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My Site 		News item #9; "Rube Goldberg Machine Steps 2004 Available":
Here are the steps for this year's machine:
  1. Voter pulls spring knob to select chosen candidate.
  2. Dowel attached to knob hits marble and sends it down the ramp/chute.
  3. Marble hits paddle(s) A, B, and/or C, pulling attached string(s).
  4. String(s) cause mousetrap(s) to go off.
  5. Mousetrap(s) pull strings, tipping over respective cups of marbles.
  6. Marbles fall into tube/tower (4A).
  7. Falling marbles trip level (4B), pulling string.
  8. String pulls dowel out of loop, releasing guillotine.
  9. Guillotine cuts fishing line, allowing weight to drop.
  10. a.)Weight (4C) falls, stopped by the marbles in tube/tower (4A), and pulls marker to proper height.
    b.) Falling weight also pulls string, releasing a pin that allows weight (5B) to fall.
  11. Falling weight turns pulley/shaft (6A).
  12. Pulley turns gears (6B), dispensing ballot.
  13. Dispensing ballot trips marble, which rolls down ramp.
  14. Rolling marble triggers mousetrap (G)
  15. Mousetrap pulls string, releasing pin (G2) which is holding contraption q in place.
  16. Contraption q turns, releasing marble.
  17. Marble knocks over dominoes.
  18. Falling dominoes trigger rattrap, releasing support block (F2).
  19. Boot (F3) swings forward, kicking battering ram (J).
  20. Battering ram hits marker
    a.) marking ballot
    b.) pulling string
  21. String triggers mousetrap (F5) which pulls a string that releases door (K).
  22. Marbles in tube/tower fall into funnel (D).
  23. Falling marbles land in basket, pulling string that releasing pin (D).
  24. Ballot is deposited into ballot box.
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