Reminds
me of the IBM Selectric II days.
Some of you are too young to remember
those.
Larry
J. Dix
Vice
President of Operations
Global
Election Systems
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From: owner-bugtrack@dieboldes.com [mailto:owner-bugtrack@dieboldes.com]On Behalf Of Ken Clark
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 4:01
PM
To:
bugtrack@dieboldes.com
Subject: RE: AVTS 4.0.7 - Heading
Font size changes on different ballots
Our magnify
option violates this statute.
Hmmm, pica.
Pretty word. Learn something new every day.
Ken
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From:
owner-bugtrack@dieboldes.com [mailto:owner-bugtrack@dieboldes.com]On Behalf Of Larry Dix
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 2:00
PM
To:
bugtrack@dieboldes.com
Subject: RE: AVTS 4.0.7 - Heading
Font size changes on different ballots
Here
is how the section of statute reads.
I will place it in the Florida certification
file.
“(5) On each ballot stub
the words, "Official Primary Ballot" and the party name, and on the
caption the words, "Official Primary Ballot _____ Party," shall be in
18-point caps; the printed instruction to electors immediately preceding
the offices and names of candidates shall be in 10-point type; the
headings shall be in 12-point blackfaced caps; the offices, the group or
district numbers, and the words, "Vote for One" shall be in 12-point upper
and lower case blackfaced type; the names of candidates shall be in
10-point lightfaced caps; the lines on which are printed the candidates'
names shall be at least 11/2 picas apart, and the box to the right of each
candidate's name provided for the cross (X) in voting shall be 2 picas
wide and 11/2 picas high.”
Larry
J. Dix
Vice
President of Operations
Global
Election Systems
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From:
owner-bugtrack@dieboldes.com [mailto:owner-bugtrack@dieboldes.com]On Behalf Of Karen Rhea
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 2:57
PM
To:
bugtrack@dieboldes.com
Subject: Re: AVTS 4.0.7 - Heading
Font size changes on different ballots
The applicable
code sections defining header and candidate font sizes under Florida
law are 101.141(5) for primary elections and 101.151(7) for general
elections. Code sections pertaining to nonpartisan elections defer to
general election specifications.
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To: bugtrack@dieboldes.com
Sent: Friday,
September 07, 2001 10:59 AM
Subject: RE: AVTS 4.0.7
- Heading Font size changes on different ballots
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
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Message-----
From: owner-bugtrack@dieboldes.com
[mailto:owner-bugtrack@dieboldes.com]On
Behalf Of Ken Clark
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001
11:42 AM
To:
bugtrack@dieboldes.com
Cc:
Jeff Dean
Subject: RE:
AVTS 4.0.7 - Heading Font size changes on different
ballots
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
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From:
owner-bugtrack@dieboldes.com [mailto:owner-bugtrack@dieboldes.com]On Behalf Of Larry Dix
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001
8:07 AM
To:
bugtrack@dieboldes.com
Cc:
Jeff Dean
Subject: RE:
AVTS 4.0.7 - Heading Font size changes on different
ballots
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
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Message-----
From:
owner-bugtrack@dieboldes.com [mailto:owner-bugtrack@dieboldes.com]On Behalf Of Ken Clark
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 11:32
AM
To:
bugtrack@dieboldes.com
Subject: RE: AVTS 4.0.7 - Heading
Font size changes on different ballots
From:
owner-bugtrack@dieboldes.com [mailto:owner-bugtrack@dieboldes.com]On Behalf Of Jeff Hintz
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 6:43
AM
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 it set
high