----- Original Message ----- 
        
        
        Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 
        4:44 PM
        Subject: RE: Central Count
        
        If the 
        message is "BLANK CARD FEED" as opposed to 
        "REJECT_BLANKCARD", then yep I've seen it before.  Reader 
        not calibrating.  Out of our (ie, Global software development) 
        control.  As to why it does that, you'd need to ask Luc[r]id 
        Technology.  At $700 a pop, you would think they could fix 
        this.  
         
        Either that 
        or the ballots are not properly consecrated.  You might send a 
        sample to our priest so he can tell you how 
        many thousands of an inch out of spec they 
        are.
         
        If you swap 
        machines for a few years, you might settle into some golden units that 
        don't exhibit the behavior as often.  I believe that is how 
        Pima mitigated the problem.
         
        Ken
         
         
        
            
            Is anyone else running central count getting 
            frequest "blank ballot"s when in fact the ballot is voted 
            in each race??