EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Name : | Adele B. Wilson
Organization : | N/A
Post Date : | 9/9/2005
Section Comments
Section : | 6.7
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Comment : | I am against closed proprietary systems and NO WIRELESS PLEASE. It make vote tampering and counting secret and illegal. It is important we follow Illinois’ example. Their law now states "All test plans, test results, documentation, and other records used to plan, execute, and record the results of the testing and verification, including all material prepared or used by independent testing authorities or other third parties, shall be made part of the public record and shall be freely available via the Internet and paper copy to anyone." The current version of the VVSG has serious flaws in need of correction. Voting technology must be standardized. Transparency must be preeminent. Strong election audit procedures must be established. There must be protection against tampering. Trade secret status has a long history of abusing the public. The Freedom of Information Act illustrates why we need open voting. By inference, the right to vote holds more legal weight than does profiteering by means of trade secrets. Computer can count with ease! Itâ€™s a well-understood technology. Rather than making it more complicated than it is, we need to standardize the technology. Vendors may compete based on the quality of their services.