On 18 Apr 2005 at 22:05, Al Christie wrote with great clarity on Re: votes into computer:
> Kevin > > No one said they would use computers. I just assumed that would be the > case. Counting the ballots by hand several times, after having moved them > from polling stations hundreds of kilometres apart seems pretty archaic in > these days of networks and computers (my opinion anyway). > > I went to a meeting where the speaker was on the Citizens Committee which > drafted and approved the concept. He couldn't answer my question, choosing > only to say that in Ireland (some years ago) they were done by hand. This > is "nuts" in my opinion. > > Do you know something that I don't know? > Al, The concept is good but the not sure it is practical. if people are confused now wait till they see each party has multiple candidates on the ballet. Would voting for one candidate or less than the maximum be considered a spoiled ballet? Just to see how things worked I signed up for duties in a polling station during the last federal election. I can tell you people were having a lot of problem balancing the ballets in a simple first cross the post system. They would need to spend days training people for the proposed system. Computers may not be the answer when consider the problems some of the bank tellers have with their terminals. Ditto with the supermarket checkouts. I can picture election results delayed for days because of computer problems (human errors). Kevin http://www.legacy1.net ICQ: 41912308 __________________________________________________ Things are more like they are now than they ever were before. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower 1890-1969 -- ---------------------------------------- The WIN-HOME list is hosted on a Windows 2000(TM) machine running L-Soft international's LISTSERV(R) software. To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have questions about the list, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
