I understand programming as I worked in the software industry for many years. However, here I am referencing the Batch Modification Report which has a box labelled # BAL. Even if this was a machine count, the first ballot that passes through that machine will be ballot 1 and not ballot 0. This is how software is configured for counting functions. This is because "0" itself is a valid integer denoting "No ballots". Hence # BAL value should equal the actual number of ballots, therefore I disagree with Dr Shiva's statement on this. Using his logic in this "0" would indicate 1 ballot.
I understand programming as I worked in the software industry for many years. However, here I am referencing the Batch Modification Report which has a box labelled # BAL. Even if this was a machine count, the first ballot that passes through that machine will be ballot 1 and not ballot 0. This is how software is configured for counting functions. This is because "0" itself is a valid integer denoting "No ballots" Hence # BAL value should equal the actual number of ballots, therefore I disagree with Dr Shiva's statement on this. Using his logic in this "0" would indicate 1 ballot.
I understand programming as I worked in the software industry. However, here I am referencing the Batch Modification Report which has a box labelled # BAL. Even if this was a machine count, the first ballot that passes through that machine will be ballot 1 and not ballot 0.