EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Name : | David B. Arragon
Organization : | N/A
Post Date : | 9/30/2005
Section Comments
Section : | 6.7
Page no. : | 6-26
Line no.: | 4-7
Comment : | Add "in voting systems" after "The use of wireless technology". (Reason: the risks cited here are disqualifying because of particular characteristics of the voting function, such as the need to satisfy skeptical observation by appropriate non-technical witnesses. Wireless is entirely appropriate in other applications, and should not be implied to be a "severe risk" in those cases.) Add a period after "risk", and delete the remainder of the paragraph. The paragraph now reads: "This makes it possible to eavesdrop from a distance as well as transmit wireless signals (e.g., interference or intrusive data) from a distance. In many cases the wireless signals cannot be seen, heard, or felt, thus making the presence of wireless communication hard to determine by human senses. The use of wireless technology in voting systems introduces severe risk."