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Just a comment on union elections. I know very little about the union election market place, but
from what I do know, I believe that we are missing the boat on a considerable
revenue stream. However, there are
long-term relationships that have been developed over the years between the unions
and the election companies they deal with that may be hard to break. That being said, I think that we should
explore the possibilities. Robert -----Original
Message----- Ken, This is not proportional voting.......a
delegate comes from his home state or whatever as has the authority to cast
ballots for home delagates who did not attend. When the delagate signs
in, he is authorized to vote a specific number of times based on the delagates
not in attendance. The pollworked declares "vote for 3 or vote for 5
or whatever the count", the delagate goes into the (lever) machine and
votes with the pollworker resetting the machine each time. There has got to be a better way ! Yes, this is big ! HBA does over $
8.0 million in union elections annualy with this format and they are not the
big player in this world. Brian -----Original Message----- From: owner-rcr@dieboldes.com
[mailto:owner-rcr@dieboldes.com]On Behalf Of Larry
Dix This request is for using a touch screen for labor elections, therefore
this request may conflict with voting standards as we know them. It couldn't be a
conflict; just (yet) another voting option. Can a smart card be programmed so that it will allow the user to vote a
specified number of times. A
delegate would declare the number of ballots that he is able to vote for. We can do just
about anything. Example: A person would be
allowed to vote the ballot 5 times.
This would be determined at time of smart card burning. The voter could continue to vote the
same ballot and a counter would be incremented until the voter used up the
specified number of ballots.
A few questions: Is the number of votes
the same for all smart cards created, or does it potentially change every time
a new card is created? What is the potential range of votes a
delegate can have? Is the smart card locked
into the machine until they use up all their votes, or can they stop and vote
some more later? Are the votes transferable to other voters? If the votes must be used
all at once by one voter, then is the union open to other paradigms
that accomplish the same thing? Or more to the point, this is just
proportional voting. No point in giving them five ballots. Give
them one ballot, and let them distribute their votes among the candidates in
one pass. Five votes for candidate A, or three votes for A and two for B,
etc. As an aside, it would
have to be a pretty big union to afford this kind of change, but hey maybe the
teamsters are trying to elect Hoffa's son again? Ken |