http://wantingseed.com/sprout/2006/11/07/democracy-is-exhausting blogs just keep sprouting Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:07:54 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://wantingseed.com/sprout/2006/11/07/democracy-is-exhausting/comment-page-1#comment-6613 Florida Free Culture » Legislature 2007: E-voting Sun, 25 Mar 2007 07:55:17 +0000 http://wantingseed.com/sprout/2006/11/07/democracy-is-exhausting/#comment-6613 [...] For example, Alachua County uses optical scan ballots, similar to the systems used in standardized tests: the voter marks an oval with pen on paper, then the paper is scanned into an electronic reader. The physical ballots thus are available for re-scanning or hand recount. In addition, each precinct is equipped with a touch-screen machine, available to any voter upon request (primarily for disabled voters). The touch-screens do not produce a paper ballot or receipt. (Our own Eldo Varghese was a precinct’s touch-screen assistant in the 2007 Gainesville city elections, and our Jordan Wiens managed the touch-screens at several precincts in the November 2006 elections.) [...] [...] For example, Alachua County uses optical scan ballots, similar to the systems used in standardized tests: the voter marks an oval with pen on paper, then the paper is scanned into an electronic reader. The physical ballots thus are available for re-scanning or hand recount. In addition, each precinct is equipped with a touch-screen machine, available to any voter upon request (primarily for disabled voters). The touch-screens do not produce a paper ballot or receipt. (Our own Eldo Varghese was a precinct’s touch-screen assistant in the 2007 Gainesville city elections, and our Jordan Wiens managed the touch-screens at several precincts in the November 2006 elections.) [...]

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