EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Name : | Christina Galindo-Walsh
Organization : | National Disability Rights Network
Post Date : | 9/30/2005
Section Comments
Section : | A1C
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Comment : | Section: 2.2.7.1 (Appendix C: Best Practices for Election Officials) Page No: C-2 Line No: N/A Comments/Recommendation: For the purposes of voter privacy, it must not be possible to identify voters based on their use of accessible machines, input controls, ballots, or verification. Accordingly, in addition to similar changes that should be made in Section 2, the following best practice should be added to Appendix C: "For the purposes of voter privacy, it must not be possible to identify voters based on their use of accessible voting equipment. Jurisdictions that fulfill their obligations for accessibility through the use of voting systems or alternative ballots that are different from the voting method primarily used at a polling place must have administration procedures that ensure that these individuals' votes are indistinguishable from other votes. "