you mail them a ballot. In 2009, for instance, the county was required to mail ballots to 27,477 inactive county voters. But only 29 were filled out and returned. Granted, we're talking about people who didn't vote in a 2008 presidential election of great national interest, but still.

Williams says county ballots cost about $1 each to produce and send. (In the city this year, it's 91.5 cents.) That means every one of those 29 returned ballots from 2009 cost the county $1,000.

"At $1,000 a vote, you could go door to door with police officers and get a better result," Williams says.

He notes that many voters become inactive when they move, and between military members, college students and out-of-work job seekers, the Springs has a fairly transient population.

Not fair?

Nevertheless,small trailer owned by the defendant and located at the yard on the defendant's property. He was injured by a fire while asleep in the trailer at about 3 a. m., on December 4, 1971. The Workmen's Compensation Court found the plaintiff was entitled to compensation for temporary total disability, permanent partial disability, and his medical and hospital expenses. After a hearing before the full compensation court, the defendant appealed to the District Court.
The District Court set aside the award of the compensation court on the ground the findings of fact by that court did not support the award. The District Court found there was no finding that the plaintiff had established his claim by a preponderance of the evidence or that the injury was in fact caused