Reply #12: Two issues: [View All]

[Bill Bored]

First you are assuming that the law was followed to the letter. Are Diebold, or the other E-votin' techs election lawyers? I doubt it. So you have to keep very close tabs on them to make sure they configure the software correctly, or you have to learn how to do it yourself. This is management/training issue. Multinational Corps. might be able to handle it, but can a local or state BOE?

Second, the option could still make sense because it would ensure that the candidates further down the ticket would get more votes, instead of voter fatigue kicking in. This is the law in NC and SC AFAIK (President excluded from SP voting), but I agree that it's not the law in IA.