Cleaning the rolls, cutting the cost: How Las Animas County found a better way
By Bob Cooper, COIFFE Director | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice
The Clerk and Election team in Las Animas County also adopted a “best practice” to improve Colorado Elections while reducing costs. We now have our largest Colorado county (El Paso County) and a medium-sized county (Las Animas) using a commercial credit agency to flag registered voters who no longer reside at the address in SCORE. SCORE is the Statewide Colorado Voter Registration and Elections system.
These two counties demonstrate leadership by pursuing real “Gold Standard” election operations.
Every Colorado voter should demand other counties implement this best practice because it significantly reduces costs associated with undeliverable ballots while at the same time reduces the opportuni...

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