Re: [ieee] RE: Hand Recounts of votes recorded on DREs

["Brit Williams" <britw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Most of these machines do not use ink cartridges.  The use thermal printers.

Brit

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Subject: Re: [ieee] RE: Hand Recounts of votes recorded on DREs


> Does someone know how often ATMs go down because their printers don't
> work.  Putting a new ink cartridge at the start of an election should
> solve most of those problems.
>
> Best regards,
> Arthur
>
> At 11:16 AM -0600 12/10/04, Vern Williams wrote:
>>Stan,
>>I think you need a reality check.  The most failure prone component
>>of the "paper trail" system you seem so obsessed with is the printer
>>with it's mechanical parts and ink delivery system.  You state many
>>of your pet opinions as fact which is far from true.
> <snip>
>
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