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El Supremo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 07:35 PM
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The right to vote was being denied in Denver through bureaucratic incompetence,indifference or worse
Auditor blasts Denver election panel for voting problems

By Ann Imse, Rocky Mountain News
November 7, 2006
Denver Auditor Dennis Gallagher sent a scathing letter to the Denver Election Commission today about its disastrous management of the election, which left voters turning away in disgust and frustration at long lines and inoperable computers.

Gallagher said the right to vote was "being denied in Denver today through bureaucratic incompetence, indifference or worse," in a letter to Denver Election Commission Director John Gaydeski.

Neither Gaydeski nor Denver Election Commission members could be reached immediately for comment....

http://www.insidedenver.com/drmn/elections/article/0,2808,DRMN_24736_5125517,00.html


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eleny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 07:37 PM
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1. And Denver is hugely Dem
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 07:45 PM
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2. and the disenfranchisement was endorsed by a repuke judge
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smiley Donating Member (602 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 07:47 PM
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3. i just waited 2 hours to vote
The organization of the entire polling place was out of whack. The entire 2 hours i stood in line, not once was every machine in use. 2 polling judges and 4 people on laptops. Most of their time being spent on the phone connected to the laptops.
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Crunchy Frog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 07:48 PM
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4. Deliberate disenfranchisement of Dem voters?
Heads had better roll for this.:grr:
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