Election Neutrality Now

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02…

Russia has also forbid a much larger set of short-term observers, who typically monitor government conduct on election day, as well as voting and vote-counting. Instead it has invited only a small mission for a limited time.

I expect Denver to use lack of space as an excuse for denying observers access to the entire election process.  Like the Russians, Denver will try to offer token observation opportunities.

Or maybe shedding light on the issue will make them behave.  If you doubt me, consider:

For the presidential election this year, which has been tightly scripted by the Kremlin

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At times, one or two of the six ballot-counting machines in the Moreno Valley office broke down. At most times, one could not operate, delaying the final results. On average, officials were able to count about 15,000 ballots an hour.The machines were expected to count about 400 ballots a minute. Since the polls closed at 8 p.m. Tuesday, they’ve averaged about 36 per minute.

At this pace, results could take till the end of the week — and that’s if officials and volunteers work nonstop.

Just so you are prepared. Denver has eight counters. They are known to

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Common Cause lies. A lot. They did it again.  Someone should look into the testimony given to the House Committee studying a voter ID bill. Each time a Common Cause representative testifies, counter testimony from an opposing activist should be heard.  Same with the ACLU.

http://www.9news.com/news/loca…

Jenny Flanagan, executive director of Colorado Common Cause, a public policy lobbying organization, countered saying there is no proof that people are trying to vote illegally in Colorado.There’s no proof that it’s happening because it’s not happening,” she told the committee.”

She is an activist. Clerk and Recorder Bob Balink testified that there

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Everyone in Colorado blames Secretary of State Mike Coffman for decertifying the state’s voting machines and creating chaos for county clerks. But the story started long before Coffman took office.

Remember the Ciber scandal? The New York Times broke the story around this time last year. Ciber, a Colorado lab approved by the federal Election Assistance Commission to check voting machines for accuracy, was not doing the job. They were letting faulty machines slip through the testing process. The EAC knew about it but took no action for more than a year. Read more here and here.

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