Name :   Adrienne Kandel Organization :   N/A Post Date :   9/30/2005 Section Comments Section :   .20.2.1.3 Page no. :   Line no.:   Comment :   3. Require open code on voting machines. As the president of the American Statistical Association said in a speech, "this is a democracy, not a business opportunity." If a firm is so clueless it cannot program a computer to count and add without invoking trade secrets, it doesn't belong in the business. If its user interface is really helpful it can get copyright protection, like for music.