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Nel,
It is the
combination that is causing the problem. We currently (but probably
shouldn't) allow the election to be 'unset' the title changed and then 'set'
before saving. This means the election title is now changed but all memory
cards already downloaded are left alone. Now if you unset for election,
save and the set for election the memory card recovery is going to fail since
the election title no longer matches what was downloaded.
The bug here is
that we allow the election title to be changed without forcing all memory cards
to be re-downloaded (i.e. unset the election). But then this is what is
allowing GBS to have a work around for the problem of us not downloading VCenter
label.
Tab
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 9:42
AM
Subject: Re: vote center resetting upon
resetting election status
I'll reiterate what I sent Ken
directly.
GBS places the precinct name in
the election title in order to get it onto the memory card label, since the
1.94 firmware does not support this and 1.95 firmware cannot be used in
Illinois. This means that - tediously enough - the election title is
changed to include the precinct name, the election status is set to election,
the vote center programmed, the election status reset, and
so on.
If the problem is as you say,
142 vote centers would not have been marked as programmed in the AccuVote
Server console, which they obviously were, before the number to vote for was
changed in the database. Obviously, their action in changing the election title and
continuously programming the next memory card did not reset all vote centers,
but changing the number to vote for did.
That said, it could be that the combination of the two activities led to
this conclusion.
Nel
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 8:47
AM
Subject: RE: vote center resetting upon
resetting election status
They changing the election title after every download.
Election title is a jurisdiction-wide change, and requires the re-download
of all memory cards. GBS knows this.
Molson.
Draft.
Ken
Mail it to me
directly. If I look at the audit log and something else was changed
after set-for, you owe me a beer (maybe six).
Ken
142
vote centers in a GEMS 1-17-7-5 database are programmed (GBS/DuPage
County). Changing the number to vote for of a race that occurs in
roughly 8 of these vote centers cause GEMS to reset the memory card
status of all programmed vote centers when the election status is
returned to Set for Election, even though requested not to, and the
majority of vote centers do not contain the revised race.
Database
is available on request.
Nel
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