Florida Vote-O-Matic booths (OT)(Long)
> The small town in Missouri where I live actually uses the portable punch
> card system. It's basically a portable 2' plastic desk with fold up sides
> that provide 3 side walls. There are 4 screw-in legs that make it into a
> desk. The ballot card is inserted into a slot at the top and there is a
> booklet with the candidates names on it. There are round holes in the
> booklet where you punch a stylus. The stylus looks like an oversized push
> pin. You can't see the "computer card/ballot" while you are voting.
> There is no way to know which hole in the card matches a specific
> candidate. There is also no way to know if two were punched in the same
> category. There is no way to know if you actually punched through because
> there is no indication or light that passes through the punched hole.
>
> There is a good picture of the actual Florida ballot in the article
> http://giantstep.com/ballot_usability/
>
> /---------|
> / |
> | x |
> | z |
> | y |
> | |
> | |
> | |
> | |
> ------------
> x = vote for candidate #1
> z = vote for candidate #2
> y = vote for candidate #3
>
> I think we have about 300 voters in our community. If there are more than
> 4 people in line then that's a big line. We have 3 voting locations, a
> school, a church, and a community club. Actually when we vote for school
> board, the top three vote getters are usually elected. Some positions are
> uncontested and some have no candidates. Some times there are elections
> with only 1 or 2 races.
>
> Mike
> mmcfadden_at_cmh.edu
>
Received on Wed Dec 20 2000 - 12:20:53 GMT
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