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A goodly line at 7:40 this morning but it moved pretty well. Everything in our polling place in Montgomery County, MD seemed to be working smoothly--even the Diebold machines. But it still took some 40 minutes or so, what with the line and the fairly extensive ballot.
One thing about the touchscreen machines that has (briefly) confused me twice now: the summary page shown at the end of the process, which lists the selections you've made, doesn't all fit on one screen. The button to scroll down is over on the left side of the screen, and I didn't immediately notice it. I suspect that this may be the basis of a lot of the claims that selections are being changed--they're just not visible. Someone not tremendously computer literate could easily conclude that the machine had eaten or changed one or more selection, and I've heard some of those claims on the news.
A significant interface problem, at the very least.
One thing about the touchscreen machines that has (briefly) confused me twice now: the summary page shown at the end of the process, which lists the selections you've made, doesn't all fit on one screen. The button to scroll down is over on the left side of the screen, and I didn't immediately notice it. I suspect that this may be the basis of a lot of the claims that selections are being changed--they're just not visible. Someone not tremendously computer literate could easily conclude that the machine had eaten or changed one or more selection, and I've heard some of those claims on the news.
A significant interface problem, at the very least.