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Multiple Ovals for each candidate - Puerto Rico



Jurisdiction:           San Juan, Puerto Rico
Date Requested:    July 8, 2002
Date Required:       Election date is Sept. 29, 2002 - Would need to test 1st part of September
 
San Juan, Puerto Rico would like to give multiple oval positions for each candidate.  See sample below.  The idea would be to lay out the ballot with 9 oval positions for each candidate, along with a box around those oval positions.  However, when they go to have the actual ballots printed by a printer, the printer will remove the 8 ovals surrounding the 1 oval in the middle, so the other 8 ovals will be invisible to the voter.  But if the voter makes a mark within the boxed area, where all 9 ovals are actually positioned, then the candidate will recieve one vote.  They are currently seeing alot of blank votes, since the voters are simply making a check or X, somewhere close to the oval, but not completely and not completely filling in the oval, as the instructions indicate.
 
Thanks,
 
Jeff Hintz
Diebold Election Systems
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Omaha, NE 68154

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