InfoD-Cafe: Re: Stupid Voters/InfoD Visibility

[Karen Schriver]

Hello Gunnar,

I couldn't get your link to work. Is is working?

karen

>On Oct 28, 2004, at 9:18 PM, Loren R. Needles wrote:
>>States there are 4,000 plus counties each creating their best guess 
>>of a passable ballot design in some back office with scant 
>>specialized know how. How much would it take for a few universities 
>>and colleges to put together a consortium of professors and grad 
>>students to nail down best practices?
>
>The big desire for most local officials is a simple set of rules. 
>People tend to see the questions as simpler than they are.
>
>Two years ago here in California we had an election where the most 
>important question was whether Gray Davis would be removed as 
>governor. My local assistant registrar followed what he saw as fair 
>procedure and ended up with a first page with two propositions and 
>the recall: http://www.gunnarswanson.com/BallotA
>
>When I objected that the most important thing on the ballot seems to 
>disappear, the assistant registrar told the local newspaper that he 
>found the issue surprising and that "You can't please everyone."
>
>Gunnar
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