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# RE: California Certification

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- Subject: RE: California Certification
- From: "Don V" <don@gesn.com>
- Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 16:52:23 -0600
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- In-reply-to: <5.0.0.25.0.20011127140934.00aa2c00@pop4.attglobal.net>

    Make sure that another smart card hasn't been shoved underneath the card
    reader.

    -----Original Message-----
    From: owner-support@gesn.com [mailto:owner-support@gesn.com]On Behalf Of
    Deborah Seiler
    Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 4:39 PM
    To: support@gesn.com
    Subject: California Certification

    Certification of the R6 received a unanimous recommendation from the
    California Secretary of State's 7 member Voting Systems Panel
    today.  Legally, only the Secretary of State can certify it, but his
    certification is typically a pro forma ratification of the VSP's
    recommendation. I expect to have the signed certificate within a few days.

    Lou Dedier, the Elections Division analyst responsible for voting system
    certification, told the panel our system had functioned without a hitch.
    (Little did he know I was sitting there with a machine with a frozen
    throat!) He noted the high quality components, saying we had "spared no
    expense" to develop a quality product.  He also described to the Panel his
    inability--in contrast to some other systems--to break into it from the
    screen.  He later told me he used his Palm pilot to break into another
    system, illustrating the dangers of wireless upload.  He also told me
    privately that he attempted to program the PCMCIA card but failed.  His PC
    told him he had a one in 40 billion chance of success.  He told me this in
    contrast to SureVote's system which he said he broke into in "a minute and
    a half" and ESS's which he hacked in "an hour."

    Lou did say that Avante passed Wyle on 11/24. Hart and Avante will probably
    be on the VSP agenda in January, though Lou said he had 150 questions for
    Hart to respond to.

    Anyway, a big thanks to Larry, Ian, Susan, Steve, and anyone else involved.
    Now, any suggestions for fixing the card reader?  Something is blocking the
    throat so the card can't be inserted even partially.

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    - From: Deborah Seiler <deborahseiler@attglobal.net>

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