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To: geode00 who wrote (765)	2/18/2005 3:34:48 PM
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Report: 6,000 Felons On Voter Registration Lists POSTED: 2:50 pm MDT October 10, 2004 DENVER -- Some 6,000 prisoners and felons on parole are on the state's voter registration rolls, The Denver Post reported Sunday. State law bars prisoners serving sentences or convicted felons who are on parole from voting. The Post reported that Secretary of State Donetta Davidson plans to convene an emergency meeting this week of Colorado's 64 county clerks to stop prisoners and parolees from voting on Nov. 2. Some prisoners and parolees voted in the August primary. "I had no idea we had that type of numbers," Davidson said. "You have to wonder if they're malicious or inept in the secretary of state's office. Every ineligible elector that votes cancels the vote of an eligible elector," said Al Kowicz, executive director of Accurate Mail Election Election Results, an election watchdog group based in Boulder. The Post said 40 percent of the 6,006 felons on voting lists are on parole or in community-supervision programs that would permit them to visit polling stations. Records through September showed 536 felons registered this year. Some were signed up during registration drives that have added tens of thousands of potential voters to the registration rolls since March. One problem is that the state corrections department does not send a list of felons to the secretary of state's office. "We can only act on the information provided us. This particular issue is a matter for corrections to address," said Bill Compton, state elections director. "We send data sets to agencies that request the information," said Alison Morgan, spokeswoman for corrections.