Odd/Old Computing System for Jury Duty

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Yesterday, I wrote a bit about my jury duty. One other thing is worth mentioning: the courts must have an old/odd computer system(s). In a couple of weeks we all get a slip in the mail saying we did our jury duty and that cannot be called for another 3 years. This is fine. They also said that we need to keep this slip in case we get called by mistake in the next 3 years. They said we must keep the slip because they do not have a record of who served after 3 months. One odd thing about this is how do they know who to send out summons to if they do not have a record of who has not served within the last 3 years. It sounds like maybe the people who handle complaints do no have access to the system that has the information. Perhaps the system is real buggy. Another possibility is they tell a fib to encourage people to save the slip. I would save the slip anyhow, but this seemed odd to me.