a new day, a new ballot initiative.
prop. 41 is one of the two the post-2000-election measures on the ballot. but this one is a bond measure, for $200 million, to allow counties to purchase modern voting equipment. again, a very worthy cause, but a bond measure is a poor way to finance it. so i'll be voting no on this one, too.
there's a yes on prop. 41 group (whose website is broken mozilla—white-on-white text!), but once again there's no organization specifically opposed to the measure. the howard jarvis taxpayers association is opposed to both bond measures, though. the la times says to vote yes.
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there's no specific definition, although the bond specifically excludes machines that use prescored punch card ballots. otherwise, the machines just have to be approved by the secretary of state.
the current favorite appears to be the atm-like machines that were already used in riverside county. they aren't networked (although it isn't clear to me how the data is collected from the machines and reported), and they produce paper ballots to be used in manual recounts.
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what does "modern voting equipment" mean exactly? are we talking computers connected to oracle databases or are we talking the 2002 version of the 1967 equipment so we can keep that manufacturer in business?