and wasn’t there an issue about the paper not always being aligned? so that, unless you were looking especially closely, the paper could be a half bubble offset? ( going by memory here … )
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Also the issue of if your hand strength was not up to punching through the paper, or you failed to pay sufficient attention to whether you did or not. Hence “dimpled” and “hanging” chads. Lord, that’s a PTSD triggering phrase!!
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AFAICR the main thing was just that people who weren’t paying close attention assumed “second name listed = second hole in the column.” Even if 1% of people who intended to vote for Gore in Palm Beach County made that mistake it would have far more than enough to swing the election results.
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We have a multilingual county, so there are several languages people can get their ballots in…
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+1 on the accessibility considerations.
- Use the computer to display the information (in a larger font if requested, in a different language if necessary, as audio for people with a hearing impairment, etc.) This could let any group request (well ahead of the election) that the information be translated into a specific language and that translation validated for fidelity with the official wording without having to print a ton of ballots in many languages.
- Let users make selections using a touch screen (so if someone has say arthritis, they can tap a big region on the screen rather than pressing a smaller button.)
- Once the voter has made their selections, the computer can print out the ballot using nice clear letters / symbols / QR code or some other easily machine-readable format.
- After the voter checks what the computer printed they submit the ballot to the ballot box. The preliminary total comes from the ballot box scanning the Scantron dots and/or the QR code. Recounts can be done manually by reading the human-readable text.
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QR codes are fine for providing voters with a URL to verify that their vote was counted, but for maximum transparency it’s best if a human being can visually verify the part of a printed ballot that the machine will actually be scanning to tally its results.
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Ours do that. I can check that it’s recorded my vote prior to printing, and then after it’s printed.
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Coffman’s message to Trump: “Bring it on. Come here. I’m excited for you to come here so I could show you that the narrative that is being presented nationally about this city isn’t true, that there are no apartment complexes under gang control, that the city’s not under gang control, Venezuelan gang control.”
This should be interesting…
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Depending on where you are in Indiana, you get no printout or anything to take with you except the “I voted” sticker. I moved counties and at least now this new county follows the proper procedure you’ve listed, but I’ve felt the pit in the stomach from voting and watching my ‘ballot’ disappear on the screen and being told ‘that’s it, goodbye, you’re done’.
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As if TFG would actually visit an apartment complex, or any of the other places he imagines to be controlled by gangs of violent immigrants.
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That does it, I’m changing my vote to the only candidate willing to save flavored vaping.
Also, he still doesn’t understand how easy it is to fact check him.
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Why would someone trying to quit cigarettes need a flavored vape? Aren’t they just looking for a slightly-safer way to get a nicotine hit? It’s not like most smokers are using flavored tobacco.
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I suspect many (most?) flavored vape users are too young to vote 
Finally, someone is standing up for the real victims here, those poor, defenseless tobacco corporations.
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LOL I smoked the shit out of various clove cigs in the ‘80’s. I haven’t thought about it in a loooong time.
And I always remembered seeing Trump’s stupid book in the Goodwill. It was guaranteed you would find Art of the Deal, Jaws, and Flowers in the Attic in the books at the Goodwill.
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Can someone remind me why this asshat is still in office?
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