Thursday, July 24, 1975
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Page Five
Report says paper ballots
caused electoral confusion
(Continued from Page 1)
One unidentified p r e c i n c t
chairperson said in the report:
"We did not seal the supply box
with a metal numbered seal, as
we were not instructed to do so."
HOWEVER, City Clerk Jer-
ome Weiss contended he in-
formed election workers to seal
the ballot boxes. Weiss recalled
that many of the workers did
not pay enough attention to his
briefing on procedural details:
"Many of these' people had
been working at elections for
years," he reported. "They
thought they had it all down,
and didn't need further brief-
ing."
Another problem, which the
report calls "one of the most
serious errors committed by the
election inspectors," was includ-
ing voter registration records in
the ballot boxes.
THESE RECORDS are the
anly documents of voters' ad-
dresses and signatures trans-
ported to the polls-
Weiss obtained a court order
to get the permission required
to reopen the boxes and retrieve
the necessary files for the June
9 local School Board elections.
Voting inspectors and admin-
istrators also committed 23
certifying errors during the elec-.
tion which involved failing to
certify voting return statements.
BUT THE report notes that
"these errors are a common
occurrence in local election ad-
ministration," and offered data
showing similar instances which
occured during the school board
election.
The study further emphasizes,
"Preferential voting did not im-
pact significantly upon the form
of these documents or require-
ments for signature."
Another problem area involves
42 dispersing errors which in-
cluded some 13 city clerk and
county canvassers' envelopes be-
ing incorrectly placed in ballot
boxes.
But with Council considering
switching the city to either a
punch card or computer mark
ing card voting system, the dif-
ficulties encountered in the last
election may never recur. The
paper balloting system is only
used during mayoral elections,
and the next one is not expected
until 1976.
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(Continued from Page 1) tive action report, however, in-
cerning g r a d u a t e emplayes structs that the breakdown of
which, according to GEO, will minority groups should include
lump minorities together instead blacks, Asians, Native Ameri-
of classifying the groups indi- cans and Spanish-surnamed peo-
vidually. ple.
Daniel Tsang of the GEO
grievance committee says this GRO'S LETTER seeks to have
move defeats the purpose of col- the figures reorganized to recog-
lecting data concerning the ra- nize these groups, plus Chi-
cial background of employes. canos.
GEO also claims that non-citi- 'We find the University's ac-
zens are classified as minori- tion in collecting and grouping
ties in the report, which "may affirmative action data totally
make the data look more im- unacceptable," GEO'says. "The
pressive." University must act immediately
to make the necessary correc-
TSANG indicated that John tions if it is to meet its con-
Forsyth, Contract Administrator tractural obligation to imple-
for the University, told him that ment a aith affirmative ac-
40 per cent of the minorities
were "non-citizens." tion program."
Forsyth was unavailable for
comment.' Bumps and bubbles on the
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ben Fleming in the 1973 affirma- might result in blowouts.
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