secret, Colorado County Clerks Association =
lobbied,
using incomplete and erroneous arguments, to protect the vendor and =
themselves
from this condition of use. They persuaded the SOS to remove =
the
condition of use.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoListParagraph><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoListParagraph style=3D'text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 =
level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D'><s=
pan
style=3D'mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style=3D'font:7.0pt "Times New =
Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";
color:#1F497D'>The architecture of all paper ballot vote counting =
systems
certified in Colorado is fatally flawed. None of these systems =
provide exports
of the ballot images and the interpretation of each vote on each =
individual
ballot. Consequently, independent verification of vote =
interpretation is
not possible – not even by the Canvass =
Boards.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoListParagraph style=3D'text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 =
level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D'><s=
pan
style=3D'mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style=3D'font:7.0pt "Times New =
Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";
color:#1F497D'>The LAT is contrived and inadequate. The procedures =
and
materials are idealized, and not at all representative of the real =
world.
And, in the case of Boulder County, the Clerk contrived to exclude the =
people
most knowledgeable of the HART system from serving on the LAT =
team. (Not
to sound like sour grapes, I was not permitted to =
serve.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoListParagraph><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoListParagraph style=3D'text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 =
level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D'><s=
pan
style=3D'mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span style=3D'font:7.0pt "Times New =
Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";
color:#1F497D'>Despite repeated requests that officials follow Colorado
Statutes and Rules, the County and the State have neglected to perform
“acceptance Tests” of the voting system. The system =
test
would include ballot printers/vendors as well as every other
component/subsystem.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";
color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";
color:#1F497D'>From my perspective, the problem of spurious marks on =
HART
optical scanners is not a surprise and is not =
forgivable.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";
color:#1F497D'>Election officials should be held individually =
accountable for
this problem.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";
color:#1F497D'> </span><span =
style=3D'color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:24.0pt;font-family:Mistral;
color:navy'>Al Kolwicz<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:navy'>Colorado Voter Group<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:navy'>2867 Tincup Circle<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:navy'>Boulder, CO 80305<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:navy'>303-494-1540<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:navy'><a href=3D"mailto:AlKolwicz@xxxxxxxxx";
title=3D"mailto:AlKolwicz@xxxxxxxxx";>AlKolwicz@xxxxxxxxx</a><o:p></o:p></=
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color:navy'><a =
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color:navy'><a =
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