EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Name : | Ron Crane
Organization : | N/A
Post Date : | 9/30/2005
Section Comments
Section : | 6.8.4.7
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Comment : | 11b. Along these lines, the Guidelines are ambiguous about the permissibility of certain forms of VVPB.... there is a potential problem with Vol. I, §6.8.4.7, which says: The voting system should not record the electronic record as being approved by the voter until the paper record has been stored. In VVPB the voter leaves the voting station, then deposits the ballot in the ballot box, so VVPB systems that retain an electronic audit record technically violate this provision. However, it's a "should not" instead of a "shall not". Combined with the mention in Vol. I, §6.8.5.1.1, this might provide enough of a loophole for VVPB, but the Guidelines should recognize and legalize VVPB explicitly.