----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 9:39
AM
Subject: RE: Open Primary Election on
AVTS
PSINet has
set up 4 different election scenarios in GEMS, based upon a Test Scripts
document that we sent to them. Those test scripts include 1) Open
Primary; 2) Closed Primary; 3) General Election; and 4) Advanced Options
within a General Election. These have all been tested within GEMS and a
AccuVote for version 1.11.13.5. They are now testing GEMS 1.17.11.3 with
both a AccuVote and a AVTS with these same test scripts. That is where
we encountered the problem with the AVTS and a Open Primary. As you
state Ken, they are only testing the GEMS software, so yes they can and
probably will Certify GEMS with the exception that open primaries do not
currently work with the AVTS.
This doesn't
make sense. PSINet does not certify the AVTS. I'd add that we
don't have any AVTS open primary customers, and aren't likely to have one
any time soon. I suggest that PSINet concern itself with GEMS.
If they want to attach a proviso saying that open primaries are not NASED
certified when used in conjunction with the AVTS, that's fine. It
works with AVOS. If they want GEMS to put up an error if you try to
download an open primary to an R4 AVTS, that can be
arranged.
And yes, the R6
supports open primaries.
I stress however
that what the R6 can and cannot do is beside the point. Say we
add support for cross endorsement in GEMS for the AVOS only before
cross endorsement is implemented on the AVTS. This isn't a
hypothetical: it will probably happen that way. Just because we
implement a feature for one of our voting machines doesn't mean it has
to be implemented in all of them for GEMS to be certified. I challenge
them to point out where in the FEC rules it says that all voting machines
have to implement all voting rules. If they think this is a
requirement, I'd like to have a short discussion with them about our
competition's products.
Ken
Within our current
GEMS 1.17.11 and AVTS 3.13.9.2, we do not support an Open Primary Election
on the AVTS systems. I am currently here in Huntsville, AL and doing
testing with PSINet, where we have encountered this problem. In
order to certify, we need to show the ability to do an Open Primary
Election on the AVTS system. Is this going to be supported in the
new R-6 system???
JEFF
HINTZ
Global Election
Systems