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Name :   Dj
Organization :   N/A
Post Date :   9/1/2005

Section Comments
Section :  6.8
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Comment :  To those whom it may concern,
 The guidelines posted for electronic recording of votes seem to be quite  

thorough, but I noticed that for machines that take a vote electronically  
(as opposed to a paper-based marking mechanism) there is still no  
requirement for a hard copy printout of a users' vote.  Requiring accurate  

recording in memory is all fine and good, but the only way to ensure  
proper  
recording and give assurance to the voter AT VOTING TIME, is to print out  
a  
permanent record of some kind that confirms the voters' vote.  This way,  
through an act of god or malice, if the memory of the persons' vote  
becomes  
corrupted, a permanent record is still available for recounting.  Please  
consider adding this revision to requirements for electronic vote taking  
devices.