It takes that long because the clerks have no idea what tab does. Watch somebody who does and see how fast they can fill in a form. Mouse actually slows down data entry a lot.
Joe > On Sep 10, 2015, at 6:29 PM, Chuck Guzis <ccl...@sydex.com> wrote: > >> On 09/10/2015 02:32 PM, Jay Jaeger wrote: >> >> Or the infamous "hanging chad" punch(ed) ;) cards from son of >> Bush's first election. I got an operational Documation card reader >> from Texas a few years back that was retired as a result of that >> fiaso. > > > Oregon is a vote-by-mail state exclusively. There were no polling places for > the 2000 Presidential election. Before that, we were a conventional come to > a polling place and use a small punch tool state. Never saw a voting machine. > The current mail system (well, you can turn in a ballot at several places in > most cities; mail needn't be used) uses mark-sense cards. Unlike the old > mark-sense cards, you're instructed to fill the space in with black ink, not > pencil. > > But cards are the operative system currently. > > Which reminds me--I went over to the local DMV to renew my "papers". Since > the terrorism craze, the state has changed the rules for verifying identity > to now include a birth certificate (heaven knows why). What shocked me was > the process. Each clerk took the about-to-expire ID and a paper form filled > out by the applicant and painstakingly re-entered all the information on a > simple dumb keyboard terminal, then swiveled the terminal to the customer to > verify the information and manuall correct it if necessary. Positioning to > the appropriate field was done via cursor keystrokes--not a mouse or glidepad > or touchscreen anywhere to be seen. > > All of this typing, cursor movement, etc. by itself took more than 10 minutes > for each customer. > > Unbelievable. > > --Chuck > >
