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Minus the google being evil part, this entire operation could have been done in google sheets and would probably have gone 100 x better. With free robust revis

• judge2020 7y ago
  Assuming they set it up properly and/or use multiple sheets, a single sheet for 20+ people can get real messy and hard to audit.
  • willj 7y ago
    They probably mean via a Google Form. That’s a fairly safe way (in my experience) to add inputs from many users concurrently.
    • rtkwe 7y ago
      Then you get into problems dealing with erroneous entries though right?
  • WindyCityBrew 7y ago
    I would set up each reporting unit (precint/causaus site) with their own sheet. There are probably only 5-10 officials per site that should even have edit access, maybe less, like only secretaries? Make a nice formatted layout specific to that year. People feel pretty comfortable in excel-like spreadsheets/forms. Then at the state level, since you have permission to all the sheets, its simple to aggregates all the sheet data It's not some wiz-bang branded app with fancy animations, but its piggybacking on a very robust spreadsheet system that many people have some experience/intuition with.
• boublepop 7y ago
  This kind of naivety is likely what brought about the entire issue in the first place.
  • WindyCityBrew 7y ago
    Consultants with more budget than sense seems more likely.