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Continued Poll toll Continued from page A1 among themselves which to choose. The orders will then have to be placed through the state's Office of General Services, which is authonzed to then negotiate and con- tract with the machine's manufacturers. The machines then must be built, tested, shipped to the state and then tested again before being put into service. The local boards then have to learn how to use the machines and train poll workers in their use. All of this must be completed within the legislated tumeframe Cregan did not sound optinustic. And this was not even the only problem he and McShane discussed with the League members. \\We may lose many election inspectors.\ said Cregan, \due to unfamiliar technology. Combined with the aver- age age of our existing poll workers, there could be a massive shortage of inspectors.\ In addition, Cregan often came back to a point made carly in the cvening regarding the voters' confidence in any new system. \Reality is not reality - perception is reality.\ Cregan sud more than once \People believe that the current machines work accurately People may not believe that with new machines People will distrust cer- tain voting systerfis preconceived maybe but suill so ~ \Will people have taith in the results\\ asked Cregan rhetoncally \I am very. very concerned wath the next big one the 2008 presidential election What happens i sume counties systems farl\\ Some of those douhts people may have in potential new voting systems was on display as soon as Cregan and McShane left the meeting Susan Greenhalgh trom the organmzation New Yorkers for Venfied Voting (www .nyrv.org) was imvited to address the meeting ''The commuttee [of the state Board of Elections] is now looking at three DREs [Direct Reporting Electronic voting machines] and two optical scanners..\ said Greenhalgh. \Common Cause New York has tracked over $1 nullon for lobbying in support of the DREs already.\ She went on to state that optical scanners would be less costly, provide a reliable paper record of votes and use a proven technology most Americans are already familiar with. Liz Krolik, an orgamzer for the Long Island Progressive Coalition, also spoke indicating her organi- zation's support for the optical scanning system for vot- ing and reminding the members present that the League of Women Voters of New York State has adopted the opti- cal scanning system as its preferred method of voting. Web page Continued from page A3 Willus agreed that the posting of trustees\ concerns and opimions is a legal matter: \Personal opimions are fine if | allowed during a publhc forum,.\ Willus «ard 'The Board of Education, however. has to come through as a unified - front. and separate pages that voice opinions and con- Legal notices BOARD OF EDUCATION port, New York, at which time NORTHPORT - and place all bids will be pub- EAST NORTHPORT lcly opened and read aloud UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT General Instructions for Bid- 158 LAUREL AVENUE Gers. Specifications and Bid NORTHPORT, NEW YORK Forms may be obtained at the 11766 same office LEGAL NOTICE Bd proposals are to be sub- multed in an . sealed The Board of Education of the envelope. plainly marked Northport - East Northport Union Free School District. BID #06-103 Town of Huntington, County \ Suftolk, New York hereby COMPUTER PARTS invite the submission of sealed bids for The Board of Education of the -East Northport Urvion BID #06- 103 Free District reserve the right to waive any informaities COMPUTER PARTS or to reject any or all bide Buds wil be received unti Chrigting McCulloch 11:00 ame, - fling time, District Clerk W1 , 2005, a the Administrative Offices, Dated 10/13/05 205, 158 928 10/13 ix tn ove cn a seee -'w- aa s awawhfi Croan it haas s e a fhm ee cL acting savors ta Buen on coal oul an Mt 2. Yie 0 iffy? o oma a ae Caves . trl , Yt, #06 “ambusihjfl. [43 & ¥. cems are not appropriate.\ In August, Brosnan also released a memo outhning hi» thoughts regarding a designated board web page Brosnan said there may be, on the administrative side. limits to publishing all documents that are normally dis- tributed to the public at each board meeting The district does not have a high-speed scanner to enable frequent. Ihugh- volume copying to PDF files, for instance He recommended that the board create a policy stating specifically what they wish to be posted and to give clear direction to the staff. Peter Falotico, the distnct's director of art, media and computers, explained that the current website is main- tained in-house and the number of pages is determined by the district's computer memory capacity Many addition- al web pages could present higher costs to the district. Falotico said. especially if more help is needed to convert files for downloading. STONY Brosnan also raised concerns about public documents that might contain sensitive information - such as the scheduling of a tutor for a student or the termination of an employee - and said that their protection should be guaranteed Also, the agenda and the minutes usually contain the names of students being recognzed If the minutes are posted, the board nught have to consider alternatives fat those who do not want their names on the Internet Log on to www.timesofnorthport.com for news and interactive media BROOK FOOTBALL SEAWOLVES SATURDAY OCTOBER 24 at 1 PM KENNETH P. LAVALLE STADIUM VS. FREE MINI FOOTBALL HELMETS TO THE FIRST 750 FANS COURTESY OF YELLOW BOOK USA ST. FRANCIS ILY JDVJ * 140 SSWIL « S002 °C! 43J801L00
