Reply #45: HCPB is the way - I'm missing something, tho'

[BillORightsMan]

I'm all for a Hand Count Paper Ballot! I like the clear boxes - TRANSPARENCY!!!
See Paper, Pen & People!


I guess what I'm missing is how each race is separated. In November we will have:

• US Senate
  
• US House
  
• OH Senate
  
• OH House
  
• OH Supreme Court (non-partisan)
  
• OH Court of Appeals (non-partisan)
  
• County Commish (and a few more county positions)
  
• Local Judges (depending on your locale - also non-partisan)
  
• Mayor and Council Seats (depending on your locale)
  
• Statewide Issues
  
• Countywide Issues (depending on your locale)
  
• Local Issues (depending on your locale)
  

HECK! I took me 10 min. to vote in 2004 and I how I was going to vote!

So would you have a separate clear box for each race, for each pricinct and ward? (Atsa lotta boxes!)
I like the idea, I'm just fuzzy how one would get the visual count about who won which race, as boxes fill up and are placed on the respective tables.

How would you create the paper ballot, like a tear-off for each race, maybe color-coded, where each part of the ballot is dropped in the respective bins?
(Add numbers, too, for the color-blind.)
An extra box for the unused tickets (undervote)? Maybe a shredder for this?
What happens if the voter drops the ORANGE (US SENATE) ballot in the LIME GREEN (local school levy) box? Sort this out during the hand count?
Then, in some judicial races they ask you to "pick two". How would this be handled?
And what about spoiled ballots?


Sounds like a step in the CORRECT direction. Recommended for good graphical representation and EXCELLENT content!

:patriot:

BTW, The regressives would NEVER go for anything like this (even HCPB) because they woud never win another election again!