RE: Secret ballot and the Colorado constitution

["Some Guy" <someguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Problem --- if I photocopy ballots and stuff the box and there are no
pre-printed serial numbers on the ballots, then how can you tell that there
are extra ballots? Eh?

paul t

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul E Condon [mailto:pecondon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 1:17 PM
To: cvv-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Secret ballot and the Colorado constitution
<snip>
I had been thinking, rather narrowly, on only the situation of
pre-printed ballots that are handed to voters by judges in a precinct
voting place. Your comment points to the value of a print head in the
scanner at the ballot processing stage. If each ballot is marked at
the time it is scanned, that mark can be used to ensure that ballots
are not double counted. But it plays hob with reprocessing ballots
that will need to be done because of computer malfunction.

Putting the scanners in the polling place could spoil your good idea.
If the ballot is scanned and marked while the voter is in a vacinity
there is still an opportunity for learning the association of vote
with voter.

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Paul E Condon
pecondon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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