http://www.dailycamera.com/bdc/election/article/0,1713,BDC_16316_3273101,00.html
A non-partisan group of public-spirited voters has filed suit to protect the secret ballot.
Despite months of objections by voters, Boulder County has refused to comply with the Colorado Constitution. The Constitution strictly provides that “no ballots shall be marked in any way whereby the ballot can be identified as the ballot of the person casting it.”
Contrary to the law, every Boulder County ballot contains a unique serial number. The number can be recorded by the voter or somebody can compile a list of who voted which ballot.
A scanned image of every ballot is recorded in computer files including offsite backup files. Someone with access to the physical ballots, or the computer files, can see the votes and the serial number.
Valuable computer files have been “stolen” from "almost secure" places like Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Given a list of who voted which ballot and access to a computer file of ballot images, it is an easy task to know how a particular voter voted.
There is a market for this information. Knowledge of how a voter voted can facilitate vote selling and voter intimidation. Knowledge of how lots of voters voted can facilitate highly valuable demographic information linked to voter choices. Additionally, courts might demand access to a voter’s ballot.
The suit asks the court to issue an order requiring Boulder County to comply with the secret ballot provisions of the law. The co-plaintiffs believe that the Colorado Constitution strictly provides that “no ballots shall be marked in any way whereby the ballot can be identified as the ballot of the person casting it.”
A hearing is scheduled in Boulder for Monday, October 25th at 1:30 PM, and will be presided over by Honorable Morris W. Sandstead Jr.
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Students registered without ID will be permitted to vote using honor system
http://www.coloradodaily.com/articles/2004/10/21/news/news01.txt
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Colo. limits number of poll watchers
http://www.dailycamera.com/bdc/election/article/0,1713,BDC_16316_3272984,00.html
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