Print Calibration Standards and Use of Scanners and Errors Which Could Occur.
Print Calibration Standards and Use of Scanners and Errors Which Could Occur.
Seeking research article written detailing the known issues with scanning machines, particularly voting machines having or producing problems when the document structure or printing is out of calibration. All current voting systems used in the USA must be included in this report (about 5 companies) Some examples could be when a paper is folded improperly such as this reference here: https://humanevents.com/2021/05/24/new-hampshire-auditors-find-reason-for-discrepancy-in-votes-scan-only-counted-28-percent-of-test-ballots-for-gop-candidates/ Or misprint a calibration mark such as an identifying barcode – example here: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/05/new-voting-machines-pennsylvania-county-rejecting-republican-ballots/ Notoriously when a document is not printed correctly or the calibration marks are not aligned then the document cannot be read properly and get rejected example here: https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2021/05/18/some-voting-machines-in-fayette-co-not-accepting-ballots/ https://republicanwire.org/whoa-voting-machines-in-pennsylvania-only-rejecting-republican-ballots/ or https://www.dickatlee.com/issues/elections/evote/maine_rcv/pdfs/ds200_optscan_security_articles.pdf or https://www.computerworld.com/article/2500224/u-s–finds-flaws-in-es-s-ds200-voting-machine.html the idea is to research the various ways that printing out of calibration or paper out of calibration can cause scanning devices to fail. Examples can be used from traditional legal office scanning devices, but those must be ones that scan both sides at a time. Again, this is more a physical issue like printing being printed wrong or paper being damaged, not coding issues. Looking for reports and facts on how the ballot itself can lead to poor scanning performance A good way to understand errors that can and have historically happened is to research ballot printing standards of the various voting scanning machines. A great example would be this quote about a simple one-half-of-obe-percent printing error “A PDF can change depending upon the software that is used and although the change
may not be visible (about ½ of 1 percent) it could be enough to cause read errors or
ballot rejection” – Important to key into how if the Front-To_Back registration is incorrect the ballot can cause errors SNIP>> “Front-to-Back registration is accurate by holding ballot to the light”” KEY POINT: Inspect the ballots using the registration marks as a guideline. Registration targets must
appear entirely within the registration boxes. If one mark is out of position, the entire
ballot is out of registration
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