EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Name : | Fernando Morales
Organization : | Registered voter of the U.S.A.
Post Date : | 8/24/2005
Section Comments
Section : | 2.2.7.4.1.1
Page no. : | 2-42
Line no.: | 25, 26
Comment : | 5- On page 2-42; lines 25 and 26 read as follows: “2.2.7.4.1.1 The ballot and input controls shall be visible only to the voter during the voting session and ballot submission”. Rationale: Being visible only to the voter is not sufficient as it doesn’t fully comply with HAVA because it does not preclude the voter from taking a picture from the voting machine and imposes unnecessary restrictions, when another methodology is available that can achieve the HAVA requirements without those 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): “2.2.7.4.1.1 The ballot and input controls shall be designed to prevent voters from walking away with a proof to another on how he or she voted.”