You might ask if they still provide election workers with a video. I found this more helpful than the training session or the book along.
Marianne Das [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Fisher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "William H. Magill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "University City List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 5:50 PM Subject: Re: [UC] Of course it would start in philly...Possible Machine Ir regularities > > The training sessions run by the City clearly describe the action of > > the "Officer's Control button." > > while they do point this out at the training session, it's amongst a > flurry of other directions and while answering a bunch of question. i > and others i talked with found the training sessions to be very chaotic > and unfortunately not very helpful. while the process isn't all that > difficult and the book (as you said) does describe everything, for first > time users it is oddly complicated. even repeat members of the board > seemed to have problems "remembering" what to do. > > what seems very odd to me is why they called it "officer's control > button". why not "press here to prepare machine for next voter"? > > just my 2 cents, > stephen > > > > William H. Magill wrote: > > On 02 Nov, 2004, at 11:39, Jennifer Horner wrote: > > > >> Regarding the below: this morning I voted at 42nd/Baltimore, right at > >> 7. After the first person voted one of the volunteers working the > >> voting machines told the other one that you are supposed to press a > >> button to reset the thing after each and every voter... the other > >> said, "they didn't tell us that.. they never told us that" but it > >> appeared the machine wouldn't work otherwise so he went ahead with > >> it. The first guy seemed to know what he was talking about. The > >> second, not so much. > > > > > > The question becomes, Who is "they?" > > > > Most likely, "they" is the local ward leader, who winds up at the last > > minute simply recruiting bodies to fill in the Election Board because > > nobody can be bothered to serve. It's a sad comment on the way the > > Elections are and have always been run in Philadelphia. > > > > Note that, everybody on the Election Board actually gets paid about $100 > > for the day. You get paid more for having attended the City run training > > sessions. > > > > The training sessions run by the City clearly describe the action of the > > "Officer's Control button." This is also described on page 11, > > "Operating the Voting Machine" of the "Newspaper" handout given to > > everyone who attended the City training sessions, and included in the > > "box" of election paraphernalia. That newspaper gives full and complete > > instructions for setting up the machines, "Opening," and "Closing" them > > for the election, as well as operating them during the election. > > > > > > T.T.F.N. > > William H. Magill > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ---- > > You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the > > list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see > > <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. > ---- > You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the > list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see > <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. > > ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
