EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Name : | David Dill
Organization : | N/A
Post Date : | 9/30/2005
Section Comments
Section : | 6.8
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Comment : | The optional VVPAT guidelines in the VVSG are headed in the right direction. However, the term VVPAT is undefined, and the guidelines seem to assume that state-mandated paper trail requirements will be met by DRE voting machines with attached voter-verifiable printers. Ballot marking devices for optical scan systems do not fit this model, nor do machines that simply print ballots without keeping an electronic copy. Some requirements, for example, that the voter not be able to handle the ballot, are inappropriate for ballot marking devices. The VVSG must clarify which requirements apply to which technology. [Statements submitted at EAC public hearing, July 28, 2005, Pasadena]