ID confusion could nullify mail ballots (CO)

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By Myung Oak Kim, Rocky Mountain News (Contact), Kevin Vaughan, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)
Published October 30, 2008 at 6:46 p.m.
Updated October 31, 2008 at 1:24 a.m.

More than 35,000 newly registered Colorado voters could see their mail ballots tossed out because of confusion over the need to include a copy of their ID with their votes.

The state requires county clerks to verify the identification of all new voters. Often, it's as simple as comparing a driver's license number on a voter registration form to the state's motor vehicle database.

But when that check runs into trouble - in cases, for example, when the license number is copied down incorrectly - county clerks want to see the identification ...

And according to the Colorado Secretary of State's Office, as of Monday 35,620 first-time voters whose identity had not been verified requested mail ballots. ...

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/oct/30/state-may-toss-35600-mail--ballots-over-id-problem/

Rocky Mountain News is rightwing -- but the numbers seemed worth posting