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Huckelberry responds to Brewer's elections rebuke
Jim Lamb/Wick Communications
Pima County supervisors were expected to take up at their Tuesday meeting a scolding by Secretary of State Jan Brewer about some election procedures.
In his letter to Brewer Friday, County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry said he planned to offer the secretary's letter of suggestions for board comment and study.
"Although some of your recommendations make sense, most are problematic, unnecessary and/or unjustifiable, and nearly all establish a protocol for Pima County that is vastly different and unworkable for every other county," Brewer wrote.
Pima County revised some of its electoral procedures following a court judgment fining the county and ordering changes as a result of a suit by the Pima County Democratic Party.
The dispute with the Democrats centered on the county's use of some touch-screen voting machines and how the precinct totals were delivered to the Division of Elections on election night.
Brewer wrote that the county shouldn't abandon the use of electronic modems to transmit the precinct totals to the Division of Elections, because it would "substantially delay the reporting of unofficial results from polling places on election night."
In his six page response to Brewer, Huckelberry said the actions taken in Pima County wouldn't "impact" other counties and "that impact has already occurred and will continue to occur."
He added, "I would suggest that you take those steps necessary to ensure that other counties, including Pima, are properly supported in our efforts to continue with and improve elections security.
"We have no agenda to push other than to ensure that we have fair and accurate elections."
Pima County supervisors were expected to take up at their Tuesday meeting a scolding by Secretary of State Jan Brewer about some election procedures.
In his letter to Brewer Friday, County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry said he planned to offer the secretary's letter of suggestions for board comment and study.
"Although some of your recommendations make sense, most are problematic, unnecessary and/or unjustifiable, and nearly all establish a protocol for Pima County that is vastly different and unworkable for every other county," Brewer wrote.
Pima County revised some of its electoral procedures following a court judgment fining the county and ordering changes as a result of a suit by the Pima County Democratic Party.
The dispute with the Democrats centered on the county's use of some touch-screen voting machines and how the precinct totals were delivered to the Division of Elections on election night.
Brewer wrote that the county shouldn't abandon the use of electronic modems to transmit the precinct totals to the Division of Elections, because it would "substantially delay the reporting of unofficial results from polling places on election night."
In his six page response to Brewer, Huckelberry said the actions taken in Pima County wouldn't "impact" other counties and "that impact has already occurred and will continue to occur."
He added, "I would suggest that you take those steps necessary to ensure that other counties, including Pima, are properly supported in our efforts to continue with and improve elections security.
"We have no agenda to push other than to ensure that we have fair and accurate elections."
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