RE: PRESS 01092005 - Caldara: Swiss system suffers from one gaping hole

["Paul Tiger - LPBC - Outreach" <LPBC-O@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Lou - that might work for a single issue election - like Boulder's upcoming
March election.

However, in the past November election there were 58 ballot styles over 227
precincts. If you showed up in person they could get the BallotNow computer
to print out your ballot style and off you would go.
With the Swiss method they'd have to pick out all the colored slips (a
rainbow full) for your ballot style while you waited. I have my doubts if
they'd get it right, especially if they were doing it all day long for all
the people that showed up. You'd be waiting a while.
Sure - they could generate a pick list like making up an assembly on a bill
of materials, but only certain people are allowed to go into the ballot
vault to get the ballots. A small handful that was just reduced in size two
weeks ago.

So I can see supporting the Swiss method for the March election - one issue;
one ballot style for all - but can't see it for the general election just
yet.

BTW - if you went to 33rd street in March they'd tell you to go to the city
building. This is Boulder's election, not the county's.

paul

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From: AlKolwicz alkolwicz@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 16:01:01 -0700
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Subject: PRESS 01092005 - Caldara: Swiss system suffers from one gaping hole


Jon Caldara attended the public presentation of the Swiss Voting System.
Within minutes, Jon correctly assessed the pros and cons of the system.
Please read his evaluation (below) published in today's Boulder Camera.

Al Kolwicz
CAMBER
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To Al K. et al.,

Caldera's "evaluation" is his usual sarcastic mixture of bits of truth,
half-truths, concocted false hypotheticals, and total nonsense.  I would be
far more interested in what Al Kolwicz - whose evaluations garner far more
respect from this Citizen - would put forth after due consideration of the
Swiss responses to his objections such as mail-out/mail-in problems for the
US.

As I understand it, the Swiss can choose to hand-deliver their ballots
right to the ballot box, and are not at all required to mail it in - just
as I have done for many years, not trusting the vagaries of snail mail.
Mailing out could also have the alternative of choice - go down to 33rd
street as I did last October and get the ballot materials in person.

Lou

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