Colorado is among the least-prepared states to deal with potential voting-system meltdowns on Election Day, a report released Thursday says.
The report - from the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University's School of Law, Common Cause and the Verified Voting Foundation - looked at four areas of preparedness in all 50 states.
Those included polling-place contingency plans, ballot accounting and reconciliation requirements, use of a verifiable paper trail and whether the state conducted post-election audits of paper records.
Colorado was among 10 states that received the worst rankings of "needs improvement" or "inadequate" in three of the four categories. The others were Delaware, Kentucky, Louisiana, New Jersey, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Virginia.
Here are some facts from when Coffman worked the IRAQI elections during his time overseas:
Trained registration clerks who "personally complete the [registration] form for each person in a legible manner". ("Voter Registration Update Procedures", Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq. June 2005 Pg. 9)
The establishment of 550 voter registration centers with 12 paid staff each to ensure that all Iraqis are registered to vote properly. ("Voter Registration Update Procedures", Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq. June 2005 Pg. 5)
Unlike here in Colorado, Coffman was part of an Iraqi project that provided for:
Same day voter registration for Iraqi's voting overseas
Registration using four different forms of identification with no preference between them.
An extended voter registration deadline in some provinces in order to allow more Iraqis to register.
Coloradoans are worse off than the 14.3 Million Iraqis that were registered in just 6 weeks. That is 4 times as many that have been registered over years in Colorado.
Shouldn't Coffman set the bar here at least as high as they did in Iraq?
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