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# RE: Ability to have the AccuVote sort Over votes & Challenged

- To: <rcr@dieboldes.com>
- Subject: RE: Ability to have the AccuVote sort Over votes & Challenged
- From: "Jeff Hintz" <jhglobal@earthlink.net>
- Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 18:20:13 -0500
- Importance: Normal
- In-reply-to: <02a301c1e6b4$eddfbf50$1404a8c0@TIredale>

Attached is a mock up database with the format of what they want the ballot to look like. I am working on the final database, and waiting for final cosmetics from Juan, who is in currently in Puerto Rico. However, with this mock database, you can at least see what Puerto Rico is trying to accomplish.
Here is the following of what Puerto Rico wants the AccuVote to do:

- If a voter does not fill in any of the ovals on the ballot, then the AccuVote will Sort it in the Ballot Box and tally it as a BLN
- If a voter fills in more than one oval on the ballot, then the AccuVote will Sort it in the Ballot Box and tally it as a OTR
- If a voter fills in the Write-In candidate on the ballot, then the AccuVote will Sort it in the Ballot Box and tally it as a OTR
- If the Poll Worker marks the oval on the back of the ballot under RECUSACION DE ELECTOR, then the AccuVote will ignore all marks on the front of the ballot, then Sort it in the Ballot Box and tally it as a NAD - (This is their version of a Challenge Voter). As you can see in the database, I have made a separate Race for this with a Write-In Candidate, so it will sort in the Ballot Box. If there is a better way of doing this, then let me know.

Below is the format for the AccuVote report, based on the data above, and this is the way they would like it to print out:
Same Information at top
as before. Then the following:
************************
** Precincto: **
** XXXXXXXXXXXXX ** XXXXXXXXXXXXX = Report Precinct Name not ID - Need 1.95 ROM version
************************
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX = Race Name
XXXXXXXXXXXXX 0 XXXXXXXXXXXXX = Candidate Name
XXXXXXXXXXXXX 0 XXXXXXXXXXXXX = Candidate Name
XXXXXXXXXXXXX 0 XXXXXXXXXXXXX = Candidate Name
XXXXXXXXXXXXX 0 XXXXXXXXXXXXX = Candidate Name
OTR 0 = Times Overvoted & Write-Ins
NAD 0 = No Adjudicado - (Challenged)
BLN 0 = Blanks
************************
Firma de Funcionarios
................................
................................
................................
................................
Jeff Hintz
Diebold Election Systems
405 N. 115th Street
Omaha, NE 68154
(402) 697-7171 office
(402) 697-7166 fax
(402) 871-3346 cell

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-rcr@dieboldes.com [mailto:owner-rcr@dieboldes.com]On Behalf Of Talbot Iredale
> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 3:42 AM
> To: rcr@dieboldes.com
> Subject: Re: Ability to have the AccuVote sort Over votes & Challenged
> This is a very reasonable request. Unfortunately this will will require a change in the AccuVote-OS firmware to support this new functionality.
> We will see what can be done to get this completed by May 1, 2002.
> Tab

> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Jeff Hintz
> > To: Rcr List
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 4:37 PM
> > Subject: Ability to have the AccuVote sort Over votes & Challenged
> > Jurisdiction: San Juan, Puerto
> > Date Requested: April 2, 2002
> > Date Required: May 1, 2002, Actual Election date is June 30th, but need to test and have ready by May 20th.
> > Requested on behalf of Puert o Rico. In addition to having the AccuVote sort out Blanks and Write-In's, t hey would like to have the AccuVote sort out Over Votes, and Challenged Voters. They do not want to have the AccuVote rejecting any ballots, because they do not want to jeopardize the secrecy of the ballot and voter. All Blanks, Over Votes, Challenged, and Write-In's need to be sorted, and then the Election Commission will look at all these ballots and manually adjust the vote totals.
> > Ability to Sort out;
> > 1. Blanks = En Blanco
> > 2. Over votes = No Adjudicado
> > 3. Challenged * = No Adjudicado
> > 4. Write In = Otros
> > *Note: The function of Challenged was incorporated for PR on firmware 194X in the past where if the oval for challenged is marked in the back of the ballot what ever was marked in the front race was not read and the ballot was sorted out.
> > Tha nks,
> > Jeff Hintz
> > Diebold Election Systems
> > 405 N. 115th Street
> > Omaha, NE 68154
> > (402) 697-7171 office
> > (402) 697-7166 fax
> > (402) 871-3346 cell

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