On behalf of Don Biz and the good
people of We’ll fix this in GEMS 1.17.23 so that users are
warned that the change will affect ballots, and clobber the ballots if they
choose to proceed. Unfortunately
the cure is almost worse than the disease.
In There are a couple of important lessons here. First, be very careful when setting up
races controlled by other races.
You can’t tell by “proofing” the ballots that the AccuVote will count the same way a sentient being who knows how the controlling race works. It needs to be told
the correct controlling race. Straight
Party, Preference, and Recall races have the same issues. With shadow race, you should always
set up the database with headers that show the district or party that differentiates
the shadow race. For split
precincts, you can do this with the 1.18 @district macro,
or attach a header to the shadowed race. At least then you can tell by looking at
the ballot what district it is in, and have a fighting chance of identifying
the mistake during proofing. Ken |