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20080502 London Election

Scanning station, before the count started. From left: scanner, double screen, PC with card reader, bar-code reader. The PCs were tiny - perhaps net booted? The bar-code reader was used to register each ballot box before its contents were scanned. I never saw the bar-code reader used on a ballot paper.

Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL, 28mm, 1/40s, f2.8, ISO400

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From the increasingly frequent rebooting of the scanner stations later in the day, the PCs looked to be booting Windows XP from a local disk, then running the count software from a shared network drive.

posted by Ian Brown on 3 May 2008, 10:15

The barcode reader was used to scan the barcode on each new ballot box as it was opened for counting. The barcodes on the back of the ballot papers were scanned by the scanning machine at the same time as the front of the papers.

posted by Ian Brown on 3 May 2008, 10:16

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2 comments2 May 2008, 08:15

Scanning station, before the count started....

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2 May 2008, 08:15

Scanning station, before the count started.

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1 comment2 May 2008, 08:15

Registration station, before the count began....

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1 comment2 May 2008, 08:16

Scanner output hopper.

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2 May 2008, 08:16

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1 comment2 May 2008, 08:17

2nd level adjudication station.

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2 May 2008, 08:17

2nd level adjudication station. This is...

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2 May 2008, 08:17

2nd level adjudication station. Note the...

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2 May 2008, 08:17

2nd level adjudication station - PC close-up.

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2 May 2008, 08:18

2nd level adjudication station - PC close-up.

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2 May 2008, 08:19

Server rack.

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2 May 2008, 08:19

Server rack - detail.

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2 May 2008, 08:19

Network rack - detail.

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2 May 2008, 08:20

Server racks.

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2 May 2008, 08:20

Server racks.

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2 May 2008, 08:20

Observers. Note the coffee.

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2 May 2008, 08:22

First level adjudication stations, waiting...

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2 May 2008, 08:22

First level adjudication stations, with...

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2 May 2008, 08:22

First level adjudication stations.

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2 May 2008, 08:23

Count agents milling about.

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2 May 2008, 08:25

Many ballot boxes were not properly sealed.

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2 May 2008, 08:28

Many ballot boxes were not properly sealed.

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2 May 2008, 08:28

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2 May 2008, 08:28

Many ballot boxes were not properly sealed.

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2 May 2008, 08:29

Many ballot boxes were not properly sealed.

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2 May 2008, 08:29

Many ballot boxes were not properly sealed.

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2 May 2008, 08:29

Many ballot boxes were not properly sealed.

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2 May 2008, 08:38

These ballot boxes are properly sealed.

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2 May 2008, 08:38

Indra equipment stash, without any barrier...

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2 May 2008, 08:39

Indra equipment stash: spare scanner. Note...

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2 May 2008, 08:39

Indra equipment stash.

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2 May 2008, 08:39

Indra equipment stash. Looks like some of...

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1 comment2 May 2008, 08:47

Zeroing of the machines at Merton &...

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2 May 2008, 08:48

Zeroing of the machines at Merton &...

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2 May 2008, 08:48

Zeroing of the machines at Merton &...

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2 May 2008, 08:49

Ballot box registration.

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2 May 2008, 08:49

Ballot box registration.

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2 May 2008, 08:56

Ballot box registration.

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2 May 2008, 08:57

Ballot box registration.

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2 May 2008, 09:11

Misfeed! Scanning began with postal ballots...

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2 May 2008, 09:21

Two scanning machines opened to clear misfeeds.

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2 May 2008, 09:53

Security boxes. I guess that these were...

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2 May 2008, 09:53

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2 May 2008, 09:54

Physically secure network switch cabinet....

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6 comments2 May 2008, 10:38

Indra staff. Looking down on the row of...

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2 May 2008, 10:38

Indra staff.

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2 May 2008, 10:38

Indra staff.

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2 May 2008, 10:42

A Cat-5 cable lead up to this box of network...

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2 May 2008, 10:42

Following the same Cat-5 cable.

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2 May 2008, 10:43

Following the same Cat-5 cable as it goes...

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2 May 2008, 10:43

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2 comments2 May 2008, 11:20

First level adjudication. Candidates and...

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1 comment2 May 2008, 11:20

First level adjudication.

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2 May 2008, 11:20

First level adjudication.

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2 comments2 May 2008, 11:21

Counting is in full swing. View from above....

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2 May 2008, 11:28

A scanner is replaced from stock in the...

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2 May 2008, 11:29

The faulty scanner is wheeled away.

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2 May 2008, 11:29

The faulty scanner is wheeled away.

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2 May 2008, 11:29

The replacement scanner is being commissioned....

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2 May 2008, 11:34

The faulty scanner is wheeled away.

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2 May 2008, 12:31

Scheduled cleaning of the scanner.

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1 comment2 May 2008, 12:31

Scheduled cleaning of the scanner.

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2 May 2008, 13:50

The Metropolitan Police were on hand. Note...

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2 May 2008, 14:01

More scheduled cleaning.

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13 May 2008, 17:40

Scanning. The screen shows tiny thumbnail...

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