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I have the request for the statute section into the Florida SOS. I will forward to you as soon as I
receive it. Larry J. Dix Vice President of Operations Global Election Systems -----Original
Message----- BS
4.0.9 and 4.1.1 will no longer try to fit races into a column by changing the
font size. I still want the statute section I asked for 8/28. Ken -----Original
Message----- It is a point of contention
with the State of Florida. The
State of Florida has to have this fixed before we can continue with the phase 2
testing. When I spoke to Mike
Lindsey this morning, he is unwilling to schedule the next step until this
issue is resolved. The Florida SOS
says this is a requirement to be fixed.
I would like to get back with Mike for scheduling this afternoon. Do you have an estimate as to when this
will be ready. I believe that everyone
knows the importance of getting to the second phase of testing. Thanks Larry J. Dix Vice President of
Operations Global Election Systems -----Original Message----- From:
owner-bugtrack@dieboldes.com [mailto:owner-bugtrack@dieboldes.com]On Behalf Of Jeff Hintz This
creates an additional line of test and the final race in the column has the
Header Font size decreased in order to fit. The point of contention was that this should not
automatically be made smaller, but should have forced this race to appear in
the next column. This is by design -- we even do it with paper ballots. The
idea is that its better to squish a race a little than to waste all the ballot
real estate in the rest of the column. Back in the VTS days it used
to be SOP to print out a ballot and then play with the font settings to fit
races into columns. If its a "point of contention", I we could make the
amount we are willing to cram configurable. That would probably be a good
idea just in principle -- I have never been comfortable with the hard-coded
cram factor even with paper. Some folks will tolerate more cramming than
others(1). That said, what is the basis for the contention? I have
seen statutes that say that candidate fonts need to be the same size
within a race so that candidates are given a fair shake, but never that races
have to be the same font. If this is a statute in Florida, please quote
the section so we have it on record. Ken (1) Florida will want it set low, Five-Point-Frank will want
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