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To: Charles Tutt who wrote (37815)11/15/2000 12:13:48 PM
From: Jim McMannis  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 64865
 
RE:"There shouldn't BE any chad, if the ballot is properly punched, so by definition you're dealing with ballots for which the design has failed."

Not true. Someone may have lightly punched one chad then decided on something else. The hand counter has to be interpreted.
OTOH, the system needs a change. What ever happened to those voter machines with the levers..

Jim



To: Charles Tutt who wrote (37815)11/15/2000 12:16:15 PM
From: Tony Viola  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 64865
 
Some of the ballots apparently got hit by alpha particles. <g>

What, no ECC on the ballot reader? <g>

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