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Lou, See the recent article in Colorado Independent—http://coloradoindependent.com/116946/bar-codes-allow-ballots-to-be-traced-back-to-voters-in-dozens-of-colorado-counties. It is not merely a “poll observer” in your example below who can connect a ballot with a voter, but so can the person/machine mailing the permanently numbered ballot to
the voter. So can the poll worker handing the numbered ballot to the voter.
The bar codes are actually NOT allowed in CO, (as distinguishing marks are not allowed on the ballot), but somehow no one enforces the law. The bar codes just need to go,
and CO can use the Hart system as CA does---with the bar code just coded for the precinct or ballot style—nothing unique. So, you Libertarians out there---how can we get the Marijuana Petition people paranoid enough (
J ) to help us out here? They shouldn’t want the November ballots to be traceable! Marilyn
From: Lou Puls [mailto:lou.puls@xxxxxxxxx]
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, Here is the real April Fool's joke: "The letter says the company used an |