EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Name : | Ryan M. Ferris
Organization : | N/A
Post Date : | 9/30/2005
General Comments
Comment : | Suggestions for voting Independent Dual Verification Systems. Vote By Mail We had a vote by mail election counted by Sequioa Systems in Whatcom County: http://www.votepc.org/PrimaryResults/IndexElection.html Three Progressive Candidates mysteriously lost the "non-conservative" boost in the exact same pattern despite running in three (mostly)separate races/districts. One did not. (http://www.votepc.org/PrimaryResults/IndexElection.html.). This made me think about these reforms for Vote By Mail: (1) Secure the physical path from voter to election officials (2) Wait until all the ballots are in before counting them (This avoids having ballots specifically frauded in response to the counting.) (3) Randomize all the ballots before counting (This will apply eveness to the vote count with regards to early and late voters.) (4) Count the ballots in equal, random data sets ofprecinct size. (This make statistical testing of normalcy easier and more accurate.) (5) Perform statistical analysis on the ballots to assure "statistical normalcy" (see below) Vote By Mail Fraud through Agent Interception Is there a document describing how our current VBM would not be subject to the kind of mail fraud (e.g. "vote rigging factories") described in the recent Birmingham, U.K. court case: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/4310965.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/4310965.stm What paper trail or audit trail exists from our mailbox to the scan readers?