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Re: AccuVote R6 & Cancel Button

No, the poll worker would put the voter's smart card into their nifty little spyrus, and see that it wasn't voted.  No problem. (Ken) 
 
 What happens if the voter simply returns the voter card, and goes home for lunch before coming back.  Or could leave the building to re-read a measure and come back 3 hours later.  Where's the voter card at that point?  Long gone. 
 
I guess that means you'll also put the "status" of the voter card into VCProgrammer using the Axion and the Journada as well.  I think we are in some agreement, but implementing a "non-hidden" button seems to open the door for the voter to cancel without informing the pollworker - unless there was a PIN implementation (see last email on my views there).
----- Original Message -----
From: Ken Clark
Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2001 10:06 AM
Subject: RE: AccuVote R6 & Cancel Button

From: owner-support@gesn.com [mailto:owner-support@gesn.com]On Behalf Of Steve Knecht
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 10:47 PM
 
 
If a voter were allowed to cancel a ballot without notifying the pollworker, they would expect to be able to come back and complete their transaction. This would not be allowed, because the pollworker would show they were already given a ballot and voted.   
 
No, the poll worker would put the voter's smart card into their nifty little spyrus, and see that it wasn't voted.  No problem.  Kinda like they would do with, uh, paper ballots?  How are you planning on dealing with the voter that finds and uses the hidden cancel button, and then comes back to the poll worker asking for another smart card?
 
To clarify, I don't have a problem with the pollworker being informed of the ballot being canceled, one way or another.  Its the hidden button that is offensive. 
 
Ken