EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Name : | Michael Melio
Organization : | N/A
Post Date : | 8/26/2005
General Comments
Comment : | Subject Without transparency,openness, and verifiability no election is certain... Dear EAC: Working on the issues of elections for over a year, I am compelled to write on behalf of many who want the following guidelines enforced in an election: 1. Open and transparent elections: a. Machines should have open standards and software, no proprietary information. b. The public should have immediate access to all processes of an election, able to monitor them unobstructed. 2. Auditable Elections and Verifiable Votes a. Every vote should have a paper trail because without one there is no way to audit an election. b. Mandatory audits after every election with statistically significant sampling of all machine types. Sincerely, Michael David Melio meliom@comcast.net "The right of voting for representatives is the primary right by which all other rights are protected. To take away this right is to reduce a man to slavery." -- Thomas Paine