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I think by now most folks know that CA. has implemented a law
that allows voters who didn't register with a party (a decline to state voter)
to declare a party at the precinct registration table or in-person
absentee. They can declare themselves a REPUBLICAN for example but there
is one race on the ballot, central committee race, that they CAN NOT vote
on. By using the votergroup1 and 2 filter, we can print up op scan ballots
in each precinct for REP and DEM parties, with and without the central committee
race. In theory at least, that gives us the report structure they want of
the combined totals for all REPS and Decline to State REPs as totals
combined.
However, our VCPROGRAMMER doesn't know about a decline to
state flag, or data structure at all. Nor does the voter card format
provide for a base precinct, party, AND some flag for decline to
state. We need to determine via discussions with DIMS and DFM
whether they are simply planning on adding two other parties and the reports be
damned or they are combining totals in their reports, or exactly how our
interaface function will work - or do we forget the
votergroup filters and go back to creating seperate parties. I need
feedback from programming before I talk to DIMS/DFM. Thanks
Steve Knecht
Global Election Systems 415-893-9941 office 415-893-9951 fax 415-225-6591 cell |