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Name :   David Bayer
Organization :   Institute for Clean Elections
Post Date :   9/29/2005

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Comment :  ELECTION AUDIT MODEL FOR ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES AND SYSTEMS

DAVID BAYER  

SEPTEMBER 2005

Part I of V


Election Day Procedures and the Process of Voting in an election which uses an electronic voting system in which votes are registered electronically, the following procedures will be applicable:  

The voting system, shall produce or require the use of an individual voter-verified paper record of the voter's vote that shall be made available for inspection and verification by the voter before the voter's vote is cast.

I-Voter-verified Record: Voting systems required to produce an individual voter-verified paper record which includes any of the following:
   (1)  A paper ballot prepared by the voter for the purpose of being read by an optical scanner.
   (2)  A paper ballot prepared by the voter to be mailed to an election official, whether from a domestic or overseas location.
   (3)  A paper ballot created through the use of a ballot marking device.
   (4)  A paper printout of the voter's vote produced by a touch screen or other electronic voting machine if, in each case, the record permits the voter to verify his or her recorded vote.