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The audit supervisors aggregate the votes from the ballot counters. These supervisors are employees of the town and tend to run a large number of elections. They set up the elections and report results.
Needs & Goals
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Ballot Counters:
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- Because ballot counters have a cap on the number of hours they can work, they want to get the votes counted as quickly as possible. They would like to record votes both by race and by ballot. As a result, they need an efficient system which supports this functionality.
- This is a task for which accuracy and reliability are very important. As a result, the users aim to have a perfectly accurate ballot counting. They need a system which allows them to easily correct mistakes.
- Elections have very important results, so the users would like to clearly view running totals.
- Many of the users are new to this job and don't have much time to learn it. Hence they need a system which is easy to learn and repeat.
- Elections have varying numbers of candidates. Users want to be able to handle a large number of candidates easily.
- Write-ins are also a common occurrence. Ballot counters need a way to note that these occurred and also note that blank votes occurred.
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