It should be noted that Ramsey county has plenty of cards because they printed their own and, unlike the SOS, have been keeping good tabs on how many they give out each day.
The shortage the other day was not limited just to Kiffmeyer's office; Hennepin was also running short of the cards supplied by Kiffmeyer's office. The problem stemmed from the Secretary of State's office not keeping good track of how many cards were being distributed, and from the fact that her staff were saying different things to different people about whether new cards would be available and when they would be available. Some dates given for the next batch would have put their arrival after the October 12th deadline for pre-registration, or just a day or two before it. This was no small matter. The Secretary of State corrected the problem because activists got the attention of the press and, once again, shamed her the SOS into action. --- John Birrenbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As much as I dislike Kiffmeyer and think she is the > worst thing we > have ever had happen to the SOS office, I have to > take exception to > the broad brush with which she is being painted > here. > > At 3:52 PM -0500 9/30/04, CRISTY DELACRUZ wrote: > >I got 93% of Minnesotans to stay home on primary > day (highest voter > >apathy % in state history)! > > With little to vote for in the primary, it is > certainly not > Kiffmeyer's fault that so few showed up at the > polls. Maybe if there > had been some contest in the DFL, Rep parties there > might have been a > better turn out, but then we would be hearing about > all the > infighting before the primary. Problem with being > in a state whose > primaries are AFTER the convention is you get what > THEY put on the > ballot. > > >Oh, by the way, we're out of Voter reg cards. > > From what I have seen, read and heard, they had > alot of voter cards > ready, and are getting more each day to help make up > for the > unexpected drives by many groups to register as many > voters as > possible. So it is not really Kiffmeyer's fault > that so many people > are pushing the REGISTER TO VOTE drives and eating > up all the cards. > Maybe there is a movement to suck up all the cards > so that this kind > of claim can be made. :-) > > >Angry? Yes. Activated to register voters? More than > ever. > > Maybe it would be better to activate people to > actually go to the > polls. Registering is great, but you can do that at > the poll, > getting people to actually vote would be even better > use of Anger > energy. > > Kiffmeyer can be blamed for lots of things, but you > can get > registration cards from every County Elections > Office, they have no > shortages from what I see. > > To bring this back to SOME sort of ST PAUL > relevance, I just called > Ramsey County Elections in DT and they have plenty > of cards for > anyone who needs them. > > -- > Sincerely, > John Birrenbach > W 7th Neighborhood, St Paul MN > === Political & Business Consulting === > http://www.birrenbach.com/ > ====================================== > "Six years on the council has trained me to feign > interest for long > periods of time" > Chris Coleman Jan 21, 2004 > +++++++++++++++ > Unless it is something you think I will find funny > don't reply > personally, if it's relevant to a post I made then > post it to the > list for everyone to see. I have no problem being > challenged in > public. Challenge me in private and you take your > chances. > +++++++++++++++ > _____________________________________________ > To Join: St. Paul Issues Forum Rules Discussion > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _____________________________________________ > NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your > password - visit: > http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul > > Archive Address: > http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/ > _____________________________________________ To Join: St. Paul Issues Forum Rules Discussion Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _____________________________________________ NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/
