EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Name : | Sanford Morganstein
Organization : | Populex Corporation
Post Date : | 8/26/2005
Glossary Comments
Glossary Term : | Voter Verification
Definition : |
Comment : | We believe the intent of this verification is not simply an identification of overvotes or undervotes, but the intent is that the voter be provided with the contents of the ballot as that ballot will be read by the voting system. We recommend that the meaning of “verification” be provided in the VVSG and we encourage that meaning to include the concept of determining how a ballot will be read. In a system that provides for verification for all voters, including voters with disabilities, this does not mean that the voter necessarily needs to be informed at the moment of tabulation about what is contained on the ballot. Verification may be performed at any time before the ballot is cast. But we do recommend that substantially the same technology that will be used to tabulate the ballot be provided to the voter to inform the voter what the machine view of the ballot contents are.