EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Name : | Fernando Morales
Organization : | Registered voter of the U.S.A.
Post Date : | 8/24/2005
Section Comments
Section : | A1C
Page no. : | 3
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Comment : | [Volume 1, Appendix C] 4.- Paragraph with “audio interface is audible only to the voter” should be rewritten Volume 1, Appendix C Best Practices for Election Officials; Pg 3; under Best Practices, the second point reads: “The audio interface is 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 methodology 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): “Appropriate procedures need to be in place to ensure that voters are prevented from walking away with a proof to another on how he or she voted. Poll workers need to take into account such factors as recoding devices and cell phones”.