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# Ovals positioned back to back on ballots.

- To: "Request For Change" <rcr@dieboldes.com>
- Subject: Ovals positioned back to back on ballots.
- From: "Sophia Lee" <sophia@dieboldes.com>
- Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 09:47:05 -0800
- Importance: Normal

    RCR:		sl-112099-01
    Requested:	November 20, 1999
    Required: 	December 15 1999
    County:		King County, WA
    Election:	February 29, 2000

    The election in King County on November 2, 1999 went well. However, we did
    have a "bleed-through" problem from the Sharpie Pens.
    There were a lot of races and issues in this November election resulting in
    some 450 ballot styles.  Unfortunately, a couple of the ovals on the Seattle
    ballots were back to back.  Some of the marks on the front of the ballot
    bled through to the ovals on the back of the ballots causing a race on the
    back to register as over-votes.  This was detected and corrected within 2
    hours of the opening of the polls.
    Since Sharpies are still approved ballot marking instruments (according to
    Ian), request that GEMS automatically detect if the ovals for any ballot are
    back to back and either
    a) provide an exception report identifying the ballot styles with back to
    back ovals or
    b) automatically adjust the oval column for the ballot.

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