Right. The most common reason for "message out of
sync" is the vote center has no report precincts case. The error shows up
in a number of "edge conditions" like this. A card with no races is
another common example.
Something for people to think
about: AccuVote 2.0 will probably just accept these edge conditions
without error. For example, a vote center with no report prectincts will
download but not be able to count anything. Of course a zero report will
make it pretty clear why. The cards with no races case can actually
legitimately show up in a recount. We could disallow no report precincts
at download on the GEMS side if we want. Anyway, the not-very-helpfull
"message out of sync" error will eventually be a thing of the
past.
Ken
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