Wednesday, September 29, 2004

Denver November 2004 Election A new rule concerning provisional ballots is the subject of the editorial from the Denver Post [September 29, 2004, "Ballot provision may disenfranchise voters"]. From the editorial, "Provisional ballots are relatively new to the election scene and were first used in Colorado two years ago. They are given to voters who aren't on a precinct poll list or who don't provide identification. Such ballots aren't counted until after a voter's registration has been verified, which sometimes doesn't happen until days after an election...We hope the rule is thrown out. There is no way to know how many voters might be disenfranchised if it's allowed to stand. But one disenfranchised voter is one too many." 6:23:38 AM    comment []

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