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From: Al Kolwicz [mailto:alkolwicz@qwest.net]
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 7:35 AM
To: Citizens for Verifiable Voting
Cc: 'Dean Schooler'; Hillary Hall; Sheila Horton; Rob McGuire; Cary Lacklen; Harvie Branscomb; Gigi Dennis; Linda Salas; Richard Valenty
Subject: County is planning to go ahead with non-secret ballots

 

Today’s Colorado Daily reports that the County is planning to go ahead with non-secret ballots.  

 

This is an affront on the people and our right to anonymous voting. 

 

This story shows how mean-spirited and insensitive this clerk and her staff are to the needs of the people and to the protections afforded the people by the laws of Colorado.

 

There is still time to act – this morning. 

 

1. Get the Democratic Party to join the Republicans in supporting the secret ballot,


2. Get the Secretary of State to compel Boulder County to use the secret ballot option.  

 

This must happen today.

 

As Dean Schooler said, the option for secret ballots (1) is in the contract, (2) requires no programming, (3) complies with the law, and (4) costs only $3,500.00.

 

Please get the Democratic Party to take action, now. 

 

Please get the SOS to compel the county to use the secret ballot option, now.

 

Al

 


From: Al Kolwicz [mailto:alkolwicz@qwest.net]
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 1:35 PM
To: Gigi Dennis (gigi.dennis@sos.state.co.us)
Cc: Linda Salas (lsalas@co.boulder.co.us)
Subject: Request that you compel Boulder County to use anonymous ballots

 

Dear Ms. Dennis,

 

Hart InterCivic has submitted a proposal to print ballots for Boulder County’s 2006 primary and general elections. Serial numbers and bar codes that uniquely identify the ballot would be printed on a perforated, removable stub, as required by Article 5 of the election code. (C.R.S. 1-5-407 (1), (7), (8).)   To keep votes secret, the stub will be removed just before the voter casts their ballot.

Boulder County Clerk Linda Salas is thinking about not allowing the perforated ballots. Instead, she prefers the non-anonymous ballots that were dragged into court last year. She says that this would reduce the cost of the ballots by $3,500.00.

We say keep the secret ballot. Why take chances with voter privacy, voter intimidation, and fraud?

We ask that you use the power of your office to compel Ms. Salas to use ballots with removable stubs, and prohibit her from using  non-secret ballots.

 

 

Al Kolwicz

CAMBER – Citizens for Accurate Mail Ballot Election Results

2867 Tincup Circle

Boulder, CO 80305

303-494-1540

AlKolwicz@qwest.net

www.users.qwest.net/~alkolwicz

www.coloradovoter.blogspot.com

 

CAMBER is a dedicated group of volunteers who are working to ensure that every voter gets to vote once, every vote is counted once, and that every ballot is secure and anonymous.

  


CAMBER is a dedicated group of volunteers who are working to ensure that
every voter gets to vote once, every vote is counted once, and that every ballot is secure and anonymous.

Contact Al Kolwicz at 303-494-1540 or AlKolwicz@qwest.net