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Let's
be clear - it is important for the poll worker to know if a voter has cast their
ballot with the smartcard. We should know if the elector has voted, or the
card is blank.
I agree with Ken on this. This is a marketing function
to meet the requirement that we know whether the voter cast their ballot or
not.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 9:39
AM
Subject: RE: Card Manager 0.2.4
If I may suggest, program the Card Manager to wait
until the user pull the card out. It's kind of an intuitive action,
isn't it?
Can't argue with
that. We'll make it
so.
If the user inserts the card, why does it matter
whether it's blank or not? In other words, why tell them that the
card is being cleared? Just clear it.
This probably won't fly however.
One nice use for the Spyrus is to give one to the poll worker responsible
for collecting cards from voters -- that way they can check to see that the
voter actually cast their ballot and let them know if they didn't. If
I hand you a voter card and ask "what ballot is this?", all you have to do
is slip it into a Spyrus to find out. You loose that capability
if we just unilaterally clear any card we come across. Let us know
what you think.
Ken
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