----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 7:14
AM
Subject: RE: Write-in Line To Be Moved To
The Lowest Position If Candidate Spacing Is More Than 1
If this is
acceptable to everyone, we can do it easy enough. My only concern is
that without the candidate horizontal line, it is hard to tell that the
write-in belongs to the bottom oval. Well, not hard, but the florida
butterfly ballot wasn't hard either. We have had problems with getting
voters to fill in the oval with write-ins in the past. If anyone has
concerns about this change, please speak up, else we can get this into the
next release.
Ken
Date Requested:
February 13,
2001
Requested By:
Dakota, Anoka, and Washington Co.'s in Minnesota and Hamilton
Co., TN
Date Needed:
By November 1, 2001 (MN county wide School Board elections are
in November)
Description: The above named accounts would like the write-in
line to automatically move to the lowest possible position if candidate
spacing is set at more than 1 and the multiple write-in lines choice is not
selected. (see below).
Current
Proposed
Motivation:
MN election directors are concerned that the current layout
gives the appearance that a potential write-in candidate is not given equal
space on the ballot.
Cathi Smothers
Global
Election Systems
423.842.0937
423.505.7507