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Hart’s eSlate System:

Hart’s electronic (DRE) voting system is known as eSlate.

The eSlate system is comprised of several distinct components.

-The Ballot Origination Software System (“BOSS”) is used by election officials to define and create individualized electronic ballots. Data is entered once into BOSS and then flows through all components of the eSlate system.

-The Mobile Ballot Box (“MBB”) is a reusable, portable flash memory card. It is used to store and transfer election information. When inserted into the Judge’s Booth Controller, the MBB supplies election information and ballot styles, and it stores cast votes.

Once voting has concluded the MBB is removed and its contents are tallied by the Tally software.

The Judge’s Booth Controller (“JBC”) is the “brain” that manages the system, enabling poll workers to know which voting booths are in use at any time. The JBC issues access codes for the voters’ use. It can control up to 12 daisy-chained eSlate units.

eSlate refers to the system generally and to the device that voters use to cast ballots, unless using paper ballots, in which case Ballot Now is used

The eSlate may be equipped with a disabled access unit (“DAU”) for use by disabled voters. The eSlate units are physically connected to the JBC, which stores cast-vote records

Tally is a software application that reads, stores, and tabulates the cast-vote records from the MBB (the portable flash card that transferred the cast-vote records from the JBC). Tally tabulates all early voting, absentee, and election day results, and produces various reports.

Rally is a software application that is capable of reading, storing, and transferring cast-vote data from polling places or collection centers with respect to early returns.

The System for Election Records and Verification Operations (“SERVO”) software is an election records archiving and asset management system. SERVO is designed to recover data from equipment in the case of a lost or damaged MBB. SERVO also is designed for various recount purposes.

Ballot Now is a digital-scan paper ballot system that manages the printing, scanning, and resolution of mailed-in paper ballots. It also records the electronic castvote records to an MBB to be read and tabulated with Tally