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| | Name : | Barbara Council | Organization : | N/A | Post Date : | 9/30/2005 |
| Section : | 6.8 | Page no. : | | Line no.: | | Comment : | Dear EAC Commissioners:
I support mandatory voter-verified paper ballots for all electronic voting machines. These provide a way for voters to verify that their vote was recorded correctly and provides a paper backup if the machine should crash or a recount is needed.
On January 18, 2005 Professor Ron Rivest introduced a resolution (#13-05) to require voter-verified paper trails at the TGDC meeting. That
resolution was voted down, by members of the committee who know less about
computer security than the person who introduced the measure.
I urge the EAC to reinstate the recommendation in resolution #13-05 and require the essential safeguard of voter-verified paper records.
I further urge you:
-to reject wireless capability of any kind in our voting systems;
-to adopt Resolution #17-05 for more stringent testing of voting systems
for security; and
Thank you for your consideration. | |
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