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# Re: vote center resetting upon resetting election status

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- Subject: Re: vote center resetting upon resetting election status
- From: "Talbot Iredale" <tiredale@dieboldes.com>
- Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 10:08:55 -0800
- References: <PPECJKNKLDJLKJPKPPIOMEIPCMAA.ken@dieboldes.com> <004c01c0b165$268a8780$0a04a8c0@dieboldes.com>

Nel, It is the combination that is causing the problem. We currently (but probably shouldn't) allow the election to be 'unset' the title changed and then 'set' before saving. This means the election title is now changed but all memory cards already downloaded are left alone. Now if you unset for election, save and the set for election the memory card recovery is going to fail since the election title no longer matches what was downloaded. The bug here is that we allow the election title to be changed without forcing all memory cards to be re-downloaded (i.e. unset the election). But then this is what is allowing GBS to have a work around for the problem of us not downloading VCenter label. Tab ----- Original Message ----- From: Nel Finberg To: bugtrack@dieboldes.com Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 9:42 AM Subject: Re: vote center resetting upon resetting election status I'll reiterate what I sent Ken directly. GBS places the precinct name in the election title in order to get it onto the memory card label, since the 1.94 firmware does not support this and 1.95 firmware cannot be used in Illinois. This means that - tediously enough - the election title is changed to include the precinct name, the election status is set to election, the vote center programmed, the election status reset, and so on. If the problem is as you say, 142 vote centers would not have been marked as programmed in the AccuVote Server console, which they obviously were, before the number to vote for was changed in the database. Obviously, their action in changing the election title and continuously programming the next memory card did not reset all vote centers, but changing the number to vote for did. That said, it could be that the combination of the two activities led to this conclusion. Nel ----- Original Message ----- From: Ken Clark To: bugtrack@dieboldes.com Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 8:47 AM Subject: RE: vote center resetting upon resetting election status They changing the election title after every download. Election title is a jurisdiction-wide change, and requires the re-download of all memory cards. GBS knows this. Molson. Draft. Ken -----Original Message----- From: owner-bugtrack@dieboldes.com [mailto:owner-bugtrack@dieboldes.com]On Behalf Of Ken Clark Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 4:56 PM To: bugtrack@dieboldes.com Subject: RE: vote center resetting upon resetting election status Mail it to me directly. If I look at the audit log and something else was changed after set-for, you owe me a beer (maybe six). Ken -----Original Message----- From: owner-bugtrack@dieboldes.com [mailto:owner-bugtrack@dieboldes.com]On Behalf Of Nel Finberg Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 4:38 PM To: Bug Track Subject: vote center resetting upon resetting election status 142 vote centers in a GEMS 1-17-7-5 database are programmed (GBS/DuPage County). Changing the number to vote for of a race that occurs in roughly 8 of these vote centers cause GEMS to reset the memory card status of all programmed vote centers when the election status is returned to Set for Election, even though requested not to, and the majority of vote centers do not contain the revised race. Database is available on request. Nel

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  - RE: vote center resetting upon resetting election status
    - From: "Ken Clark" <ken@dieboldes.com>
  - Re: vote center resetting upon resetting election status
    - From: "Nel Finberg" <nel@dieboldes.com>

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