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# Fw: Ovals positioned back to back on ballots.

- To: "Global Support" <support@gesn.com>
- Subject: Fw: Ovals positioned back to back on ballots.
- From: "Steve Knecht" <skglobal@earthlink.net>
- Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 07:25:23 -0800

    I don't think Sharpies work for the Global AccuVote ballot based on the
    bleed through I saw in Fresno.  Spectrum is going back to their original
    paper to try and reduce this, but I think we do need to check for back to
    back registration in case this bleed through issue inadvertantly becomes a
    problem, especially since the Sharpie is on our approved list.
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Sophia Lee <sophia@gesn.com>
    To: Request For Change <rcr@gesn.com>
    Date: Monday, November 22, 1999 9:55 AM
    Subject: Ovals positioned back to back on ballots.

    >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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