[Winona Online Democracy]
Dwayne, I haven't read the website yet, but I will be willing to try to
help you bring the person to Winona.
Duane M. Peterson
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From: "Dwayne Voegeli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 10:02 AM
Subject: [Winona] Paul Double's Excellent Points--Elections
> [Winona Online Democracy]
>
> Hello Winona Online Democracy,
>
> I wanted to write and state I strongly agree with Paul Double's points.
>
> This past election has revealed many forms of "rust" in our election
process.
>
> Isn't it sad and scary that in the past it's been common and accepted to
> have thousands of ballots not counted in counties all across the country?
>
> Someone else made an excellent point, he suggested we should have a
machine
> that can immediately tell the voter if their ballot was filled out
> correctly. If there is some kind of error, the voter could fill out a
> clean ballot. We can put people on the moon but we can't count votes?!
>
> Also, Paul's points about the DFL primary is another good point. There is
> an organization called, "Minnesota Fair Vote" that has many comments and
> suggestions for the DFL primary race and all elections in general.
>
> Minnesota Fair Vote's web page is:
> http://www2.bitstream.net/~gabeo/fvhome.html
>
> Myself and a few others are trying to bring a speaker from this
> organization to come to Winona and talk about our most recent elections
and
> election reform ideas.
>
> Would anyone else be interested in helping plan this event?
>
> To me, it's a non-partisan issue that affects all of us and would benefit
> all citizens.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dwayne Voegeli
>
>
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>
> >Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 09:13:56 -0600 (CST)
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> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >From: Paul Double <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: [Winona] Our own house - Election Procedures
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> >[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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