----- 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