For several years, Boulder County voters have spoken out loud and clear. They want one ballot per voter and that ballot must be a full ballot text paper ballot.
The County received only one response to its RFP for Voting Equipment. The response is from HART/InterCivic.
HART proposes digital ballots. The people want paper ballots.
HART's solution does not permit disabled voters to verify the votes printed on the Audit Trail printer. The RFP requires independent verification of the printed ballot -- since they would be used for recounts.
The County refuses to evaluate other solutions, such as the AutoMark and the Vote-PAD. Other states are happily meeting their HAVA deadlines using these full ballot text paper ballot devices.
Check these facts:
New Mexico prudently chooses "paper only"
DRE digital ballot equipment is just not working
Boulder County Clerk pushes for unpopular digital ballots
There is something fishy happening at the Secretary of State's office. The SOS office wants a totally digital state -- e-mail and FAX for absentee voting, and DRE digital ballots in voting centers for in person voting.
They know that this approach closes the door to independent oversight. There would be no way to hold officials accountable for errors and fraud. Nobody will know.
The SOS office has misused their authority and blocked certification of paper ballot solutions.
It's too bad that we don't have an Attorney General that will stop their misuse of power.
