| Nel,     The closed box 
simply allows the user to flag that a voteCenter is closed (ie. no more ballots 
are expected).  It is only really relevant to Manual Entry and Central 
Count vote centers since AccuVote-OS and AccuVote-TS vote centers are considered 
closed when all memory cards have been uploaded.     The closed flag 
allows GEMS to differentiate between precincts that have reports (ie at least 
one ballot has been counted in the votecenter for the precinct) and those that 
have completed counting.  This is most relevant for central counted 
vcenters. This status is displayed in the 
listview for reportunits and vcenters.  It is also currently used for 
California export to determine the number of precincts reporting.  Tab 
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