Democrats Ask Judge To Extend Denver Poll Hours (Colorado)

CBS 4 Denver ^ | November 7, 2006 | Rick Sallinger

[RandallFlagg]

Some lady rear-ended the car on my right trying to introduce me to her middle finger on the Boulder Turnpike back in '04.
She must not have liked my work back then....

[Williams]

To the asteroid:

"Down here! It's the THIRD planet from the Sun!" - Bob Grant

[Starter]

And an update! The poll book (which Denver uses to check voter registration) is now down all across Denver. Sigh. I don't know whether to blame it on shennanigans, or just general incompetance. (And believe me, there's been plenty of both in Denver in this election.)

[RandallFlagg]

No excuse. We all got the chance to vote early.

[OldFriend]

My daughter stood in line for over two hours in Denver. They had far far too few machines for the size of the district. She stayed until she voted.

[keepitreal]

I just heard on Denver radio that now the computerized poll books are down in several polling places. Denver is run by dems, so this is their issue. This year they decided to ditch the precinct system and go to a voting center model where you can go to any voting center to vote. As a result, each voter's name must be checked against a computerized central data base. I heard the problem has been in checking the names, resulting in the long lines.

I live in a republican-run county in the suburbs of Denver, which has kept the precinct voting model. I went to my precinct where they knew who I was, checked my id per law, and found my name in a printed voter book for my precinct. I was signed in within a minute and spent about 5 minutes voting an extremely long ballot. Of course each precinct only has a few hundred voters, while the 55 "voting centers" in Denver must handle all the voters for a population over one million. Brilliant plan.

Also, according to Colorado law, if you are in line by 7pm (poll closing time) you vote, so what is the problem? Maybe they just want to do drive-through voting like McDonald's. No wait. Terrible to have to stand in line to exercise such a precious right.

[I_like_good_things_too]

Funny, I was thinking Medved himself sounded a little downtrodden. I'm hoping you're right!

[realmagnolia]

Would you believe in Durango Colorado, they allowed about 200 people to vote YESTERDAY? The deadline for early voting was last Friday. I guess that is one way to skip the long lines, just vote on the wrong day and beat the crowds.

http://www.durangoherald.com/asp-bin/article_generation.asp?article_type=news&article_path=/news/06/news061107_1.htm

[beaversmom]

Everyone in Colorado will be finished voting, the results will be in and Denver will still be voting. I guess then they will know how much they need to get over the top.

[confederacy of dunces]

I'm with Mr. Winterton.

For presidential elections, I take the whole day off.

:)

He's a very good friend of mine.

[HitmanLV]

Medved doesn't sound nearly as optimistic as he did yesterday, but not defeatist either. Wait and see.

[cookcounty]

Jusy voted in Colorado Springs, 75% GOP precinct. judges say "very busy", I haven't been here long enough to have a personal history as to whether it seems busier than past years.

I voted on a simple paper ballot (blacken the oval), very very easy, only a person with an IQ of 70 or less would have trouble with it. No more 66 judge retentions on the Illinois butterfly to punch, no chads to strip. A lot of initiatives, though, which Illinois doesn't allow.

[cookcounty]

WHY is it that the voting "problems" are ALWAYS in areas where the Dems run the election boards?????????????? And then want to BLAME THE REPUBLICANS????

Could some news organization, just once, investigate this fact???

[LexBaird]

Any other explanations out there?

You got it in one.

[beaversmom]

Medved doesn't sound nearly as optimistic as he did yesterday, but not defeatist either. Wait and see.

Oh no, getting bad vibes again. Say something postive HLV!

[Seaplaner]

Stocks, you asked...Why is it that it is ALWAYS the DEMOCRATS that ask for extensions of voting hours?

Well, (he said, cynically) election fraud takes a little more time.

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[Starter]

I'd agree, but this is the latest talking point.

[CT-Freeper]

Reading this makes me think...I usually arrive at polling places either very early (before work), or very lat (after work)...I've never had to wait longer than 5 minutes to cast a ballot.

[savedbygrace]

Wimps. Voters in Iraq stood in line for hours under threat of terrorist attack. These nancies should be ashamed of themselves.

[b4its2late]