> From: owner-support@gesn.com [mailto:owner-support@gesn.com]On Behalf
Of
> Juan Rivera
>
> I do not feel that it is necessary or
desired to do this on each and every
> election. We, the manufacturer, are
supposed to set the
> procedures to follow
> for this equipment
since we build it.
I hate more than anyone else in the company to bring
up a certification issue with this, but a number of jurisdictions require a
"system test" before every election. I just helped Knecht yesterday
with an RFP from Riverside that required this. That is why the AccuVote
displayes the silly ***System Test Passed*** message on boot up instead of
"memory test passed", which is all it actually tests.
No argument from me that it is pointless. You could probably get away with a batch file that prints "system test passed" for all I know. We will do something along those lines with the new unit after a memory test or whatever.
Ken