Re: Re: Emergency Measures To Protect The 2004 Vote Count (EM2004)

On Sep 6, 2004, at 5:25 PM, Ellen Theisen wrote:

> She pointed out that it actually reduces some problems, like ...
> dealing
> with the perfectly good ballots the scanners spit out because they were
> marked with lavendar ink or had an X instead of filling in
> the bubble.

Here is the result of my pre-election testing of the mark-sense scanners
used in Miami. Note: I even tested with lavender ink (I called it
purple). The upshot is, a properly adjusted scanner will count most X
marks and has no trouble with funny ink colors. Unfortunately, the
tradition of bad ballot design continues, so the instructions on those
ballots really can be improved.

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