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RE: Merging of El Paso results
- To: <rcr@dieboldes.com>
- Subject: RE: Merging of El Paso results
- From: "Ken Clark" <ken@dieboldes.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 17:09:03 -0600
- Importance: Normal
- In-Reply-To: <NCBBIGGNCKBDKCCGPEOAIEKMCOAA.ken@dieboldes.com>
We can use this file to import results for El Paso
with two caveats:
- It won't work if the ballots are
rotated
- It won't work if the punch positions are not unique
to a candidate (ie, they can't "share" punch
positions).
Not too
surprisingly, the punch positions are not unique to a candidate in El Paso's
upcoming election. El Paso's precinct committee officers share
punch positions.
This case can be
handled by taking advantage of the fact that candidates are still unique to
positions within a precinct. So the new caveat
reads:
- It won't work if
the punch position and precinct are not unique to a candidate.
This
is complete and will be in 1.14.10. Needless to say it requires
testing. Attached for reference is the full text of the original RCR
completion message. The other instructions and comments in there still
stand.
Ken
We need to have the
capability of merging (existing) punch card and GEMS totals for reporting
purposes
Bob
Urosevich
What is
required for a precinct import is an export of these results from their
database.
Okay, there is a file generated by the BRC
software called "pre.txt" that appears to have the precinct results along with
the punch positions (the posn column) for the candidates. We can use this
file to import results for El Paso with two
caveats:
- It won't work if the ballots are
rotated
- It won't work if the punch positions are not unique
to a candidate (ie, they can't "share" punch
positions).
The El Paso GEMS
database needs to be set up with the Export Ids set up as
following:
- The report precinct
export id needs to the number for each precinct in the pre.txt file. For
example, ANTHONY CITY HALL is "0001".
- The candidate
export id needs to be the "posn" number for the candidate. "PROPOSITION
NO. 1 - REVISE PROVISIONS FOR FILLING VACANCY OF GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR" candidate "FOR" would have export id "5".
- The race export id
need not be filled in.
I am assuming here
that there is a one-to-one relationship between the "precincts" in this file and
our GEMS report precincts. Let me know right away if it is not, and
why.
When these export
ids have been entered into the GEMS database, send me a copy and I'll get
started. It would also be helpful to have a pre.txt file populated with
some test counters along with their native SOVC report.
As a final note,
please continue to pursue a true export facility for BRC databases. It is
a certainty that someone will come back to us saying that the ballots are
rotated or the positions are shared some time in the future. Now is the
time to get this resolved if we want BRC import as a GEMS
feature.
Ken