Monday November 1, 2004 8:01 PM
By STEVEN K. PAULSON
Associated Press Writer
DENVER (AP) - Colorado's top elections official rushed to Arizona to be with her critically injured brother on Monday and will be absent when the votes are counted in an election beset with confusion and fears of fraud.
Secretary of State Donetta Davidson said her top deputy and two other aides would oversee the election in Colorado on Tuesday. Davidson went to Phoenix, where her brother was hospitalized in a coma after a motorcycle accident on Saturday.
She and Gov. Bill Owens expressed confidence in her staff's ability to oversee the election, despite a string of reports about voter registration fraud, ineligible voters and last-minute confusion about election rules. In addition, the counting of contested ballots is expected to take days and could delay election results.
``The plan is in place and the key decisions have been made,'' said Owens' spokesman, Dan Hopkins. The governor ``feels very confident.''
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They are already having problems with ineligible voters and then there is that whole issue of splitting up the electoral votes.
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