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

General Comments
Comment :  The 1990 FEC specification was silent on the matter of ESD protection. The 2002 FEC update contains the following specification:
“Vote scanning and counting equipment for paperbased systems, and all DRE
equipment, shall be able to withstand ±15 kV air discharge and ±8 kV contact
discharge without damage or loss of data. The equipment may reset or have
momentary interruption so long as normal operation is resumed without human intervention or loss of data. Loss of data means votes that have been completed and confirmed to the voter.”