EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Name : | Fernando Morales
Organization : | Registered voter of the U.S.A.
Post Date : | 8/24/2005
Section Comments
Section : | 2.2.7.4.1.2
Page no. : | 2-42
Line no.: | 29
Comment : | 6- On page 2-42; lines 29 reads as follow: “2.2.7.4.1.2 The audio interface shall be audible only to the voter”. Rationale: Being audible only to the voter is not sufficient as it doesn’t fully comply with HAVA because it does not preclude the voter from recording the audio coming from the voting machine and imposes unnecessary restrictions, when a methodology5 exists that can achieve HAVA requirements without the restrictions. Lines 11 and 12 of Pg 2-42 of the VVSG state: “Privacy in this context, including the property of the voter being unable to disclose his or her vote, ensures that the voter can make choices based solely on his or her own preferences without intimidation or inhibition” Therefore the wording shall be replaced as follows (or something to that effect): “The audio interface shall be design to prevent voters from walking away with a proof to another on how he or she voted.” I respectfully request the Election Assistance Commission to amend the VVSG to correct the serious non-conformances mentioned above, before they are adopted. Sincerely, Fernando Morales