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Please do better than these folks who just won a bid for elections in Los Angeles, and previously held elections in South Dakota, New Jersey, Chicago, IL, Coo

Please do better than these folks who just won a bid for elections in Los Angeles, and previously held elections in South Dakota, New Jersey, Chicago, IL, Cook County, IL, Denver, CO, Oregon, New South Wales, El Paso, CO, Utah, West Virginia, Honolulu, HI, Franklin County, WA, Swindon Borough, UK: http://www.everyonecounts.com http://www.everyonecounts.com so the real question is where is the startup with the solution of $35 tablet "voting machines" on $10 stands and a $30 SBC "voting server" in a $15 lockbox that can deliver 4 "deluxe voting terminals" with a "server" for $2,000? They appear to be using an iPad with their "SaaS voting app": http://www.everyonecounts.com/voting-unit/ http://www.everyonecounts.com/voting-unit/

kristopolous 11y ago
I don't understand this race to the iPad ... the LAUSD (Los Angeles School District) had this bizarre iPad for every student program (http://www.scpr.org/news/2015/04/24/51241/lausd-developing-next-steps-after-ipad-for-every-s/ http://www.scpr.org/news/2015/04/24/51241/lausd-developing-n...). I say it's bizarre because I know you can get tablets in bulk for $30-$35 each while the lowest price iPad is $400. After getting past "why does every student need a tablet computer" we get to "why from a single vendor with prices that are 1,333% higher than the cheapest competition?" I'm not saying the Apple product isn't nice - it's just I don't see why so many tax dollars should be spent when there's other options. Going back to the voting machine ... we'd not really care about some wonderful durability of the cheap tablet because the owner would only be using it a few days a year at the most; in ideal conditions, without moving it; the thing will survive fine.
- thaumasiotes 11y ago
  > After getting past "why does every student need a tablet computer" Speak for yourself. I'd rather people didn't get past that quite so easily.
  - kristopolous 11y ago
    the idea is to give less affluent students the same access to the "digital divide" as the more affluent ones. I think it's a valid concern ... but this is not a valid solution to the problem.
  - rwallace 11y ago
    There's a school here in Dublin where the kids were starting to get back trouble from the weight of all the books they had to lug around, so they gave them all iPads and books in digital format instead, which solved the problem; that's certainly a legitimate need.
  - nosuchthing 11y ago
    The cost of a single paper textbook averages anywhere from $150-$400.

kristopolous 11y ago

I don't understand this race to the iPad ... the LAUSD (Los Angeles School District) had this bizarre iPad for every student program (http://www.scpr.org/news/2015/04/24/51241/lausd-developing-next-steps-after-ipad-for-every-s/ http://www.scpr.org/news/2015/04/24/51241/lausd-developing-n...). I say it's bizarre because I know you can get tablets in bulk for $30-$35 each while the lowest price iPad is $400. After getting past "why does every student need a tablet computer" we get to "why from a single vendor with prices that are 1,333% higher than the cheapest competition?" I'm not saying the Apple product isn't nice - it's just I don't see why so many tax dollars should be spent when there's other options. Going back to the voting machine ... we'd not really care about some wonderful durability of the cheap tablet because the owner would only be using it a few days a year at the most; in ideal conditions, without moving it; the thing will survive fine.

thaumasiotes 11y ago
> After getting past "why does every student need a tablet computer" Speak for yourself. I'd rather people didn't get past that quite so easily.
- kristopolous 11y ago
  the idea is to give less affluent students the same access to the "digital divide" as the more affluent ones. I think it's a valid concern ... but this is not a valid solution to the problem.
- rwallace 11y ago
  There's a school here in Dublin where the kids were starting to get back trouble from the weight of all the books they had to lug around, so they gave them all iPads and books in digital format instead, which solved the problem; that's certainly a legitimate need.
- nosuchthing 11y ago
  The cost of a single paper textbook averages anywhere from $150-$400.