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# RE: Race Label on LCD (was RE: Jefferson County, KY)

- To: "Request For Change" <rcr@dieboldes.com>
- Subject: RE: Race Label on LCD (was RE: Jefferson County, KY)
- From: "Sophia Lee" <sophia@dieboldes.com>
- Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 09:38:32 -0800
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- In-Reply-To: <000001be4ec7$b97cb9d0$6503a8c0@cramden.dieboldes.com>

King County would love this option as well. I think that the "tractor" idea is a wonderful solution. I think that ideas 2 and 3 would cause confusion to the poll workers.
Sophia

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-rcr@dieboldes.com [mailto:owner-rcr@dieboldes.com]On Behalf Of Ken Clark
> Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 1999 8:19 AM
> To: rcr@dieboldes.com
> Subject: RE: Race Label on LCD (was RE: Jefferson County, KY)

> > title. In VTS, the second line is normally used for specifying the number to vote for while GEMS doesn't seem to use it at present. Some options:

> No, what GEMS does is split the race text at a word boundary into two lines if it is longer than 24 chars.

> > 2) Race#/Colon/MidTruncatedName - "16:UNITED..NATOR".

> This one I understand and prefer.

> > 4) Race#/Colon/InitialsMidTruncatedName - "37:S S 7TH DIST" for STATE SENATOR- 7TH DIST.

> This one I don't follow though. What the rules for initials and mid truncation? What gets printed for "For the office of the president and vice president" and "This-Is-A-Strange-Race-Label"? Anyway, if you can come up with some rules that generate something more legible than option 2, I am all for it.

> > One other possibility is to blink between 2 or more displays.

> I think blinking would be too ugly to consider. The other possibility would be to do a "tractor" display that scrolls the text back and forth (ever use WinAmp?).

> Ken

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