January 24, 2008 05:57 PM UTC

The Hits Just Keep Coming for Coffman

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• by: Colorado Pols

From The Denver Post:

The office of Colorado Secretary of State Mike Coffman scrambled Wednesday to correct a problem with its voter-registration database, which was incorrectly informing voters of their party affiliation.

The state Democratic Party told the office Wednesday morning that several individuals who have registered as either Democrats or Republicans found that their status was listed as “unaffiliated.”

The glitch raised immediate concerns from party officials and others who feared that potential participants in Colorado’s Feb. 5 caucuses would think they weren’t allowed to take part because only those voters who have registered with the Democrats or the Republicans by Dec. 5 are able to caucus.

Both political parties have links taking potential caucus-goers to the secretary of state’s voter-registration database.

Coffman said the problem would be fixed immediately.

“This is a very minor issue,” Coffman said. “The information has been available all along at their (voters’) respective county clerk’s office. And it’s being corrected. It will be updated tonight or by tomorrow morning.”

Ugh.