EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Name : | Sanford Morganstein
Organization : | Populex Corporation
Post Date : | 8/26/2005
Section Comments
Section : | 6.8.7.2.2
Page no. : | 51
Line no.: | 14
Comment : | Discussion: This requirement produces no security and is in fact probably impossible for systems that are ballot marking systems and not DRE systems. In addition to the practical difficulties, many feel that a voter’s confidence is enhanced when the voter can handle a ballot and place it in a ballot box. This tangible relationship between the voter and the voter’s ballot is, in the opinion of many, positive. We recommend that the requirement be made clear to apply to DRE and not ballot marking systems.