RE: Ballot Colors shifting

I just spoke to John Elder regarding the slight color variation in the red ovals. John stated that it was not a issue and that our CA accounts need not be concerned with it. He said that there will always be a light color variation in the red ovals with digital printing but will not affect the reading.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ian S. Piper [mailto:ian@gesn.com]
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 3:51 PM
To: sophia@gesn.com
Cc: Steve Knecht (E-mail)
Subject: RE: Ballot Colors shifting

Sophia:

I don't know what impact it will have. I haven't seen one of these ballots. Perhaps you or Steve could get one to me to review.

Sincerely,

Ian S. Piper

Diebold Election Systems, Inc.

-----Original Message-----
From: Sophia Lee [mailto:sophia@gesn.com]
Sent: February 11, 2002 4:48 PM
To: Ian Piper
Subject: RE: Ballot Colors shifting
Importance: High

Ian,

I'm not sure whether I should be alarmed or not. I'm not sure how or whether I should approach our accounts with this matter. Please advise.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-support@gesn.com [mailto:owner-support@gesn.com]On Behalf Of Ian S. Piper
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 12:13 PM
To: support@gesn.com
Subject: RE: Ballot Colors shifting

Then testing through many units (preferably all the units) is about the only way to tell. The color densitometer has an aperture opening (1/16" x 3/16") that is much larger than an oval line thickness, so we would not be able to get an accurate reading from an oval line. The color densitometer is only useful for looking at a patch of color larger than the aperture, like a filled in oval or the background color over the whole ballot.

Sincerely,

Ian S. Piper

Diebold Election Systems, Inc.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-support@gesn.com [mailto:owner-support@gesn.com]On Behalf Of Steve Knecht
Sent: February 11, 2002 1:46 PM
To: Global Support
Subject: Fw: Ballot Colors shifting

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 -----
From: Steve Knecht

To: Global Support

Cc: John Elder

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 cell