It is the “expected” behavior. But presumably not the behavior you
want.
There are two VIBS modes, one that hides
the ballot, and one that doesn’t.
You control it on the Ballot Station and PCC with the “hide ballot”
checkbox. The Voter Card Encoder (Spyrus) only creates the cards that don’t hide the
ballot – there is no analogous checkbox to hide the ballot.
It would be pretty easy to change the
software to have an “H” option, in addition to “V” and “M”. H would mean a hidden VIBS ballot. I thought about it at the time V was
added, but was (and am) worried that the number of flags was getting out of
hand. Also, that H gives you a VIBS
ballot didn’t strike me as very obvious. The other possibility is to have a setup
parameter as part of the Supervisor mode which dictates whether VIBS ballots
are hidden or not. After it is set
up, all subsequent uses of V are either hidden or not, depending.
Do you have any thoughts/suggestions on
the matter? The H thing is a little
easier to implement, but not by much.
If we do the option thing, what should be the default? Do more people want the VIBS ballot
hidden, or visible?
Ken
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-support@gesn.com
[mailto:owner-support@gesn.com] On Behalf Of Mark
S Earley
Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 5:25
PM
To: Support
Subject: VIBS Voter Card Encoding
Problem?
During GA Training today, created a VIBS Voter Card by using the *
method on the Encoder. Inserted into machine in Election Mode and heard audio
ballot but screen was not hidden. Did not have a keyboard or headphone attached
– none available.
Is this the expected behavior? Did I leave out a step to make the
screen go blank while voting the audio ballot? Possibly programmed Encoder
improperly?
Mark
Earley
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