EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Name : | Dj
Organization : | N/A
Post Date : | 9/1/2005
Section Comments
Section : | 6.8
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Comment : | To those whom it may concern, The guidelines posted for electronic recording of votes seem to be quite thorough, but I noticed that for machines that take a vote electronically (as opposed to a paper-based marking mechanism) there is still no requirement for a hard copy printout of a users' vote. Requiring accurate recording in memory is all fine and good, but the only way to ensure proper recording and give assurance to the voter AT VOTING TIME, is to print out a permanent record of some kind that confirms the voters' vote. This way, through an act of god or malice, if the memory of the persons' vote becomes corrupted, a permanent record is still available for recounting. Please consider adding this revision to requirements for electronic vote taking devices.