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# RE: Allow accumulated AVTS results to be stored onto and subsequently uploaded from a pcmcia card into GEMS

- To: <rcr@dieboldes.com>
- Subject: RE: Allow accumulated AVTS results to be stored onto and subsequently uploaded from a pcmcia card into GEMS
- From: "Ian S. Piper" <ian@dieboldes.com>
- Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 01:11:46 -0500
- Importance: Normal
- In-reply-to: <AD3B4947E160D5119EB500B0D0F0460B017E36CF@msexch10.diebold.com>

How about accumulating the results on a Smart Card? The logistical benefits are not having to remove the flash cards, and we have easy access to the smart card reader. The actual data to accumulate is small in size. Can it fit on a standard smart card? If not a 4K card then perhaps a larger one.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-rcr@dieboldes.com [mailto:owner-rcr@dieboldes.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Hallmark
> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 2:38 PM
> To: rcr
> Subject: Allow accumulated AVTS results to be stored onto and subsequently uploaded from a pcmcia card into GEMS
> We have 4 counties in Maryland:
> Dorchester 100 AVTS
> Alegheny 330 AVTS
> Prince George 2500 AVTS
> Montgomery 2800 AVTS
> IMPETUS:
> Upcoming Maryland elections:
> April 2 City of Bowie in Prince George County 40 AVTS 8 pcts using modem for upload
> April 26 High/Middle School election in Montgomery County 340 AVTS 54 locations no modem
> Sept 10 Primary
> November 5 General
> Don Vopalensky, who is in Maryland and in direct contact with all the counties, says that as it stands the two small counties, Dorchester and Alegheny, will not use modems for the rest of the year and t he larger two are undecided. This brings us to the question of uploading election results election night in a timely manner, with the strong possibility that at least one of the larger counties as well as the two smaller counties will not use modem.
> As always the expectation is an almost immediate release of election results from the time the polls close,but without modem we would have to physically gather all the pcmcia cards from each vote center location, take them to a central or regional site and upload each card via a limited number of AVTS units set up to be accumulators that are networked together. At (2) minutes per card (2500 in Prince George) it will take about 83 hours to complete the upload. Of course this is calculated on using just one AVTS for upload but even using 20 upload machines your looking at 4 hours given no complications and that the 2 minutes per card isn't too low an estimate.
> RCR:
> Using the Accumulator in AVTS, allow a transfer method of storing results onto a pcmcia card.
> The pcmcia card that is to be used has been created and ( uniquely encoded) in GEMS as part of a vote center.
> Upload into GEMS via networked AVTS or stand alone PCMCIA Card Reader attached to GEMS host.
> JUSTIFICATION:
> Upload r esults as quickly as possible.
> Jeff Hallmark
> Diebold Election Systems
> jeffh@dieboldes.com
> PHN (972) 542 6000 X167
> FAX (972) 542 6044

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