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Jeff, In my experience, the “Resume Count” feature has been used to correct
the mistakes of poll workers who “accidentally” end the election before it is
over. Granted, I don’t have a real
life instance that I can tell you about where touch screen has been used but I have
utilized the “Resume Count” function in the OS world a number of times when
poll workers have used the “End” card in the middle of the day. Yes, it’s dumb and seems highly unlikely but I guarantee you that it can
happen and the “Resume Count” feature is the only way we can recover. It’s our fail safe measure for poll
workers who think they have a better idea of how the election should be
conducted. Cathi -----Original
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Message----- Jeff, Resume Counting is accessible only once an election has
been ended on the AccuVote-TS unit, placing the unit in Post-Election Mode,and
not before. In order to have accessed Post-Election Mode, the election
must first have been ended using the Administrator card and the entry of a
Supervisor Password, and presumably also printed a results report.
Therefore, the results will be known anyway. The provision of the
Administrator card and the Supervisor password provide the security interface
necessary that assures that the election is not fraudulently ended on the
BallotStation and results reported. The fact is we can restart the election process after
it has been ended, no guarantee exist that there will never be an opportunity
for one unscrupulous individual, acting alone and unobserved, to compromise the
election by previewing the results either via the Ballot Review process or by
printing an “interim report”. This is the point that the Technical Committee
has voiced and echoed by Jim Dearman. We have the opportunity to provide
sufficient reason why anyone having
Administrator access would ever have the need to end the election before
the official closing of the polls. Respond to this post as soon as possible with reasons
we need this feature. All steps of election close must by necessity occur in a secure
manner, under the supervision of polling judges, thus preventing any fraudulent
entry of results. Remember also that the change in election mode is
reflected in the Audit log, that election media may be uploaded once only, and
the voting device results reports must balance against the GEMS results
reports. There is a very comprehensive audit trail, yet Jim
Dearman has had recent discussions, within the last week, with the FEC
Technical Committee concerning this topic of “interim report printing” and has
deemed that the audit trail is not adequate. There is no automated check by
GEMS of the audit trail during upload and unless a thorough canvas is done the
election closing / reopening would go undetected. Keep in mind that the idea
here is not to have to rely upon “Jurisdictional procedures” to ensure election
security. Uploading multiple times is not at issue. This behavior is consistent with the AccuVote-OS, which we have
been using for many years now. Resume Counting may only be accessed on
the AccuVote-OS from Post-Election Mode, and not before. In order to
access Post-Election Mode, an AccuVote Ender card must be submitted to the
unit, upon which the results report is automatically printed. Again, in
order to even have reached the Resume Counting option, a results report must
have been printed. Nel The results report is not automatically printed,
rather the option dialog to print a result report is presented. At this juncture we need concrete reasons why our
customers need this feature Wyle will accept the feature given we can provide
those reasons. Jeff Hallmark -----
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To: support@gesn.com Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002
7:09 PM Subject:
Removal of "Resume Counting" feature Ballot
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