FW: Source Code for Sequoia's Frontier Election System NowAvailable for

Hello John and David. I’m sorry it has taken a bit longer to get this info to you. Attached are 2 archives containing the schemas for our data in the Frontier system.

TabulatorSchemas.rar as it implies are all of the election definition/results schemas from the tabulator. We have also included a sample results.xml file that may highlight some of the usages- especially the “outstack conditions” element.

ImportSchemas are the schemas for importing various Geo-political definition data.

I have also attached some “feedback” regarding the latest EML 6.0 standard.

To answer your question, when we began development we tried to align with EML 5.0 but found too many blocking issues. It was only during the NIST CDF workshop that I was aware of the EML 6.0 release. Since then, we have tried to take another trip through our structures to see what we can do to better align.

I would appreciate any feedback you may have regarding our structures and comments.

Eric D. Coomer
Vice President,

Research & Product Development
Sequoia Voting Systems
717 17th St. Suite 310
Denver, CO 80202
(O) 720.746.2610
(C) 720.201.1728
ecoomer@sequoiavote.com
www.sequoiavote.com

From: John Borras
To: Shafer, Michelle
Cc: david@drrw.info
Sent: Thu Dec 03 01:44:51 2009
Subject: RE: Source Code for Sequoia's Frontier Election System Now Available for Public Download!

Hello Michelle

Just to echo David's comments, this is real progress.

Could I ask how your new Frontier Election System corresponds, or not as the case may be, to EML, and in particular does it align more with EML v5.0 than v6.0? We are clearly interested in finding out if there are still some short-comings in our proposed v6.0 which we need to correct before final approval is sought. Any feedback you can give us on this would be much appreciated.

Regards

John Borras

Chair OASIS E&VS Technical Committee

From: cdf@nist.gov [cdf@nist.gov] On Behalf Of Shafer, Michelle [mshafer@sequoiavote.com]
Sent: 02 December 2009 16:13
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Re: FOR CDF LIST: Source Code for Sequoia's Frontier Election System Now Available for Public Download!

Thanks so much!!!! We look forward to your feedback, David as well as that of others on this list.

Best,
Michelle

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Michelle M. Shafer
Vice President, Communications & External Affairs
Sequoia Voting Systems
phone: 800.347.4702
mshafer@sequoiavote.com
www.sequoiavote.com
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From: cdf@nist.gov
To: Multiple recipients of list
Sent: Wed Dec 02 07:58:24 2009
Subject: RE: FOR CDF LIST: Source Code for Sequoia's Frontier Election System Now Available for Public Download!

Michelle,

Congratulations on this significant event in election systems history.

I'm wrapped up in my own CAM XML open source project development coding for a production release Dec 12th - but after that I should have time to review everything on your download links and provide feedback.

Thanks, DW

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Subject: FOR CDF LIST: Source Code for Sequoia's Frontier Election
System Now Available for Public Download!
From: "Shafer, Michelle" <mshafer@sequoiavote.com>
Date: Tue, December 01, 2009 12:34 pm
To: Multiple recipients of list <cdf@nist.gov>

Dear Members of the CDF List -

Please see the attached press release on the initial release of the source code for our new Frontier Election System. You will also find this press release on our website at http://www.sequoiavote.com/press.php?ID=86 <https://email.sequoiavote.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.sequoiavote.com/press.php?ID=86> and a Sequoia Ballot Blog posting about it at http://www.sequoiavote.com/blog.php?ID=71 <https://email.sequoiavote.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.sequoiavote.com/blog.php?ID=71> . You will note we referenced this code release in the announcement about our new product on October 27th which can be found at http://www.sequoiavote.com/press.php?ID=85 <https://email.sequoiavote.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.sequoiavote.com/press.php?ID=85> .

You can read in-depth about the code release, including how the code can be downloaded and reviewed at http://www.sequoiavote.com/sourceRelease.php <https://email.sequoiavote.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.sequoiavote.com/sourceRelease.php> . We also invite you to actually download the code and have a look!

I thought participants on the CDF list would find this information interesting as Frontier has been designed using an open-architecture which allows the system to support a variety of voting methods and interfaces in addition to paper-based optical scan, including an audio-driven ballot marking device for special needs voting as well as a full touch-screen interface and even internet or phone-based voting.

In an effort to increase interoperability and standardization in voting systems, all data structures used and exchanged in Sequoia's Frontier Election System are based on non-proprietary, self-documenting XML. The use of non-proprietary data structures will further support interfacing with a variety of ancillary systems including independent reporting and auditing systems. Several data schemas are also being released in this first wave in an effort to promote the discussion and adoption of an industry-wide common data format for all election related data.

I hope that you find this information both relevant to this list and informative. Please feel free to contact me at 800.347.4702 or mshafer@sequoiavote.com should you have any questions.

Thanks and have a great day!

Michelle

Michelle M. Shafer

Vice President, Communications & External Affairs

Sequoia Voting Systems

800.347.4702

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