[CTS] Re: Please do not forget to vote today!!
- From: "Russ Blakeman" <rhb57@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 08:41:08 -0600
According to the stats they posted last night our precinct has pretty close
to what I guessed - 1575 registered voters, and supposedly 800 voted, so I
know a bunch left without voting due to the failures so it may very well be
that 1200 actually showed to vote but a 1/3rd left without waiting to get
the chance.
The state bought these stupid machines as a whole to replace the mixed
machines in all the counties and standardize (from what I hear) and in most
precincts and counties they worked fine - we started out with a bad machine
and it died all day long. I have a feeling that someone needs to call a
re-vote day for our precinct and have 3 machines programmed and waiting. It
only takes the 5 mins to pull the votes from each as it's tallied ina door
in back once they break the seal.
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Hal Brown
> Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 6:39 AM
> To: computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [CTS] Re: Please do not forget to vote today!!
>
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 09:49:31PM -0600, Russ Blakeman duly noted:
> >
> >Here's a typical example of why people make fun of those in
> rural areas as
> >"hayseeds", "hicks", etc...
> >
> >We live in a town of 800, with the unincorporated area around it
> also voting
> >at the same place. The machines are electronic with a motor to roll paper
> >around for write-ins and a touch pad for balloted votes. The total
> >population of registered voters is around 1500. There are 12
> hours, 6am to
> >6pm, to vote in. Say 1200 eligible voters show in that 12
> hours...that's 200
> >per hour divied by 60 minutes per hour, or 3.5 voters PER
> MINUTE. Guess what
> >we have at our polling place - ONE MACHINE and ONE SPARE. When
> they opened
> >at 6am the primary machine was DOA and they spare became the primary. The
> >primary machine broke once per 30 minutes all day long, average
> 10 minutes
> >to get the machine back on and usable. Yada, yada, yada - you
> get the idea.
> >I was lucky enough to get in after they swapped the primary DOA with the
> >spare at 6:05am
> --------end quoted text----------
>
> Why, in a small town like that, would they have electronic machines? The
> village here is about 2000, and we have the same old card and
> punch pin that
> has been around forever. I went in about 3:00 p.m. yesterday, voted, and
> was out in less than 10 minutes. In years past I've had to wait, but only
> because some of the older people take longer, or I got there when
> people are
> stopping on their way to work. Even then I never waited more
> than 20 to 30
> minutes. I'm glad we are not caught up with technology yet. ;-)
>
> --
> Hal Brown
> mailto: hal@xxxxxxxx
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