EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Name : | Lillie Coney
Organization : | National Committee for Voting Integrity
Post Date : | 9/30/2005
Section Comments
Section : | 3.2.2.8
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Comment : | Another important factor to consider is a stronger section 3.2.2.8 Electrostatic Disruption (ESD) under guidance regarding Hardware. The effects of ESD can be devastating to the operation of electrical equipment. The recommendations to states should reflect the humidity and other conditions in which voting systems will operate. The current recommendations for ESD reflect conditions of less than twenty-five percent humidity, which is unrealistic for many regions of the nation. States should be directed to use a sliding scale for conditions, where machines will be used that may pose a threat of ESD. [Statements submitted at EAC public hearing, August 23, 2005, Denver]