# Last edited on 2012-03-24 14:40:21 by stolfilocal However, right after the law was passed, I pointed out that the RDVs, in their original format, enabled a voter coercion scheme that was much easier than those previously used with paper ballots, and nearly impossible to detect. For this reason, JE only started releasing the RDVs in 2008, after changing the format When not in use, the machines are stored at JE branch offices scattered throughout the country. The software, which is always growing and changing, is distributed from the central JE offices in the form of a flash card; a copy is made for each branch office, which is then copied into the internal flashcard at those offices, some time before the election. It