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Colorado reconsiders voter review
Kristen Wyatt - The Associated Press
Issue date: 10/10/08 Section: News
"That's a distinction without a difference," said Gary Kalman, a Washington-based analyst for U.S. PIRG who authored last month's elections report.
Kalman argued that even if state intent is simply to clean up voting rolls, elections officials may be setting themselves up for a messy election if too many people cast provisional ballots, which take up to 14 days to count.
"All the warning signs say we could run into significant problems," Kalman warned. "If someone's not on the rolls, we're going to have gummed-up works."
Both parties in Colorado, though, said they had no immediate objection to the state's reviews.
State GOP Chairman Dick Wadhams said he has "tremendous confidence" that nothing improper has been done.
The spokesman for the state Democratic Party, Matthew Farrauto, said his party so far has no gripe, either.
On top of the 2,454 duplicate voters canceled in the 90-day window, others have been removed because they've died or moved out of state, or are felons or non-citizens.
Kalman argued that even if state intent is simply to clean up voting rolls, elections officials may be setting themselves up for a messy election if too many people cast provisional ballots, which take up to 14 days to count.
"All the warning signs say we could run into significant problems," Kalman warned. "If someone's not on the rolls, we're going to have gummed-up works."
Both parties in Colorado, though, said they had no immediate objection to the state's reviews.
State GOP Chairman Dick Wadhams said he has "tremendous confidence" that nothing improper has been done.
The spokesman for the state Democratic Party, Matthew Farrauto, said his party so far has no gripe, either.
On top of the 2,454 duplicate voters canceled in the 90-day window, others have been removed because they've died or moved out of state, or are felons or non-citizens.
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