Comments on: Fifth & Huron

By: Dave Askins

Dave Askins — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 01:54:05 +0000

Re: [12] It’s the sound of the paper tape being printed out.

By: Robert LaJeunesse

Robert LaJeunesse — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 00:14:54 +0000

Dave, is it the sound of the machine counting ballots, or simply the sound of printing out the results?

By: TJ

TJ — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 17:45:37 +0000

My theory is Ward 3 – there’s a singular sound; then 3 that sound similar; then something different. My guess is the three in the middle are for the ward. And goodness knows they need to make sure Ward 3 counting works right this year!

By: Jim Rees

Jim Rees — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 13:26:19 +0000

I had a theory that you could tell which ward by counting the individual bursts of sound, and assuming each burst represents a precinct. But I can’t get that to work.

By: Dave Askins

Dave Askins — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 18:23:07 +0000

Re: [8] Ding ding ding. You have won the enduring respect and admiration of election workers everywhere. That was from the public accuracy test, held Friday July 25, for the ballot counting machines to be used in the Aug. 5, 2014 election. The machine was printing out results from a test run.

Equipped with this knowledge, listen closely again. Which ward was this for?

By: Juliew

Juliew — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 17:48:59 +0000

Ballot counter?

By: johnboy

johnboy — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 16:34:58 +0000

Daisy wheel printer

By: TeacherPatti

TeacherPatti — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 15:37:45 +0000

I want it be a drum machine that has gone horribly, horribly wrong.

By: Tom Brandt

Tom Brandt — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 14:42:36 +0000

No. [4] is the best answer, even if it is not the correct one.

By: Trevor

Trevor — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 13:42:48 +0000

Is this a Chad-Maker 2000?