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Fw: I was premature on firmware



 
    • ----- Original Message -----
    • To: Bugs
    • Sent: Thursday, May 13, 1999 6:02 PM
    • Subject: I was premature on firmware

    • It appears I was premature on my firmware message.  I was using two different accuvotes for my tests.  Using a single accuvote the results seem to be the same between the firmware versions.  The problem seems to be in the accuvote I was using.  Will find the cause tomorrow.
    • Sorry about the inconvenience.
    • Steve R.
  • I was able to duplicate the experience of Mr. Pickett.
  • Insert a slip of paper into the reader enough to cover at least one channel.
  • Remove paper then insert a ballot within four seconds.
  • The ballot will be allowed to go into the ballot box with "Ballot not read, please re-insert" message.  Of course the ballot count was not updated.
  • This will occur no matter what ballot is fed through whether programmed for the election or not.
 
The unit refereed to above was the same unit which Mr. Pickett noticed the dropped ballot in South Carolina.  I have isolated the problem to the reader.  The reader seems fine in all other respects.  Further troubleshooting will tell us more. 
We have yet to see this occur in another unit though we have not been watching.  Will add a procedure to the final test of the tabulators to see how frequently this event occurs.
 
Steve R.