This is a good question. Standard operating procedure is to
either ignore the extra base precincts, or delete them from the database if
they are too hard to ignore. You can just program the base precincts that matter onto the
Card Encoder: If you think about
it, what is to stop you. That can
be tricky though, since the BS Create Card dialog doesn’t tell you which
base precincts are with which ballots.
If you want them gone, I suggest deleting them from the database.
I would really like to have this improved
structurally, since it comes up a lot, but I have never been entirely happy
with any of the potential solutions I have come up with. We could pick the first
base precinct for each ballot in the report precinct, and display only that
base precinct only in the list.
Ballot Station knows that it is
the same ballot for multiple base precincts after all. But is that base precinct label really
what the poll-worker wants to see? Poll
workers are working from a voter registration list, and those lists are by some
kind of base precinct (by any other name).
If we just show the first base precinct, will they always be able to
figure out what selection they should be making, or will it mean that base
precincts that are in their poll book are missing?
The other suggestion that has been thrown
around is to have a checkbox in GEMS to mark a base precinct as “inactive”. All fine and dandy, but clicking on the
checkbox is exactly as easy as deleting it, so the idea is not very inspiring.
As always, ideas on “how it should
work” are encouraged.
Ken
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-support@gesn.com
[mailto:owner-support@gesn.com] On Behalf Of Mark
S Earley
Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 5:32
PM
To: Support
Subject: Programming Encoder w/ 1
ballot style, multiple base pcts
When using a database that has multiple Base Precincts associated with
a Report Pct, create voter card window in BS shows all of the bases even though
they all have the same ballot style. Is this expected behavior? Does one need
to program all of these base precincts into the Encoders for use at the polls
or should they delete any unnecessary Bases from a Master Database when being
used on a less complex election?
Mark
Earley
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