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Good point for Florida and the like,
but not really of much interest to drier climes. But if we approve for
one, we should approve for every one.
Ian
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 1999 10:04
AM
Subject: Re: Ovals positioned back to
back on ballots.
Sharpie markers may have a bleed-through problem but
they don't have the slow drying problem that the Berol markers have.
When working in a very humid environment, marks made with Berol markers have
been known to be wet when the voter brings the ballot to be scanned. The
result is that the ink accumulates inside the reader until it causes
errors. The solution is to use the fast drying Sharpie markers
instead. Thus I wouldn't be too quick to remove the Sharpie marks from
the approved marking pen list.
Guy
How
about if we remove Sharpie pens from the list of approved ballot marking
instruments and train our customers not to use Sharpie pens?
This seems
like the easy, low-tech
solution.
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