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To: SC Swamp Fox
Thanks for the ping. As a poll clerk, I can tell you the iVote machines seem pretty steady.

However, they must be reset by a poll worker between each vote. This is done using a device called a PEB that is slid into the machine and then withdrawn. In a precinct with multiple ballots, the poll worker must also select the right ballot. Then the voter gets to cast their vote.

Election day will certainly be interesting :)

7 posted on 10/10/2004 8:21:22 PM PDT by upchuck (Pajamas? I don' need no steenking pajamas!!)
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To: upchuck
However, they must be reset by a poll worker between each vote. This is done using a device called a PEB that is slid into the machine and then withdrawn. In a precinct with multiple ballots, the poll worker must also select the right ballot. Then the voter gets to cast their vote.

Does the machine produce a tangible log of when votes were recorded? This would not seem like it should be considered a compromise of confidentiality, but if all the machines in a precinct saw 100 votes cast in the last half-hour, it might raise some questions.

10 posted on 10/12/2004 11:23:25 PM PDT by supercat (If Kerry becomes President, nothing bad will happen for which he won't have an excuse.)
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