I guess the optical scanners aren't all they're cracked up to be (Funny)

[rpannier]

If I understand the story correctly, this one bites the republikkanners in the ass.

This is Tom DeLay's district.
Texas Republicans are now running a write-in campaign for Shelley Sekula-Gibbs, a wealthy Houston dermatologist. Writing in her name would be hard enough if the voters could actually write on the ballot, but due to the voting equipment, they have to spell it out character by character (with no hyphen available) using a trackball. Nick Lampson is a former Texas Congressman and can easily claim he could do the job since he has already done it. Leans Democratic

link:
http://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2006/Info/hothouse.html

[Geoff R. Casavant]

1. Those trackballs are murder.

One dial that rotates. Start with first letter, then turn the dial as it cycles through the alphabet. When it gets to the letter you want, hit enter. Then move onto the next letter and start the process again.

Have fun with "Shelly Sekula-Gibbs." I wonder how close they have to come in order for it to count.

[rpannier]

2. if you mark Lampson's name

it'll probably count as a republikkan vote

[snowbear]

3. I read in some article though that they'll allow typos in her name...

It was on one of the articles someone posted on here yesterday.. The TX District said that if the "intent" is known, even if they they don't spell it correctly, they'll accept it..

[msanthrope]

4. Intent of the Voter? The irony is rich...n/t