I received the following question today from Alachua County, FL. They
are using GEMS 1.17.17.
I have a very
odd question:
Can GEMS be used
to exclude a race under some conditions?
To wit, our city
wishes to place two issues for vote on the same ballot this fall, the second of
which is moot if item 1 is approved, thus they wish to make the Accuvote ignore
the vote in race B if race A is marked "Yes".... It sounds like a
legal nightmare to me, but I've just been asked to check if it can be done, not
give my legal view. Thanks;
Will Boyett
It sounds like creative use of the Recall Race feature could maybe accomplish
this. As I understand a Recall Race to work, if the recall is marked yes, then
the recalled race is counted. The scenario above works just the opposite.
I did see that it was possible to add more choices other than the
default YES on the Recall Race. If a NO was added as a possible choice on a
recall race, would the system count it? How does the ability to count the
recalled race get triggered or
disabled in this instance?
I am working towards structuring the first question Will mentions above as
a recall race and the second question as the recalled race. Possibly the
wording of Q1 would have to be changed so that voting YES triggers the counting
of Q2.
Thanks for any help.
Mark
Mark
Earley
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