Name :   Hugh Gallagher Organization :   Election System & Management Services Post Date :   9/30/2005 Section Comments Section :   6.7 Page no. :   Line no.:   Comment :   I have been involved with localities where elected officials, in their zeal to cut budgets, have insisted that cheaper ballot printing costs be obtained. I have heard, first hand, “do we really need all those ballots?” So if convenience actually means ease of which a process is accomplished, resulting in a savings, then yes, wireless voting can be considered a “convenience.” If a locality has 1,000, 2000, or more voting machines, then the ability to expeditiously and correctly prepare voting machines for an election using wireless, can in fact result in a long-term savings. If it means that when polls close, results are more quickly aggregated and reported, it does in fact result in a convenience. [Statements submitted at EAC public hearing, July 28, 2005, Pasadena]