Comments on: Mauro Hasn’t Forgotten http://iowavoters.org/2007/01/02/mauro-hasnt-forgotten/ for Open and Transparent Elections Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:54:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 by: Jerry Depew http://iowavoters.org/2007/01/02/mauro-hasnt-forgotten/#comment-5351 Thu, 04 Jan 2007 18:34:21 +0000 http://iowavoters.org/2007/01/02/mauro-hasnt-forgotten/#comment-5351 Drew: Open Voting Consortium's Alan Dechert is working to covert touchscreens into ballot printers. The ballots could then be scanned. His plan keeps the computer at the poll to aid blind voters, but stops it from being the counting machine it is today. Jose: "No Unfunded Mandates" is a common cry among county officials when they see state action looming. In the voting machine case they ignored the funding that was available and just hid behind the "No Mandates" portion of the battlecry. Auditors didn't want to be seen telling other auditors what to do. If Mauro was one of those Mind My Own Busines types, I'm not surprised. I suppose it doesn't help his credibility with other auditors to reverse his position now. Drew: Open Voting Consortium’s Alan Dechert is working to covert touchscreens into ballot printers. The ballots could then be scanned. His plan keeps the computer at the poll to aid blind voters, but stops it from being the counting machine it is today.

Jose: “No Unfunded Mandates” is a common cry among county officials when they see state action looming. In the voting machine case they ignored the funding that was available and just hid behind the “No Mandates” portion of the battlecry. Auditors didn’t want to be seen telling other auditors what to do. If Mauro was one of those Mind My Own Busines types, I’m not surprised. I suppose it doesn’t help his credibility with other auditors to reverse his position now.

]]> by: Jose http://iowavoters.org/2007/01/02/mauro-hasnt-forgotten/#comment-5346 Thu, 04 Jan 2007 06:32:47 +0000 http://iowavoters.org/2007/01/02/mauro-hasnt-forgotten/#comment-5346 Agreed Jerry. You are right to be cautious about his "first call to action." I challenge you to ask him what his position was in 2005 before the new machines were purchased and the paper trail legislation died in the legislature, and then take it a step further and ask legislators where he was. I believe it was: I support them personally, but they should not be mandatory. If he and Linda have had a change of heart, great, but it is rewriting history to suggest that has always held his current position. Thank you for your effort. Agreed Jerry. You are right to be cautious about his “first call to action.” I challenge you to ask him what his position was in 2005 before the new machines were purchased and the paper trail legislation died in the legislature, and then take it a step further and ask legislators where he was. I believe it was: I support them personally, but they should not be mandatory. If he and Linda have had a change of heart, great, but it is rewriting history to suggest that has always held his current position.

Thank you for your effort.

]]> by: Drew Miller http://iowavoters.org/2007/01/02/mauro-hasnt-forgotten/#comment-5342 Wed, 03 Jan 2007 04:54:05 +0000 http://iowavoters.org/2007/01/02/mauro-hasnt-forgotten/#comment-5342 What about an electronically-printed ballot? Something that prints out the name of the candidate you are voting for as well as the code that allows it to be interpreted by a scantron? That seems like it would combine the best of both worlds - machine versatility with paper documentation. What about an electronically-printed ballot? Something that prints out the name of the candidate you are voting for as well as the code that allows it to be interpreted by a scantron? That seems like it would combine the best of both worlds - machine versatility with paper documentation.

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