The Rocky Mountain News editorial staff is urging Denver voters to approve Referred Charter Amendment 1A. From the opinion piece, "For more than a year now - long before the Nov. 7 voting debacle - we have backed the concept of replacing the Denver Election Commission with a clerk and recorder who would also be responsible for supervising elections. And when a plan went forward last month to place that charter reform before voters at a special mail-ballot election Jan. 30, rather than waiting until May or later to reorganize the office, we supported that proposal as the best of a series of imperfect options. We urge voters who are filling out their ballots this week to support Referred Charter Amendment 1A."
Meanwhile the embattled Election Commission is again getting hit with criticism, according to Colorado Confidential. They write, "The Denver Election Commission failed to coordinate with the U.S. Postal Service when it mailed ballots for the Jan. 30 special election, USPS district manager Dean Granholm said Monday in a letter addressed to Secretary of State Mike Coffman. Granholm said the DEC's lack of compliance with USPS guidelines resulted in address problems, added work for postal employees and an extra $22,500 in costs for the city. The DEC's blunders in the Nov. 7 election resulted in the current special election being called. Voters are being asked if the DEC should be replaced by a clerk and recorder. An all-mail election demands that the Postal Service and election offices work together, but officials in Denver would not cooperate, Granholm said."
Category: Denver May 2007 Election
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