Bumped to ensure it gets the attention it should. Will be on top through 4-19.
While I’m pretty reluctant to join in blogger triumphalism, I have it on good word that the City of Chicago’s decision to pull back from selecting Inkavote as the voting system was derailed by comments spurred from blogs! Credit should go to Deadly Earnest who doesn’t post often, but was the guy pushing the issue. Inkavote is complicated and simply doesn’t work well. It makes no sense to go to it from punch cards.
That the City pulled back is a good sign. It’s apparently looking at electronic machines or optical scan from what I hear. The State of Illinois is reducing the amount for machines so optical scan is looking especially attractive on cost, though it is problematic when you have so many judges on a ballot as those in the City do.
For those that want to continue to influence the Board, here’s the e-mail.
For those feeling really wonky–go here for the RFP responses and questions and answers.
But most of all–good job out there!
Remember to encourage a system that produces a reliable paper trail above all else. You avoided a trainwreck.