Regarding Rep. Phyllis Kahn's post yesterday about ballot shortages in her
district, I also heard that some election workers in my Southwest Minneapolis
precinct had to rush to Kinko's to print up more ballots.
Florida's problems are justifiably getting alot of attention and scrutiny,
but there seem to be some serious issues right here in Minneapolis.
Getting out the requisite number of ballots for a given precinct is not
rocket science. A couple of questions for list members:
1) Who is ultimately accountable on this? I know there is a city board of
elections. Who do they report to?
2) How widespread was this ballot shortage problem? Any other examples of
this or other kinds of problems with voting in Minneapolis on Tuesday?
Frank Hornstein
Ward 13
Linden Hills
