[ale] [Fwd: Re: Vote Today - Message from Marie

[Geoffrey]

Pete Hardie wrote:
> Byron A Jeff wrote:w in the system this morning because it's
> 
>> not obvious at all. At the review screen you choose the vote to 
>> change. Then
>> you have to UNSELECT your current vote by pressing on the currently 
>> selected
>> vote. Then you can choose another selection.  It took me a couple of 
>> minutes
>> to figure out that unselecting was required.  The obvious way is to have
>> selecting another vote automatically unselect the current vote, like a 
>> radio
>> button.
> 
> 
> I concur.  I'd rather see a radio button.
> 
> However, I think that the deselect is a safety measure - you can't 
> accidentally touch the screen in the wrong box and change your vote.  
> And given our election boards propensity for making confusing ballots, 
> this may be a good thing.

I doubt it, it's certainly not intuitive, at least thus far.  You have 
the option to review your ballot before you cast it anyway.

-- 
Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net

I didn't have to buy my radio from a specific company to listen
to FM, why doesn't that apply to the Internet (anymore...)?


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