Colorado

With the passage of the Help America Vote Act, Colorado’s Secretary of State, Gigi Dennis, appointed a committee consisting of county elections clerks, state elections officials and legislators. The HAVA Steering Committee, along with the Secretary of State, initiated steps to fulfill necessary requirements of their states voting machine certification and compliance. Following our 2006 lawsuit against the Secretary of State, Colorado is now following court ordered guidelines to improve the accuracy and efficacy of these testing procedures. Voter Action continues our work in Colorado, working to ensure the implementation and compliance with these new standards.

Recent News

The Newest Threat to the Integrity of US Elections

Voter Action files comments before the Technical Guidelines Development Committee on the dangers of Internet voting. Click here to read our July 6, 2010 letter. And click here to access our accompanying exhibits to this letter: 1) our April 26, 2010 letter to the EAC on its proposed guidelines for implementing pilot Internet voting systems for the November 2010 election and 2) our June 12, 2008 report on Sequoia Voting Systems, Inc. and its link to Smartmatic and the Venezualan government.

Voter
Action believes that internet voting threatens our democracy by
introducing a voting system that creates serious election
vulnerabilities. To view Voter Action's statement on internet voting, Click Here.
Colorado Election Reform Commission Recommends that Colorado Shift to All Paper Ballot Elections by 2014
Voter Action congratulates the Colorado Election Reform Commission on its recommendation, issued on February 17, 2009, that Colorado shift to a statewide system of voter-marked paper ballots for its elections starting in 2014.

Legal Action

Conroy v. Dennis

In June 2006, a group of Colorado voters filed a lawsuit in Denver District Court challenging the Colorado Secretary of State’s certification of certain DRE voting systems and seeking a court order to prevent the use of such systems in Colorado elections. More >>

Links:
[1] http://www.voteraction.org/news-article/2009/track-internet-voting-legislation-your-state
[2] http://www.voteraction.org/../../files/2010-07-06+Voter+Action+Letter+to+TGDC.pdf
[3] http://www.voteraction.org/../../files/2010-04-26+Final+Voter+Action+Letter+to+EAC_0.pdf
[4] http://www.voteraction.org/../../files/SequoiaSmartmaticReport61208+%282%29.pdf
[5] http://voteraction.org/files/Internet Voting Statement Aug 2010.pdf
[6] http://www.voteraction.org/news-article/2009/colorado-election-reform-commission-recommends-colorado-shift-all-paper-ballot-ele
[7] http://www.voteraction.org/print/16%3Fpage%3D0%2C1
[8] http://www.voteraction.org/print/16%3Fpage%3D0%2C2
[9] http://www.voteraction.org/print/16%3Fpage%3D0%2C3
[10] http://www.voteraction.org/print/16%3Fpage%3D0%2C4
[11] http://www.voteraction.org/print/16%3Fpage%3D0%2C5
[12] http://www.voteraction.org/print/16%3Fpage%3D0%2C6
[13] http://www.voteraction.org/print/16%3Fpage%3D0%2C7
[14] http://www.voteraction.org/print/16%3Fpage%3D0%2C8
[15] http://www.voteraction.org/print/16%3Fpage%3D0%2C1
[16] http://www.voteraction.org/print/16%3Fpage%3D0%2C35