Eletcion Technology and Problems in the Field
- 1. Election Technology and Problems in the Field Joseph Lorenzo Hall UC Berkeley School of Information ACCURATE
- 2. Outline Punchcard/ Lever Optical Scan (CCOS, PCOS) DRE Voting Machines Full-face vs. Scrolling, w/ VVPAT Ballot Marking Devices, Other Systems Registration Systems Problems You May Encounter
- 3. Punchcard Systems Two styles: Votomatic and DataVote
- 5. Optical Scan Precinct-based (PCOS) Centrally Counted (CCOS)
- 6. InkaVote Plus Used in Los Angeles for most precinct voting Uses an inked stylus Can be precint or central
- 7. DRE Voting Systems “ full-face” vs “scrolling” machines ES&S Unilect Sequoia 1242 Diebold Sequoia Hart MicroVote
- 8. Ballot Marking Devices AutoMARK Populex
- 9. Others Vote-PAD: essentially a laminated template Has “nubs” next to holes Large page turning assists Can be used with existing optical scan IVS Inpsire: Can be used on phone In precinct audio Verification of paper via bar code scanner
- 10. Registration/Activation Systems DESI’s e-pollbook Card Activators ES&S PEB
- 11. Problems (General) Tamper-evident Seals Should not be broken unless witnessed Power outages, plug problems Most have batteries, battery indicators Room configuration Should protect privacy of voters Modem problems If problem, don’t transmit
- 12. Problems (Opscan) Mis-calibration Can be overly-sensitive or not sensitive enough May require certain types of pen Central count does not provide feedback problematic for elderly, poor, uneducated and language and ethnic minorities Have ran out of memory, started to count backwards in the past.
- 13. Problems (DREs) Screen/scroll calibration problems Sensitivity (low or high), fingernails/objects System crashes, reboots Audio ballot problems, alt. language problems, incomplete/wrong ballots Memory cards are ballot boxes Full-face: buttons can fail, cast vote button Paperless: may lose votes, error messages are important
- 14. Problems (DREs w/ VVPAT) People do not examine VVPATs Any privacy guard, etc. should be off by default Printers can jam, misrecord, damage VVPAT Certain systems allow votes to be cast even though there are paper problems Loading paper wrong can mean no VVPAT Chain of custody problems Paper records can be official records
- 15. Problems (BMDs) Newer, can be a bit more raw Can crash, may take 10 mins. to reboot Ballots can be different size than opscan in precinct. Ballots can be counted at another time. Keypad problems Reports of AutoMARK keypads being bad
- 16. Problems (Reg. Systems) Crashes, reboots Maryland had problems with syncing and frequent crashes. With DESI e-pollbook, use the mouse, not the touchscreen. Voter not on rolls, already voted May have to vote provisionally.