Brief
A second 1.95d beta test was
performed in order to verify that the port error experienced in the previous
1.95d beta release was eliminated. This test was performed with
GEMS 1.5.10.
Election setup
description
An election is defined with Reports
(under AccuVote Options) set to 1.95 Anoka and Version set to 1.95.
AccuVote parameters are set to return on overvoted, undervoted, blank voted
races and blank voted cards, as well as print override messages on undervoted
and blank voted ballots. Three races are defined for 10 report precincts:
- U.S. Senator, Vote for 1, with Precinct rotation
- Governor, Vote for 1, with
Minnesota rotation
- City Councillor, Vote for 3, with
Minnesota rotation
Each of the 3 report precincts receives a unique
rotation card. In the first round of testing, each report precinct
corresponds to a unique vote center. Three of these vote centers are
downloaded and tested with the Unvoted and Fully Voted Ballot Tests as well as
Count Test.
Outcome
On all 3 memory cards:
- the prompt thread is correct in Diagnostics,
Setup, Pre-Election, Election and Post-Election Modes (other than a problem
logged below)
- incorrect ballots are rejected in the
Unvoted and Fully Voted Ballot Tests as well as Count Test
- unvoted ballots are correctly accepted in all
four orientations in the Unvoted Ballot Test - a fully voted ballot is
correctly returned with all voting ovals reported as marked
- fully voted ballots are correctly accepted in
all four orientations in the Fully Voted Ballot Test - an unvoted ballot is
correctly returned with all voting ovals reported as blank
- candidates are correctly printed in the Unvoted
and Fully Voted Ballot Test reports in the order they appear on the
ballot
- the vote center name correctly appears on the
memory card label as well as Zero Total and Election Results reports
- blank and overvoted race return as well as
return override options correctly take effect both in Pre-Election and
Election Mode
- overriden blank and overvoted ballot returns are
correctly tallied in the long Election Results reports
- the text display of race titles in ballot return
messages looks acceptable, but its success would have a lot to do with how
cryptically these race titles are defined in GEMS
- AccuVote return parameters and override print
options correctly appear on all long reports
- long Election Zero and Election Results reports
are correctly printed in Election Mode (Anoka requirement)
- Resume Counting functions properly
- candidate results are tallied correctly in both Pre-Election and
Election Mode
- candidates are printed in ballot order on Zero
Total and Election Results reports in both Pre-Election and Election
Mode
- three memory cards successfully upload in
Post-Election Mode
- the GEMS Election
Summary report returns correct results for the uploaded memory cards and
lists candidates in the order defined in GEMS
Communications
A number of tests were performed successfully on
abnormal communication termination.
- disconnecting the serial cable from the AccuVote
while uploading is properly resolved on the host and AccuVote
end
- pressing the NO button while uploading is
properly resolved on both ends
- pressing the YES button while uploading does not
interrupt uploading (as it should)
- a memory card uploaded a second time without
resetting the vote center is properly tagged on both ends as already
uploaded
- resetting a vote center in GEMS properly allows
the memory card to be uploaded again (with the exception noted
below)
- a vote center is queued for download (with the
AccuVote connected to the host and powered on), the port started, then
stopped on the console, the console closed, re-opened, three times, after
which the vote center downloads successfully
- the same vote center is queued for download
(with the AccuVote connected to the host and powered on), the port started
and stopped three times without closing the console - on the fourth attempt
the port is not stopped and the vote successfully downloads
- a download is aborted on the Accu-Vote end three
times whereupon it successfully downloads
- Powering the AccuVote off at the
end of Election Mode and on again in order to bring it into Post-Election
Mode causes 'Print Election Results Report' to be erroneously displayed
before 'Send Results by Telephone', followed by 'Send Results by Direct
Mode' and 'Print Election Results Report' again. 'Send Results by
Telephone' subsequently correctly appears at the beginning of the
Post-Election Mode prompt cycle.
- A
newly programmed memory card is taken into Supervisor Functions in
Pre-Election Mode, memory card duplication requested and the AccuVote
powered off when the 'Insert Blank Memory Card' prompt is displayed.
After powering the unit on the long Zero Totals report is printed with
'Copies Made' erroneously set to 1
- this is probably of
little importance, but pressing both the YES and NO buttons causes overvoted
and blank voted ballots to be returned with the corresponding messages - I
seem to recall in testing some 1.94x firmware that the override effect would
persist when pressing both YES and NO
- after downloading a memory card, the Unvoted and Fully
Voted Ballot Tests are performed, then the Zero Totals report printed and
ballots fed in Count Test - the Audit report subsequently indicates that a
Download Zero report has been printed (as opposed to a Test Zero
report)
Nel Finberg
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