Yes. The unit is meant to
operate in a temperature range of 40F to 100F. It should be allowed to
warm up to within that temperature range before attempting
operation.
Some of the things that cold does to
an AccuVote:
- The grease in the readers bearings
gels up. This may cause the reader to be sluggish and reject ballots,
until it warms up.
- The LCD will be dim, until it warms
up.
- The battery operating
time will be shortened, until it warms up.
- Moving from a cold
environment into a warm environment may cause condensation to form on the
circuitry. In dryer climes, that is less likely.
That doesn't make any sense. If
you could push a ballot through from the rear, why couldn't you push a ballot
through from the front? Unless the blockage in the paper path gives way
with paper coming at it from the rear.
Could you see a blockage, if you looked at the paper path from the exit
area with a light shining through from the entrance? Primarily check
the card guides on either side of the paper path to ensure that they are
clear. The card guides are the narrow gap on the either side of the paper
path, that prevents two ballots from moving through the
reader.
Ian
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