EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Name : | Ian S. Piper
Organization : | Diebold Election Systems, Inc.
Post Date : | 9/29/2005
Section Comments
Section : | 4.1.1
Page no. : | 4-2
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Comment : | There is a contradiction between the following bullet point, "♦ Software furnished by an external provider (for example, providers of COTS operating systems and web browsers) where the software may be used in any way during voting system operation;" and the following section of the next paragraph "…Unmodified software is not subject to code examination…". The language of the first bullet point should be removed as COTS systems shouldn't apply to this requirement. Proposed change: Remove the following bullet point: "♦ Software furnished by an external provider (for example, providers of COTS operating systems and web browsers) where the software may be used in any way during voting system operation;".