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Graybeard

(6,996 posts)
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 05:57 PM Nov 2012

Please. Larger print on ballot?

A request to anyone with influence with the powers that be. Can we please have a ballot that is easier to read? If for space considerations the type has to be that small could it please be at least a bold-face font?

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Please. Larger print on ballot? (Original Post) Graybeard Nov 2012 OP
Come to Illinois frazzled Nov 2012 #1
Alas, all the offices have to... TreasonousBastard Nov 2012 #2
For such a large ballot the print sucks. hrmjustin Nov 2012 #3
Thank you. Graybeard Nov 2012 #4
You and I both know the Board of elections are not going to do anything unless they pass a law. hrmjustin Nov 2012 #5

frazzled

(18,402 posts)
1. Come to Illinois
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 06:07 PM
Nov 2012

Our ballot was printed in such large type, the pages were so long they didn't fit on the table. I kept having to reposition it to complete the arrows.

But it was a good thing (and not just for the visually impaired). We had, among all the other offices to vote for (dozens and dozens), 58 separate judicial retentions, on which a yes or no arrow had to be completed. Had they been smaller, it would have been even more of a bitch to fill in. As it was, it took me more than 20 minutes to complete my ballot, and I brought a fully filled out cheat-sheet sample ballot with me.

Bring reading glasses next time in New York!

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
2. Alas, all the offices have to...
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 04:40 AM
Nov 2012

fit on one line to avoid some confusion.

However, there should have been a magnifier sitting in a pocket in the booth where you fill it out.

Sorry it's too late now, but nobody looks there, and poll workers often forget or don't know about it themselves.

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
5. You and I both know the Board of elections are not going to do anything unless they pass a law.
Wed Nov 14, 2012, 06:39 PM
Nov 2012

The Board can't do anything right.

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