CRITERION WEIGHT DISCUSSION This reflects how easy the solution is to operate. The operation EASE OF should be simple, intuitive, and not require a highly technical 6 OPERATION skillset. Since this is part of the actual election processing, this category receives a higher score than the setup and adoption. The ballot duplication should not delay other election processes. It EFFICIENCY/SPEED 6 should be efficient, take an appropriate amount of people, and not create an additional burden on resources. The reliability of the duplication is important to the overall viability of the solution. The duplication should not require excessive RELIABILITY 5 troubleshooting. The duplication solution should work in nearly all cases. Reporting is important to evaluate the duplication efforts, but it does REPORTING 4 not impact the overall outcome of the duplication. The system’s ability to increase its capacity without a similar increase of burden is an important factor. Many times, the amount SCALABILITY 5 of duplication required is unknown and planning becomes a challenge when the people or time devoted to it have to increase with the volume. Due to the nature of duplication, it is important that the process is transparent. Users and the public should be able to see how the TRANSPARENCY 4 original ballot is processed into the duplicated ballot and be able to validate the correct duplication.
CRITERION WEIGHT DISCUSSION EASE OF OPERATION 6 This reflects how easy the solution is to operate. The operation should be simple, intuitive, and not require a highly technical skillset. Since this is part of the actual election processing, this category receives a higher score than the setup and adoption. EFFICIENCY/SPEED 6 The ballot duplication should not delay other election processes. It should be efficient, take an appropriate amount of people, and not create an additional burden on resources. RELIABILITY 5 The reliability of the duplication is important to the overall viability of the solution. The duplication should not require excessive troubleshooting. The duplication solution should work in nearly all cases. REPORTING 4 Reporting is important to evaluate the duplication efforts, but it does not impact the overall outcome of the duplication. SCALABILITY 5 The system’s ability to increase its capacity without a similar increase of burden is an important factor. Many times, the amount of duplication required is unknown and planning becomes a challenge when the people or time devoted to it have to increase with the volume. TRANSPARENCY 4 Due to the nature of duplication, it is important that the process is transparent. Users and the public should be able to see how the original ballot is processed into the duplicated ballot and be able to validate the correct duplication.