[Winona Online Democracy]
While the nation looks at Florida raising questions of election procedures
etc. we need to look at outstate Minnesota and the fact that in our primary
election this year 20-30 percent of our ballots were rejected because they
were not filled out incorrectly. This is not new but what is new is the
fact that in the metro area scanners reviewed those ballots for correctness
(no cross overs) and spit out the bad ballots to be redone until they are
correct. Would this have changed the US DFL Senate race or any other
contested Federal or State Constitutional Office race had the number two
candidate been stronger in the rural area? What if the difference in vote
count was 1000 votes with 20-30 percent of the thousands of non counted
votes coming from Greater Minnesota where the number two was the strongest.
Do we need to wait until we have a public problem, like Florida?
Was the DFL Senate Primary Winner the true choice of all of Minnesota?
Should the Legislature fund the machines so that all of Minnesota is heard
not just the metro area?
Will will support technology funding for the Minnesota Secretary of State
efforts to get it right every time?
Paul Double
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