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Election Technology and Problems in the Field

Election Technology and Problems in the Field. Joseph Lorenzo Hall UC Berkeley School of Information ACCURATE. Outline. Punchcard/ Lever Optical Scan (CCOS, PCOS) DRE Voting Machines Full-face vs. Scrolling, w/ VVPAT Ballot Marking Devices, Other Systems Registration Systems

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Election Technology and Problems in the Field

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  1. Election Technology and Problems in the Field Joseph Lorenzo Hall UC Berkeley School of Information ACCURATE

  2. Outline • Punchcard/ Lever • Optical Scan (CCOS, PCOS) • DRE Voting Machines • Full-face vs. Scrolling, w/ VVPAT • Ballot Marking Devices, Other Systems • Registration Systems • Problems You May Encounter (cc) 2006 by-sa/2.5

  3. Punchcard Systems • Two styles: Votomatic and DataVote (cc) 2006 by-sa/2.5

  4. Lever Systems (cc) 2006 by-sa/2.5

  5. Optical Scan Precinct-based (PCOS) Centrally Counted (CCOS) (cc) 2006 by-sa/2.5

  6. InkaVote Plus • Used in Los Angeles for most precinct voting • Uses an inked stylus • Can be precint or central (cc) 2006 by-sa/2.5

  7. DRE Voting Systems • “full-face” vs “scrolling” machines Sequoia 1242 MicroVote Unilect ES&S Hart Sequoia Diebold (cc) 2006 by-sa/2.5

  8. Ballot Marking Devices AutoMARK Populex (cc) 2006 by-sa/2.5

  9. Others • Vote-PAD: essentially a laminated template • Has “nubs” next to holes • Large page turning assists • Can be used with existing optical scan • IVS Inpsire: • Can be used on phone • In precinct audio • Verification of paper • via bar code scanner (cc) 2006 by-sa/2.5

  10. Registration/Activation Systems • DESI’s e-pollbook • Card Activators • ES&S PEB (cc) 2006 by-sa/2.5

  11. Problems (General) • Tamper-evident Seals • Should not be broken unless witnessed • Power outages, plug problems • Most have batteries, battery indicators • Room configuration • Should protect privacy of voters • Modem problems • If problem, don’t transmit (cc) 2006 by-sa/2.5

  12. Problems (Opscan) • Mis-calibration • Can be overly-sensitive or not sensitive enough • May require certain types of pen • Central count does not provide feedback • problematic for elderly, poor, uneducated and language and ethnic minorities • Have ran out of memory, started to count backwards in the past. (cc) 2006 by-sa/2.5

  13. Problems (DREs) • Screen/scroll calibration problems • Sensitivity (low or high), fingernails/objects • System crashes, reboots • Audio ballot problems, alt. language problems, incomplete/wrong ballots • Memory cards are ballot boxes • Full-face: buttons can fail, cast vote button • Paperless: may lose votes, error messages are important (cc) 2006 by-sa/2.5

  14. Problems (DREs w/ VVPAT) • People do not examine VVPATs • Any privacy guard, etc. should be off by default • Printers can jam, misrecord, damage VVPAT • Certain systems allow votes to be cast even though there are paper problems • Loading paper wrong can mean no VVPAT • Chain of custody problems • Paper records can be official records (cc) 2006 by-sa/2.5

  15. Problems (BMDs) • Newer, can be a bit more raw • Can crash, may take 10 mins. to reboot • Ballots can be different size than opscan in precinct. • Ballots can be counted at another time. • Keypad problems • Reports of AutoMARK keypads being bad (cc) 2006 by-sa/2.5

  16. Problems (Reg. Systems) • Crashes, reboots • Maryland had problems with syncing and frequent crashes. • With DESI e-pollbook, use the mouse, not the touchscreen. • Voter not on rolls, already voted • May have to vote provisionally. (cc) 2006 by-sa/2.5

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