Fw: Voter Card Creation Error

["Talbot Iredale" <tiredale@dieboldes.com>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Moreland" <stevem@dieboldes.com>
To: <tab@gesn.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 9:32 AM
Subject: Fw: Voter Card Creation Error


> Thanks Tab.  Any processes you can recommend as work arounds for Nov where
upgrades are not an option?
>
> Steve
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Talbot Iredale" <tiredale@dieboldes.com>
> Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 09:10:51
> To: <support@dieboldes.com>
> Subject: Re: Voter Card Creation Error
>
> Steve,
>
>     I found the problem with the smart cards that you sent to use.  These
> smart cards are not 'un-written' or 'virgin' cards but rather have all our
> password (rather than the factory password) and have our header data on
> them. What they did not have was a valid checksum, which resulted in the
> 'read error'.  I have posted a bug to bugzilla, and I have fixed this
> problem. The fix will be release in BallotStation 4.1.15 and 4.3.11, and
> VCProgrammer 4.1.7.
>
> Tab
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Moreland" <stevem@dieboldes.com>
> To: <support@dieboldes.com>
> Cc: "Bob Urosevich" <bob@gesn.com>; "Barry Herron" <barry@gesn.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 1:12 PM
> Subject: Voter Card Creation Error
>
>
> > In trying to create voter cards on the TS unit, the cards get rejected
if
> > they have not previously been written to.  The error message is "Error
> > reading smart card".  Using Ballot Station 4.1.11 in Georgia.
> >
> >
> > Steve Moreland
> > Director of Customer Service
> > Diebold Election Systems, Inc.
> > 1-800-433-8683
> > 972-542-6000
> > stevem@dieboldes.com
> >
> >