Re: AVOS Election Report Tape - Ballot Cast to Bottom of Report

["Steve Knecht" <skglobal@earthlink.net>]

Perhaps you're unaware that we ask them not to seperate the zero tape from
the results tape?  So you've got 50 to 60 ft of tape with the data you need
smack in the middle of the tape.
----- Original Message -----
From: Ian S. Piper <ian@dieboldes.com>
To: <rcr@dieboldes.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 7:21 AM
Subject: RE: AVOS Election Report Tape - Ballot Cast to Bottom of Report


> Why not have the poll workers, as part of their procedure, roll the tapes
up
> so that the ballots cast total statement is on the outside of the roll?
Or
> is that asking too much?
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ian S. Piper
> Diebold Election Systems, Inc.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-rcr@dieboldes.com [mailto:owner-rcr@dieboldes.com]On Behalf Of Steve
> Knecht
> Sent: March 13, 2002 1:39 AM
> To: rcr@dieboldes.com
> Subject: AVOS Election Report Tape - Ballot Cast to Bottom of Report
>
>
> This is a request to have the ballots cast total statement appear at the
> bottom of the tape on the Election Totals Tape.  Having it appear at the
top
> of the tape requires that during canvass, the roll of tape has to be
> unrolled and rerolled for each tape.  If it appears at the bottom of the
> tape, the user doesn't have to unroll it at all.  The CA primary tape was
> about 25 to 30 ft. long.  This would be a change to the AccuBasic.abo
file.
> I'm not sure why people didn't ask for this before, but seems like a good
> idea to me.  See user request below.
>
> Steve Knecht
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ryan Ronco <rronco@placer.ca.gov>
> To: <skglobal@earthlink.net>
> Cc: Dave Coop <DCoop@placer.ca.gov>; Dan Michael <DMichael@placer.ca.gov>;
> Gary Smith <GSmith@placer.ca.gov>; Linda A Souza <LASouza@placer.ca.gov>;
> Sandra Cee <SCee@placer.ca.gov>; Sheila Gooden <SGooden@placer.ca.gov>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 4:38 PM
> Subject: Receipt Tape
>
>
> Steve -
>
> Is there any way that Diebold could change the receipt tape to have the
> number of ballots cast at a poll appear at the end of the receipt tape as
> opposed to (or in addition to) the beginning of the final results section
of
> the receipt tape?  We are finding that we have to unroll and re-roll our
> receipt tapes for roster reconciliation, but if it were printed by the
> signature lines we could just find the number without unrolling the tape.
> What do you think?
>
> Ryan
>
>
>