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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (459263)	9/15/2003 10:20:37 PM
From: Peter O'Brien	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Yes, the punch-ballot mechanism is less accurate. I'll grant you that. That is not the point. Although it is less accurate, there is NO INHERENT BIAS in using a punch-card mechanism. The errors will not favor one candidate or another. For a re-count process, however, the situation is quite different. When humans are attempting to figure out "what the voter really meant" when examining a ballot that could not be automatically counted, clear standards have to be in place or else there is the potential for bias and fraud. That is what the Supreme Court ruled in December 2000. The Supreme Court did NOT rule that the use of different voting mechanisms in the same election is unconstitutional.