Dear Friends of Good Voting Practices,
Please see the following article, which is on the front page of
today's Daily Camera:
http://www.dailycamera.com/boulder-county-news/ci_20307046/april-fools-fake-xcel-letter-threatens-cut-power#.T3sBhfl6JeE.email
It is shocking that two journalists wrote that ballots are
confidential and not subject to open
records requests. Journalists do not know the
Colorado Open Records Act.
Please add your own comment that focuses on ballots ARE open
records. Thanks!
Here's what I said:
Here is the real April Fool's
joke: "The letter says the company used an
open records request to get access to voter
files to learn how people
voted. Yet ballots are confidential and not
subject to open records
requests." Actually, ballots are not
confidential, like your medical
records, which you, your doctor, and the
insurance company can see but
no one else can see--that's confidentiality.
Ballots are mandated to be
anonymous. No one can know how you voted,
under our state's constitution
and statutes. Ballots are Open Records
under the Colorado Open Records
Act. They can be looked at under a CORA
request, and they should be
looked at. Otherwise, we just have to
believe what our government
officials tell us the outcome of an election
is. That's like believing
in the Tooth Fairy in some jurisdictions.
See more at
TheCitizenCenter.org, which details a
lawsuit under way in Federal Court
to force Boulder County and other counties
to maintain ballot anonymity
so that we have our guaranteed right to
secrecy in voting.
Thank you, dear voting activists and sympathizers, for helping raise
awareness in Boulder County, which as I said is one subject of the
Federal lawsuit.
Best,
Mary
Mary C. Eberle
1520 Cress Court
Boulder, CO 80304
(303) 442-2164
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