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Accu-Vote Release 1.95d
Precinct Count 1.95d is the Minnesota variation of 1.94 featuring
candidates reported in the ballot (rotated) order and precinct and voting
center titles on the reports. Now available through the order desk
in McKinney.
Guy
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Guy Lancaster <glanca@dieboldes.com>
Global Election Systems Inc., Victoria, B.C., Canada
Phone: (250)995-8627
Title: Accu-Vote Release 1.95d
RELEASE
NOTES
Accu-Vote 2000 - Release 1.95d
Revised March 15, 1999
Purpose
To meet requirements of the state of Minnesota
which include reporting candidates in the order that they appear on the
ballot (the rotated order) and printing the voting center and precinct
names on the results tapes. This latest 1.95 release also incorporates
the fixes made to the the 1.94 releases.
Compatibility
The 1.95d release of the Accu-Vote firmware is
based on the 1.95c release. The precinct count upload protocol remains
compatible with all 1.9x VTS versions. The precinct count download protocol
and the memory cards are NOT compatible with 1.94 or previous 1.95 releases
and require a recent release of GEMS and 1.95 Accu-Basic (abo) files.
Precinct Counter (PC) Release
-
Up to 48 characters (2 lines) of the voting center
name is now downloaded along with the poll center ID. It can be accessed
in Accu-Basic reports as VOTECTR.NAME as is done in the latest 195anoka.abo.
-
When printing candidates in ballot order (%USEBALLOTORDER
set to 1 in Accu-Basic), the Accu-Vote no longer sorts candidates according
to their position on the ballot so that the order may be set by GEMS.
This fixes problems with candidate order for multi-column races and landscape
ballots.
-
In ballot reject messages that display the race
number, now also display a contracted race title of the form "123:A RAC..TITLE"
to aid in identifying the race with the voting problem. (1.94w)
-
Print the TEST ZERO REPORT in pre-election mode
(except for the one printed as part of the download procedure) instead
of the ZERO TOTAL REPORT. (1.94w)
-
Handle aborting downloads while REQUESTING COMMUNICATION.
Previously we weren't displaying any message until the NO button had been
pressed twice and repeated aborts would give a port error. (1.94w)
-
Fix the problem causing the Accu-Vote to fail to
detect unvoted ballots. This problem meant that unvoted ballots would
not be returned even if the Accu-Vote was programmed to do so. (1.94v)
-
Fix the problem whereby some units would occasionally
reject a ballot and then lock up with the motor running in reverse. (1.94u)
-
Fix problem whereby a ballot with a race having
only write-in candidates would report "TCAND OVERFLOW". (1.94u)
-
For single ballot primary ballots (primary election
ballots with races from different parties), if the ballot is cross voted
(i.e. races for different parties are voted), the Accu-Vote will no longer
check for blank voted partisan races. (1.94u)
-
If every race on a ballot is overvoted, the Accu-Vote
will no longer reject the ballot as being unmarked. ((1.94u)
-
Memory cards will no longer be marked as corrupted.
The memory card's data is checked on insertion and before each ballot is
scanned and once a problem is detected, functionality will be restricted
until the data again checks out correctly. Since most reports of
memory card corruption are due to poor connection (dirty contacts or foreign
material blocking the contacts), the memory cards were being incorrectly
marked as corrupt. (1.94u)
-
If an upload is interrupted before a connection
is established, the Accu-Vote will no longer report that the upload was
successful. (1.94u)
Versions
(AE PC 1.95d) Precinct Counter American English
Release 1.95d with checksums A:0CE3 and B:2F1F dated 99-3-14.
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