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Item 10 Ken/Tab Software Design Doc - I think I know the answer to this, but..... Is there a software
design document that was used to develop this software? There is the Technical
Documentation Package we sent to Wyle. You can get a copy from Dix. The name
of this document is the “AccuVote-TS System Software Specification
Manual. I can have one printed and shipped to you. Let me know when you need it. Larry J. Dix Vice
President of Operations Global
Election Systems -----Original
Message----- From: owner-support@gesn.com
[mailto:owner-support@gesn.com]On Behalf Of Steve
Knecht Item 3. Ken/Tab RETENTION: Explain how we meet the federal, 22-month election retention
requirements. Are all logs (if there are more than 1) sent to GEMS
where they can be backed up and stored on tape or diskette? Whatever logs
there are have to be retained for the 22 months period. How do we
accomplish this? Print
it to tape. Uploading
of log entries is a reasonable RCR, and it has come up before.
Unfortunately, unless we do some pretty clever compression of the logs, it is
not doable. We can't stall upload on election night, and we can't bloat
the GEMS database with a gigabyte of useless "ballot cast at 1:35pm"
entries. Item 4. Ken MAGNIFICATION: What is the percentage increase of the font for magnification
(i.e., 20%, We
scale by 133%. But my real answer is, it doesn't matter, why do you
ask. It should probably be configurable by the user, and probably will be
one day. Item 5. Ken CE ACCESS: Provide a definitive answer to the question whether a poll
worker, This is
actually an extremely complicated question. But here is the short
answer. You need to put a tamper-proof security seal on the lock, just
like with the AccuVote-OS. Breaking the seal needs to be witnessed and
signed off by more than one person. It is not possible to access the OS
without opening the door. As to
the enable taskbar function, it will be gone in 4.1.3. I gather from you
that it doesn't work anyway (despite the lack of bugtrack). Item 6 Ken BALLOT RANDOMIZING: Naegle wants to know how we "randomize" the ballots
when we store them. We weren't clear how the ballot serial number or Seq.
Nos. related to this. Naegle wants teh "algorithm" for
randomizing the ballots. Hmm,
this is one of those "I wonder if they know what they are
asking" questions. We use a linear congruential sequence
generator to randomize the ballots. Item 7. Ken CE SIZE: How many "bytes" does the CE operating system take
up? Lots.
(ugh -- searches) 5,220,991 bytes It is a
meaningless number. Item 8 Ken BS Software Size: Naegle wants to know "how many lines of Code" the
ballot station software is. (Roughly) Roughly:
lots. (expletive deleted) 70951 lines. Item 9: Ken RCR to Return to Summary Screen: Our present summary screen allows voter to touch a race and go to
that page. Is there an RCR to return directly back to the summary page
somehow (new button or whatever)? There
is not. I hope there will no be one forthcoming. Item 10 Ken/Tab Software Design Doc - I think I know the answer to this, but..... Is there a software
design document that was used to develop this software? There
is the Technical Documentation Package we sent to Wyle. You can get a
copy from Dix. Um,
yeah, that is what we used to develop the software. Ken |