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Unfortunately, the tabulations ran into unforeseen delays, and the results were not final until 1:30 a.m., four later than expected Computing Center Manager Peter J. Heffernan said OIT's card reader got fouled up because of the poor condition of some of the cards. "Some of the cards had been folded or bent," said Heffernan. "They had to be smoothed out before the reader would accept them...
Over the fall, Cambridge replaced its paper-ballot voting system with a new punch-card that can be read by computer. "We didn't have to find a small army of people to assist the operation, and those who worked in the day could go home at a reasonable hour," explained Election Commissioner Sondra Scheir. "The returns were also available at a far earlier hour than in the past...
Voters used a stylus-like instrument to punch out boxes for as many as 235 candidates or referenda. After the polls closed, the cards were taken to OIT where they were fed into a card reader that tabulated the votes...
Scheir said Cambridge will use punch card balloting for all upcoming federal and state elections, but not city elections, where paper ballots will still be the rule. Cambridge uses the proportional voting system, whereby voters rank in order of preference the candidates on the ballot. "It is a more complicated ballot." Scheir said. "The city council won't agree to [punch card ballots] until they see the system is successful for other elections...
...curb illegal immigration into the U.S. in part by imposing fines on employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens. The Democratic nominee objected that the bill "requires employers to determine the citizenship of an employee before they're hired . . . I don't think we should have a citizenship card." The bill says nothing about a citizenship card. It would require job applicants to produce documents-Social Security cards, drivers licenses, temporary work permits-indicating that they are legal residents of the U.S., not necessarily citizens. Moreover, employers would have no obligation to verify the documents; they would be penalized...