June 14, 2006
Survey 1: Not disability accessible- privacy. Would not choose the machine pencil markings may not come through. Some people unable to mark between arrows neatly.
Survey 2: Should be able to write it in without completing the arrow, I don’t like how it handles. What prevents some one from abandoning ballot and someone can pick it up and vote two ballots.
Survey 3: I just hope there are plenty of people there to help on election day!
Survey 4: If 10 ballots are out #’s are assigned as they sign, how do we make sure voters correspond with signed in #? A voter signs in- decides not to vote- leaves ballot- why can’t someone else use it- vote 2x?
Survey 5:Voters were definitely need introduction on machine, before voting
Survey 6: Would have been useful to see the ballot marking device
Survey 7: Need to see all machines, concern about use of pencil (and eraser) a little more subject to fraud.
Survey 8: Seems somewhat too public, not protected enough too much possibility for interference, (between writing, manila envelope, and 3 steps at any point can be disrupted. Too troublesome concerning change to vote.
Survey 9: I like that it spits out a ballot with a mistake
Survey 10: It was hard to get a question answered, not satisfied with privacy
Survey 11: I think we will have a problem finding space for people to sit to fill ballot in private.
Survey 12: I had zero confidence that this machine read my votes accurately, including my write-in vote, I have little confidence that any elections voting machine is secure, too much control in the hands of the techie
Survey 13: Very hard to evaluate because no ballot marking machine demonstrated, very expensive with ballot marking machine, ballot was too small and was confusing, printing should not be on both sides. No privacy sleeves demonstrated or shown.
Survey 14: I see a lot of problems especially with the elderly getting confused about the paper vote. The time consumed trying to vote.
Survey 15: Are there privacy screens used with this?
Survey 16: Will need lots of ballots and space we have the space where I work, some places don’t
Survey 17: The machine was not programmed to show all its functions like indicating an under vote, the vendor printed ballots, jammed, I think the scanner is being deliberately disadvantage.
Survey 18: We should have the optical scan programmed to tell why rejected.
Survey 19:Operating system should be easy for voters to use, paper ballot is more familiar to most people.
Survey 20: # 3 button inconvenient
Survey 21: As clear as is the ballot instructions, I would need to be confident that un-used ballots are destroyed not just mine, but everyone’s
Survey 22: Too much chance of voter waking away with ballot and throwing off count, also it is not a private vote since it can be viewed by anyone who wants to see it before the ballot is put in counter
Survey 23: I urge you to purchase optical scan, I want a hand-marked paper ballot in the case of a recount, they are ¼ the size and much cheaper to store and transport
Survey 24: This machine is not handicapped accessible, I feel more comfortable actually seeing whom I am voting for not trusting the machine to just take it and hope there is no human error
Survey 25: The writing on the ballot was too small, everything was jammed in there. I missed the propositions just like I sometimes do now, it still gives an advantage to the republicans and democrats by burying other party candidates, .70 a ballot sounds expensive
Survey 26: Paper cost’s are very expensive for each election 1 ballot for each voter + 10% = approx.$54000, I am not to sure how secure a persons vote is unless they fold before voting, if voter makes an error when marking back to the end of the line
Survey 27: Side don’t get into the ballot container seemed flawless and not secure, seems to costly per election for cost of paper ballot, was part affiliation listed?
Survey 28: A handful of sand could make life interesting this unit appears very vulnerable to vandalism before the polls open or during voting, good questions were asked at demo but most inspectors left shaking then heads no, if Sequoia does not vend the vision enhancing supplement for this machine who controls the next costs. The writing booths must have stand up stations for pedestrians pained by sitting down, wheelchair clients are not the only physically disabled/impaired, my polling places have hosted a number of 2-cane citizens or elders with whom I can empathize for arthritic courage, I recommend one stand up booth with a big foot magnifying lens, cheaper then the vision enhancement devices.