EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Name : | Ian S. Piper
Organization : | Diebold Election Systems, Inc.
Post Date : | 9/29/2005
Section Comments
Section : | 2.2.5.2.1
Page no. : | 2-7
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Comment : | The requirement in item (d) that "The audit record shall be active whenever the system is in an operating mode. This record shall be available at all times, though it need not be continually visible." seems to imply that the audit log should also be 'available' when making vote selections and casting ballots, which is not appropriate. Authorized persons should be able to gain access to the audit log but not while a voter is using the device. Proposed change: Replace second sentence with "The system shall allow secure access to this record by authorized persons."