EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Name : | Alfie Charles
Organization : | Sequoia Voting Systems
Post Date : | 9/30/2005
Section Comments
Section : | 2.2.2.2
Page no. : | 2-4
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Comment : | Page 2-4 Section 2.2.2.2 and Volume 1, Appendix A This section could use additional clarity. It defines a ballot image as an electronic record of all votes cast by the voter, including undervotes. Volume 1, Appendix A Glossary defines both “ballot image” and “cast vote record” as the record of all votes produced by a single voter, but those definitions do not discuss how to show undervotes. When reviewing the language in 2.2.2.2 and the Glossary, it appears that an undervote would not need to be explicitly recorded as such. Presumably, the absence of a selection in a contest for which the voter was entitled to vote would be deemed sufficient evidence of the undervote. Is that interpretation correct? Also, this section defines a ballot image as an electronic record. Would a voter verifiable paper record securely stored in the machine also satisfy this requirement?