Reminds
me of the IBM Selectric II days.
Some of you are too young to remember
those.
Larry
J. Dix
Vice
President of Operations
Global
Election Systems
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From: owner-bugtrack@dieboldes.com [mailto:owner-bugtrack@dieboldes.com]On Behalf Of Ken Clark
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 4:01
PM
To:
bugtrack@dieboldes.com
Subject:
RE: AVTS 4.0.7 - Heading Font size changes on different
ballots
Our magnify
option violates this statute.
Hmmm,
pica.
Pretty word. Learn something new every day.
Ken
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From:
owner-bugtrack@dieboldes.com [mailto:owner-bugtrack@dieboldes.com]On Behalf Of Larry Dix
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 2:00
PM
To:
bugtrack@dieboldes.com
Subject:
RE: AVTS 4.0.7 - Heading Font size changes on different
ballots
Here
is how the section of statute reads.
I will place it in the Florida certification
file.
“(5) On each ballot stub the
words, "Official Primary Ballot" and the party name, and on the caption the
words, "Official Primary Ballot _____ Party," shall be in 18-point caps; the
printed instruction to electors immediately preceding the offices and names
of candidates shall be in 10-point type; the headings shall be in 12-point
blackfaced caps; the offices, the group or district numbers, and the words,
"Vote for One" shall be in 12-point upper and lower case blackfaced type;
the names of candidates shall be in 10-point lightfaced caps; the lines on
which are printed the candidates' names shall be at least 11/2 picas apart,
and the box to the right of each candidate's name provided for the cross (X)
in voting shall be 2 picas wide and 11/2 picas high.”
Larry
J. Dix
Vice
President of Operations
Global
Election Systems
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From:
owner-bugtrack@dieboldes.com [mailto:owner-bugtrack@dieboldes.com]On Behalf Of Karen Rhea
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 2:57
PM
To:
bugtrack@dieboldes.com
Subject:
Re: AVTS 4.0.7 - Heading Font size changes on different
ballots
The applicable
code sections defining header and candidate font sizes under Florida
law are 101.141(5) for primary elections and 101.151(7) for general
elections. Code sections pertaining to nonpartisan elections defer to
general election specifications.
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To: bugtrack@dieboldes.com
Sent: Friday, September
07, 2001 10:59 AM
Subject: RE: AVTS 4.0.7 -
Heading Font size changes on different ballots
I
have the request for the statute section into the Florida SOS. I will forward to you as soon as I
receive it.
Larry
J. Dix
Vice
President of Operations
Global
Election Systems
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Message-----
From: owner-bugtrack@dieboldes.com
[mailto:owner-bugtrack@dieboldes.com]On Behalf
Of Ken Clark
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 11:42
AM
To:
bugtrack@dieboldes.com
Cc: Jeff
Dean
Subject: RE: AVTS
4.0.7 - Heading Font size changes on different ballots
BS 4.0.9 and 4.1.1
will no longer try to fit races into a column by changing the font
size. I still want the statute section I asked for
8/28.
Ken
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From:
owner-bugtrack@dieboldes.com [mailto:owner-bugtrack@dieboldes.com]On Behalf Of Larry Dix
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 8:07
AM
To:
bugtrack@dieboldes.com
Cc: Jeff
Dean
Subject: RE: AVTS
4.0.7 - Heading Font size changes on different ballots
It
is a point of contention with the State of Florida. The State of Florida has to have
this fixed before we can continue with the phase 2 testing. When I spoke to Mike Lindsey this
morning, he is unwilling to schedule the next step until this issue is
resolved. The Florida SOS says
this is a requirement to be fixed.
I would like to get back with Mike for scheduling this
afternoon. Do you have an
estimate as to when this will be ready.
I
believe that everyone knows the importance of getting to the second phase of
testing.
Thanks
Larry
J. Dix
Vice
President of Operations
Global
Election Systems
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Message-----
From:
owner-bugtrack@dieboldes.com [mailto:owner-bugtrack@dieboldes.com]On Behalf Of Ken Clark
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 11:32
AM
To:
bugtrack@dieboldes.com
Subject:
RE: AVTS 4.0.7 - Heading Font size changes on different
ballots
From:
owner-bugtrack@dieboldes.com [mailto:owner-bugtrack@dieboldes.com]On Behalf Of Jeff Hintz
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 6:43
AM
This creates an
additional line of test and the final race in the column has the Header Font
size decreased in order to fit.
The point of contention was that this should not automatically be
made smaller, but should have forced this race to appear in the next
column.
This is by design
-- we even do it with paper ballots. The idea is that its better to
squish a race a little than to waste all the ballot real estate in the
rest of the column. Back in the VTS days it used to be SOP to print
out a ballot and then play with the font settings to fit races into
columns.
If its a "point of
contention", I we could make the amount we are willing to cram
configurable. That would probably be a good idea just in principle --
I have never been comfortable with the hard-coded cram factor even with
paper. Some folks will tolerate more cramming than
others(1).
That
said, what is the basis for the contention? I have seen statutes
that say that candidate fonts need to be the same size within a race so
that candidates are given a fair shake, but never that races have to be the
same font. If this is a statute in Florida, please quote the section
so we have it on record.
Ken
(1) Florida
will want it set low, Five-Point-Frank will want it set
high