Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
After spending the past two weeks in the national spotlight of shame for a poorly managed election, Secretary of State Ken "Birther" Bennett says that things went well, and only minor tweaks are needed. His only specific proposal so far is moving to "voting centers" instead of precinct voting, something I support as part of a package of larger reforms, but standing alone is not a solution to the problem. State officials seek vote reform:
Late
Tuesday, Maricopa County elections officials announced they had nearly
completed the count from the 2012 election, with only write-in ballots
left to tally. Maricopa, the largest county, was the last to finish its
count.
On Tuesday, Secretary of State Ken Bennett said he will meet with
Arizona's 15 county elections officials to work on improvements to the
state's election system, from registration to ballot counting.
And House Minority Leader Chad Campbell, D-Phoenix, said he will introduce legislation to create a bipartisan commission to examine the 2012 election, as well as the 2010 and 2008 elections.
"Arizonans deserve real answers about what happened during this election," Campbell said in a written statement. "We need to know what caused the irregularities."
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In a news conference, Bennett emphasized he is not proposing to scrap the state's existing system. In fact, he said, the system is working well, noting that it took 15 days to count the returns from the 2008 presidential election and that was in a year with fewer provisional ballots and fewer early ballots that came in late.
To cut down on a delay in final returns, Bennett said, counties might want to establish voting centers, which were authorized in a 2011 law that he proposed.
Voting Centers? Really Ken, that's your plan?
