----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2001 4:03
PM
Subject: RE: New York ballot and the
"Push" in certain races
I don't have the
fax, but I think I follow. The candidates are cross endorsed.
Overvotes in a cross endorsed group go to the highest ranking
party. This is one of those changes that hits a lot of
subsystems...
We would need to
change the AVOS tally logic, plus changes to the download protocol and
memory card format to store the party rankings. Central count tally
logic would need work as well.
AVTS would need
the same changes as AVOS, plus it will need some kind of user
interface to present this to the user. We could either allow them to
overvote within a party (current not allowed) and the tally only the ranking
party. Or we could automatically deselect the lower ranked party when a
higher rank is selected.
GEMS side
needs some race editor changes for the new race type
flag, and rankings added to the voter group
subsystem.
In short, we are
talking major version number changes to AVOS, AVTS, and
GEMS.
Keep in mind that
cross endorsement isn't implemented in GEMS currently, nevermind the push
variant. That would need doing before we take on
push.
Ken
One of the conditions to becoming certified in
the State of New York is the "push", (their terms).
It appears that various parties can choose
their candidates in various races to represent them, even though the
candidates are not of their party. Should a voter happen to vote for
the same candidate (team) more than once in the same race, even though
it is a race for one, then the vote goes to the higher ranked party.
The election establishment in New York call this a "push".
Fax sent to Tab and Ken. George W. is the
candidate for the Republicans and the Conservative, Al Gore is the candidate
for Democratic, Liberal and Working Families. The race for United
States Senator (Vote for One), has Hillary Rodham Clinton running for
Democratic, Liberal, and Working Families. If a voter marked the
ballot for all three parties for Hillary, the vote would go to the
highest ranking party, i.e.. the Democratic Party.
Greg Forsythe
Global Election Systems,
Inc
(416) 446-1383 office (416) 446-1425 fax
(416)
464-3736 cell