Beth Kish in Cobb Co. has related that in the
recent election and after the upgrade to 1-17-15 they had several problems
with modem upload and memory card failure. She feels that the memory card
failure at election startup and modem is related to the recent purchase of
128K cards. They feel the problems did not occur with the 32K cards. Since the
upgrade occured at the same time it is hard to say, but the failure did not
occur with the 32K cards.
No exact number, but several
memory cards failed - Format memory card - when units were turned on election
morning. Several cards would not upload even by direct mode - same message -
required manual entry - not very happy at that.
Modem of results - 60 of 180
units would not transmit - kept redialing. Beth stated that all went well for
55 minutes after the polls closed and at that time it was like a total
shutdown. They were not able to modem any more units. Has anyone else
experienced the same problems in the recent elections?
Also, they wish to be able to
reset more than one vote center at a time without resetting the entire
election. Is there a way to un que a vote center without going out of the
download screen and back in? These issues matter to Ga. apparently because
modem results are not officially acceptable and direct upload of all units
must be done for certification of the election.
Thanks: Don
Donald W. Biszmaier
Support Services
Specialist
Diebold Election Systems, Inc.
7717 Greenwood
Rd.
Louisville, Ky. 40258
Office 502-244-8645
Cell
502-314-6936
Fax 502-254-7835