Word: balloting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This afternoon's bingo game was cancelled at the Mass. Ave. Cambridge Senior Center thanks to the ballot counting taking place there today...
...Each ballot was then scanned into a memory card using Accu-Vote scanners sold to the city by LHS Associates Inc. of Methuen, Mass. Once all ballots were scanned, memory cards and scanners were delivered by pollsters to the Senior Center. The first delivery occurred at 9:20 p.m., about 35 minutes behind schedule...
...haven't heard complaints from those bringing in the results," said Molnar. However, Molnar did say the new ballots confused some, despite demonstrations of the new ballot procedure at all polling precincts...
...Senior Center, John Silvestro, president of LHS, entered memory-card information into a computer running the UNIX operating system. Silvestro said the Election Commission had anticipated entering the ballot information sooner, but transit delays between polling stations and the center resulted in the delay...
...great thing about ballot initiatives is they offer the citizenry no scapegoat other than itself. When the elephants have to leave the Cincinnati zoo ? famous for its endangered species ? angry residents might remember they just nixed a $52 million levy for a new elephant house. When sports fans in Pittsburgh bemoan the lack of facilities for the Steelers and the Pirates, it may spark the memory of their own votes against new stadiums for the teams...