Democracy Technology Project
A grassroots group in Boulder County, calling themselves The Democracy Technology Project, composed of members of several other local grassroots election reform organizations and other interested citizens, initially set aside some of the broader issues of election reform such as the popular vote, universal voter registration, campaign finance reform and focused on the flawed voting technology.
Introduction:
Nothing is more basic to our country than the citizen's right to vote. Technological developments and real concerns about voting systems' reliability created an environment where the Federal government, through the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), has intervened in the State and County level to create a more standardized environment in selecting voting systems.
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Nothing is more basic to our country than the citizen's right to vote. Technological developments and real concerns about voting systems' reliability created an environment where the Federal government, through the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), has intervened in the State and County level to create a more standardized environment in selecting voting systems.
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Denver Councilwoman Kathleen Kennedy held a second meeting on how to institute IRV in the City and County of Denver. Long list of reps including Libertarians, Greens, LWV, Susan Harris of Denver Elections Board. Group will meet again in May. Consensus reached that citizen initiative was way to execute because of charter change required. Lively discussion of whether to get on November or next Spring's city ballot, costs of executing (about $500K from Sequoa). HAVA funds would not apply. IRV would save significant money for Denver in eliminating mayoral and council runoff elections.
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