EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Name : | Stanley A. Klein
Organization : | N/A
Post Date : | 9/30/2005
Section Comments
Section : | 3.2.1
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Comment : | MEANINGLESS REQUIREMENTS AND OTHER VVSG DEFICIENCIES There are numerous unenforced or otherwise meaningless requirements in the VVSG. Some of them include: The accuracy gtargeth (Volume I, Section 3.2.1). This is stated as a maximum of one error in 10 million ballot positions, which seems appropriate. However, the target is meaningless, because it is not a firm requirement and is not tested. The test specification, which is firm, is for one error in 500,000 ballot positions, an error rate 20 times worse than the gtargeth. Also, the requirement is ambiguous regarding whether the accuracy must be maintained even if the machine fails, i.e., failsafe retention of previously cast ballots.