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C'mon dudes! I got 500 ballots to fill out between now and next Friday! I can't get them done if I don't get them all on time!
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When I got my first election notice, it mentioned that you would have to re-apply for an absentee ballot. I did not do that because I was planning on early voting on-site this year.
When I got there they said I couldn't vote because I was coded as absentee. I have since received my ballot, but CO does appear to be completely screwed up this year.
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Since a lot of Republicans use absentee ballots, this is clear disenfranchisement. Republican's work so they can't take time off to vote, the election officials know this.
Lawsuit time.
Like to see some of those addresses. Wonder what percentage are military. Wonder about the uptick in absentee ballots.
What's wrong here is the whole election system is totally screwed up and knowing government it will never get fixed.
a quick way to fix this and other voter fraud is for the feds to show some of these libcampaign workers in chains being shuffled off to prison ... i'm thinking though, that if the polls keep going the way they are that fewer people will risk potential legal problems if they see that it won't do any good
Why did they farm this out to California and expect things to work? Is there no company in Denver qualified and equipped to send out these absentee ballots? Something stinky here.
The stamp machine broke!!????? THE STAMP MACHINE BROKE???!!
That's the lamest thing I've heard in a long time! Have they ever heard of GOING TO THE POST OFFICE AND PURCHASING STAMPS!!???
Sheesh!
Ah well, at least they caught it in time. My feeling is that more conservatives vote via absentee than libs.
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You know, deliberate fraud efforts aside, it never ceases to amaze me that these people (meaning elected officials and govt offices in charge of this all over the US) can't get the ballots printed, handled, sorted and mailed properly and timely.
It's utterly ridiculous that in this day and age, we have so many voters that have to bug people to get a stupid ballot, correctly comprised, that they already asked for in the first place.
Give all those employees overtime and get the damn ballots out!
OMG! I have been waiting weeks for my CO absentee ballot.
I called several times and was on hold for close to an hour. They said we should all have ballots by tomorrow...
we shall see. This is outrageous.
All the wrong "reforms" have been implemented.
The reform that is needed is a national database that insures people can only vote once, and only if they are alive and a citizen. Honestly, I have to show my driver's license to vote: why can't that be the basis of registration. For those who don't or can't drive, every state offers a state photo-ID card.
Instead, what we get are absentee ballots for no reason, early voting, screw the military, lawyers keeping third-party candidates off the ballot, threats of baseless "intimidation" lawsuits, promises that the loser will never concede, and so forth.
vote in 2000 - Bush #-% / Gore #-% / Nader #-%
Colorado 883,748 51 738,227 42 91,434 5
The total population of Colorado is 4.3 million. 1.7 million actual votes were cast in 2000. Absentee ballots and new registrations this year are both around 6% of all votes cast last time. Bush's margin of victory in 2000 was 9% of the vote, 145,000 votes, and each of the above is current north of 100,000.
Another vote to create a national ID with picture requirement for voting!!!