EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Name : | Christopher J. Dodd
Organization : | U.S. Senate
Post Date : | 9/30/2005
Section Comments
Section : | 6.8.3
Page no. : | 6-40
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Comment : | The VVSG appropriately provides that the disability requirements of 2.2.7 apply to VVPAT. However, the guidelines do not similarly require that the alternative language accessibility requirement of HAVA be met. In fact, the Commission guidelines appear to be in direct conflict with HAVA by requiring in 6.8.3.3 that "for the purposes of verification, candidate names on the records shall be in English." Such a guideline may not be consistent with section 301(a) of HAVA nor section 203 of the Voting Rights Act for specific jurisdictions. The Commission should revisit the consistency of the VVPAT guidelines with guidelines provided earlier in the WSG. Under 2.2.7.2.2, the VVSG provides for the transliteration of names in languages that do not use Roman characters. The transliteration of names should also apply to VVPAT, to the extent that a jurisdiction is subject to section 203 of the Voting Rights Act.