| Minnesota's system is both machine read, and avoids nasty bubbles AND Cobol. The ballot is 11x14, and has partial arrows pointing at candidate's names - the 'front' and 'back' of the arrow, with a gap in between. The voter, using the provided pen, connects the two halves of the arrow.
niwikki wrote:
>knepper wrote:
>>Now, I may only be in my early 20's so I'm not completely up on CS-Geek history - but didn't we as people (CS people) throw out punch cards like 30 years ago!
>>Come on florida get with the times and step into the (almost) 21 century!
>>-knepper
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>Actually, the punch cards are the *new* thing in voting, at least out here in California. And from your description, it sounds like you're using the same punch cards we're now using.
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>besides, if we want out votes counted accurately (not by a machine that has difficulty reading scribbled handwriting), what's our other option? Force everyone to bring a #2 pencil and hope they fill in the bubble correctly so the ScanTron can read it?
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>-Niwikki |
