Hi Tom- I thought of an indirect benefit to having audits: Validate that the rules and procedures in use can be audited. I was listening to this talk by...
Article in today's NY Times: Not Every Vote Counts By CHARLES SEIFE A recount in Minnesota's too-close-to-call Senate race is a waste of time -- the margin is...
This is out of the blue for me. Why are we even considering precincts with "more than" 2,000 voters? Efficiency vs. Democracy, I'd vote for Democracy. Chad ...
Hi Chad; "....Why are we even considering ....?" Because some counties already have such large precincts. Another part of the story is some counties have...
Yes, but isn't that what we pay them to do? Or is this a budgetary decision? They are putting the burden on the smallest link in the chain. It's all I can do...
I'm aware that some counties have established precincts of that size, and I don't like it. If the Auditors believe that it is a lot of work to maintain and...
Hi Chad and all; You description has some facts, and some assumptions that don't always fit the cases. On the last question ("Which PCO represents me?") they...
Good point about multi-representation. When drafting legislation, I think it is important to spell out as much as possible. Making sure that each PCO in a...
The contest for Elections Director is not actually non-partisan at all. Though four of the candidates have never run for any public office as partisan...
Sorry, you're mistaken on just about everything. Sherril Huff was elected as a Democrat as Kitsap County Auditor (a partisan office) in 1978 and served two...
Sorry--keep forgetting that the other elections department heads are elected. The basic point still stands. Voter suppression is official Republican party...
The other counties elect an Auditor, who is the supervisor position above elections and other sub-departments. The person directly in charge of elections is...
And do any of these counties, in their election of Auditor, use the brain-dead election method of single-election, plurality-winner, no-runoff? I've said it...
Raging against the history books just gets us in trouble with the librarians... Chad ... -- Chad Lupkes - http://chadlupkes.blogspot.com 46th District...
I'd settle for eliminating these special elections all across the board. It would save a lot of money to have school bond issues and the current election at...
Hi Marian- House Bill 1917 (counting original ballots in the event of a manual recount) Introduced by Rep. Matt Shea, (R) (R) on February 3, 2009, provides ...
This MUST be killed. The substitute bill as just passed out of committee. (Finger down throat). I see it as the first step to near-completely-hackable internet...
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=29A.12 On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Marian Beddill ... -- Chad Lupkes - http://chadlupkes.blogspot.com 46th...
Marian - Thanks for sharing this info. I wrote to PAM Floyd at the Sec of State. She no longer works in elections. Here's what I wrote to her: Internet voting...
Everyone please tell this to SoS Sam Reed and the WA Legislature: We cannot have the basis of our democracy subject to control by a handful of people, who...
Here is one more reason to reject any style of internet voting: Lets presume that the internet election voting system is set up, and the ballot vote...
Here is the essence of a dialogue that just happened on another list-serve, which I would like to share here: Marian B _______________________ All; I oppose...
I just submitted this. Who knows if it will be published. Sam Reed has an unfortunate history of really bad policy and lack of transparency in the work he...
Thank you Richard. Well said. More people need to do the same and call, write and email their congress critters. Your letter is a good template if it's ok...
So both my letter and Elizabeth Walter's Letter got published taking Sam Reed to task for his incompetent running of the Elections Division. Feel free to...
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