Re: A couple of electoral cartoons
On Fri, 10 Nov 2000 18:51:08 -0700, Thierry Nouspikel <REM...@stanford.edu> wrote: >It appears that some people were confused by the above ballot and casted >invalid votes. Although there is some argument as to whether people too >stupid to punch a hole in the right place should be allowed to elect the >President, most states have now agreed to turn to CAV (computer assisted >vote) for future elections. The only remaining question is which >plateform to use. Why can't you guys keep things simple? Here in Finland our vote sheets are like so: ___________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | Name of | _____ | | ballot | / \ | | | | | | <- supposed to be a circle | | \_____/ | but I couldn't be bothered | year | | to diddle it to be round.. :-) | | | | | | | | | |_________________|_________________| In the circle you simply write (in handwriting that's readable) the number of the person you want to vote. There's a list of all the participants and their vote numbers on the wall of the voting booth in case you forget. If there's anything else but a number on the vote sheet, the sheet is automatically rejected, and this is made very clear to the voters. Still, a number of rebellious people vote for Donald Duck or some other cartoon character.. Also various obscenities are quite popular. :-) When I don't have anyone to vote for, I just stay at home. You need to be literate in order to use this system, but I think that is required to be able to locate the correct box to punch your hole in too.. :-) Oh, I think there's also a guide on how to make clear numbers somewhere in the voting booth or behind the vote sheet.. I can't remember, it's a few years since I last voted for anyone in politics. (I've voted for several productions at Demo parties, though ;-)
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