Folks - this is a good example of a (mostly) general statewide post that does not belong on this locally focused forum. A fig leaf of Minneapolis-ness at the end is not enough.
Confine observations to things happening in Minneapolis, or suffer warnings and expulsion. David Brauer List manager > Kiffmeyer has repeatedly made voting more difficult, all the while paying lip > service to making voting easier and more reliable, and spinning things to > praise herself. When counties complained about the slowness of the new voter > registration system -- a system clearly flawed in its design and > implementation -- Kiffmeyer blamed the counties for the telecommunications > problems. As a 25 year professional in computer and network design, I can > tell you the flaw was in the system, not the counties. And as the executive > in charge of the system procurement, Kiffmeyer is where the buck stops -- it's > her responsibility. > > Kiffmeyer also ordered a new policy in handling voter identification at polls. > She wanted to force exact (letter by letter) name matches between what the > registration database lists as a person's name, and any identification the > potential voter might present. Fortunately, an administrative judge threw > this bogus idea out. Otherwise, I would not be able to vote. Why? Because > my driver's license does not match the voter registration data. And why is > that? Because the state's driver's license system and actual license card can > NOT accommodate my full name -- there's not enough room. So if it were up to > Kiffmeyer, because of the state's own short-sightedness, I would not be able > to vote. > > Need I remind anyone that the state Supreme Court just recently put the > Independent candidates back on the ballot after Kiffmeyer removed them? She > claims she was just following the law -- a law she did NOT enforce in 2000. > So which is it? Either Kiffmeyer is incompetent or dishonest for not > enforcing it in 2000, or she is dishonest about trying to enforce it in 2004. > Either way, she is not fit for office. REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
