Citizens seeking to conduct an independent review of Aspen's last municipal election have run into a road block at city hall, where officials are refusing to release key documents into the public domain.
Democrat election buff Harvie Branscomb has teamed up with former Republican Aspen mayoral candidate Marilyn Marks to analyze the voting methods and software in the city's last election, including the use of instant runoff voting. To audit the vote, Branscomb's team needs copies of April's ballots plus data generated by vote-counting machines, which the City Council asserts aren't public records under state law.
Branscomb's focus is on innovative new ballot counting software by TrueBallot. Because the home rule municipality opted to use Instant Runoff Voting, where voters rank their choices for mayor and city council, vote tallying required advanced software programs and technology, which Branscomb believes are sophisticated and reliable enough to use statewide.
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