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So someone ought to write an op ed in the papers before people go to the po=
lls=2C indicating that with the record number of initiatives<BR>
on the ballot=2C and the fact that some people will elect for paper instead=
of using machines at the polls=2C that CFVI recommends <BR>
to the clerks no fewer than x number of voting stations per precinct=2C and=
perhaps absentee ballots hand-delivered to the county<BR>
clerks office to ensure that votes are recorded as cast and not in danger o=
f disappearing by the U.S. Postal service. =3B <BR><BR><BR>
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Date: Mon=2C 25 Aug 2008 09:54:14 -0600<BR>From: margitjo@xxxxxxxxx<BR>To: =
debsueadams@xxxxxxxxxxx=3B harvie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=3B gcahoon@xxxxxxxxx=3B dav=
e@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx=3B angielayton@xxxxxxxx=3B ivan.meek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx=3B =
richey80304@xxxxxxxxx=3B Tmmco1@xxxxxxx=3B m.eberle@xxxxxxxxxxxx=3B clifwes=
t@xxxxxxxxxxx=3B dleftwich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx=3B attendees@xxxxxxx=3B cvv-d=
iscuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<BR>Subject: MUST READ Excellent Report on Need for=
Emergency Paper Ballots!<BR><BR><BR>
<DIV><BR>See Bill Edelstein &=3B Save Our Votes' five page report titled=
"How can we prevent long lines</DIV>
<DIV> =3Bfrom disenfranchising voters in this year's election?"<BR>&nbs=
p=3B <A href=3D"http://www.saveourvotes.org/releases/2008/7-23-emergencybal=
lots-sov.pdf" target=3D_blank>http://www.saveourvotes.org/releases/2008/7-2=
3-emergencyballots-sov.pdf</A><BR><BR>It is supposed to be very good=2C and=
something that =3Bshould be distributed =3Bto clerks=2C etc.<BR><B=
R><BR><SPAN></SPAN>
<DIV style=3D"DIRECTION: ltr">From the report: </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"DIRECTION: ltr">"The formation of polling place lines depends=
on the interplay among the<BR>number of voters=2C the number of voting mac=
hines=2C and the time each voter<BR>takes to vote. It is a process similar =
to that which occurs on highways<BR>during rush hour. Traffic flows smoothl=
y as long as traffic density is<BR>low. As volume increases=2C traffic grad=
ually slows until=2C at some<BR>concentration=2C it locks up and cars accum=
ulate into long lines that can<BR>take hours to clear.<BR><BR><BR><BR>Physi=
cist William Edelstein has applied mathematical queuing simulation<BR>to vo=
ting dynamics in Maryland. Dr. Edelstein studied an average<BR>precinct wit=
h 10 voting machines and 1500 actual voters (a turnout of<BR>75%). He found=
that if each voter takes an average of 4.6 minutes to<BR>vote=2C all preci=
ncts will have wait times of more than 15 minutes at some<BR>point during E=
lection Day and 0.1% of precincts will experience wait<BR>times of more tha=
n an hour.<BR><BR><BR><BR>But small variations in voting times can cause la=
rge changes in wait<BR>times. An average voting time of 5 minutes would mea=
n that 10% of<BR>precincts would have a wait time of more than an hour at s=
ome point<BR>during the day=2C and a voting time of 6.3 minutes would cause=
wait times<BR>longer than 2 hours in nearly all precincts."<BR> =3B</D=
IV><SPAN></SPAN>
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