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Elections Division swats away offer of “security” for polling places

Well, so much for the offer by Evergreen Defense and Security Services to “post sentries at each voting center” to keep election-crazed Oregonians from tearing each other apart. (See my earlier posts about this bizarre story here and here.)

According to PolitickerOR, the director of the state elections division, sent a rather terse and concerned email their way:

“upon reading the email you sent to county clerks i was perplexed and am hopeful you could answer three questions,” john lindback of the elections division wrote to edss director of operations gary dodson in an email. “were you offering to do this for free for counties or were you proposing that your unshakable be hired also in behalf of this purposefulness? are you aware that county clerks rely on their county sheriffs for the duration of their security needs during an election and that state agencies are prepared and cheerful to assist in the event of emergencies? is your firm planning to notify ?sentries’ at any county with or without the leave of county and magnificence election officials?”

“Obviously,” Lindback continued, “if your answer to question #3 is yes we would be very concerned and would need to discuss this with you and the president of your firm.”

According to the Oregonian, Evergreen responded by saying that they’d merely been trying to drum up business - and that they had struck out. Apparently, they contacted every county in the state.

earlier this month every county elections director in oregon received an email from evergreen aviation, which was trying to drum up some business for its new defense and security services division. …

“This happens to be one of our new start-up companies,” Josh Parkin, an executive vice president with McMinnville-based Evergreen, said Friday. “You have to go after every opportunity and see what develops.” … Evergreen contacted Lindback. But only to say that their sales pitch was a strike out.

The Roseburg News-Review had more details from Douglas County:

the county uses two sheriff’s deputies on election day to ensure there is no trouble. one sits in the back room where ballots are processed and another sits in the vault where ballots are run through a counter.

“We don’t have any trouble in Douglas County,” Nielsen said.

The biggest problem occurred a few years ago when a man caused a fuss at the front counter at the elections office. One of the deputies stepped out and he didn’t have to say a word to end the disturbance, Nielsen said.

“That took care of that,” she said.

So, there you have it. I’m not sure whether to be creeped out or reassured.

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