Denver May 2005 Election
Early voting and absentee voting have taken some of the load off precincts in recent elections. There is a move afoot to do away with the precinct system and replace them with voting centers according to the Rocky Mountain News editorial staff [January 18, 2005, "Are voting centers really needed?"]. They write, "We're all for other counties following Larimer's lead in adopting the technology to permit voters to cast their ballots at any polling site in the jurisdiction. And there is little doubt that some degree of consolidation is the order of the day. But to move from hundreds of polling places to a small fraction of that number is a radical move that could severely degrade the voting experience, and thus local democracy, if it isn't done right."
Colorado Luis: "Vote centers will make voting more convenient for everyone, cut down on the number of election judges needed (and therefore help reduce the problem of undertrained election staff giving out bad information), and eliminate the problem of people's votes not being counted because they showed up at the wrong precinct."
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