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RE: VIBS Ballot Review Process
Any thoughts on the breakout feature. I ask because I am going to run
these changes (and the others in soon to follow rcrs) past the guys at FL
Div. I want to leave out any modifications that are not likely to get
done, so they will not decide they are required.
Also, if the breakout is not incorporated into the modifications, the
review prompt should possibly state that the voter will be required to
review the entire ballot, thus avoiding any surprises to the voter of
having to go through the entire ballot again.
And thanks, Ken.
Mark
At 1/12/2002 06:39 PM, you wrote:
Beginning
of the ballot it is. We'll try to do a quick 4.1.8 release early
next week. The change is trivial.
BTW, well written RCR.
Ken
- -----Original Message-----
- From: owner-rcr@dieboldes.com
[mailto:owner-rcr@dieboldes.com]On
Behalf Of Mark S Earley
- Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 9:39 AM
- To: RCR
- Subject: VIBS Ballot Review Process
- The outcome of the BS 4.1.6 evaluation by the Florida Division of
Elections is they are requiring three modifications before certification
will be granted.
- One of the changes is modification of the VIBS Ballot Review Process.
They believe the current process of moving backwards through the ballot
to verify your ballot choices, then moving forwards to the bottom again
before you can cast your ballot is confusing and will lead to voters
getting lost in the ballot and giving up.
- The change begins from the point of having reached the last candidate
on the ballot and having pressed 9. Currently, the script says:
- A. You have chosen to cast your ballot. To confirm, press
9. To return to voting your ballot, press 4.
- At a minimum, the FL Division of Elections requires the
pressing of 4 to take the voter back to the first race of the ballot
for the review. The voter would then work their way down through the
races and cast the ballot. The voice prompt should be changed to state
something along these lines:
- B. You have chosen to cast your ballot. To confirm, press
9. To review your ballot from the first race, press 4.
-
- The review process would be the same as the regular voting process
with candidates already selected, ie reaching a race that is voted would
bring up the prompts stating:
- C. This race is fully voted. etc...
- Additionally, a feature they have requested as part of the
review process would be the addition of a breakout keystroke, possibly #,
that would allow the review to be halted and the ballot to be cast.
Pressing # would take the voter back to the new review prompt B. If
the breakout feature was added, the instruction set should mention the
feature:
- D. To advance to the next candidate/race, press 6. To end
the ballot review and cast your ballot, press #. To return to the
previous candidate/race, press 4.
- Note that the minimum changes must be done before the FL Div will
certify Ballot Station with Audio Ballot capabilities. They have stated
several times that if we get them something promptly, they will expedite
the evaluation and certification.
- Mark
- -Mark S Earley
- Support Services Specialist
- Global Election Systems
- 850 422-2100 office
- 850 322-3226 cell