Attached is a mock up database with the format of what they want the
ballot to look like. I am working on the final database, and waiting for
final cosmetics from Juan, who is in currently in Puerto Rico. However,
with this mock database, you can at least see what Puerto Rico is trying to
accomplish.
Here is the following of what Puerto Rico wants the AccuVote to
do:
- If a
voter does not fill in any of the ovals on the ballot, then the AccuVote
will Sort it in the Ballot Box and tally it as a BLN
- If a
voter fills in more than one oval on the ballot, then the AccuVote will Sort
it in the Ballot Box and tally it as a OTR
- If a
voter fills in the Write-In candidate on the ballot, then the AccuVote will
Sort it in the Ballot Box and tally it as a OTR
- If
the Poll Worker marks the oval on the back of the ballot under RECUSACION DE
ELECTOR, then the AccuVote will ignore all marks on the front of the
ballot, then Sort it in the Ballot Box and tally it as a NAD - (This is their
version of a Challenge Voter). As you can see
in the database, I have made a separate Race for this with a Write-In
Candidate, so it will sort in the Ballot Box. If there is a better way
of doing this, then let me know.
Below is the
format for the AccuVote report, based on the data above, and this is the
way they would like it to print out:
Same Information at
top
as before. Then
the following:
************************
**
Precincto:
**
**
XXXXXXXXXXXXX **
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
=
Report Precinct Name not ID - Need 1.95 ROM
version
************************
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX =
Race Name
XXXXXXXXXXXXX 0
XXXXXXXXXXXXX = Candidate
Name
XXXXXXXXXXXXX 0
XXXXXXXXXXXXX = Candidate
Name
XXXXXXXXXXXXX 0
XXXXXXXXXXXXX = Candidate
Name
XXXXXXXXXXXXX 0
XXXXXXXXXXXXX = Candidate
Name
OTR
0 = Times Overvoted & Write-Ins
NAD
0 = No Adjudicado -
(Challenged)
BLN 0 =
Blanks
************************
Firma de
Funcionarios
................................
................................
................................
................................
Jeff
Hintz
Diebold Election Systems
405 N. 115th Street
Omaha, NE
68154
(402) 697-7171 office
(402) 697-7166 fax
(402) 871-3346
cell
This is a very reasonable request.
Unfortunately this will will require a change in the AccuVote-OS firmware to
support this new functionality.
We will see what can be done to get this
completed by May 1, 2002.
Tab
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 4:37
PM
Subject: Ability to have the AccuVote
sort Over votes & Challenged
Jurisdiction: San Juan, Puerto
Date
Requested: April
2, 2002
Date
Required: May 1, 2002, Actual
Election date is June
30th, but need to test and have ready by May 20th.
Requested on behalf of Puerto Rico. In addition to having the AccuVote sort out Blanks
and Write-In's, they would like to have the AccuVote sort out Over Votes, and Challenged
Voters. They do not want to have the AccuVote rejecting any
ballots, because they do not want to jeopardize the secrecy of the ballot
and voter. All Blanks, Over Votes, Challenged, and Write-In's need to
be sorted, and then the Election Commission will look at all these ballots
and manually adjust the vote
totals.
Ability
to Sort out;
1. Blanks = En Blanco
2. Over votes = No Adjudicado
3. Challenged * = No Adjudicado
4.
Write In =
Otros
*Note: The function of
Challenged was incorporated for PR on firmware 194X in the past where if the
oval for challenged is marked in the back of the ballot what ever was marked
in the front race was not read and the ballot was sorted
out.
Thanks,
Jeff Hintz
Diebold
Election Systems
405 N. 115th Street
Omaha, NE 68154
(402)
697-7171 office
(402) 697-7166 fax
(402) 871-3346
cell