Lou,
As I understand it, it is to keep the sheets of the ballot together.
It's a lame reason.
Ralph
Tuesday, April 3, 2012, 8:54:17 AM, you wrote:
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I have often wondered if the state-mandated anonymity could be defeated by a poll observer using the serialized bar coding printed on the ballots? What is the purpose of the bar coding? On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 8:07 AM, Mary Eberle <m.eberle@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Dear Friends of Good Voting Practices, Please see the following article, which is on the front page of today's Daily Camera: It is shocking that two journalists wrote that ballots are confidential and not subject to open records requests. Journalists do not know the Colorado Open Records Act. Please add your own comment that focuses on ballots ARE open records. Thanks! Here's what I said: Here is the real April Fool's joke: "The letter says the company used an open records request to get access to voter files to learn how people voted. Yet ballots are confidential and not subject to open records requests." Actually, ballots are not confidential, like your medical records, which you, your doctor, and the insurance company can see but no one else can see--that's confidentiality. Ballots are mandated to be anonymous. ... |
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Best regards,
Ralph mailto:ralphs@xxxxxxxxx