On Thu, 14 Nov 2013, Joe Delahaye wrote to mark lewis:
ML> have you learned nothing from assuming things? i have no opinion ML> on the ballot because i'm not the election coordinator... however, ML> if i were the election coordinator, i would view it as a valid ML> ballot for tallying... it was accepted by the election coordinator ML> from a valid voter so it should be tallied...
JD> Actually the EC only ACKed receiving it.
that's what i said isn't it?
JD> I ask another question. If you are voting in an election and you JD> alter the ballot, is it still a legal ballot. Around here I think JD> that would be considered a spoiled ballot and would not be counted.
our ballots are all processed electronically... one simply colors in a circle for their positive vote like is/was done on some tests in school... an empty circle is not counted as a negative or an abstain... marking anywhere else on the ballot, other than the given write-in area, is ignored... write-ins are tallied as write-ins and then the ballots have to be manually looked at to see who the write-in vote was for...
