RE: VTS Question- Brevard

["Sophia Lee" <sophia@gesn.com>]

In VTS, use the .TRL file (i.e. hpIV.TRL, postscpt.TRL) to replace the "Write-in    DEM" with "Write-in".   The easiest way to do it is to print report to file and then extract the line containing the "Write-in    DEM" into the .TRL file.  The spacing between the word "Write-in" and "DEM" is crucial.   

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-support@gesn.com [mailto:owner-support@gesn.com]On Behalf Of Nel Finberg
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 12:14 PM
To: support@gesn.com
Subject: Re: VTS Question- Brevard

I tried several variations on this report, always printing with party codes, and could not avoid this problem.  This problem probably was not discovered before because jurisdictions for the most part will print the Election Summary report with default settings, which do not include the printing of party codes.  I will contact Lee about this issue.

 

Nel

----- Original Message -----

From: John McLaurin

To: Support

Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 11:18 AM

Subject: VTS Question- Brevard

Please see below and advise – if possible – thanks – John

 

John,

 

Here's the problem we discussed on the phone:

 

In our setup for our August 21 Special General Election, we have one contest

with two candidates, one Republican and one Democratic, plus a write-in

position.  The Republican candidate is the listed first.  When I print out

the election summary report and request party labels, the labels for the two

candidates print correctly, but a label, DEM, is also printed for the

write-in position.  This does not happen when I print a precinct summary or

the SOVC.  We haven't seen this before, although we haven't had a general

election with only one race before either.  We think we can work around this problem

if we need to, but if possible we would like it fixed.

 

Thanks,

 

Lee White

Systems Manager

Brevard County Elections Office

321-633-2175