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Report: Voter database needs costly tweaks

Myung Kim

Published February 28, 2008 at 8:56 p.m.
Updated February 29, 2008 at 1:43 a.m.

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The new statewide voter-registration database is sound but needs technical and supervisory changes and more staff - at an estimated added cost of $3.5 million - to be successfully implemented for the August primary and November general elections, a consultant said in a new report.

The report recommends following the current rollout schedule for SCORE (the State of Colorado Registration and Election system) but also allowing certain counties to use their own databases on Election Day.

Widespread concern among county clerks about the progress of the unfinished $10 million database spurred Gov. Bill Ritter, with the cooperation of Secretary of State Mike Coffman, to hire a consultant last month to conduct an assessment. SCORE is two years late and must be used this year to comply with federal law.

Atlanta's North Highland Company did the work on the report.

To make the elections successful, the firm recommends the state hire 13 full-time staff members to help counties in the field and provide other support.

The $3.5 million added cost includes extending the contract of Saber Corp., which is developing the database.

Coffman said he plans to add staff and work with Ritter's information-technology office to implement the system.

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  • February 29, 2008

    2:19 a.m.

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    NotSoros writes:

    The SOS office has a total of about 125 employees and over 30 are considered "IT" types. Now they need 13 more to implement a $10M list of about 3 million people?

    More money should really fix things up. Hang on to your wallett, the government is growing again.