OpenElect OCS

The OpenElect Central Suite (OCS) is a Linux and Java based suite of software applications that work together to define and configure an election.

Designed for Accuracy and Auditability

The OpenElect Central Software Suite provides you with a complete election management software suite to define, conduct and audit your election. The OCS software suite provides flexibility and customization while guiding you through every step of the process with a user friendly interface.

Complete Control Over Your Election Process

The product suite provides maximum flexibility and customization while guiding the user through every step of the process
User-friendly graphical interface, with familiar interface conventions
Consistent screen formats that make them easy to learn and use
Compiles and tabulates vote results
Provides reports by precinct, by district and countywide

The OCS works in conjunction with the OpenElect FreedomVote Scan (FVS), OpenElect Voting Optical Scan (OVO), OpenElect FreedomVoteTablet (FVT), OpenElect Voting Interface (OVI-VC) and the OpenElect Voting Central Scan (OVCS).

The OCS Software Suite

OCS Election Management System Provides:

Support for state specific voting variations such as Rank Choice Voting
Comprehensive reports producing data in aggregate as well as meticulous detail
Easy to use second choice validation and voting
Secure communications between OpenElect voting systems
Barcode technology that offers quick and easy ballot initialization and population for the voter
An on demand ballot marking system that delivers you cost savings, allows for non-geographic voting and reduces the hassle and stress of producing full-page ballots
Exceeds the voting requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by offering a comprehensive array of solutions for voters of all abilities, enabling them to vote privately and independently
State-of-the-art security, ensuring protection for election data and vote results

Ballot Layout Manager (BLM)

Creates, checks, translates and produces the ballot styles needed by a jurisdiction for an election
Creates and stores precinct and district information in a database
Camera-ready artwork is generated for all ballots
Supports multiple languages
Supports Ranked Choice Voting (RCV)

Election Manager (EM)

Converts the election definition file to a Unisyn-specific XML format
Allows the jurisdiction to add voting device specific options
Flexibility to check contests for under votes, whether to allow or disallow certain features and other options
Creates and manages Supervisor and Maintenance Technician logins and passwords
Produces a CD containing encrypted, compressed files that are loaded onto the voting devices
CD is also used by the post-election OpenElect Voting System (OVS) components for Election Day processing

Tabulator Client (TC)

Retrieves, decrypts and transfers the vote files from the transport media to the Tabulator
Following an election, transport media from each poll location are delivered to a central count location, uploaded and converted to a database format that the jurisdiction can use for Unofficial and Official Canvass Reporting

Tabulator

Unisyn’s Tabulator receives and validates uploaded voting data and provides a status of uploaded files.
Provides Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) functionality
Provides Risk Limiting Audit (RLA) functionality
Uses the Tabulator database to store results from all precincts.

Tabulator Reports (TR)

Accesses data from the Tabulator Database to generate the necessary Unofficial and Official reports
As precinct results are uploaded, the vote tabulator generates and updates a number of reports including:
- Upload Status reports
- Consolidated Election Report summarized by precinct
- Voter Turnout Report as well as other reports
The vote files maintain both an administrative audit trail and a voter audit trail that provide capability to retrieve ballot images

Auditor

Allow operator to perform a Risk Limiting Audit for an election in order to statistically ensure accuracy
Can be used to process write-ins votes for both full page and the 3.25 inch ballots produced by the FVT. All updates automatically integrated into reports with a full audit trail.
Enable electronic remaking of unreadable ballots
Allow jurisdiction personnel to evaluate and update questionable or erroneous marks on a ballot in accordance to the voter’s perceived intent.