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To: mattdono
Yeah, we have the Scan-Tron sytle ballots in my county in Florida

We used to have that system, and I loved it, but we have been upgraded to touch screen. Much easier to make multilingual ballots don't cha know.</sarcasm>

15 posted on 10/25/2004 6:06:40 PM PDT by itsahoot (Sometimes the truth hurts, sometimes it makes a difference, but not often.)
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To: itsahoot
We used to have that system, and I loved it, but we have been upgraded to touch screen. Much easier to make multilingual ballots don't cha know.

Touch screens are stupid. They don't save any money. I was talking to a Nueces County, Texas Republican Party official who says the county will switch to touch screen. He does not favor it for many reasons. First they are more expensive. Second they don't create a human readable paper trail. Third, the computers will become obsolte quickly and will need to be replaced.

Also, how do I know the wording on multilingual ballots on a touch screen machine actually mean the same thing as the English version? There is nothing in the US Contitution guaranteeing the rigth to ballots in any particular language. As far as I am concerned, Congress should pass legislation overturning federal court decsions mandating ballots in foreign languages.

17 posted on 10/25/2004 7:04:25 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative (Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Dan Rather's got to go!)
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