Having spoken briefly with the county
auditor a few weeks ago, I learned that the county is set to change
considerably the way our elections are held. I believe that the voting
system the school district intends to use for the referendum is the very same system
that will be used for all elections henceforth. (I felt the WDN article
made is sound as though it was the district that was making the changes to save
money, when it’s more that they are using new technology (machines) that
the county is now putting in place.
Anyway, as I understand it, with the new
system all ballots will be read by tabulating machines, i.e. - no more hand counting.
And no more spoiled ballots either, because after voting, a person feeds their ballot
directly into the machine, and if a question is not responded to, the machine
returns the ballot to the voter on the spot for reconsideration. Since
every polling location is to have a machine, the number of polling locations will
need to be substantially reduced, so as to reduce the number of machines that
must be purchased.
I’m sending this post to Cherie
McLennan, the county auditor, to correct me if I’ve misstated anything,
and so that she can describe the changes further.
Anne Morse
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It is a wonder why no one
has written anything about the fact that most country votes equal a “no” vote on the referendum.
Would this be a way to casually make it less convenient to rural voters to come
into town and cast a no vote (especially on a ballot with no other elections on
it.)
Jake Wagner - Winona
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Jake Wagner
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Winona Volunteer Services
