EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Name : | Carol Julian
Organization : | KSU
Post Date : | 9/30/2005
Section Comments
Section : | 2
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Comment : | There are several areas in section two when the conformance language is inconsistent. Below are two examples: 1. The voting process shall preclude anyone else from determining the content of a voter's ballot, without the voter's cooperation. Discussion: Voter privacy is strongly supported by HAVA - see Sections 221 (e)(2)(C) and 301 (a)(1). In this subsection, we address only privacy concerns in relation to human factors issues, but not with respect to the processing of cast ballots. 2. Voter privacy is strongly supported by HAVA - Sections 221 (e)(2)(C) and 301 (a)(1). Privacy in the voting 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. Among other practices, this forbids the issuance of a receipt to the voter that would provide proof to another how he or she voted.