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During the Chico election, four (4) Spyrus readers ran out of
battery during the day. During the Alameda Oakland City election one (1)
Spyrus ran out of battery. The Oakland unit was "new" or unused to my
knowledge, although I don't know where it had been prior to being shipped from
McKinney. The Chico units that ran out of juice could have been from LA
and may have been through an election. However, it causes fairly big
issues in the precinct, as it generally happened around 5:00pm during the
busiest time of the day.
The following questions are raised and need to be
answered:
1) Given the use of Spyrus in this environment, how long
should be expect batteries to last?
2) I haven't found a philips yet that fits the battery
compartment. Can McKinney provide to us or give us
info on where we can get small (scratch
that - tiny) phillips screw drivers.
3) When changing batteries, do we "lose" the Global software
stored in the unit? My concern is obviously: If the battery only
lasts an election or two AND new software has to be loaded onto the Spyrus
when batteries are changed, we have a problem. Awaiting info.
Thanks
Steve Knecht
Global Election Systems 415-893-9941 office 415-893-9951 fax 415-225-6591 cell |