EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Name : | Barbara Council
Organization : | N/A
Post Date : | 9/30/2005
Section Comments
Section : | 6.8
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Comment : | Dear EAC Commissioners: I support mandatory voter-verified paper ballots for all electronic voting machines. These provide a way for voters to verify that their vote was recorded correctly and provides a paper backup if the machine should crash or a recount is needed. On January 18, 2005 Professor Ron Rivest introduced a resolution (#13-05) to require voter-verified paper trails at the TGDC meeting. That resolution was voted down, by members of the committee who know less about computer security than the person who introduced the measure. I urge the EAC to reinstate the recommendation in resolution #13-05 and require the essential safeguard of voter-verified paper records. I further urge you: -to reject wireless capability of any kind in our voting systems; -to adopt Resolution #17-05 for more stringent testing of voting systems for security; and Thank you for your consideration.