----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 8:23 AM
Subject: RE: Registered Write Ins
AVTS
If GEMS would allow entry of "registered" or certified
write-ins, and these could be loaded onto the AVTS for specific races, in
states that only count registered write-ins, when the voter hits the
write-in button for a race, the AVTS could display the valid registered
write-ins for that race, saving the voter from keying in the
name.
Doable.
This smacks of
historic baggage from paper voting however. If the intent here is to
save the voter effort, I can save them even more effort by just putting the
reg writein name in the candidate list. If we know the candidate's name
at the point of download, then for every intent this is not a
writein, its just a candidate.
What is the cut-off
for registering your name as a writein in California and Washington, and what
is the candidate filing cut-off?
Ken