EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Name : | John S. Groh
Organization : | Election Systems & Software
Post Date : | 9/30/2005
Section Comments
Section : | 6.8.4.1
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Comment : | Discussion: The voting station cannot create an electronic record without a corresponding paper record. It requires that the voting station mark the electronic record as accepted or spoiled in the voters presence, and if spoiled, the corresponding electronic record be marked as spoiled and be preserved. It requires that the voting station display a warning message when a spoil limit is reached. Comment: The discussion in I-6.8.4.1 implies that since a voting station cannot create an electronic record without a paper record that the converse is true. A spoiled paper record does not necessarily have an electronic record. (e.g. In the ES&S iVotronic, only cast ballots have an electronic record.) Recommended Change: The voting station cannot create an electronic record without a corresponding paper record. If the voting station creates and stores an electronic record prior to ballot acceptance, it requires that the voting station mark the electronic record as accepted or spoiled in the voters presence, and if spoiled, the corresponding electronic record be marked as spoiled and be preserved. It requires that the voting station display a warning message when a spoil limit is reached.