EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Name : | Sanford Morganstein
Organization : | Populex Corporation
Post Date : | 8/26/2005
Glossary Comments
Glossary Term : | VVPAT
Definition : |
Comment : | We point out that while there are definitions for VVPAT-Ballot Box, VVPATPrinter and VPAT-Display, the Glossary has no definition for VVPAT. There is a definition for Voter Verified Paper Audit trail that reads, “Voter-Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT): See Voter Verified Audit Record.” The definition for Voter Verified Audit Record reads: “Voter Verified Audit Record: (1) Human-readable printed record of all of a voter’s selections presented to the voter to view and check for accuracy.” As drafted, then, one may construe that the rules for a VVPAT do not apply only to Direct Recording Electronic (DRE) systems but to all printed records of a voter’s selections.