Ballot bubble may baffle (Butte County, CA)

[fed-up]

Source: Chico Enterprise Record

Ballot bubble may baffle
By E-R Staff
Article Launched: 02/05/2008 11:22:10 AM PST

The lay out of the paper ballots in today's election may be causing confusion among some voters.
Voters are noticing that the fill-in bubble associated with a candidate's name is offset, which could possibly cause a mistaken vote.

The fill-in bubble is slightly lower than the candidate's name.

Butte County Clerk/Recorder Candace Grubbs, who is also the county's chief elections officer, said the off-set of bubble and name is the result of the way the ballots have to be designed.

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Grubbs said each precinct, besides the paper ballots, also has one touch-screen machine. If the voter is fearful of confusion, he or she can opt to use the touch screen.

Read more: http://www.chicoer.com/news/ci_8175248

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I haven't voted yet, am waiting til it warms up a little more outside.

[russian33]

1. yikes, try saying that title 3 times really fast

mouthful :)

[TechBear_Seattle]

2. "By design," and the only alternative is touch-screen

Wow, they don't even bother hiding the fraud anymore, do they? :eyes:

[damntexdem]

3. Great! Design a defective paper ballot. Then offer an electronic monster as an alternative.

I have used fill-in ballots in Texas; and the bubbles DO NOT HAVE TO BE offset from the candidates' names.

[uppityperson]

4. I am shaking my head here at that logic also.

[LiberalFighter]

6. Must had learned that from Bush's spokesperson Dana Perino

[beachbum bob]

5. ballot problems all over Ca for independents

apparently ballot problems for Independent voters exist all over California....looks like 10's of thousands of potential Obama votes won't be counted
go figure that

[XemaSab]

7. That's what I heard too

:(

[LiberalFighter]

8. The way they have to be designed? Check out the sample ballots.

Polling Place & Sample Ballot Inquiry

Bangor Trail Sample Ballot

There is absolutely no reason they had to be off-set. The Butte County Clerk is an idiot. She must think that the voters are that stupid to believe that statement.

[fed-up]

9. I tried to tell her about black box voting website a few years ago-she said tampering not possible

she is IGNORANT and gullible

I just came back from voting and yes, names and bubbles are offset

There are about 1300 in my precinct, half voted absentee
no count from poll worker as to how many already voted in person

only ONE used the electronic voting machine