Okay, thanks. GEMS downloads withdrawn candidates
as "WITHDRAWN", since about 1.14 I think. 1.94x and later(*)
releases do not count withdrawn candidates. For example, voting for a
withdrawn candidate and some other candidate in a vote for one race will not
result in an overvote with 1.94x. 1.94w and previous releases will count
the withdrawn candidate (or overvote), and print the candidate name as
"WITHDRAWN" on the tape. Either way GEMS will drop totals for withdrawn
candidates on the floor on upload. In other words, the real behavioral
change is in how overvotes are handled.
In
short, since 1.94x doesn't "see" withdrawn candidates, there is no point in
including the word "WITHDRAWN" on the tape. It would always have zero
votes.
Ken
(*) Actually for
1.95 I don't know. The 1.95 release policy is not
mine.
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