John McLaurin Earthlink wrote:
While
conducting Poll Worker Training classes in two different sites (Brevard/Hernando)
with Famous Names Ballot Memory Cars in Election Mode an additional message
shows on the LCD screen.
The
message “Print Summary Totals” occurs after pressing
NO to “Need another Copy” OR if you turn the unit off immediately followingprinting
results, when you turn the unit back ON ”Print Summary Totals” is the first
message rather than“Send results
by telephone”
Is
this something new?
New is a relative term -- what firmware and .abo files are you using
and what did you use before?
From the 1.94r release notes:
-
Offer to reprint the election results report if
the report wasn't confirmed before turning the Accu-Vote off after the
ender card in election mode. Since this report is "required", we require
the operator to "confirm" that the report printed successfully by pressing
NO to the prompt: "NEED ANOTHER PRINTOUT?". If not confirmed, the operator
is prompted with "REPRINT ELECTION RESULTS REPORT?" upon entering the post-election
mode. Responding with NO is treated as confirmation that the report has
been printed successfully.
As for the behavior after pressing NO, that depends on which
.abo you downloaded. From your description it sounds like you could
be using the 194usvm.abo designed for Vermont. In this case you may
need to press NO more than once to satisfy the confirmation requirement
since what the Accu-Vote really requires is that the report program complete
successfully. Essentially you want to get to the prompt "READY TO
TURN UNIT OFF?" before you turn it off.
As you can see from the following list, we have quite a number
of variations of report programs. Let me know what you're downloading
and I can comment further.
Guy
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From the Accu-Basic report headers:
REM 194us.abs - The standard Accu-Basic Source file for the United States.
REM In election mode this produces a short
precinct totals report
REM for the default election results and offers
to print short
REM reports with summaries and precinct breakdowns
until
REM powered off.
REM In pre-election and post-election modes
it will print all
REM combinations of long and short reports.
REM ***************************************************************************
REM 194us5d.abs - The standard Accu-Basic Source file for the United
States
REM with 5 digits allowed for all counters.
REM In election mode this produces a short
precinct totals report
REM for the default election results and offers
to print short
REM reports with summaries and precinct breakdowns
until
REM powered off.
REM In pre-election and post-election modes
it will print all
REM combinations of long and short reports.
REM ***************************************************************************
REM 194usil.abs - The Accu-Basic Source file for the the State of Illinois.
REM In election mode this produces a short
precinct totals report
REM for the default election results and then
offers to print short
REM precinct breakdowns. In the election
end and post-election
REM modes it offers to repeat this until powered
off.
REM
REM In pre-election mode it will print these
or a summary.
REM
REM In pre and post election modes, it offers
to print long
REM versions of the reports.
REM
REM For Illinois we include blank votes in
the undervotes.
REM ***************************************************************************
REM 194usjc.abs - The Accu-Basic Source file for Jefferson County as
requested by Debbie Musser.
REM This version is based on the 194us.abs
as of Jan. 6, 1998 but is modified to suppress
REM the straight party races.
REM
REM In election mode this produces a short
precinct totals report
REM for the default election results and offers
to print short
REM reports with summaries and precinct breakdowns
until
REM powered off.
REM In pre-election and post-election modes
it will print all
REM combinations of long and short reports.
REM ***************************************************************************
REM 194usma.abs - The standard Accu-Basic Source file for the states
of
REM MA, NH, ME, CT, and RI which:
REM - report all non-used votes as blank votes,
REM - prints ballot summary after race summary,
REM In election mode this produces a short
precinct totals report for the
REM default election results and offers to
print short reports with
REM summaries and precinct breakdowns until
powered off.
REM In pre-election and post-election modes
it will print all combinations
REM of long and short reports.
REM ***************************************************************************
REM 194usmn.abs - The Accu-Basic Source file for the state of Minnisota.
REM In election mode this produces a short
precinct totals report
REM for the default election results and offers
to print short
REM reports with summaries and precinct breakdowns
until
REM powered off.
REM In pre-election and post-election modes
it will print all
REM combinations of long and short reports.
REM ***************************************************************************
REM 194ussm.abs - Accu-Basic Source file for summary only election night
results.
REM In election mode this produces a short
summary totals report
REM for the election results and then offers
to print short
REM reports with summaries and precinct breakdowns
until
REM powered off.
REM In pre-election and post-election modes
it will print all
REM combinations of long and short reports.
REM ***************************************************************************
REM 194usva.abs - The standard Accu-Basic Source file for the Virginia,
USA
REM which:
REM - prints long reports in election mode.
REM In election mode this produces a long precinct
totals report with
REM an optional summary report for the default
election results and offers
REM to print short reports with summaries and
precinct breakdowns until
REM powered off.
REM In pre-election and post-election modes
it will print all combinations
REM of long and short reports.
REM ***************************************************************************
REM 194usvm.abs - The standard Accu-Basic Source file for the state
of Vermont
REM which:
REM - reports blank votes as undervotes,
REM - prints ballot summary after race summary,
REM - always reports write-in ballots in summary.
REM In election mode this produces a short
precinct totals report with
REM an optional summary report for the default
election results and offers
REM to print short reports with summaries and
precinct breakdowns until
REM powered off.
REM In pre-election and post-election modes
it will print all combinations
REM of long and short reports.
REM ***************************************************************************
REM 194uswi.abs - The Accu-Basic Source file for the state of Wisconsin.
REM This is based on 194us.abs but prints RPT
UNIT instead of
REM PRECINCT and prints SCATTERING instead
of WRITE-INS for the
REM race results.
REM ***************************************************************************
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