The color variation in Placer may not be as bad as first
reported to me. Speaking with the person directly at the warehouse, the
report is more of slight variation of color in the red
ovals. Testing thru the AccuVote may be the only way to
confirm that ovals are oK. Any other ideas? The customer does not
have a "reflective densitometer" to determine exactly what pantone color
variation we have here.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 11:01 AM
Subject: Ballot Colors shifting
Ryan called me from Placer a few minutes ago. The
color tint is varying significantly on the ballots. This is not a
surprise, as John Elder and I discussed this on Thursday of last week.
What is a surprise is that the red oval color is shifting and includes red,
orange, and pink. It is critical that we know that the oval color is
invisible to the AccuVote. Several million ballots are being printed in
California. If there is a pantone shift occuring in the red, pink,
orange spectrum, could we potentially have problems?
Steve Knecht
Diebold Election Systems
415-893-9941
office 415-893-9951 fax
415-225-6591
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