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RE: AVTS - PA Certification - Straight Party Voting



Again, according to Bob Diekman, after talking with the people in PA, here is their response.  Voting before touching Straight Party:  A voter can begin voting the any of the races before they vote the Straight Party race.  Then at any time they can vote the Straight Party race, which will complete the ballot by voting for the rest of the candidates & races that apply to the Straight Party race.  The preference being given to the individual selection over the Straight Party race.  So, if a voter touches a candidate in an individual race, whether it is a vote for one or vote for more than one, that candidate will stay lighted and no other candidates will be voted for until you vote for the remaining candidates in that race.

 

Jeff Hintz

Global Election Systems

 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-rcr@dieboldes.com [mailto:owner-rcr@dieboldes.com]On Behalf Of Ken Clark
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 4:56 PM
To: rcr@dieboldes.com
Subject: RE: AVTS - PA Certification - Straight Party Voting

 

I need a clarification on the behavior here.  Consider two races:

Straight party race:  democrat and republican.

 

Dog Catcher race, vote for three.  Two republicans:  bob and sue.  Three democrats:  john, dave, and bill.  One independent:  jane.

Voter votes for jane first, not touching the straight party race.  Next they vote republican in the straight party race.  What happens to the Dog Catcher race?

 

Ken