I really find it hard to believe that someone went to Kinkos to have ballots
printed! That's bizarre. I really think the Director of Elections for the
City should be involved in responding to some of these issues. I have worked
in the Elections Department on election day and know that all precinct people
are told to go to the Elections Department for any problems - such as
inoperating machines, ballots, etc. In no instance should the workers take
it upon themselves to do something like print ballots at Kinkos. I worked in
the Department when we had our last election for Governor. That was
something! Huge turnouts because of Ventura. We did everything we could to
make sure no polling place was short of ballots, had operating machines, and
received everything else they needed. I'm sure there may have been
complaints from some places that were not responded to, but very few.
Karen Collier
Linden Hills
