Reply #48: Woh-woh -- Holy Batman look at this followup: [View All]

[BevHarris]

RE: Memory card checksum errors (was: 2000 November Election)

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To: <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: Memory card checksum errors (was: 2000 November Election)
From: "John McLaurin" <[e-mail]>
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 15:44:50 -0500
Importance: Normal
In-reply-to: <01d101c0818e$2218be80$3c03a8c0@obrien>

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There are two separate issues/problems that are getting combined in this stream.

– a check sum error occurred which the poll worker reset and continued counting the card “did not” require downloading before be reset. She never reran the previously counted ballots and this resulted in some negative PR post election. So that is Lana’s primary question, how did this happen? Ken explanation sounds like a good one and will not require a line for VTS if we can ever get to GEMS.

– the negative numbers on media display occurred when Lana attempted to reupload a card or duplicate card. Sophia and Tab may be able to shed some light here, keeping in mind that the boogie man may me reading our mail. Do we know how this could occur?

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NOTES
Sophia: present with the San Luis Obispo mysterious early tally that appeared on the Internet

Sophia: is the King County tech rep -- note the Ken Clark alter the audit log memo, talking about doing "end runs" around the voting system -- "King County is famous for it"

Tab Iredale has his name on much of the sensitive (read: questionable!) stuff