EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Name : | Ian S. Piper
Organization : | Diebold Election Systems, Inc.
Post Date : | 9/29/2005
Section Comments
Section : | 2.2.7.1.2
Page no. : | 2-13
Line no.: | 22
Comment : | For the requirement, "An Acc-VS shall provide accessibility to voters using their own personal assistive devices.", the language used is inclusive of all personal assistive devices (PADs), yet there are no standards for the interfaces of all PADs. It would be impractical for an Acc-VS to interface with every possible PAD unless there was a standard interface(s). It would appear that the intent of this requirement was to have an Acc-VS interface with common PADs for the accessibility features supported by the Acc-VS. For example, headphones commonly have a 3.5mm plug, so it would be expected that an audio interface on an Acc-VS would be equipped with a 3.5mm jack. This requirement should only cover requiring common PAD interfaces for the accessibility features supported by the Acc-VS. Proposed change: Replace the language of this requirement with the following: "For the acessibility features an Acc-VS supports, the Acc-VS shall provide accessibility to voters using their own personal assistive devices, if those devices utilize a common interface for that type of personal assistive device."