Clerk: Voters better get in line soon

Allison Tongate — Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400

12:30 p.m. -- Clerk: Voters better get in line soon

If you haven't voted yet, Marion County Clerk Beth White offered this advice just before noon: Go now.

"I'd recommend they get there right now, bring their ID and prepare to be patient," White said during a news conference in the clerk's office.

Primary Update: Dayton problems fixed

Allison Tongate — Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400

According to Heather Maddox, the Democratic co-chairwoman of the county's Board of Election and Registration, an encoder at the vote center inside the Dayton United Methodist Church froze up around 6:30 a.m.

Maddox was able to deliver a new one by 7 a.m., solving the problem.

Encoders are the machines vote center workers use to get voters the cards they insert into the voting machines, she said.

Though voters were offered provisional ballots during the period the machine was down, a few voters got angry at poll workers, she said.

Colorado election clerks plan only partial use of new system

Allison Tongate — Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400

During simulated elections that ended Friday, clerks had problems accessing the system from polling sites and generating data reports. They also said the system, known as SCORE (State of Colorado Registration and Election) slowed down when many poll workers were connected simultaneously.

That's why clerks in Weld, Mesa and Larimer counties plan to use their county systems to check in voters on Election Day. Other clerks also want to limit the use of the new system this year.

With justices' OK, voter ID moves ahead

Allison Tongate — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:54:50 -0400

The court’s 6-3 decision leaves the door open for future legal challenges, if proof is presented that voters couldn't cast their ballots because of the new rules— evidence that the court said was missing from the Indiana case. But the court didn’t specify how many people must be affected for it to consider striking down the law.

Groups oppose voter registration law

Allison Tongate — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:52:19 -0400

The women's group wants the 2007 law declared unconstitutional because it allows the state to impose fines on any group that doesn't quickly turn in voter registration applications. A similar law passed by the GOP-controlled Florida Legislature in 2005 was blocked by a federal judge.

The lawsuit, filed in Miami, came on the same day the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of an Indiana law that requires voters to show up at the polls with a photo ID. Florida has a similar law.

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Clerk: Voters better get in line soon

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