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# Re: BallotStationCE-4-1-0-2 audio ballot race advancement

- To: <rcr@dieboldes.com>
- Subject: Re: BallotStationCE-4-1-0-2 audio ballot race advancement
- From: "Nel Finberg" <nel@dieboldes.com>
- Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 17:13:54 -0700
- References: <PPECJKNKLDJLKJPKPPIOGEBADBAA.ken@dieboldes.com>

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ken Clark
> To: rcr@dieboldes.com
> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 4:45 PM
> Subject: RE: BallotStationCE-4-1-0-2 audio ballot race advancement
> 4 advances to the previous candidate unless you are on the first candidate of the race, in which case it advances to the first candidate in the previous race. It doesn't act quite the same as a prev race key.
> Note that the current accounting keypad has the 8 at top, 2 at bottom. This as got to change but lets keep that convention for discussion purposes to avoid confusion. You said 8-uparrow for next race, while I assume you meant previous race.
> Adding 2/8 next/prev race keys is pretty trivial. It does potentially mean a longer list of instructions every candidate though: 5 keys to explain instead of 3. This is why the idea was rejected in the initial design. Is everyone comfortable with increasing the instruction list? I am not entirely. Perhaps this is a reasonable thing to make an option.

> > After stepping forward or backward in the candidate list or selecting a candidate, the existing options are repeated. If no action is taken by the voter, the race text is read out again, followed by the same options. How about adding the race forward/back instructions to the instruction list only if the voter pauses long enough for the race instructions to be re-read, once a candidate is chosen, or possibly only when the number to vote for has been reached.
> > Nel

> If we do add 8/2, then the current behavior of 4 when at the top of a race is redundant with the previous race key. If there is a previous race key, then previous candidate should advance to the last candidate of the previous race, not the first.
> As a final note, keep in mind that voting is largely a linear process. The only reason a voter would want to be skipping ahead though races is if they go (way) back to a previous race and then want to move forward. Right now moving forward through voted races is a bit tedious because even the candidates that cannot be voted nor canceled are played. An option to skip those candidates automatically is in the works, and may render this whole discussion moot.
> Ken

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-rcr@dieboldes.com [mailto:owner-rcr@dieboldes.com]On Behalf Of Steve Knecht
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 4:12 PM
> > To: rcr@dieboldes.com
> > Subject: Fw: BallotStationCE-4-1-0-2 audio ballot race advancement
> > Deborah pointed out that the 4 key already functions as I was suggesting the 2 key should do. So my suggestion is simply to allow the voter to use the 8-uparrow key as a way to skip to the next race.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Steve Knecht
> > To: rcr@dieboldes.com
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 4:00 PM
> > Subject: Re: BallotStationCE-4-1-0-2 audio ballot race advancement
> > Agreed. In only a very cursory look, if you voted for the 3rd of 6 candidates, we need to be able to move to the next race. We need to be able to skip race altogether if voter wants ( I knows this will vary between states, based on state laws). Some states will require you to hear all candidates, other will not.
> > In the latter case, you've got to be able to move to next race somehow (wouldn't an 8 -uparrow or 2-downarrow key function in the same way the 4 and 6 key do now, and while adding keys, at least it works in the same fashion as the movement within a race?

> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Nel Finberg
> > > To: rcr
> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 2:32 PM
> > > Subject: BallotStationCE-4-1-0-2 audio ballot race advancement

> > > The audio ballot should give the voter the opportunity to immediately advance to the next race, without having to advance to the last candidate in a race first. Currently, it is only possible to advance to the next race after having advanced to the last candidate in a race in the audio ballot.

> > > Nel

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    - From: "Ken Clark" <ken@dieboldes.com>

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