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To: Petz who wrote (129090)	11/27/2000 3:57:12 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1570331

ted, I was amazed at the Broward County election supervisor whining that his punchcard ballot counters were 4 times more error-prone than the optical scanners used in Republican counties. What excuse do they have for not using optical scanners? Petz, I have no idea....particularly when there have been serious problems with the punchcard type in past elections. ted

To: Petz who wrote (129090)	11/27/2000 8:40:42 PM
From: deibutfeif	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570331

Petz et al, Anyone know who the major optical scanning voting machine suppliers are? Perhaps more importantly, their stock symbols? :^) ~dbf

To: Petz who wrote (129090)	11/28/2000 7:00:59 PM
From: Windsock	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570331

Re: "What excuse do they have for not using optical scanners?" It's all about $$. The county government would rather spend $$ on filling potholes than voting systems that are used once every year or two. In Santa Clara county that covers Silicon Valley, they use the punch card ballots because it only costs $45 K to rent the equipment for an election. Punch card systems are inaccurate but they are CHEAP -- and that wins. They recently considered touch screen computer units that cost $2000 but it would take $20 million to equip the county.