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To: oblomov
When I voted in the recent primary, I wanted to change one of my votes that showed on the "review screen". I looked for a way to navigate back to the "voting screen" but I could not find one. I tried changing the vote on the review screen but it would not change. I finally noticed a "help button" and used it to call up some instructions. (You know, if all else fails, read the instructions.) I learned that to change my mistaken vote I would have to touch the incorrect vote to turn it off (like a toggle) so that I could then vote for the other choice.

I managed to figure it out. After all, I have decades of experience with computer technology. But, I can see how someone who has never used a computer, like many who vote in certain Florida precincts, could have problems. Not to mention poll workers who have no technical knowledge or skills.

25 posted on 10/31/2006 4:32:32 AM PST by foxfield
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To: foxfield

Thanks for your informative reply. Of course I was joking. My city uses a bubble sheet and scanner system (you put your filled-out sheet straight into the tabulating machine at the voting center, and get to see the voter count increment on the display). It isn't fully automated, and though it isn't as fun as the old lever voting machines we used to use, it is probably much more efficient.


59 posted on 10/31/2006 7:17:16 AM PST by oblomov (Join the FR Folding@Home Team (#36120) keyword: folding@home)
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