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# Fw: Early Voting for DRE

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- Subject: Fw: Early Voting for DRE
- From: "Steve Knecht" <skglobal@earthlink.net>
- Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 16:14:40 -0700

    The California Secretary of State's office is saying that we need to start
    each early voting day with a "zero report".  See below.  Can we seperate the
    early voting into folders by day?
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Hinkle, Andrew <AHinkle@ss.ca.gov>
    To: 'Steve Knecht' <skglobal@earthlink.net>
    Date: Thursday, September 02, 1999 7:38 AM
    Subject: RE: Early Voting for DRE

    >Hi Steve.  Let's see.
    >
    >Item 6 can be accomplished in a number of ways.  In the case of Riverside
    >County, I believe they had a Voter Registration terminal at the polling
    >place that the poll worker used to look up a voter and either add the
    voting
    >history mark or verify that the voter had not already voted.  This is a
    very
    >likely scenerio.  We realize that typically a vendor's 'voting machine'
    will
    >not interface .  But at any rate, there is the need to verify that someone
    >hasn't gone in and voted 3 times at three different locations.
    >
    >Item 7 has a couple meanings.  (1) We want to start each day with a 'zero
    >total'.  That is obviously a voter fraud protection.  (2) This item doesn't
    >say they (the votes) have to be separated by day.  The localities just have
    >to be able to say that on day 1, 40 people signed the roster and I have
    >forty votes; on day 2, 87 people signed the roster and we have 87 votes,
    >etc.
    >
    >I hope this help.
    >
    >Andrew
    >
    >> ----------
    >> From: Steve Knecht[SMTP:skglobal@earthlink.net]
    >> Sent: Friday, August 27, 1999 3:45 PM
    >> To: Andrew Hinkle
    >> Subject: Early Voting for DRE
    >>
    >> Andrew, thanks for the opportunity to review the procedures.  I've got a
    >> few questions.
    >>
    >> Item 6.  Please clarify what you mean by "instantly communicate".  Does
    >> this imply the DRE would somehow communicate with the Voter Registration
    >> system, or that someone at a remote would/could/should phone in
    >> information to the central site, or that a remote site should have a
    >> terminal linked to the central VR so they could indicate that the voter
    >> has recieved and cast a ballot?
    >>
    >> The language implies that the EV "system" would communicate with the
    >> central elections office.  To the extent that the EV system doesn't have
    >> "voter" information, but is more of a "ballot box", how do you envision
    >> this?
    >>
    >> Item 7.  This item implies that you want to be able to seperate out each
    >> days voting and ballots.  Is this a standard feature of absentee voting??
    >> Is this done for absentee voting now?
    >>
    >> Looking forward to hearing from you.  Thanks again
    >>
    >>
    >

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