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Name :   Stanley A. Klein
Organization :   N/A
Post Date :   9/30/2005

General Comments
Comment :  Citizen observations in Maryland, continued.

The reallocation as setup failures of reports of candidates and other contests/issues missing from
the ballot provided an opportunity to clarify a usage scenario stated in the FEC standards and the
VVSG draft. There were 16 such failures reported, giving a failure rate of 1.65%. The FEC
standards and the VVSG state a scenario that has preelection
activity requiring 30 hours. The
calculated failure rate implies a time of 2.7 hours, consistent with an overall preelection
setup
time of about 3 or 4 hours. It appears that the 30 hours may be for a machine used in Logic and
Accuracy testing, and that a setup time of 3 or 4 hours more reasonably applies to other
machines. This was confirmed in a discussion with a local election administration office.