(Kyle Grillot for LAist)
With weeks to go before Voting starts for California's March 3rd Primary, Beverly Hills has Filed a Lawsuit on January 22nd, City of Beverly Hills v Logan, Superior Court, Los Angeles County, 20stcp-292, Targeting the User Interface of New Los Angeles County Voting Equipment designed by the County.
The Filing names L.A. County Registrar, Dean Logan, as a Defendant and Claims the New Machines have "a severe ballot design flaw, one that threatens the integrity and accuracy of dozens of races in the upcoming consolidated primary election."
At Issue is the Display Screen, which only shows Four Candidates on the First Digital "Page" of a Given Race on the Ballot-Marking Machines, and it's too Easy for Voters to Unknowingly Skip Candidates further Down the Ballot by hitting "NEXT" instead of "MORE" on the Touch Screen, for the Next set of Candidates, said City Attorney Larry Wiener.
"We're really doing this on behalf of all the voters in the county of Los Angeles," Wiener said. "This isn't just a Beverly Hills issue."
This would Primarily Impact Local Contests where Names don't Rotate on the Ballot, like many City Council Races.
It's up to Election Officials to Decide how to Fix this Issue, Wiener said.
But the City has some Ideas: "The City is asking LA County to gray out the NEXT button until the voter has moved to the last page of that individual race and viewed all candidates," Beverly Hills spokesperson Keith Sterling wrote in a Press Release. "Alternatively, the City is asking that instructions be included on the first screen indicating there may be additional candidates than the first four names listed and to select MORE to view all choices."
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