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- From: dvand@ctp.com (Derek Vandivere)
- Subject: Re: Voting Booths
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.134703.21376@ctp.com>
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- References: <1992Nov10.022514.13952@porthos.cc.bellcore.com> <palmer.721401771@news.larc.nasa.gov> <1992Nov16.201332.11366@miki.pictel.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 13:47:03 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov16.201332.11366@miki.pictel.com> harling@miki.pictel.com (Dan Harling) writes:
- >In article <palmer.721401771@news.larc.nasa.gov> palmer@icat.larc.nasa.gov (Michael T. Palmer) writes:
- >>...It seems every year
- >>I vote (at the SAME polling place) the machines are different. One year
- >>etc..
- >
- >By those standards, Massachusetts has a pretty good system. The ballot
- >is printed on a piece of folded paper, and is marked with a pencil, so
- >the "controls" are pretty basic: mark an 'X' in the appropriate box,
- >which is clearly marked.
- >etc...
-
- Actually, voting differs in Massachusetts depending on where you are. In
- Belmont, you get the punch card; in Brighton (where I voted) you get the
- voting booth/curtain/lever deal. Don't assume that's what true for your
- precinct is true for the entire state...
-
- -dersk
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