[EL] The Onion: Florida To Experiment With New 600-Lever Voting Machines

[David A. Holtzman]

And they're all proposed constitutional amendments.
I just got an email saying the League of Women Voters of Florida opposes all 11.
That should simplify voting for some (but the Onion machine lacks a big button for that).  -dh

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On Sep 27, 2012, at 9:37, "Smith,Daniel A" <dasmith at ufl.edu> wrote:

> One minor correction to Michael's reply. Florida has no statewide initiatives on the ballot. All 11 are legislative referendums. 
> 
> daniel a. smith
> sent from my iPhone 
> 
> On Sep 27, 2012, at 9:30 AM, "Michael McDonald" <mmcdon at gmu.edu> wrote:
> 
>> Actually, this parody is not all that far from the truth as one might
>> suspect. The Florida ballot is exceedingly long this election due to a
>> number of ballot initiatives that have been fully printed on the ballot,
>> with upwards of 10 pages in some counties when local elections are added. A
>> consequence is that voters will have to spend more time filling out their
>> ballots and feeding them into scanners, which will create long lines.
>> 
>> "This is the longest ballot I can remember," said Pinellas County Supervisor
>> of Elections Deborah Clark. "The voter who sees this ballot the first time
>> may need smelling salts."
>> 
>> http://www.bradenton.com/2012/09/11/4194723/florida-voters-will-have-long.ht
>> ml
>> 
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>> From: law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu
>> [mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] On Behalf Of Paul
>> Sherman
>> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 8:46 AM
>> To: law-election at uci.edu
>> Subject: [EL] The Onion: Florida To Experiment With New 600-Lever Voting
>> Machines
>> 
>> Some levity as the election draws near:
>> http://www.theonion.com/articles/florida-to-experiment-with-new-600lever-vot
>> ing-mac,29699/
>> 
>> Best,
>> Paul
>> 
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