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Remeber, it is a BOND issue on the March ballot, and may not
pass. Notwithstanding that we all clearly agree on the ignorance involved
here, we still need to look at this.
I think we need to count on 3 to 4 machines in a precinct
location (didn't see that in your formula). The Nov. 2000 presidential
averaged 17 races with 19 voting positions in that election. Let's double
it to 40 voting positions (I think you used 90, which may be the case
sometimes). Assuming 1 line of text per candidate position, that's about
7" per voter x 250 voters or rougly 145'. Let's assume I'm off by x2.
That's still 300'. That is one roll change on each machine. In
theory that's probably doable.
I was at the SOS office yesterday in CA. and as Deborah will
tell you, every one, including the State's own consultant, thought this was
complete ignorance. However, if it is law, I don't know what choice we
have. I agree that our lobbyists didn't do a good job with this
- and neither did Sequoia's or ESS. But, we still better begin
looking at a design or sorts.
I see a short label field (4-6 characters) to
distinguish the race, and 18 characters or so for the first initial of candidate
and last name on a single line. I guess I'm thinking about how to
accomplish this at this point rather than fight it. The ignorance is again
with the politicians and their staff, and the lack of horse power we have at
that level.
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