> "John D. Giorgis" wrote: > > > I personally argue that all computer-based > > terminals should provide the voter with a > > print-out of the voter's selections. > > The paper print-outs would then also be > > collected, and used as a fail-safe in case > > of computer failure or in case of a recount, > > or in case of allegations of fraud. >
Julia Thompson wrote: > > I like that idea. And since it's just a > fail-safe backup sort of thing and if it > gets down to that, they'll probably *want* > to have people looking at them, you could > probably make it out of thinner paper than > they print the scantron-type forms on, and > it wouldn't need to be as large. > I agree with John, and had much the same idea ( imagine that! I guess I'll have to watch the sky for pig droppings :-) ) when thinking about a conversion to touch screen voting. I would suggest that the paper form could be something as simple as a receipt roll with bar codes (and perhaps names printed below) that could be either kept in the machine until the polls close or broken apart in slips to be counted as the punch cards are. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
