December 07, 2006 03:11 AM UTC

DEC Chief Resigns

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• by: Colorado Pols

The head of the Denver Election Commission, John Gaydeski, announced his resignation today:

John R. Gaydeski said in his resignation letter to three election commissioners, “The problems encountered during the November 7 General Election have been well documented and are currently being addressed at all levels in a variety of ways.”

These problems included issues with new vote centers, machines and in the counting of ballots. The full results of the midterm election in Denver were not known until November 21 because of issues with counting absentee and other paper ballots.

“I certainly assume full responsibility for any contributions I may have made to those problems,” Gaydeski wrote.

Currently, the DEC is internally investigating these issues, and Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper has set up a panel to discuss and find solutions to these problems for the future.

Now, if only Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper could make the rest of this problem go away as easily.