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Faye Griffin is a county commissioner candidate

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Article Contributed on: 10/1/2008 12:59:37 PM

Faye Griffin is running for Jefferson County Commissioner District 1 and answered a questionnaire for YourHub.com. To read all of the candidate questionnaires, click here.

Name: Faye Griffin

Seat you are seeking: Jefferson County Commissioner District One

Age: 68

Family: Married to Walt Griffin for 49 years, we have three children, Glenda 48, Glenn 46 and Paula 44, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Occupation: Currently Jefferson County Treasurer Previously was the Clerk and Recorder for eight years. I have worked at Jefferson County for about 35 years.

Hometown: Born and raised in Golden, Colorado

Your Web site: fgriffin777@yahoo.com

Favorite local place to hang out: My back yard or the family room. I enjoy working in the yard and being with my family.

What do you like most about living here?: Everything. I have never lived anywhere else but love the mountains, trees,snow and all the sunshine. I can understand why people want to move here, it is just beautiful.

Interests & hobbies: I have been doing some genealogy. I started because my husband wanted Pioneer plates for the truck. I have found information for both my husband's family and mine. We are both natives. I continue to research our ancestors. I enjoy working in the yard, riding my bicycle and traveling. My main interest is our grandchildren and great-grandchildren and their activities.

Favorite TV show: All the CSI shows and Law and Order

Favorite Web site: Ancestry.com and ebay

People who inspired you (and how): My parents, family and teachers. Teaching respect, honesty and love.

What are the biggest issues facing your constituency now: The economy. The number of foreclosures. Wanting the citizens to have trust in our elected officials with open and honest government. Protecting the quality of life for ourchildren, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.

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Phillip Doe wrote on 10/20/2008 @ 1:21:36 PM

I hope Faye counts money better than she counted votes. In the 2004 election, Griffin, as county clerk, published "official" election results that exceeded the number of people voting by 33,963. She eventually corrected the tally, though she has stone walled explaining the initial lunk-headed results. Part of the problem is the $6,000,000 in electronic voting machines Griffin purchased for us. These are notoriously inaccurate and hackable machines. Indeed, the vendor has been successfully sued in several states for fraud and nonperformance. The voting watch guard group, Black Box Voting, calls Griffin's machines the worst voting machines in America. Nevertheless, they will continue to be used in Jefferson County elections since the contract Griffin negotiated with the vendor leaves us holding the bag. I have two suggestions for voters: 1. Use only paper ballots when voting 2. Vote for Sue Windels over Faye Griffin. Faye seems to be lost in the woods with no paper.

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Douglas Sponaugle wrote on 10/20/2008 @ 12:53:57 PM

VOTE AGAINST FAYE GRIFFIN ON A PAPER BALLOT. The ES & S ivotronic touchscreen DRE balloting machines Faye purchased as County Clerk, in 2002 are disturbingly easy to hack. Black Box Voting calls the ES & S one of the worst voting machines in America. “An unauthorized recalibration may be implemented by any supervisor programmed PEB; no password is required and the ability is specific to county or election specific data. Operators are capable of entering the calibration screen using a foreign Supervisor PEB, such as one purchased on the open market, from another jurisdiction, or a home made PEB emulator. The screen can be calibrated so that touching a desired point would be recorded by the machine as a touch at a different location. This could cause voter input for one candidate and selection recorded for a different candidate.” http://www.elections.colorado.gov/WWW/default/Voting%20Systems/certifications/2008/ESS%20Major%20Deficiencies%20Report.pdf