Nel, 
  what type of AccuVotes were they using.  
  InfraRed or Visible Light?  
  
  What 
  Firm Level were they using?
  If you 
  can also get serial numbers from the units that experienced the 
  failure.
   
  -----Original 
  Message-----
From: owner-support@gesn.com [mailto:owner-support@gesn.com]On Behalf Of Nel Finberg
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 1:53 
  PM
To: support
Subject: memory card corruption in 
  Kansas
   
  More on 
  the memory card corruption front ... this time Kansas 
  ...
   
  25 
  of 200 of Wyandotte County's memory cards have experinced corruption problems 
  in the last three weeks.  
  Corruption was characterized by messages such as ‘Precinct Data Error’, 
  ‘Text Check Error’, ‘Counter Error’ and so on.  Memory card corruption problems were 
  experienced last Fall but were accentuated after batteries wee 
  replaced.
   
  Corruption 
  occurred almost always at the point of powering the AccuVote on, and was 
  experienced on many of the 86 AccuVote-OS used for testing.
   
  Batteries 
  were changed recently in all memory cards.  Batteries were installed in the 
  correct orientation, and batteries removed from packaging were kept separated 
  so as to eliminate the possibility of shorting.
   
  Shawnee 
  County, also in Kansas, recently purchased a $21,000 batch of memory cards of 
  which 66 reported corruption.
   
  Nel