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Electronic Ballot Reader

Electronic Ballot Reader. Rosa Arias Chad Feller Walter Smith. Background. What is touch screen voting? Sequoia Voting Systems Why the demand? Exchange of problems. Recount?. What in the event of a recount? Recounts would be required under the following conditions:

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Electronic Ballot Reader

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  1. Electronic Ballot Reader Rosa Arias Chad Feller Walter Smith

  2. Background • What is touch screen voting? • Sequoia Voting Systems • Why the demand? • Exchange of problems

  3. Recount? • What in the event of a recount? • Recounts would be required under the following conditions: • Close election (i.e. Florida 2000) • Software Failure • Hardware Failure • In case of an audit

  4. Issues • Recount what? Smudges on the touch screen? • The need for a paper trail • Verify the integrity of the machine • Inspire confidence in the product • Backup in the event of a system failure • Federal law requiring a paper trail

  5. Count all of that? • Recounts consume manpower, lots of it • Costly in terms of time • Costly in terms of money • That is where we come in…

  6. A Solution • Solution: An automated voting record reader • The idea: Provide a quick, automated means of verifying votes cast during an election.

  7. Hardware • Hardware is unknown • Sequoia’s specs (or lack thereof) • Use PC hardware • Design an adaptable prototype

  8. Platform & Tools • Linux • C/C++ • Apache • MySQL • GOCR / Ocrad • Sane

  9. System Overview

  10. Enter Candidates

  11. Enter Candidates

  12. Scan / Tabulate Subsystem

  13. Correct / Certify Results

  14. Novelty of Solution • The first of its kind

  15. Challenges • Learning new tools… • Foreign hardware (scanners) • Foreign software (sane, gocr)

  16. Future Work • Merge projects with The Open Voting Consortium (openvotingconsortium.org) • Become adopted nationally

  17. Questions?

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