[ale] OT: Electronic Voting in GA

[James P. Kinney III]

I had worked up a draft of an upgrade to the punch card process used in
lots of places. It used a 2-stage die cutter to punch the holes. It had
a sliding arm that outlined the candidates name to properly align the
die punch. It used a light and a soft chime to indicate that the die had
been depressed far enough to completely punch through the card.

The final step was a card reader. It would scan the card and post to a
non-touch screen the voters choices. They then would press either the
large red button marked "NO" if there was a discrepancy sending the
ballot to the shredder, or the big green "YES" button which would record
the vote electronically (using Fully Auditable Code of course*Thanks
Jeff*) and store the card ballot in a box. The counted ballot would be
imprinted with a serial number and a receipt is printed on the upper
part of the ballot card and delivered to the voter. 

Feedback during the voting process, feedback at the counter, redundancy
of the count, and a simple modification of existing equipment and only
one additional item at the polling place.

Unfortunately, Georgia being the Bubbaville that it is, I was unable to
get the idea looked at by the people who were to make the decision. 


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