10:15 a.m. I’m voter #4 at Bach Elementary polling place. Not including a poll worker, I’m #3. Tried using the AutoMark machine but it wouldn’t scan the ballot. Poll workers planned to call for service. Polls are open until 8 p.m.
Fifth & Jefferson
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Yipe! I forgot all about this election. It’s a school board election. There are two four-year seats, each with one candidate (so each running unopposed), but there is also a two-year seat that there are two candidates for.
More information here.
Adam J. Hollier is still on the ballot as running against Ravi Nigam, but Hollier dropped out of the race several weeks ago.
12:30 Second Baptist Church … NO VOTERS!… other than 2 poll workers an 17 absentee ballots. Gonna be a loooong day
Doh! thanks Mary. Fellow Chronicle readers, here’s the story Mary wrote about the election last month.
There’s something you need to do re. the tab on the ballot for it to work on the Automark. If I remember, it means directly disobeying the instructions on the tab.
My automark notes from last year.
In short, tear off the tab. The machines are supposed to be programmed to ignore the tab, but they have been wrong the last few times I voted. It’s a matter of programming the machines to know how long the ballot is. Note that the “sample ballot” they test the machine with doesn’t have the tab on it.
Problem detailed in the AutoMARK troubleshooting guide.
I was the first voter at the Coliseum (4:3) at 9:30 AM.
My son worked at Mary St (4:2). They had 8 voters all day. His comment “We exceeded all expectations!” He also made a remark about using boredom as a path to spiritual enlightment.