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To: Petz who wrote (129159)	11/28/2000 7:38:34 PM
From: Windsock	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1570270

Petz - Re:"Seriously, I thought the optical scanners were just a different technology for counting punchcards -- one that would see any hole in the vicinity of the chad, even if the chad were still partially attached." The optical scanners that read marks in a cirle. Think of an SAT answer sheet. It is a different technology that has a much lower error rate. The ballot that I saw had candidates printed on a sheet with circles next to the candidates that you filled with a mark. Think of a multiple choice answer sheet, but it has the questions too. There is an interesting map of the voting systems used in Florida by county. miamiherald.com The Bush counties tend to have optical ballots (low error rate) and the Gore counties tend to have punch ballots (high error rate). If the errors are found in proportion to the votes counted, a good assumption, Gore would gain more than Bush in a state-wide recount. That is why the Bush folks do not want a state-wide recount.