EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Name : | David Bayer
Organization : | Institute for Clean Elections
Post Date : | 9/29/2005
General Comments
Comment : | Bayer- III and IV III-The permanent voter-verified paper record shall be preserved as follows: (1) In the case of votes cast at the polling place on the date of the election, within the polling place in the manner or method in which all other paper ballots are preserved within such polling place. (2) In the case of votes cast at the polling place prior to the date of the election or cast by mail in a manner which is consistent with the manner employed by the jurisdiction for preserving such ballots in general. (3) In the absence of either manner or method listed in clauses (1) and (2), in a manner which is consistent with the manner employed by the jurisdiction for preserving paper ballots in general. IV-Each permanent paper record produced shall be suitable for the 5 percent mandatory manual audit. In the event of any differences greater than .3 percent between any electronic records and the individual permanent paper records, all the paper records must be counted and the individual permanent paper records shall be the true and correct record of the votes cast. See II (1) above.