Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 23:36:01 -0700 From: Frank Wiebe To: jason@verifiedvoting.org Cc: pr@accupoll.com, Will Doherty , Chet Noblett , Dennis Vadura , "William E. Nixon" , Tim Nelson , Pavel Holik Subject: Re: Please Respond: Accessibility Features of Accupoll Voting Technology Part(s): 2 NASEDQualifiedVotingSystems12.03to7.05.pdf application/pdf 80.91 KB Download This message was written in a character set other than your own. If it is not displayed correctly, click here to open it in a new window. Hi Jason, Please see my comments below. Thanks, Frank jason@verifiedvoting.org wrote: >Dear Frank Wiebe, > >Previously we had sent you a letter asking to verify information about the >AccuPoll AVS 1000. We are currently working on a more detailed chart, which >takes into account the accessibility recommendations of the draft Voluntary >Voting System Guidelines (VVSG) recently published by the EAC. > >Let me begin by responding to some of your questions regarding other voting >machines. In response to your question about the Voter-Verified Paper Record >(VVPR) Readback option on the AutoMARK. The device actually reads back the >marked ovals on the ballot, and is not a computer summary. I do not know the >specifics of how this feature works though, and cannot answer your question >regarding how the ballot is read back. We recommend that you contact AutoMARK >personnel for that information. > Thank-you for the update. I have a question though. Is this claim based on your actual experience, or based on the claims from the vendor? > >In response to your question regarding the certification of the AutoMARK system, >NASED recently qualified it to the 2002 standards. You can read about it on >our website at http://www.verifiedvotingfoundation.org/article.php?id=6062. > I note the following exception to this statement. According to the latest update on the NASED web site dated June 23, 2005, the ES&S AutoMARK Voting System Release 1.0 has a 1990 NASED System ID assigned to it. I have no doubts that individual components of this voting system has been tested under the 2002 FEC VSS, however both the 2002 FEC VSS and HAVA define a voting system as the end-to-end process from ballot creation through vote tabulation & reporting including documentation. Until all components of the voting system together have passed qualification testing under the 2002 FEC VSS is the voting system qualified under the 2002 FEC VSS. I refer you to the most recent update of qualified voting systems from the NASED web site (see attached.) > >Regarding the VVPR on the Diebold AccuVote-TS and Sequoia AVC Advantage, you >were correct that the Sequoia AVC Advantage does not have a VVPR feature, and >we have updated that information in our new charts. Currently we are contacting >Diebold to verify the VVPR option on their machine. > Thank-you for the update. > >Attached is a checklist regarding qualification to the 1990 and 2002 federal >guidelines and certification to the draft 2005 guidelines. Please check off on >the checklist which features were part of the configuration(s) qualified under >the 1990 and 2002 standards, and which features you expect to certify for the >2005 VVSG, assuming the latest VVSG draft is finalized as is. > >Please give specific references (such as web addresses, brochures, or product >manuals) to text and pictures we can cite for this information. > I will work with our Product Mgr to complete the checklist you have requested. > >Please also answer the following questions in your reply to us: > >1. Does your machine come with its own booth, and if so what are its dimensions? > The AccuPoll voting station does not need a booth. It is basically self-contained. A privacy panel slips over the display screen. The voting station itself can be placed on any appropriate height stand or table. This is a special stand that can be used to position the voting station at the required height for wheelchair bound voters, or those voters who wish to vote siting in a chair. >2. If your machine does have its own booth, is there an option to lower the >height, or change the screen tilt angle? > Please see the response to question #1. >3. Does your machine have a lap voting option? > Yes. The AccuPoll tactile keypad is tethered to the voting station and can be used as a lap voting option. >4. http://www.advocacyla.org/whatsnew.html claims that a sip and puff device was >not available when they tested your machine, but on your site you claim you >have one. >Because of this discrepancy, I wanted to verify that you currently have a sip >and puff option for your machine. > Yes this was tested by the ITA and has been used at numerous events. However, it may not be available at all events unless specifically requested. If a disabled advocacy group has their own COTS sip and puff device that uses two 3.5mm standard input jacks, this device could be plugged into our tactile keypad. We do not have a proprietary device. > >Please “reply all” to this email (that is to jason@verifiedvoting.org, cc >will@verifiedvoting.org) by Monday, August 1st. Thank you. > >Jason >Intern >Verified Voting Foundation