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"Shocking" election omission

VOTER-VERIFICATION CAPACITY NEVER TESTED
By Katy Human
Denver Post Staff Writer
Article Last Updated:11/16/2006 12:44:26 AM MST

Denver election officials never tested the capacity of the troubled computer systems they used to verify voter registrations on Election Day - an omission one computer expert called "shocking" and others said seemed shortsighted.

Elsewhere, county technicians or contractors load-tested communication lines and central servers to make sure they never neared capacity, so election workers could process voters quickly and keep lines moving.

Denver officials, however, never monitored election computer performance, even during the Aug. 8 primary, when Denver first used vote centers and revised software, Denver Election Commission spokesman Alton Dillard said Wednesday.

"The type of capacity report you request would have had to be set up before November 7," Dillard wrote in response to a request for the information. "If you know of any way capacity can be retroactively determined, please let me know."

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_4668163