I spoke with Bob Diekman and this is what we have come up
with. Let me know if this sounds
good to you.
I
assure you, none of this sounds good to
me.
Okay, here is the final
behavior.
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Overvoting a race clears all candidates in that race except for
that candidate being voted.
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Voting for a candidate that is already voted in a race clears all
candidates in the race,
including that
candidate.
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Once any candidate in a race has been touched, that race can no
longer be controlled by a straight party race. I use the term "touch"
rather than "crossover" deliberately. It does not matter whether the
race was touched in order to select or deselect a candidate, nor the party of
the candidate being (de)selected. Once touched, straight party votes
will not be applied to the race even if the straight party votes could have
been applied without causing an
overvote.
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If a race has never been touched, the first touch in that race
clears all straight party votes before that candidate is
selected.
I
am fairly convinced at this point that this whole exercise has little to do with
Pennsylvania electoral legislation, but let me know if any of the above needs
correction.
Ken
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