EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Name : | Charlene Zvolanek
Organization : | Citizen Comment
Post Date : | 9/30/2005
Section Comments
Section : | 6.8
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Comment : | Please enter this comment into the public record for the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines. The technology community, including whistle-blowers from Diebold have confirmed that the electronic voting systems being deployed throughout the US are highly susceptible to fraud through known back-door entry points in the digital systems. We know for a fact that votes can be changed remotely, and that self-terminating programmatic elements can be added to alter recorded votes as they are being cast. Due to the extreme risk of fraud, a voter audited paper trail must be supplied for all voters using electronic voting devices. The makers of these voting machines also make ATM machines, which provide a paper audit trail for every transaction. To argue that the company can not provide such an audit trail, or that the cost would be too high is a blatant lie. If there is no paper trail, it is not a fair election. You must require ALL voting devices to provide a paper trail, preferably in the form of a receipt to individual voters. Thank you, Reverend Charlene Zvolanek PO BOX 1027 San Marcos, Texas 78667